Manga Chapter 18

The eighteenth manga chapter of the Isekai de Cheat Skill wo Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru: Level Up wa Jinsei wo Kaeta manga.

## Summary

As the days pass, Yuuya and Luna continue to fight monsters alongside one another. Thanks to their training, Luna can fight some of the strongest monsters, like Goblin Elites, without trouble, though she says it is only because she has him and Night as companions. Internally, Yuuya notes that there are many things about Luna he doesn't know or understand, but he sees she's been taking this training seriously, and she has indeed been growing stronger since they first met. Ultimately, he's happy to be fighting alongside someone he has come to consider a friend. Luna then asks Yuuya if she can use his portable bath again, and he accepts, as according to him, she has been using it at the end of each training session each day. He then sees that Luna's leg is hurt and he bandages her up, as Luna didn't want to waste healing juice on an injury she didn't consider too serious. With a sullen look on her face, she apologizes to him for being a burden, which concerns Yuuya.

In her mind, Luna reveals that she was alone ever since she was a child, and her desire to live led to her becoming a notorious assassin as it was all she felt she could do to survive, and before she realized, people were calling her "The Headhunter". Because of her experiences, she tries her hardest to avoid showing weakness to others as she thinks it will put her in danger, but Yuuya pulls her out of her thoughts by telling her that he doesn't think of her as a burden; he's very worried for her. Though caught off guard by this, Luna reminds herself to not show weakness, but all of a sudden, her stomach growls, to her embarrassment. At that point, they decide to eat lunch.

Yuuya sees that Luna packed some jerky and she tells him that she also picks fruit, though she's not sure if any in the forest are safe to consume. Yuuya decides to use his **Apprasial** skill to identify the safe things to eat, and eventually, the two gather enough food to have a proper lunch rather than just eat rations. Sometimes a monster would attack them but they would easily destroy it and claim the dropped meat to eat. Once they start, Luna tells Yuuya that she thinks he can do anything, but he humbly tells her that he can only really do these things if he's around the kind people he's met recently, which Luna expresses relief for (and a little bit of jealousy).

After the two finish eating, Luna asks what they should do about the unfinished meat, and Yuuya offers to freeze it, which he does with magic. This surprises Luna as she believes no regular person can cast magic without chanting, and it finally hits her how weird it is for someone to even BE out in the Great Demon's Den training, and on top of that, she realizes that he's the only human she's crossed paths with in the forest. With this information, Luna concludes that Yuuya is the "anonymous helper" that helped Lexia before. When Yuuya notices her sullen look, he asks her what's wrong, but simply says it's nothing to worry about.

Yuuya tells Luna that they should end their training for the day and offers the portable bath for her to use, but she doesn't say anything, so Yuuya starts to tell her that he'll be busy next week, but Luna interrupts him and tells him that he should use the bath first today. Though this surprises Yuuya, he accepts and heads in. As he relaxes, he wonders what is bothering Luna since she always insisted on going in first, and he comes to believe it was because he smelled bad, prompting him to give himself a thorough scrubbing, worrying that Luna will hate him if he doesn't. Just then, he hears her voice, and when he turns around, he becomes flustered to see her in the bath with him.

In a panic, Yuuya tries to leave, but finds himself getting his back washed by her. Luna thanks Yuuya for helping her get stronger, though Yuuya tells her that if anything, he should be thanking for as he thought of her as strong already, but Luna insists that if it wasn't for him, she would have been killed by those goblin elites that day, so she figured she could repay him by washing him. Yuuya decides to accept, though he steels himself to not look at her at any costs. As Luna continues, she tells him that he has saved her tons of times, and it is revealed to be because being with him made her feel happy, as she could smile and eat food without worry of getting sick. Deep down, she wants to keep doing this with him, but since she sees her hands as too dirty, she doesn't think it's possible. So for now, though she was tasked with eliminating him, she decides to spare him as thanks for showing her the light side of the world again, and she shows her appreciation for him with a hug. After she lets go, she says they should be getting out soon, but when Yuuya turns to face her, he sees that her towel as fallen off, and when he points it out to her, she quickly covers herself with it, nervously asking if Yuuya saw her naked body, which he is forced to admit.

Back in the real world, Yuuya is wracked with guilt over seeing Luna naked, even though she told him not to worry about it ultimately. Night pulls him out of his worries by showing him his outdoor learning sheet, and he remembers he forgot to tell her what he would be doing next week. He decides to tell her when he sees her again tomorrow, but unbeknownst to him, Luna has already left the forest, as she gives a sorrowful goodbye to him.