Zero Damage Sword Saint: I Enrolled in a Magic School and Wound Up in a Contract with the Demon Queen: Volume 1 by Isle Osaki

Author:Isle Osaki [OSAKI, ISLE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2025-09-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five: Eugene and Sumire Progress Farther

With Sumire’s help, I’d defeated the Boss of the 10th Level.

“Thank you! Thank you so much! You saved our count— Urgh...” The captain of the Tormore Kingdom explorers broke down into tears.

“It’s no trouble,” I said. “I’m just glad I could defeat it.”

The captain was a very emotional man. At the Grenflare Empire’s military academy, our instructors had taught us to separate our emotions from our actions. As someone who always strove to live up to that lesson, I could never have cried this openly in front of other people. Besides, my father’s opinion had been that “Men should never shed tears in front of others!” That old man had always believed in mind over matter.

The Satellite System was broadcasting the fight, which meant that people on the outside could see us as well.

“Eugene, Sumire, we will never forget what you’ve done for us today. I promise to pay you the reward for saving us from the Boss as well as helping us slay it. Here is a Goddess’s Memo.”

The comparatively calm vice captain handed me a piece of paper with a signature on it. The memo bore the crest of Althena, the Goddess of Justice, and was an enchanted contract. Those who broke their promise would suffer divine punishment, apparently. Judging by their reaction, though, I doubted that I needed to worry about them skipping out on the reward money.

“Hey, look, Eugene! There’s treasure over there!”

“Huh?”

Sumire was pointing at a brown chest. That’s...

“It dropped some treasure?”

On rare occasions, these spoils appeared after the defeat of a Boss. I’d never seen it happen before, so my body was thrumming with excitement as I opened up the chest. Inside lay a massive hunk of metal, its surface shining dully.

“What’s that?” Sumire asked, cocking her head.

“Hmm, it’s probably some kind of magical alloy. I’m not versed in metallurgy, so I can’t identify it.”

I would’ve preferred a more obvious prize, like a magical weapon or a jewel. But I supposed this was what I should have expected from the 10th Level. It looked heavy, and we couldn’t haul it around with just the two of us, so I supposed we had no choice but to leave it here.

“All right, Sumire. Let’s head back to the academy.”

“Huh? You don’t want to check out the 11th Level?”

“You want to keep exploring?”

“After watching you fight, I’m raring to see what else lies in this dungeon!”

Wow, she’s enthusiastic. “You’re not tired?” I asked.

“I still haven’t fought a single monster,” she replied.

Oh yeah, she’s right. I hummed in thought. Over the past week, I’d repeatedly gone over what she should do in the event that she came across a monster. However, once we’d actually gotten into the dungeon, I’d been the only one who’d had to fight. Since this was Sumire’s first time in Babel, I wanted her to experience a battle firsthand.

“All right, then, let’s go check out the 11th Level. Only for a little bit, okay?”

“Okay!”

“W-Wait, are you two heading to the 11th Level?” the vice captain hurriedly asked us when we made for the stairs.

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