Our heroine, Yui, doesn't like waiting for the Hero to show up on schedule. Especially since the Demon King isn't following the usual conqueror schedule. Yui sets herself a plan to earn her way up the ladder of levels and skills and magic tools, no matter how boring and frustrating and repetitive some of the steps become. Such as killing silver slimes over and over and over and ... just to earn coin and experience points.
There were a lot of grin-worthy moments even for those who don't play role playing games. Such as when her earnest sword saint companion, Ken, lectures her on all the tools and skills she needs. She's frustrated that the Hero needs to be able to play a harmonica and wear a green tunic. Among other ridiculous rules and requirements. Why? It seems like a waste of time to her. Then there's Ken's frustration when she tries to cheat her way around the requirements. Yui is kind of having fun, and so will the readers. She starts as an ordinary village girl but proves her cleverness and determination and bravery, and points out just what a ridiculous world she lives in without actually saying it. She's too busy working her way up to being the Hero, even though she doesn't consider herself one.
Tongue-in-cheek fun.
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