In the morning, I headed to the dungeon today.
　I defeated a zombie in the basement second floor of Nifonium to get a seed and raise my strength to S.
　This brings my HP to S, which means I've completed the second level of the dungeon.

　Tomorrow it's time to move on to the third basement level.
　Skeletons and zombies, I left Nihonium, wondering what kind of monsters would be in the third floor.

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　I came to Nami's "swallow favor".
　The magic cart is all sprouts.

　I push that magic cart into the store and look for the clerk.
　Elsa was there - but she's doing the buying for the other customers.
　Our eyes met, and she gave me an apologetic look.

　I told her with a mouthful and a gesture that I'd see her later, and took it to the open clerk.

'Welcome! Oh, Satou-san, isn't it?
Hi. You used to be close to Elsa: ......
It's Ena Mistral. Elsa-- oh, you're in the middle of something.
Okay, I'll be back later today. I'll come back later today.
Yes, I'll do the math now-- Huh?

　Elsa's best friend, Ena, was surprised.

'That's exactly four thousand piro.'
It's what it was meant to be.

　I did that because the magic cart has a new feature, and it's an easy drop to adjust the amount like sprouts.
　By the way, I turned the little bit of excess into bullets via Hagremonos.

'It's easier that way too if you don't have a fraction.
Yeah, well,

　Ina stared at me. I don't know what's going on.

"I see ...... that's why I know Elsa is going to have a meltdown.
'What?　What did you say?
'It's nothing! Well then, thank you for making it easier to calculate. Yes, it's 4,000 piro.
Hi.
I hope to see you again.

　I was about to push the magic cart out when Ena said so.
　Now, next time I'll be in the tellurium, downstairs for the carrots--

"It's crazy!

　Don!　The sound of a man's wild voice and the sound of something being tapped and a man's wild voice echoed through the store.
　The lively shop, where numerous adventurers were bringing in items for purchase, was instantly silent.

　I stopped and looked in the direction of the voice to see what was going on.
　The counter where Elsa was located was half collapsed when the man struck her.
　Elsa's face was pale and frightened.

'But sir, the results of the tally--'

　Also, Don!
　This time I stepped on the ground as hard as I could.
　It freaked out all around me!　The building shook with such an impact that it was like.

'Nine thousand piro?　That's not right, but I brought it in properly, over a thousand. You're cheating on bringing in customers, here.

　There's no way I'm cheating.
　I weighed exactly 40,000 pounds just a few minutes ago, and when I didn't say anything, he surprised me perfectly.
　I don't understand why you would cheat and ruin your credibility in this kind of business.

What's up with that?
I'm sorry.
"I'm not sorry...

　The man raised his arm.
　He drew his bow and swung it at Elsa.
　Everyone gasped.

　Pan!
　Peek-a-boo!

　A man's arm is frozen!
　He shot the man with a freezer bullet on the spur of the moment, freezing him halfway through his arm.

'What the hell?'
That's not the same as raising your hand to a woman, is it?
What?　What the f*ck?
Mr. Lyota!

　Elsa called out my name in a half-crying, but relieved to be alive.

"Did you see that?
You're freezing in a second.　Is it magic?
I didn't see any chanting. Was it uncensored?
I can't believe that uncensored magic is that freezing. I can't even feel the magic.
But the magic circle is there.

　The other customers started bugging me.
　I can't afford to care, I'm going to kick them out of my head.
　And then I turn around and face the man.

　He freezes half his body in place and stares at me with his bloodshot eyes.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?
'I know this place well, it's a nice place that doesn't cheat on volume or purchase price.
How the f*ck do you know that?

　I got the magic cart and asked Elsa.

'The purchase is ...... leeks or this. What's the unit price?
"Uh, uh, ......

　After entering the purchase amount that I heard from Elsa, who replied timidly, into the magic cart, I put the leeks that the man brought in.

　You're going to be able to get the most out of it.

"Oh, I see, the magic cart works.
It's handy to have it calculate the amount of money you put in there.
I haven't seen that feature before. Who's that?
I've heard of this option they give you at the store called Progress.

　When the begrudging surroundings understood, we added the last green onion.
　The result was 9120 piro.

　I show it to the man and say, "Well, this is what happened.

"This is what happened?
That's bullshit!　There was a deception!
How did you do it in front of everyone?
Yeah, it's that f*cking noise!

　The man was furious, the blue streaks in his temples twitching.

'Hmph!'

　As the man exerted himself, the ice burst away.
　Not only that, but his body swelled up to twice its size.
　Muscle.
　He became a muscular looking, like a youkai that might say 80% or 100% of a hundred percent, and muscular.

'Get out of my way, I won't let you!

　The man huffed his fist at me.
　Buh-oh!
　There was a tremendous sound of wind and my fist came flying through the air.

　I took it.
　I stuck out my hand and took the punch in the palm of my hand.
　The ground crunched harder, but I didn't move a muscle.

"What?
Phew!

　And then a full-bodied right hook on the counter.
　The man's body bent over in a "ku" shape, and he was knocked to the ground.
　He whites his eyes and stops gurgling, wiping foam from his mouth.

"Hey, hey, ...... you got it in one shot!
I thought you were a wizard.
The man's power was real: "That man's power was real: ...... and you surpassed it: ......

　Ignoring the even more buzzing around him, he decided to quieten Elsa down first.

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　The guy ended up being arrested by some kind of city cop, and then he got ditched.
　I blew him off and destroyed the store for a bit, but I was completely unchallenged and rather grateful.
　Then the buyout - business as usual resumed.
　And I'm out in the shop with Elsa.

"Thank you so much.
Don't worry about it, I'm just doing what I know to do.
Thank you so much: ......

　Elsa stares at me.
　With enraptured, moist eyes.
　It's a little uncomfortable, I don't often experience this kind of stare.
　I don't know what to do, so I decide to run away.

"All's well that's fine, then I'll bring you a carrot later.
Yes ......

　I was about to leave with the magic cart, when I suddenly remembered that I hadn't told him I'd moved out yet.

Yes, I--I--I mean--

　I turn around, and Elsa catches up with me and talks to me.
　The two of us crossed - chuff.

　I heard a wet sound, a warm, soft touch.
　.................. A kiss?

　It wasn't until about ten seconds later that I realized that was it.
　I rushed away, and Elsa turned red and clutched her mouth.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.

　He rushes to defend himself.
　I shouldn't, this is not right.
　I can't allow this to happen, to take my lips away from me in an accident.

"I'm sorry that that was an accident, and I'm really sorry. I'll do anything I can to help--

　I tried to explain myself very hard, but...
　Mwah.

"...... Yeah.

　Wet and warm.
　The same feeling again.

　A kiss.
　Elsa kissed me.

"Yes, Elsa?
It wasn't an accident.
What?
I don't want it to be an accident.
Yeah, that's: ......
I did it because I'm Mr. Lyota.

　Elsa said and ran back into the store, holding her face as it turned even redder.
　I stood there in front of her until I realized what had happened.