The Dangers of This Planet [Konosuba/Sentouin] Crossover SS Sentouin-side

Translated by JayTranslation

Edited by Ulti, Xenthur

 

Thanks to my awesome and splendid performance, the threat to the Grace Kingdom, the Demon King’s army, was temporarily gone. Some time after what happened:

 

While I was enjoying this moment of peace, I was observing the training area to prepare for the next fight.

「Hey, you! Put your back into it when you swing your sword! More specifically, stick your ass out more, your ass!」

「What about my ass, I’m going to kill you! More importantly, I thought you didn’t know anything about swordsmanship! You’re just a distraction if you stay, so go away right now!」

I was loitering around the training area while instructing my underlings.

Lately, this became my daily routine.

「Hey, did you know that I learned a little kendo when I was in elementary school? I’m in no ways inferior to someone like you, Snow. The only reason I’m not using a sword is because I don’t want to take away your identity.」

「If you say it’s like that, then how about a match with me using only swords? If I win, the commander position- 」

I stopped giving out orders and ignored Snow who was saying something incomprehensible.

「Ah, it’s you, Alice. What are you reading in a place like this?」

「Oi, No. 6, listen to what I’m saying until the end! You’re pretty confident with a sword, right? Then, show me that ‘kendo’ or whatever it’s called!」

After I ignored Snow who kept saying something, I sat down on the grass next to Alice, who was reading through some papers.

「Oh, No. 6. I was reading a report from Kisaragi; it seems like something ridiculous happened. By the looks of it, it seems like the plan to invade planets, other than this one, will be delayed. You should skim through it as well.」

While saying that, Alice handed over the papers she was reading.

Snow was besides me, looking at the papers with great interest, but this document was written in Japanese.

「Oi, No. 6, what’s that? Read it out loud so that I can also understand it.」

「This is a confidential Kisaragi document, but I guess that doesn’t matter, since you’re my underling.」

Ignoring Snow that was grumbling from being called an underling, I started reading the document.— —

【Investigative Report】

『Because of Combatant’s No. 6’s successful dispatch to another planet and additional funds in the budget, I’m sending a progress report on the dispatch to the second planet. The planet that I was teleported to has lands rich with water and vegetation as well as the appropriate atmosphere that makes it possible for humans to live here. I’ve also observed many locations with intelligent lifeforms. Fortunately, it seems like I was teleported to a location close to a town. I will begin by investigating the surrounding area.』

 

These were the activity logs of a certain combatant that was dispatched to another planet.

 

『The intelligent lifeforms, that exist in the current location, closely resemble humans. Although it was a little difficult picking up the language, now that I’ve gotten used to sleeping in the stables, I’ve acquired a base of operations here. Because of the battle suit’s aid function, even my part-time work at the construction site is a piece of cake. Although my supervisor is on the scary side, I’m satisfied with my salary. Maybe it’s just because my salary at Kisaragi is low. I don’t know if it’s because the inhabitants living here aren’t naturally cautious, but even when they saw my battle suit, they didn’t consider it strange. I asked my co-worker if my outfit wasn’t strange to him, but apparently it’s common for unique people with black hair and black eyes, and with odd names, to be dressed strangely in this town. I didn’t really understand, but it shouldn’t really matter. I’m going to continue investigating at this pace.』

 

After reading aloud this far, I suddenly raised my head. I saw Snow swinging her sword around in the distance.

 

It seems like she gave up since she couldn’t really get what I was saying. Even though she was the one who made me read it aloud…

That girl…

 

『I’ve been living in the current location for one week. I’ve learned a little bit about this planet. There’s some kind of mysterious energy known as mana here. It seems like organisms absorb it to evolve into various forms. For example, the creatures of this land are bigger, and there are many hostile creatures. Just outside of the town, there are many giant frogs that can swallow a person whole, inhabiting the area. To my surprise, there are groups that would happily go hunt those giant frogs. These people, calling themselves adventurers, say that those frogs are small fries. If those giant frogs are considered ‘small fries’, then I wonder just what kind of creatures would be considered dangerous on this planet.』

 

「Frog meat’s pretty delicious. It tastes like chicken, and it’s pretty light. Back when I didn’t have a salary, I’d occasionally go hunt them in order to eat.」

I don’t know when Rose came to my side. She was agreeing enthusiastically to what I just read aloud.

「…You. It’s okay to eat frog meat, but if your skin becomes slimy and slippery from absorbing the frog’s traits, then I’m going to make sure you can’t eat it.」

「I don’t eat it to the extent that it influences my body! But Commander, did you know? If you put salt on a frog’s slimy skin, then rub furiously, it’ll peel off easily. Also when you’re going to eat crawfish, although the mud will disappear if you dump them in water for a couple days, if you put them in the same place, they’ll start fighting each other, so you need to be careful..」

「I don’t want to hear about stuff that sounds like it came straight out of a magazine article! More importantly, hurry up and eat the grasshoppers! Oi Alice, I’m going to shove the grasshopper-type monster factor straight down her throat, so come here and hold her…」

As if realizing what might happen to her, Rose quickly ran away. I focused my attention back to the report again.

『I’ve been living in the current location for two weeks. The people living on this planet are all amazing. I was working part-time at the construction site, when a girl with blue hair suddenly said, “I’ll give you a demonstration!” and displayed a brilliant painting technique. I thought she was some kind of master artisan, but that girl was only a temporary part-timer. We can’t underestimate those that would be considered “experts” of this planet. A mere part-timer displayed skills equal to those of a master artisan from Earth. But, that’s not the only surprising thing. One time there was an accident during construction and one of the workers was heavily injured. After that girl shouted something, the injury was completely healed in a flash. I heard that this was magic. But that girl only accepts being treated to cheap alcohol as the payment for healing. This is an amazing healthcare system. We can easily say that they far surpass our administration in that field.』

 

Here it is, magic.

Now, I want to go to that planet as well.

 

『I’ve been living in the current location for three weeks. I’m discovering more and more strange aspects of this planet. In order to earn some atrocity points, I was committing a petty crime when a beauty with blond hair and blue eyes warned me. Since everything up to here was pretty standard, I decided to give her a small scare, but even when I threatened her, she told me to attack her and even tried to provoke me. Since I thought that I shouldn’t let a local look down on me, I attacked her lightly. She became disappointed and even asked me, “is that it?” More importantly, I was the one hurting even though I was the one attacking.

The sturdiness of this native was too strange. I thought that these people didn’t use weapons like guns because their level of civilization is too low, but maybe their reason for not using them is because guns lack firepower.』

 

After I read out loud up to here, I heard a different voice coming from where Rose just was.

 

「I don’t really know what you’re reading, but is that some kind of adventure novel? Should I lend you one of my recommended romance novels? 」

 

「…First, tell me what that novel is about.」

 

At that spot was Grimm listening carefully while sitting in her wheelchair and basking in the sunlight.

 

「It’s about a thirty year-old woman trying to get with a younger hot guy. She chases away the other women going for him with all kinds of different methods. And in the end, she becomes his wife and lives a happy life with a lot of daily naps-」

 

「Don’t want it.」

I interrupted Grimm and continued to read the rest of the report.— —

 

『I’ve been living in the current location for four weeks. Truth be told, I’ve underestimated this planet. More specifically, I’ve underestimated the firepower of magic. While investigating the magic that I witnessed a little earlier, I found out about offensive magic… It happened when the adventurers were summoned after many frogs started appearing outside of the town. There, a very young girl fired off a ridiculous explosion with magic. While I thought that a small-scale nuclear explosion occurred because of its absurd firepower, the other adventurers barely reacted, almost as if this was an everyday occurrence. This terrifying magic was used to clean up the frogs that were called small fries. I could only shudder at that fact.』

 

While I read more and more of the report, I realized something.

 

As if he was losing composure, as I delved deeper into the second half of the report, the handwriting of the one writing it was getting sloppier and sloppier.

 

『I’ve been living in the current location for five weeks. The strangeness of this planet is on another level. On a certain day, a mask-wearing, sturdy-looking man saw right through my identity. He said to me, “You took the trouble to come from such a faraway place, being a spy must be difficult.” I don’t know how he found out. I had no choice but to fire at him so that he could never speak of this. I was certain that I fired a bullet into the mask-wearing man’s heart, but that giant man wasn’t the least bit bothered while he laughed loudly as he left. Now that I think about it, the beauty that I attacked lightly the other day was pretty damn sturdy as well. Just what is with that? What’s with all the people living on this planet? Is it magic? It has to be magic, right? I’ve heard that people here can even revive a dead person through magic. That means even that blue-haired part-timer from the construction site can do it. What’s with this bullshit. No, there’s something really weird going on. Just what kind of planet is this…』

 

That kind of girl who can perform miracles isn’t treated as a goddess or a guru, instead she’s nonchalantly stuck with a part-time job.

 

In other words, that means there are many people on that planet capable of the same healing magic.

 

『I’ve been living in the current location for two months. I don’t like it here anymore. While I was investigating the crops at a farm, I was attacked by vegetables. I’m not crazy. This isn’t some figure of speech, it’s exactly what happened. Really, what is up with this planet, it’s incomprehensible. Since the assembly of the teleportation device is finished, it’ll only be a little longer until it’s possible for travel between here and Earth. I want to return to Japan asap. Please, go easy on me. While I wait for the day that I can return to Japan, I spend every day at the construction site. I’ve learned something strange from the blue-haired girl that works part-time there. She told me to be cautious of juice getting into my eyes when I eat an orange. I think I became a little smarter… What a load of bullshit!』

 

Not only was the handwriting getting worse, but the sentences he wrote were getting weirder.

 

It looks like he’s going through some tough times.

 

『I’ve uncovered a terrifying truth today. Or should I say, I realized the truth behind this town. This place is a town for fostering rookie adventurers. That’s right. This is a town where the weakest people on the planet gathers. When I first heard that, I thought it was a bluff because they knew I was a spy. But after investigating, I realized that this was unquestionably a town of rookie adventurers. I’ll say it again. The sturdy beauty. My blue-haired co-worker that can instantly heal a serious injury. The loli girl that can fire absurd explosions. They are all rookie adventurers. It seems like all the strong adventurers are in the frontlines, fighting a war against the Demon King’s Army or whatever. Asap. I want to return to Japan asap. I don’t think I can stay on such a dangerous planet any longer.』

 

………………….

 

『The teleportation device has stabilized. I can finally return to Japan. I wasn’t going to send any more stupid reports, but I resolved myself to confirm one last thing and decide for myself what the truth was. I decided to grab a weak-looking person and challenge him to a duel. In order to at least find out the level of combat ability the weakest possess, I decided to make contact with one adventurer. I asked the boy what his job was, and he said he had the weakest job. Since I couldn’t be sure if he was telling the truth, I asked to see his adventurer card. It was true, he certainly had the weakest job. When I saw the values of his status, outside of luck and intelligence, they were all very low. Just when I was about to challenge him to a duel, I saw something ridiculous and stopped myself. As soon as that boy saw some girls, he started to grab them while scolding them. I recognized the girls that were yelling while running away. The sturdy beauty, my healing co-worker, and the girl that can cause explosions. I didn’t know what they did, but I could tell from their reactions that the boy was of a higher position than them. In other words, the girls that caused me to shudder were even weaker than the boy with the weakest job. For never actually challenging that boy, I gave my thanks to the goddess of this planet, that my blue-haired co-worker taught me about, Aqua.』

 

Judging by his writing at the end of the report, it seems like he felt reinvigorated, as if he was liberated from everything he hated.

 

I could feel my eyes getting wet all of a sudden thinking about my comrade suffering through hardships in a land that I’ve never seen.

 

『And lastly, I urge you to abandon any thoughts of invading this planet. With this, I’m submitting my final report.—

—And now, this combatant will return— —!』

 

After I finished reading the report, I sighed while being serious.

 

「…..Hey, Alice. It’s a good thing that I was dispatched to this planet.」

 

「Yeah. We’d better say our thanks to the supreme God of this planet for not being teleported to that worthless world.」

 

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Hey guys, this is one of two SS crossovers between Konosuba and Sentouin. This was the sentouin-side, and unfortunately the only one translated in Korean. Fret not, Ulti said he’ll try to translate the konosuba-side, so y’all will probably see it….one day.

Once again, big thanks to Ulti and Xenthur for fixing this up!

Cheers!