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Published at 22nd of December 2020 11:09:31 AM


Chapter 484
Dungeon Site (2)

 

​ “Mr . Clerk, you sleep in the dungeon?”

​ “It would be a hassle to travel this far every day, of course . ”

​ After we were done with the coffee shop and left, we decided to follow the route to go down… Although I say that, even that route had branching paths on the way . Whenever there were, there were signs that said things like [Quick Route] and [Detour] so that we wouldn’t get lost .

​ We’d have to stay at the inn located within this former dungeon if we took the detours . It end up making me leave NaanaToy unattended, though I could contact her through the birdTran…

​ This was the sort of place it’d be scary to take my eyes off of even temporarily, so…

​ “Let’s go with the straightforward route this time . ”

​ “Alright . ”

​ And so we quickly advanced through the dungeon .

​ We saw other guests on the way—groups of three to five who seemed like adventurers—though they seemed to have chosen the long distance routes .

​ … It looked like the trend was to say stuff like [This next!] when taking their route .

​ Still though, this was a safe dungeon that didn’t have any enemies—ah, there were wolf monsters drawn on life-size panels . Of course, they didn’t exactly attack anyone .

​ There were stamps on them, so maybe it was like a stamp collection checkpoint or something?

​ “… Them having exhibitions like that makes it feel like a museum . ”

​ “Look dear, look! Isn’t it cool!?”

​ When I looked, I saw RokufaRokuko wielding a play sword against the life-size wolf panel . Even the sword looked pretty good, it was made out of some sort of white wood that was pretty light .

​ “Oh, yeah . It’s cool . ”

​ It was a good occasion to, so I took a picture with the monitor function .

​ … It was the kind of scene where you’d take a picture if you had a camera . I wonder what normal people would do in a situation like this? I doubt they bring canvas to draw a picture on .

​ “Alright, your turn now . ”

​ “You want me to do it too?”

​ “Of course I do . ”

​ And so I took the wooden sword from her and posed… At least RokufaRokuko seemed to be enjoying herself .

​ Along with taking short stops like that on our way down, we went down eleven sets of stairs in total, bringing us to the twelfth and final floor . We should be able to make it back before the end of the day .

​ By the way, the hotel district was somewhere on the fifth or sixth floor . It had small rooms that seemed to be something like a warehouse area that was just repurposed as an inn .

​ Some of them were strong people sleeping there and living in this former dungeon—cafe clerks?

​ “Still, it looks like environment rooms just turn into big boxes when a dungeon goes away . It’s been enlightening!”

​ “Makes sense when you think about it . ”

​ I mean, the dungeon was responsible for actually creating the environment .

​ … Still, it’s not like it takes any maintenance cost to keep it going after it’s installed . That was curious . Though I guess it makes sense if you think about it as being like buying something outright instead of in payments .

​ “Still, I’m tired… I wonder if we’ll use the same route for the way back?”

​ [Pii . ]

​ “Oh, yeah, I guess I could head back first . ”

​ Right . We could just have Rokuko return that body to Rokufa .

​ I could also just use [Teleport] and… ah, Narikin can’t use it, huh . He hasn’t learned it, after all .


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​ “There’s the Core Room!”

​ “Former, but still . ”

​ There was a reception desk in front of the Core Room . A man sat there with a smile on his face .

​ “Good work, Adventurer-sama . The room behind me is the Core Room . ”

​ “Hmm . How easy… it appears to have been harsh for my wife, though . ”

​ “Oh? That is unfortunate . The basis of adventure is to always have something left in reserve . As the first generation Saintess-sama said, [It is dangerous to venture forth] . ”

​ I remember hearing that saying in Japan, could they have also been a Hero?

​ “Saintess-sama, so the Light God’s Decree?”

​ “Ohoh? Is Adventurer-sama not of the Light God’s Decree?”

​ “We are tourists from afar, we do not part natural-born citizens of the Light God’s Decree . ”

​ “So that’s how it was . ”

​ The receptionist seemed to understand . I wasn’t part of the Light God’s Decree, so it’s not as if I was lying .

​ “So, since you’re here… I assume there’s a separate reception fee to go inside?”

​ “Well, yes . I’m also the Core smashing receptionist . ”

​ “Rokufa . This is the reception desk for the jar smashing, but do you still have the energy to go through with it?”

​ “Of course I do, I’ll be fine! It’s not like we’ll have to escape from a dungeon collapse or anything after we break it, right? We can just take a break after . ”

​ And so I paid the five silver coin cost . It was the fee we’d heard about in advance back outside the entrance .

​ “Alright, please wait here for a moment . Once ready, you can break it however you wish . Oh, and be careful so as to not damage the pedestal . There is also usually a ten-minute time limit, but there isn’t anyone else here today, so you can take your time after going inside . ”


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​ … So there are days when this is crowded? It really must be a popular attraction .

​ The receptionist took a wooden box out from another room nearby . It likely contained a white jar that would mimic a Dungeon Core .

​ After a little while longer, the receptionist returned once again .

​ “Please enjoy yourselves . ”

​ Urged on by the receptionist, RokufaRokuko and I set foot down the path leading to the former Core Room .

​ The interior of the former Core Room only had a pedestal with a white jar meant to mimic a Dungeon Core on it .

​ … Yep, this is what the Core Room is all about . It’s the same with ours .

​ Well, the pedestal itself seemed to be a light magic tool able to illuminate the white jar and make it glow . It all looked pretty artistic .

​ “Oooh, so it’s like that!”

​ “It’s a good reproduction… how about we go and break it?”

​ “Y-Yeah!”

​ Struggling a bit, RokufaRokuko hefted the white mace that was left for us to [Smash the Core] . It was probably meant to be lifted as a couple .

​ “We get to make a wish when we break it right?”

​ “… Like for finding clues?”

​ “Not like that . Like for being blessed with children . ”

​ … Yeah, it was definitely for couples .

​ “Soto was just born the other day…”

​ “Yeah, but it’s for the future . Right?”


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​ “Besides, it’d definitely be better to ask your Otou-sama than to ask here . ”

​ “It’s not the same!”

​ I guess not .

​ “… Ah, then maybe you could ask for Haku-san to approve of it?”

​ “I thought Haku Ane-sama already approved… whatever! Let’s gooo!”

​ Kaching!

​ The two of us broke the urn .

​ Rather, before anything, we left the Core Room with a [Hrm . ] sort of feeling like breaking a (jar that stood in for) a Dungeon Core in order to make a wish was wrong for a Dungeon Core .  RokufaRokuko was satisfied as she held my arm, though .

​ “Hoh, that was quick . You can return that way . ”

​ “Hmm?”

​ The male receptionist gestured toward a staircase .

​ It was different than the one we came down on .

​ Well, the route felt like a one-way street, so it’s probably something I should have predicted .

​ “I wish you would have told us about that first if you had something like that…”

​ “Ohohoh? How could we, the superior [Humans] not be able to create a stairway twelve floors down if the dungeon was able to?”

​ Uh huh .

​ Moreover, he also said they’d added direct holes for ventilation . It’s true, without those they’d have suffocated as it was just a hole in the ground rather than a dungeon . Yeah .

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