Because Janitor-san Is Not a Hero Chapter 13

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Kurando gave a simple explanation.
Yukijiro rescued her from the spider’s attack.
He didn’t lie to her; Kurando gave her a brief and vague explanation.
「Is that so, thank you very much.」 (Akari)
Akari who understood the state of affairs gave a honest bow.
In one year’s time Akari had somewhat matured.
Akari’s short black hair suits her slender build. Her upfront expression hasn’t changed even after the summoning. But, she appears tired from the hards.h.i.+ps she had faced.
A pelt covers her white chest, and another covers her lower waist. During the retreat her luggage was discarded. Akari’s bow and large knife were confiscated by Kurando.

「Uh, what will you do from here on?」 (Kurando)
「I plan on leaving tomorrow morning. May I please stay the night?」 (Akari)
Kurando creates an earth pot as he listens to her talk. He prepared meat and herbs to add to the meal that is being made.
After the water is poured in a lid is placed on the earthenware pot.
Akari watched in amazement.
「How did you learn magic?」 (Akari)
「Huh, umm, from a textbook.」 (Kurando)
「From a textbook?」 (Akari)
Being puzzled Akari t.i.ts her head. She waits for the stew to finish cooking. Kurando explains why he is here.

After the explanation ends Akari has an apologetic expression.
「……s, sorry.」 (Akari)
「Hmm~?」 (Kurando)

「Janitor-san, you might not know this world’s society but this investigation wasn’t request from the higher-ups.」 (Akari)
「Ah, I see? well, leaving

that matter aside, it is too troublesome to look into.」 (Kurando)
「By the way, Janitor-san your power was stolen by a child from my cla.s.s……」 (Akari)
「That has nothing to do with you.」 (Kurando)
「……it’s Akari. 藤城 (ふじしろ), 明里 (アカリ). My name is Akari・Fujis.h.i.+ro.」 (Akari)
「So then, Akari-san.」 (Kurando)
「You don’t have to use honorific. Janitor-san what is your name……」 (Akari)
「Umm, ah~, Hasebe (支部, はせべ) Kurando (蔵人, くらんど), but I’m alright with being called Janitor-san. There is no need for Akari to apologize.」 (Kurando)
Akari still had an expression filled with regret.
The room is dyed light-orange by the fire spirit heating the pot.
After a while Akari suddenly said something.
「In this world there are currently 78 heros.」 (Akari)
Kurando silently listens to her as he stirs the stew with a knife.

According to Akari, there are now 78 『heroes』. Three cla.s.ses of 25 students were summoned, that makes 75 students plus 3 teachers.
Kurando is not included.
The 79th person that was summon, Kurando the janitor, is a taboo topic among the others. In this world his existence is a secret among them.
Among those who were summoned, Kurando’s existence perplex them. They chose to forget him. And thus as time pa.s.sed bringing up Kurando existence became unamusing.
However, the pa.s.sing of time didn’t dispel their internal dilemma that they felt. In this world they had to utilize their ability without delay. And thus, the value of an ability was made known.
As the saying goes, every person from themselves.
It is true that a student

student had stolen Kurando’s ability.
From among the people that were summoned, there was a boy with two 『divine blessings』 (providence). During the first month of the summoning, he subjugated a man-eating-bird. Some time afterward, the male student annihilated a slave trade organization. He found a cure to the disease known as the ‘princess of darkness’. And, he also improved the cafeteria of the people who were summoned from the school.
The person in question is currently a hunter, a researcher, a pioneer, and he lives his life as an adventurer. He cheats the country’s domestic affairs. From among the people that were summon, he by far had made the most accomplishments. He stand out from the rest, and he has the greatest influence among those who were summoned.
The male student has gain the most influence and has become the group’s leader. No one can argue with him about having stolen another person’s ability.
There is no benefit from confronting him and causing a scandal. There are only demerits.
The biggest reason for why Akari left has to do with the group not looking for a method to 『returning to j.a.pan』.
From among those summoned, no one criticizes him. And, no one voiced their opinion.
Somehow, it felt wrong and that is why Akari accepted Makus.h.i.+mu’s invitation.
There was no objections. She was able to get Hayato’s (ハヤト) approval. Afterward, Akari found herself wasting time toying with the country’s politics. She couldn’t help but find the situation disagreeable. (T/N: oh, the horrors of bad writing)

Akari talked as if

as if she were spewing out a speech.
「Phew, umm, was that too much?」 (Akari)
Akari waits for a reply. Kurando brought out a boorishly made chopstick and bowl created from a fallen tree.
「An untactful hero setup. It sounds depressing, and it sure is a pain for adults to taking responsibility for students. I will be troubled if the hero comes here. Therefore, will you keep it a secret?」 (Kurando)
In the bowl Akari receives some stew to eat.
「Here, eat it before it gets cold. Don’t you want to get bigger?」 (Kurando)
Kurando places a crudely made bowl in front of Yukis.h.i.+ro.
Yukis.h.i.+ro skillfully licked the bowl like an afternoon snack.
「……not small at all.」 (Kurando)
Kurando makes a dumbfounded noise, every time Akari asked for a refill.
「It’s delicious, but is this stew or is it curry?」 (Akari)
「It’s curry flavored stew.」 (Kurando)
「……which is it?」 (Akari)
It seems that the herbs that were added gave the stew a curry like flavor.
「Umm, well, it just happened to turnout this way.」 (Kurando)
「Eh, was it an experiment?」 (Akari)
「……don’t mind it.」 (Kurando)
「I see. What ingredients did you use in the stew? Do those types of things exist here?」 (Akari)
「Umm, when I was brought here I received a supply of food; from among the supplies there was a dissolvable package. Apparently it’s quite nourish. I have been feeding some to Yukis.h.i.+ro.」 (Kurando)
Akari stops eating and looks away from her bowl. She sees Yukis.h.i.+ro pa.s.sionately eating stew.
「Yukis.h.i.+ro, do you mean Iruniiku?」 (Akari)
「Yeah. It is /> 「Yeah. It is the child of the bigger Iruniiku that you and your comrades hunted.」 (Kurando)
Akari’s face turned pale and she hung her head in shame.
「Akari it’s nothing you have to worry about. You have already explain the circ.u.mstances. Although, I don’t understand the intentions of the other hunters that were involved.」 (Kurando)
「……why did you save me? I’m the parent magical beast’s enemy. In the first place, didn’t Iruniiku intentionally instigate the giant th.o.r.n.y spider (Atorabas.h.i.+ku)?」 (Akari)
Kurando thought for a long time before answering.
Should he tell the truth, or should he deceive her?
「Who knows.」 (Kurando)
「……huh? Then how did you know that we came here to hunt a large Iruniiku?」 (Akari)
「I’d watched your group, and I had been listening to your conversations.」 (Kurando)
Kurando makes a cheerful laugh.
「Eh, then, even from last year――」 (Akari)
「――I knew that next year someone would come here.」 (Kurando)
Akari furrows her eyebrows.
「……Janitor-san did you instigate the giant th.o.r.n.y spider (Atorabas.h.i.+ku)?」 (Akari)
「What do you think?」 (Kurando)
「……why do something like that?」 (Akari)
Kurando makes a genuinely cheerful expression.
He doesn’t understand why, he just did.
「If I had enticed it, would there be a problem?」 (Kurando)
Akari is bewildered by the unexpected response. She retorts back in anger.
「That 『nightmare』, and that petrifaction, it’s a complete――」 (Akari)
「――perfect murder?」 (Kurando)
「Y, yes.」 (Akari)
「Well, it’s murder is it not? Did you not come here with the intent to kill?」 (Kurando)
Akari became speechless.
She had seen the Janitor-san that shouldn’t be here.