I wake up in the morning and let out a big yawn.
Drinking a bit of ant queen honey perks me up.
As I look at the one bottle I have left, I get sad. I wish I could gulp it all down, but if I do that, I’ll lose my honey and won’t know what to look forward to in life starting tomorrow.
When I’m out of honey, I…
I put the remaining honey in my Storage Space, have breakfast, and get ready to go.
I need to replace the tent I lost, so I’m stopping by the shopping mall near the dungeon.
‘The Dungeon Association is monopolizing resources taken from the dungeon! What’s taken from it should be equally distributed! It’s all being used for the upper classes in the neo utopia! Can you really allow this!? What god bestowed…’
There’s someone preaching near the station when I get off the train.
At first I thought it was related to the election, but I guess not.
Go to the dungeon yourself and secure your own goods, I think as I head straight to the shopping mall.
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Tents are expensive. I’m getting cold feet again.
The one I’ve been using was a tent built for one that I modified according to a video.
I could do the same again, but seeing it digested so quickly by green slimes made me feel uneasy. I want to rest in peace.
There are more tents for seekers on display this time, and more customers. I see some groups with over five people too.
I’m here browsing all by my lonesome, but they really are expensive.
Some are marked on sale, but they’re still in the millions of yen. Why are they so expensive? I get the materials are expensive, but the prices shouldn’t be this high.
I’m curious, so I start looking more deeply.
I take photos of the surface, inside, the lining, and every corner, when I feel an employee standing behind me.
Ah, sorry.
No, I wasn’t doing anything weird…
Yes, I’ll be careful.
Apparently I’m bothering the other customers.
I move to the side, and head to where regular tents are displayed. And like before, I buy a tent for one.
Then I go to the guild to buy a sewing machine, cloth, and thread to sew magic circles.
When I was going around looking at tents, I noticed they had multiple magic circles on the lining.
They were all pretty small, but many and varied. Does the position affect the effect? In any case, I have the Sewing skill, so I should be able to replicate them.
Maybe there’s an issue of copyright, but I think it’s fine if it’s for personal use. And even better if no one sees them, surely.
I put everything I bought in the storage Space, and head to the dungeon.
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The twenty-first floor.
I’m once again gazing upon the faces of orcs. Their features are all ferocious, but they look tired. I wonder what that’s about.
I’m sure they’re mentally drained from their bosses pushing unreasonable requests onto their laps.
There’s one currently striking someone holding a shield as hard as it can.
I was made to do that too. Being hit, of course.
I watch them as I think to myself everyone involved, people and orcs, look like they have it rough, when one notices me and walks over to me.
Yes, what is it?
Yes, I’m Tanaka. Who might you be?
An employee of Guardian HD?
Eh? Chief Gotouta got fired!?
I laugh. That guy got canned. Serves him right, torturing people like that… He got what was coming to him.
But apparently it’s not a laughing matter for them, because the work that Chief Gotouta was doing was pushed onto them.
The work he was doing… Testing equipment from the workshop, suggestions for improving them, and presenting new products. He had his hands on a lot of things, so his absence left a big hole.
As I listen, the employee lets out a sigh.
I sympathize, but I’m warned that Chief Gotouta resents me, and to watch out because he will do whatever he has to.
…I’ll be fine, right?
I’m a little scared.
I ask if that’s a joke, but the employee says it’s serious. And then he opens his mouth like he just remembered something.
“Ah, Tanaka. Your name is still in the company, so drop by to formally quit.”
Eh?
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Haruto Tanaka (24)
Level: 17
Skills: Earth Magic, Trace, Healing Magic, Spatial Grasp, Toughness, Magic Energy Control, Physical Strengthening, Poison Resistance, Storage Space, See Through, Parallel Thinking, Sewing, Limit Break, Dismantling
Equipment: Agility bracelet, tyrant battleaxe, divine bird boots, safeguard necklace, magic mirror armor
Status: Fat (All abilities boosted)
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