Yesterday I went to a sauna with Toufu and the others, and then got rowdy with alcohol at a bar.
Toufu wouldn’t stop with the theories about the dungeon, like how it was built by people, but it was pretty interesting.
The dungeon is a warning from the future. An approach from a parallel world. A way to preserve the species. All sorts of wild ideas were being thrown.
Chisato’s older brother, Hajime Shirabe, and Naito Asano were there too, and looked fed up with it. But I didn’t mind hearing those conspiracies, so I kept nodding along.
I asked why the others weren’t there, and I was told that Takashi Asano and his fiancee Ruri went somewhere together, and Chisato went somewhere with her friends.
After leaving the sauna, I washed away my sweat and entered a bath.
It’s common manners to pour water over oneself before entering a bath like this, but I’d like to go in directly just once.
After that we went straight to the bar, drinking beers with our flushed bodies.
So good!!
The alcohol went all the way to my internal organs, and was a different kind of tasty compared to the ant queen honey.
We snacked on stuff like chicken pieces and teppanyaki as we drank, and as we were getting tipsy, I thought to ask to join their party, and did just that.
“Great! Great! We’re all for it!”
I got the green light, but Toufu got back to reality a bit after being slapped by Shirabe and Naito.
“Ah, sorry Tanaka. Can you hold on that a little? Ah, I’m not saying no, we just want to beat the thirtieth floor with the party we have now.
Others asked to join too, and we asked them to wait.”
Toufu said while sounding apologetic.
There’s nothing we can do then. I said I’d ask again after they cleared the thirtieth floor, and we went back to drinking.
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Today, I’m thinking about buying a tent.
I don’t know what magic circles are good anymore. What should I sew on it?
If I buy a regular tent, it’s going to be a waste of resources, so I should probably get a more expensive one.
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Can I get a discount?
I’ve bought two already…
It was recently, I’m a regular customer already~.
You will!?
Work gloves and boots?
Nothing else?
I can’t go higher.
…I’ll come back.
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I give up on the tent pretty quickly, and head to the guild I visit as often as the dungeon.
I retreated after being confronted by that flier last time, and completely forgot to ask about the lecturer’s contact information.
I enter the building, and my eyes meet the receptionist’s, who looks really annoyed to see me.
How rude, I think as I purposefully go to that reception desk. I’m not being nasty or anything, just teasing.
Hello, I was here yesterday… Hn? What?
As I approach the reception desk, two high school girls talk to me with smartphones in hand.
They say they saw a video of me and became fans, and waited here in the guild to see me.
What video, I wonder at first, but I think I know what it is.
The one of me fighting the tenth floor boss.
I didn’t know about it until Ai showed it to me, but apparently it’s making a good splash.
I can see what brought them here, I looked cool in it. It wouldn’t be crazy for me to have fans based on it. Surely.
They ask me to shake hands, and I put out my right hand after ruffling my hair. They seem excited, and that’s what matters.
And then one asks me a question.
“How do you become friends with monsters?”
…Hn?
What’s she on about?
I’m taken aback, and the girls know it, so they show me a video.
It’s a big seeker communicating with an orc on the twenty-first floor.
Ah, did they mistake this guy for me?
No, no. This isn’t me. It’s someone else. Yep. They’ve got it wrong.
Eh? It’s my face?
Look closely. Closely.
See? It’s not right? I’m glad you understand.
This is a fake. There’s no way a monster can understand a person.
Are you okay? You’re trembling a lot. Did you remember something scary? It’s okay. I’m right here.
Ah, hey!?
The two girls run out of the guild.
Too bad, I was trying to comfort them.
Anyway, I turn back to the receptionist, whose face twitches, but I need to talk.
I need to know how to contact that lecturer.
But then a hand grabs my shoulder hard.
I turn around, and see a male seeker with a strong aura to him.
…Hum, what is it?
Did I do something?
I didn’t. Well, I did, I’m self-aware.
Some things come to mind like putting pressure on the receptionist, the high school girls, how I dealt with seekers messing with me…
I brace for whatever’s coming, but the seeker looks dumbfounded.
And when he finally speaks, he mentions a video.
It’s not me!!! I yell as I run into the dungeon.
Damn video!!
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The twenty-first floor.
Check this out. A guy that looks like me is getting popular on a video site.
Fugo.
Not fugo. A video of me fighting went viral a while back, so I thought for sure they’d be fans.
Fugo.
I said it’s not fugo. Are you even listening? I have a serious problem here. Okay, I’m just glad you understand.
Fugo.
You’re nice. The world would be peaceful if there were lots like you. See you later.
Fu…
I hear a gunshot, and my neighbor with the large body loses its head.
…No way! Hey! Wake up! Say something! When I said see you later I didn’t mean in the next life!
I shake my neighbor to no avail. Of course, orcs can’t survive without their heads.
I get up to try out my tyrant battleaxe.
It yearns for blood after going through maintenance, and it found a nice target.
I raise it and…
“What are you doing?”
See Chisato holding a gun.
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This dude is unimaginably dumb
You interrupted my conversation, dammit! You need to be more modest. I was having a totally normal moment. Gosh this story is so funny man.