“Other than that, you have been nominated for two commissions as the slave Ojou-san partner… though it is for cleaning toilets. Will you do it? It’s a G-Rank commission, but will you accept it?”
“… Please give me a bit to think about it.”
Toilet cleaning… should I be happy about the publicity? However, I can’t do it now.
“I want to hear about dungeons specifically, could you tell me about what kind of places they are?”
“… Dungeons are places with things such as monsters, traps, and treasures. To sum it up, dive into a dungeon if you are aiming to get rich in one go. Well, a person without common sense like you probably doesn’t even know something like that?”
“E-even I know that much you know?”
I didn’t know that. I’d probably dislike it, but I’d be thankful to learn this ‘common sense’ thing.
“Then, do you know about the dungeon bosses and the dungeon cores?”
“… Umm, the core, that’s the dungeon’s heart, right?”
“Yes, that’s right. A dungeon will begin to collapse the same time its core is destroyed. The dungeon boss is on the lowest floor of the dungeon, an existence that defends the core. There is also the theory that the dungeon core and the dungeon boss are one in the same, too… In the past, the demon king’s castle collapsed when the demon king was destroyed. There is a famous theory that the demon king’s castle was a dungeon, and that the demon king was both the boss and core since the dungeon core was unable to be found. Well, I look at it as the demon king was just someone who was unwillingly forced into it and struggled in vain.”
The dungeon core, a demon king… I wonder if Rokuko gave off the feeling of a demon king?
When I tried to imagine it for a moment, I could only see Rokuko slipping on her cloak and falling over.
Yep, let’s stop that, being a Demon King wouldn’t suit Rokuko.
As for the dungeon collapsing without its dungeon core, I wonder if dungeon cores maintain the walls or something? However, things like dungeon bosses and dungeon masters, no idea what part of these terms are common sense…
“By the way, if you’d like to know more about dungeons, there is a study of dungeons in the education division, so it would be good for you to buy a book… the book is expensive, but I think the contents make the cost worth it.”
That’s exactly the information I was looking for. A study of dungeons, so there was something like that huh?
That’s valuable information. I absolutely want to get it.
“Well, the [Introduction to the Study of Dungeons] costs one gold, though.”
… I don’t have enough on hand. If one copper is one hundred yen, isn’t that a substantial one million yen?
I’ll need to bring back some valuables after returning to the dungeon.
Yep, yet another reason why I need to head back to the dungeon.
“Is that all, then? More people have arrived.”
“Yeah, sorry. Thanks for your time.”
“No, it’s my job to give advice to adventurers… that being the case, could you step aside?”
I have complete faith in Receptionist-san’s commitment to her job. I don’t dislike her.
I lead Meat and walked away from the counter.