Setting Rokuko aside, let’s keep asking Setsuna questions.
“What type of core is Core 410? Beastkin-type?”
[I don’t really know. He might’ve been a rabbit?]
Setsuna’s animal ears that looked like neither a rabbit’s nor a dog’s moved.
… Which reminds me, her younger sister, Nayuta, had a different father. Their family is beyond complicated, or maybe that’s just how it is for beastkin? If that’s the default, then it’s not like I can’t understand the feelings of those guys preaching their human supremacy doctrine either.
“I see, so your mother is a dog-type? Does that black dog eared person have any relation to that?”
“Sure. You can obtain it in a certain part of this dungeon. The location’s a secret.”
I decided to just answer her with inconsequential information.
That’s not a lie either since Setsuna can obtain it by buying it at the inn.
[Why do you even care? Isn’t she just a normal adventurer as far as the dungeon’s concerned?]
[Hmm…]
Did that convince her?
Setsuna stroked one of her ears.
[… Un. Well, I have other dog-eared family members than Nayuta too. Grandma took them away though.]
That grandma again? Aggressive, isn’t she?
“And that black dog eared person is…?”
[There’s a possibility, I guess?]
Then that Toy thing was a family name? Also looks like a different father.
“Do you have any way to to tell?”
“Wouldn’t you be able to tell if she was your younger sister to start with?”
[I think I’d be able to tell by smelling her scent, but I’m not sure if I could if grandma messed with her. If I sniffed her all over and compared her to Nayuta for an hour…]
I see, that’d be troublesome. Something like that wouldn’t even possible without some kind of confirmation otherwise though.
It might not be a bad idea to try out lending her as a hug pillow for a night for confirmation.
“Your grandma, seriously, who is she? What kind of information do you want for that?”
“I don’t even know who your grandma is, how would I have information on where she is? At least tell me her name.”
[… Her name is Leona. As for her age… I don’t know it. She looks about the same age as me though.]
An immortal-type? Seriously, what the heck is this grandma… She’s not human right?
[She’s a dangerous person with black hair and red eyes. She doesn’t have animal ears though.][… I don’t really know, but it’s one with no honor. A Succubus or something?] [1]
For a few moments there I was thinking she might’ve been a Hero, but a Hero wouldn’t have red eyes right?
“Rokuko, do Succubi normally have black hair and red eyes?”
“The only Succubus I’ve seen is Chloe, but she’s blonde.”
That so? Then maybe there’s a chance that she has Hero blood in her too? But really, Succubus, beastkin, and Dungeon Core… isn’t she too mixed? There’s so much blended together there that I can’t even figure out what’s what anymore.
Even her gender’s been mixed up.
“Setsuna’s way too mixed.”
“But Kehma, aren’t you both Hero and Dungeon Master?”
… Even if I’m the one saying it, I’m pretty alright. Does mixing light and darkness cause the ultimate to appear?
“Rather, what’s with the multi-species marriage?”
“Ah, un.”
Eh, huh? … Huh?
While I was busy being puzzles, Setsuna poked the Golem.
[Helloooo? You awake?][Who?]
[… Nnn~, just a bit.]
We came to an agreement, so I told her about Haku-san’s butler, Chloe.
“She’s [White Labyrinth]’s Succubus… I don’t know if you could meet her or not though.”
[Hmm, my turn then. Grandma can change her appearance. In a pretty special way too.]
… The heck. So I can’t even rely on that information about her having black hair and red eyes now can I?
She could even be using however many aliases she wants, so that might have just been her name and appearance back then?
“…. Isn’t finding her impossible then?”
[But even grandma would only change her appearance seldomly… at the very least, she was using that had black hair and red-eyed appearance eight years ago. Also, a Succubus should be able to tell that something’s [Different] about her.]
I see, so I found tout that I should be careful about Succubi. I have plenty of extra DP, so maybe I should prepare a Succubus?
“Well, I’ll keep an eye out for her.”
We just chatted about trifling things after that, so I had Setsuna head back to the small room. Twelve hours passed peacefully after that and Setsuna and the others all got suitable items.
Nerune got something too, a potion.
Ah, I had Wataru get a two liter bottle of Japanese sake. It took quite a lot of the DP I got from him, but he was really pleased with it.
He’ll be coming again.