Otoko Nara Ikkokuichijou no Aruji o Mezasa Nakya, ne?

Year 7447, Month 2, Day 30

When we pa.s.sed through the teleport rooms of the 6th and 4th floors the ones from the {Slaughterers} who were watching luggage in the campsites were Kimu and Denda. Zenom and Ralpha must have no intention of leaving my low level combat slaves to have a rest and watch the luggage.

I left them with the message, "We"ll be returning to the surface once but after getting some rest today and tomorrow, we"ll be returning to the dungeon again the morning of the day after tomorrow." There won"t be any change in members.

Since the {Butchers} and {Exterminators} don"t have an exclusive porter like Giberuti the amount of luggage they can carry at once is limited. That"s why, other than when watching the bags they shouldn"t have been able to get much rest coming to the dungeon this time. This time, it"s just for a short while but we"re returning to the surface so I"m sure Zenom and Ralpha can both put in an appropriate rest at that timing.

Returning to the surface we saw the sunset sky for the first time in a while and then went to cash in the magic stones. We decided to just eat dinner at the usual Murowa and then everyone split up to return to Boil Manor and Shuni.

In front of Boil Manor Basutoral nervously started talking to me.

"Umm, excuse me, but if it"s now I can still make it for the last carriage to the capital. Is it fine if I return tomorrow night?"

Ah, I see. Basutral told Cathy that there were no plans for days off so it"s not necessary for her to return to Baldukk.

"Nn, got it. Go ahead."

After hearing my reply Basutoral quickly ran into Boil Manor in front of us.

"Che~ Saji-san, how nice..."

Gwine said while climbing the stairs to her room.

"Gwine how are things with that person?"

Bel asked her. That person..There"s no way of knowing like that. Just as far as I know she"s been screaming over a number of guys recently.

"Nn, somehow, I"ve already gotten bored of him."

You get it!? Not to mention, "already bored"...

"The other day I had to carry that person back to Pegizu. People who are weak to alcohol are just a bit..uncool after all."

So..So cruel~ There"s also the matter of const.i.tution, something like alcohol even Zenom is weak against it...Is it a value of dwarves? Zenom is weak against alcohol but still seems to have the respect of all the dwarves in Baldukk though...In the first place does being strong or weak against alcohol have anything to do with being cool? Well, it"s not as if I don"t understand though...

"Now it"s that person right? Look, from {Gehenna.Flare}.."

Toris is saying it like he knows but it"s Garun from {Gehenna.Flare} right, I"m sure.
It seems like she liked him from quite a while back after all.

"Ah, Roiru-san? That person, he"s somewhat cool but his gaze is too lewd~ He immediately tries to put his hands around my waist when we"re drinking as well.."

Oh, so I was wrong?

"After all I think Zenda-san is cool and like him."

Who"s that? Zenda, Zenda..I feel like I"ve heard it before but can"t remember.

"Ah, Ma.s.shuzu"s?"

It seems Miduchi knows about him. Also, Ma.s.shuzu isn"t it the name of that cheap clothes store? I don"t know about the salesperson of some clothes store.

"That"s right, that person, he has good sense right?"

"Eh? Yeah, I guess so."

"During the last holiday I had a meal with him at Rasurun but he pulled the chair out for me and his sense with alcohol was good as well, his fingers are super s.e.xy right, Miduchi-san, don"t you think so too!?"

"Ah..Yeah. I think so too, I guess?"

When I tried asking Miduchi about it later it seems he"s the successor son of Ma.s.shuzu and a hyumu with a playboy face. Certainly it seems like he has good sense with clothes so he"s popular among female adventurers with a decent amount of money. But, isn"t Ma.s.shuzu a place with nothing but cheap hanging clothes? I think the tailored clothes in the capital have a lot better sense and are more comfortable. Even Gwine, after getting some women"s clothes tailored at one of the better shops in the capital Kennoton, you were pleased saying "These are the best~" Ah, I guess the quality of products they deal with isn"t related right.

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After entering Boil Manor and there were several letters leftover beyond the periodic reports from Ra.s.segu in the capital. Three of them were requests to join the {Slaughterers} so I just adequately scanned over them. Then I started looking over the somewhat more important messages.

One of them was from the madam of Ronslail and it was an invitation to her wedding banquet with her third husband. The end of April huh. She seems to be earning quite a bit.

The senders of the remaining two were Noirura.Jibekuto and Mimairu.Fokein. Excluding sis Anderson, it"s the older and younger of the King"s three illegitimate daughters. The contents were similar for both of them and they"d absolutely love to meet me once or want to give praise to my great achievements as an adventurer, and it"s not a single step outside of my expectations after confirming the sender"s name.

If I remember right I met the middle daughter Yorire-ojosama last fall so I guess they"re a few months behind her. According to the head clerk of Boil Manor in both cases the senders of the messages appeared themselves and after being told I was in the dungeon wrote the messages on the spot before leaving them. The dates were certainly from a few days after we entered the dungeon and a few days ago.

"Hmph. Unlike that Yorire-ojosama they didn"t send squires or attendants and came directly themselves huh..It"s a bit admirable."

After reading the message in my room and saying that, Miduchi thought for a moment before making a slightly displeased and uneasy face while saying.

"Nn..Normally it would be a high good impression right. But, if you were to ask me I"d have to give them a minus a.s.sessment I guess...If it was just a simple city girl then of course I might feel it"s favorable and a plus evaluation. However, just because they want to take the position of future queen the person them self suddenly comes, isn"t that sort of thoughtless action a minus?"

Mu, if it"s put like that...
This fellow seems to be thinking a bit as well..No, that"s wrong.

"Hey, you..stop saying things you don"t actually believe."

"Eh? Things I don"t actually believe, that"s not..I was just thinking about the future.."

It seems I was correct. Miduchi"s eyes are darting all over the place.

"You sure are a petty fellow~ Those words just now are something Bel or I would say after carefully thinking about it right?"

After I pointed it out with a bit of a grin on my face Miduchi"s light purple face changed to reddish purple.

"I mean.."

"There"s no mean or anything else to it. In the first place, don"t say things that put down other people just to try and strengthen your own position. Putting aside if you had a clear basis for it, that"s nothing more than your imagination right? It doesn"t suit you."

I think Miduchi"s statement just now was saying a bit too much. Those daughters might not have heard that I intend on making a country in the end yet. It"s possible they"ve only heard that I"ve got extremely good prospects and might be one candidate for a high ranking n.o.ble that a territory will bet left to look after.

Even if that"s the case I guess it"s still thoughtless huh? No wait, why would they think of trying to marry me? Stop getting so full of yourself, me. The only information I"ve got is that they were urged on by the King and even sis Anderson didn"t say a single word that they were progressively trying to win my heart. She just said that they were bring urged on and trained pretty hard.

"Nn..I"m sorry.."

The dispirited Miduchi meekly apologized.

"Don"t say things that are so unlike you. For example it"s possible they could say something like, "Sub-n.o.ble Greed, I was ordered by his majesty so I just met with you to act in line with that. I already have someone I"ve decided in my heart so..I apologize for the rudeness."

It"s possible they directly came asking to apologize(?) as well right. If that"s the case then coming in person could be said to be good manners. Though judging from the contents of the messages I"m pretty sure that"s not the case.

"Ah, yeah..I guess, so."

Well, looking from this fellows point of view I"m sure it"s not very amusing. Just on the surface and from a theoretical standpoint she might be willing to recognize it but it"s difficult for her to accept it in her heart, it"s not as if I can"t understand. However, in some meanings it"s only obvious for a high ranking n.o.ble or King to have several partners. Not even limited to n.o.bles, if it"s a wealthy person then even some commoners have multiple partners. Not limited to men or women. Though it"s a different matter whether or not there"s love there.

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Year 7447, Month 3, Day 2

Without going running or doing any training we gathered at the entrance plaza at around 6 am. As expected the time was when it was so the plaza was packed with adventurers and merchants. It"s annoying being called out by various people so it might have been fine to go running and shift the time but it"s a waste of time. I intend on going all the way to the teleport crystal of the 4th floor at once today.

Recently entering the dungeon has mainly focused on improving the guns and we haven"t spent much time at all exploring so it"s possible to train as much as we please in the large rooms on the 8th and 9th floors. It"s s.p.a.cious so we can do running or practice matches every couple of hours, as well as kill time doing push-ups and sit-ups for training more than usual.

Just the same as the other adventurer partys we started confirming our equipment in an adequate corner. Whether or not there"s any loose strings or bands, whether we"re forgetting anything, if our weapons are in good condition, it"s necessary to properly confirm everything. It would suck if any problems come up because we slacked off on this after all.

After we finished confirming things, we cut through the ma.s.s of people the same as usual on our way towards the entrance. And then I was called out to by the guard Church-san after paying the entrance tax.

"Greed-san, how long are you planning to stay inside this time?"

Even though they don"t normally confirm the plans of adventurers exploring inside...I wonder what"s the reason for this change..And, I guess there"s only one~ Out of the three I don"t know which but they must have asked Church-san. It doesn"t matter who though.

"Just the same as last time I can"t say anything other than it will be somewhat long.."

"I"m sure."

Church-san nodded seriously.

After giving a light nod I started down the stairs.

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We arrived at the teleport crystal of the 4th floor quite a bit after 8 pm. But, it seems everyone is very satisfied that we were able to arrive in roughly 15 hours, so the mood is bright. Excluding one person, he didn"t partic.i.p.ate in the combat but since he"s carrying a lot of luggage Giberuti seems to be having a pretty difficult time. Sorry about that.

It was Ruttsu who was acting as bag watcher on the 4th floor. It seems like he was applying oil to maintain his leather armor in front of the {Slaughterers} stove but he had already started cleaning up. There"s no once else around.

"Huh? I heard that you were going to enter the dungeon today though..Was it a misunderstanding?"

"Fufu, what do you think?"

Gwine proudly stuck out her non-existing chest. Angela and I watched that with the same light smile. I met eyes with Angela. She quickly looked away.

"It"s too late for you to have entered yesterday..After all it was today huh? Seriously the 4th floor in just a single day..I"m feeling sad now~"

Ruttsu said with a light tone as if he wasn"t feeling down at all.

"What, I"m sure you"ll be able to reach the 4th floor right away soon."

Toris said while taking some cabbage out of the bag and handing it to Giberuti.

"Hee~ it"d be good if that"s the case. What is it today?"

Ruttsu asked Giberuti while drooling. You, judging from the time it"s already long past since you ate dinner right? If you want to eat I don"t particularly mind though.

"Tonight is the so-called "Wokonomu Yaki". Do you want to eat some?"

That"s okonomiyaki. Yesterday when we were shopping there was some good squid being sold. There"s no sauce or aonori but we have mayonnaise and it was a request from Miduchi who was together with us so it should be fine once in a while. Since I thought Giberuti would be tired today as well I made it something that wouldn"t require much work or cleaning up.

"What"s that? Is it good?"

"I"ve eaten it a number of times but it"s pretty good."

Furthermore, it seems that Basutoral worked part-time at an okonomiyaki place in his past life and he starts nagging everyone about the way to stir it so we rarely eat it. We just eat it on the occasion when someone says they want to have it. We don"t have any otaf.u.ku sauce so it"s not all that delicious after all.

After our meals, leaving Angela and I as the first lookouts they quickly cleaned things up and the men immediately went to sleep. We can take a shower tomorrow. But, recently I guess the girls have gotten extravagant because they went off to the corner of the room to wipe off their bodies with a towel dipped in warm water.

I guess Giberuti was considerably tired, I can already hear the light breathing from him sleeping. Toris is letting out some light snores as well, while Zulu and Ruttsu are both sleeping like they"re dead with their stomachs full. The extra portion we made was all taken care of by them. Basutoral who was rolled up at the end was making a noise grinding his teeth as he slept. Be quiet~ and knowing it was impossible I tried conveying it telepathically and it became quiet.

I can hear talking voices from behind a simple part.i.tion on the other side of the room. There"s some distance so I can"t hear any of the details though.

"Ah, Bel-san how nice so big..Miduchi-san"s shape is as well.."
"Really~ don"t touch them."
"Gwine as well isn"t that beauty mark on your chest s.e.xy?"
"Ah, this? Though it wasn"t there in the past. Now it"s been there since I was a child."
"Come to think of it, in the past i used have a large beauty mark on my right hand but now it"s disappeared."

Judging from the sounds of their voices it seems like Gwine is providing the topics as usual. I was having Angela ma.s.sage my right foot after soaking it in the foot bath bucket.

"If you"re reborn then something like beauty marks will appear or disappear right.."

It seems Angela can hear their conversation and made a dry smile.
Since she"s a Dog-race person even if she doesn"t have {Super.Hearing} she can still hear better than my ears.
So it was a discussion about beauty marks.
How pointless~
Miduchi has a beauty mark close to a place that can"t be mentioned~
It"s easy to tell because her skin color is light for a dark elf.
Though I guess it doesn"t matter because the wife of Tukerin in the capital has deep purple skin but the beauty mark on her chin is easy to tell.

Ah~ Feels good..Right there, harder.
Next, the left one.