“Hehehe, big brother~.”
“There there.”
I comfort my crying sister, and it’s nice that she’s calmed down… but now she’s all clingy and shows no sign of stopping. Come to think of it, she’s always been spoiled like this.
I’m happy that it’s like it was before… but it’s been over ten years. We’re both adults now, and we haven’t seen each other in six years. The level ups in the dungeon have made her almost unrecognizably beautiful, and like I got a glimpse of before, her figure is great. It’s enough to start thinking of her as a woman more than my little sister. And because of that, it’s really awkward that she’s doing this while the girls are watching…
I tried to pry her off me, but she looked really sad. I don’t think she was this bad before, but is this recoil from her expressing how she really feels after ten years? I can’t stand that face, so I let her do what she wants until she’s had enough.
““““…””””
The girls were crying when we held each other, most likely because I explained what happened beforehand, but I think they have other things in mind now that Kasumi won’t let go of me. The feeling I get from them is gradually changing into eyes with dark emotions being pointed at us.
“Mu. That’s not fair, he’s only paying attention to Kasumi!”
It’s Ayane, who is always spoiled, who can’t take it anymore. From her point of view, it might look like Kasumi took her spot.
“No. I haven’t seen my big brother in so long.”
“Muu!”
Kasumi stopped putting up a front, and her tone is like a kid’s. They have a cute battle that I feel is charming, but to be honest, I don’t want to waste too much time here. I want to get moving again soon.
As I think that, I feel a strong pressure from Maki, who has her usual smile.
“Kasumi.”
“M-Maki?”
“You’re bothering Shouta. You don’t want to do that, do you?”
“Uu… I understand.”
Kasumi dejectedly moves away. Good grief.
I’ll have to care for them later too, but let’s check the map… Okay, it’s empty over there.
“Let’s go that way.”
Kasumi is falling short in terms of stats, so Enki carries her as we all move to that spot.
It’s one of the four golem areas on the second floor.
I don’t think anyone’s been here in a while, because the golems are out in full force.
“Sand… What is in a place like this?”
“Golems!”
“Ah, so the golem cores came from here. Dad was happy about them.”
“Ah, so he went back to the lab?”
“Yes. Thanks to our… Mostly your money. He doesn’t have to worry about money anymore, so he does what he likes.”
“I see… That’s nice.”
“I’m curious about that too, but why are we here, Shouta?”
Asks Maki. Oops, I got off track.
“Seren’s control skill shot up to MAX on the second tier, but theirs are still Lv1, right? I want Iron Sand Control from here and Storm Control from the fourth floor.”
“I see. They’re going to continue working, so it’s simple to power them up with skills.”
Everyone understands, so Aira immediately takes off running on the sand to bait the monsters.
“Hum, big brother? I get that you want skills, but aren’t you in a hurry?”
“I am.”
“Then we don’t have the time to hang around here. I don’t know the details about that request, but isn’t it urgent?”
“Yes. I want to finish it today, but it will be fine.”
“??”
Kasumi tilts her head looking like she doesn’t understand. Well, people equate skills with rare monsters or treasure chests, which aren’t things that appear easily. This is kind of the natural reaction.
And as we talk, Aira returns.
“Thank you for waiting.”
“Good job. Ayane, mop them up like we discussed.”
“Leave it to me!”
Ayane takes a step forward and waits for the approaching golems to gather. When they’re sufficiently packed together, she points the Moses’ staff at them.
“…Tidal Wave!!”
Level two Ocean Magic. The magic my sisters-in-law called Tsunami.
A lot of water gushes from the Moses’ staff, swallowing and washing away the monsters drawing closer. It doesn’t stop there, as the whole sandy area is engulfed, covering all.
By the time she stops casting it, the sandy area in front of us has been turned into a giant marsh.
All the golems that were caught in it turn to smoke, and we see one swell and go up to the rocky area.
“Yes, great environment destruction magic.”
“Darling, I did it!”
“Yes, nice. Did you see the smoke?”
“No…”
“I see.”
“That was great, Ayane…!”
It sounds like Kasumi can’t keep up with what’s happening and is just surprised.
But it looks like Ayane really does share my Luck thanks to the ring. The rare monster is spawning.
But she can’t see smoke. Does that still depend on the person’s own Luck?
The other problem is collecting items, but…
‘~~.’
“Ooh, good job.”
Seren used Muddy Stream Control to control the water and get all the golem drops from the marsh. There are a hundred sixteen golem cores and small magic stones.
Yes, Seren can handle everything related to water. Collection doesn’t seem like an issue.
“Now we know to a certain extent that the rings work. Even if you can’t see the smoke, it’s pretty much confirmed if the rare monster spawns. I think you can all join fights against rare monsters.”
“Yes Shouta!”
“I get to fight with darling!”
“I can’t wait! Ah, but what about powered up ones?”
“Ah, yes. We’ll have to see if those use me as reference…”
“Yes. It might not work there, or it might be like Enki and the others. Let’s try it with an opponent that doesn’t matter all that much.”
“Yeah.”
I release a Purple Lightning Arrow, and then a Thunder Arrow to pierce the cores of the Stone Golem and the Giant Stone Golem that spawn far away.
And I don’t level up.
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