We all enter the room, and see the dungeon core in front of us.
The beast king touches it, and ten treasure chests appear.
It doesn’t matter who opens what chest, because the reward will be adapted to whoever opens it.
Then each person can decide what to do with it. They can even sell it.
The beast king, Figel, and Nene all get equipment. They seem happy with their gauntlets, bow, and bracelet.
Our party mostly gets equipment too, but mainly support accessories instead of weapons.
Mia gets a skill scroll, and we make it so she got a skill from reading it.
And I… Get a bracelet? The moment I put my hand in the treasure chest, it shines and the design changes.
But someone gets a magic item instead of equipment. Hikari.
“I wonder what effect that has.”
Says the beast king. I’m curious too.
It looks like a gourd, but when I cast Appraisal, it doesn’t show its effect.
“This is wonderful.”
Says Hikari while holding it like it’s precious.
“What is it?”
I ask, but…
“…It’s a secret. I’ll unveil it later.”
Is all she says. I’m curious, but since she’ll tell us eventually, I’ll wait.
Then we leave the dungeon, and are surrounded by adventurers waiting outside. Naoto and the others are here too.
“Hey, we’re tired. Sorry.”
This time, it’s quickly broken up. Some people really want to ask questions, but this is a bad time.
The beast king is in a hurry because of his friends. This time, Chris tags along with Mia, and watches her as she heals.
“Here it goes.”
Mia chants Recovery, and light envelops the sleeping people in front of us.
“…King End?”
As we nervously watch, one of them wakes up. The beast king looks worried, but smiles broadly once he hears those words.
One of them gets up, and the other sleeping people wake up one after the other.
The beast king offers them a simple explanation, and I kind of feel like this Recovery ended pretty simply and abruptly.
‘I gave her power. Of course it’s easy.’
I hear Stia’s voice in my head. Well, he’s a god.
“Thank you.”
When I leave the room, the beast king bows deeply.
“How are you going to explain the stuff with the dungeon?”
“…Well, that we cleared it and stuff… Nah, I’m going to leave it to… I’m going to get Nene and Figel’s advice.”
Figel smiles awkwardly, and Nene is exasperated, but I’m sure they’ll support him.
“What about you and your party?”
“…Our job here is done, so we’re going to leave. We need to get Elsa and Alto back to Majolica.”
They leveled up in the dungeon, but we still can’t take them around with us as we travel.
“I see… Well, tell me when you’re leaving. We’ll have a big sendoff for you.”
“I don’t think that’s necessary.”
I politely decline after looking at the others.
Then we have dinner, and spend some time with Elsa and Alto.
We tell them they’re going back to Majolica, and they look sad, probably because they’re going to be house-sitting again.
“Don’t worry, I’ll look after them!”
Shizune is fired up.
It sounds like she really isn’t going to go with Naoto’s party. It’s good for us that she’ll stay with Elsa and Alto, but I’m worried because she always foregoes restraint when it’s about them.
I just hope I don’t hear about the guards taking her away one day.
“Master, I want meat.”
Says Hikari as she looks at Elsa and Alto.
We just ate dinner, but she’s already hungry again?
Then I think back to dinner. We ate a lot.
Siphon and Argo treated us to a lavish dinner to celebrate our conquest of the hundredth floor. There really was a lot, and I stored the leftovers in the Item box.
“Hum, now?”
“No, uncooked meat.”
“Uncooked?”
“Yes… Wolf is good.”
I tilt my head, but I guess I have a lot of wolf meat.
I bring out a big lump, and Hikari takes the gourd out of her item pouch.
Then she brings it near the meat, and it disappears.
“Look forward to it master.”
Hikari gives a big satisfied nod, and puts the gourd back in the item pouch.
What is she doing? I’m sure she won’t tell me if I ask, so I just have to wait.
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