I followed Alice around to watch her hunt.

'Go around from the back of the spiky spikes, and when the bonbon hits three shots, stop your hand and wait for the honk--there.

　Under Alice's command, the four companions were fighting the slime.
　It wasn't just the previous mere push all-out attack, they were fighting to cut down to a certain extent and make a tome at the right time.
　Not only that.

'Pulls melted once,'

　He was also giving instructions that didn't seem to make any sense from the side.

　They were all actions that were really incomprehensible from the side, but that was why the drop was at 100%.
　Defeating a monster would always result in a drop, as good as drop A.

　After turning it around for an entire day, Alice had earned more than 500,000 piro.

　　　　　☆

Hmmm, no.

　In the city of Cyclo, after observing the haglemono I had restrained with my restraining rounds - Frankenstein at close range for over a minute, Alice concluded.

''You won't drop it any time you take it down, will you?
I knew it.
The only person who can drop it is Ryota, after all.
I guess so.

　The test revealed another thing.
　Alice's ability and how this world works.

　Alice has the ability to know when to drop something if it can be dropped. That meant that if she timed it correctly in the dungeon, it would drop 100%, but not if it was outside the dungeon.
　You can keep pulling off the 1% chance for a long time, but there's nothing you can do about the 0% ones.

　And that the drops in this world are practically spinning roulette.
　The higher the status drop, the more area per area the roulette is.
　Every monster has that roulette, and the haggler has zero per area.

　And all my drop S's that don't exist in this world are per-roulette.

"Thank you.

　I said, and took Frankenstein down with a headshot with a penetrating bullet. I pick up the tracking rounds while I'm at it.

"No, Ryota, thank you" is my line. I dropped a whopping 300,000 piro today thanks to Lyota.

　300,000 piro, that's how much she makes.
　It's a 100% drop, but it takes a good amount of time because it requires the procedure of trying to get the timing right.
　So she stayed at 300,000 piro.

　But.

'Good, now Alice is a 100 million player.
Yeah!

　300,000 per diem, which, by simple math, means over 100 million a year.
　That's one hurdle, a symbolic figure.

　Alice was of course very happy to have achieved this.

It's all thanks to Lyota. Thank you for having me on board.
You're welcome.

　She thanked me for my help, but I think I might be happier than she is.
　The upper limit of level 2 is low, so no matter which family she went to, they wouldn't let her join them.
　I'm glad to see that she was able to come this far after being on the verge of losing her job.

Oh?
What's the matter, Alice, you stopped.
There: "There: ......
There?　Ah, the magician.

　Alice stared at the familiar face of the magic tool shop.

'Do you want ......?'
Yes.

　There was no way Alice was going to pay attention to me without something happening.
　I suggested, and Alice quickly walked into the store.
　I followed her. Inside I saw a familiar face, the owner Isaac, and a customer I didn't know.

'Ah,'

　Alice saw the magic fruit in her customer's hand and shouted.

'What's up, Alice?'
That magic fruit: ......
You want it?
Yes.

　Alice nods quietly, all the while gunning for the magic fruit.

'Why not another one?'
The fruit is all different. Only that one was there.

　As I grasped Alice's ability, I tried to decipher what she felt.

　They were all different, and "there".
　Maybe it's a lottery box for each magic fruit - or maybe it's roulette.
　And only that magic fruit has a chance of getting the magic Alice is looking for.

　But.

'Uncle, sell it.'
"I'm sorry, this one has just been purchased by a customer here.

　Isaac looked apologetic, as he said.

'If it's a magic fruit, it's not here yet.
I like this one. Come on, sell it.
...... then 10 million piro.

　The man thought he was staring at Alice and then he hurled a ridiculously high price at her.
　The price of the magic fruit went up a while ago, it's still 5 million.
　The man offered Alice something like 10 million, because he saw that she wanted it at all costs.

　As proof that it was a trick, Isaac's eyebrows furrowed the moment he heard the price.

''One, ten million piro ...... ugh ......''

　Alice moans in annoyance. She looks like she wants it, but she can't afford to pay ten million for it.

She says she can't afford it.
Lyota!　So, but ......
I know you want it.
'Yes!　That's true, but also at .......
That's good enough for me.

　I turn to the man and say again.

"So I'll give you 10 million, and you can sell it.
...... 30 million.

　The man pauses for a breath, then raises his price even more.
　He's completely watching our step. He raised the price because I was too stubborn.

　What do you think, I can still get 30 million out of this, but I'm afraid he'll raise the price again.
　In the worst case, they might stop presenting the price and start pulling on us.

　What do you do in such a case?

"Customer

　Isaac interrupts the conversation.
　"Not to me," he says, "but to the man who bought the magic fruit.

"I'd like to offer you one piece of advice.
Hey, I'm not asking you to force me to buy one.
No, sir. It's just that that man is Mr. Lyota Sato.
...... Huh?
The leader of that Lyota family, Lord Lyota Sato. Please consider this matter carefully.
Ryota Sato, the man who almost brought down the Clifford family.
'Yes, sir. If you know what I mean, you understand that that one incident was 'self-inflicted' as well.
Ugh.

　The man grunted, and Isaac didn't say anything else with it.
　Unlike earlier, his bullishness had been completely reversed.
　I hadn't expected the name to work that way here.

　'Here,' I cut in.

'Ten million piro.'
What?
So we agreed to it once, okay?
'Oh, yeah. That's fine.

　The man looked like he was saved and shook his head so longitudinally that his head was torn off.

　　　　　☆

　At night, in the living room of the mansion, Alice is staring at the magic fruit she has received.
　Alice was staring at the magic fruit she had brought.

'What's wrong, Alice?

　I explained her newly acquired abilities to my questioning companions, and then I explained to them.

'They say the same thing happens with magic fruits.
Which means that he's trying to time the magic he's aiming for.

　Celeste understood immediately. As expected of the family's best brains.

'What kind of magic?'

　I shook my head at Eve's question.

'I don't know, I didn't ask that.'
But it's so serious, it's really quite magical.
Or maybe it's just a spell he really wants to cast.
Carrot multiplication, right?
That's the genre.

　Eve's usual blurbs didn't sound like a blur in this case.
　That's because there's that possibility. Considering Alice's peculiarities, that possibility is also quite possible.

　While we were talking, Alice continued to stare at the magic fruit.
　It's probably a bit like staring at a roulette wheel that keeps spinning.

　In the dungeon, Alice, who was convinced of the roulette after a few seconds, or even a minute of haggling, continued to stare at the magic fruit the whole time.
　An hour passed, then two hours.
　Still, Alice continued to stare.

　Eventually, it was dawn.

　Alice bit into the magic fruit with a gusto.

　I wondered what the odds were in the hundreds of thousands, I thought to myself.