My morning routine of jogging brought me to the dungeon of Nifonium.
　There was a now board at the entrance, so I checked my abilities.

---1/2---
Level: 1/1
HP S
MP F
Power S
Strength F
Intelligence F
Spirit F
Speed F
Dexterous F
Luck F
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　As usual, my level remains fixed at 1.
　But just as I raised my HP to S in the first basement, I also raised my strength to S in the second basement.
　So, it's time to move on to the third basement level.

　We'll go through the skeleton basement level and the zombie basement level two.
　It was annoying how many times they appeared from inside the walls and ambushed us, but we went through them anyway and came to the third basement floor.

　The third basement floor was almost exactly the same as the air up to that point.
　It was dimly lit and gloomy, like a natural cave.
　The monsters showed up immediately!

　The thing that came out of the ground as if to break through the ground was a full-body bandaged humanoid monster.
　It's not that different in size from a human, if I had to say, it's at the level of being a bit bigger than a professional wrestler.
　Is it the type of monster called a mummy man or a mummy?

　I was a bit relieved.
　This Nifonium has skeletons in the first basement floor and zombies on the second floor.
　The dungeons in this world have some kind of dungeon-by-dungeon trend or characteristic.
　It's just like that here, and the same undetermined mummy appeared.
　I was relieved to see the same mummy.

　Now that I'm relieved, I'm ready to check it out.

　I fired my gun at the mummy coming towards me.
　It was easy to hit it because of its size - but it just staggered forward further.
　I was a bit impatient and fired in rapid succession, hitting the head with all the cylinders, and finally I was able to blow its head off and take it down.
　I managed to take it down with a dozen or so bullets.

　I was in a bit of a cold sweat, but the monster drops themselves were the usual (、、、、、).
　Nihoniums don't usually drop anything, but only I, with the "Drop S" ability, will drop something that only I can have.
　Seeds.
　I picked up the seed, it immediately melted in my hand and disappeared.

　--My speed just went up a notch.

　I was relieved that this was the same.
　Apparently my speed goes up in this underground third floor.

　You know, I'm feeling the heat.
　I looked around for Mummy.

"Whoa!

　The Mummy caught me by surprise!
　The walls just came crashing down!　He's coming around to me.

　Resisting.
　I just fired off a series of shots at Mummy, just as her muzzle was pointing at me.
　Pan, pan, pan, pan!

　I shot the bullets in hard, but they didn't do much good.
　Quickly, he threw a front kick and kicked away, and then slammed in a spinning kick.
　Mummy's body was ...... in the shape of a "ku" and then it was torn off from her waist and split in half.

　Mummy on the ground, dropping the seed again.

　I pick it up and think about it.
　Unlike the floor above, it's not as efficient here with a gun.
　It's better to hit them directly, or physically with a force S. It's better to hit them with a force S. The gun should be a checkmate or something.
　Once that was decided, I lightly clenched my fists and looked around for my mammy.

　I was a bit tired compared to the floor above, but I was able to raise my speed from F to E before lunch.

　　　　　☆

　We came back to the city of Cyclo and came to a place called Hollow Hollow.
　It's a kind of popular diner, and the clientele is mostly adventurers.
　It's a bustling place with all sorts of adventurers.

　I take a seat and order a random snack.
　I'm meeting Emily here today.

　I don't need a magic cart when I'm holed up in Nihonium for my morning routine, so I left it with Emily, who cracks rocks and drops a lot of flowers in Arsenic while I'm there.
　Flowers can be piled up in large numbers, so Emily should be able to earn quite a bit of money.
　I was excited to see how much money Emily could make.

　Moments later, a shadow covered me.

"Emily.

　I look up, but...

Hey, you must be Ryota Sato.

　It wasn't Emily.
　A gentleman in his twenties or so. A handsome guy with a fuzzy mask, like an idol, that kind of guy.
　He sat down right next to me.

"Is this nice?
I don't want you to ask me this after you've sat down. There are still other seats available in the first place.
I'd like to talk to you. You said your name.
Speaking of which: "Speaking of which: ......

　I'm pretty sure he was calling my name.
　I looked at him again.

"And you?
The people closest to me call me Nay-kun or something. You can call me Mr. Nay.

　Er, .......
　I don't know what it is, but it pulls it off.

'No, thanks. More importantly, the requirements.
Yeah. You know, you have a great body.
Are you going to go over there?

　With a puff, I knocked over a chair and stood up.
　I wanted to run as fast as I could.

"Ha-ha, no, no. No, no, no, I'm not a faggot, I'm straight, even though people often mistake me for one.
What proof do you have?

　I later realized it was a weird question, but I felt threatened, so I just asked.

"Lil, Lan.

　Yuuo calls out to the back, and then two women approach.
　One is a bewitching beauty who looks a little older than Yuuo, and the other is a beautiful girl who looks like a younger teenage girl, on the contrary.
　One is an older sister character and the other is a younger sisterly character.

''What is it?　Is that it?
Are you leaving already?
Ha-ha, no. He just thought I was more into that kind of thing.
Oh, that's how it goes--

　Tut.

Not even close.

　Tut.

　Lil and Ran, they continued to kiss the man.
　A light kiss, but a lover's kiss.
　After proving - and proving it - they moved away and returned to their seats.

'Those two are my partners, privately and publicly.
Oh, oh, .......
So I'm not a homos*xual, you know? I'm sure you'll understand.
'Oh, ah, ...... yes,'

　I thought I'd rather die making a harem, but if that's what you're talking about, I'm relieved.

So, what do you want with me?
Yeah, I was wondering if I could touch your arms.
I knew you were going to be there!

　He knocked the chair over again and stood up to run away.

'So no,' he said. 'Hmm, well, arm wrestling, arm wrestling then.'
Arm wrestling?　Why?
I heard a rumor yesterday. I heard you put a bullet in that big guy's head.
......

　Relieved was a bit different.
　We're back to normal, serious.

I'm curious about your powers, your powers. To see if the rumors are true.
...... Right.
I don't know.
Okay.
Thank you.

　The man put his right arm on the table, propped his elbow up.
　I did the same thing, putting my elbow on the table, hand in hand with him.

"Then let's go.
Yeah.
Lady ...... gosh!

　With a command, I put a lot of force into it.
　It was a tremendous amount of force, I knew I might be a faggot and I didn't want to be working with a guy in the first place, so I tried to end it in an instant, but it didn't end.

　Their arms were pulling and shaking and their strength was in competition.

　I'm going to get serious.
　I grabbed the table with my left hand and went all out.
　The equilibrium is broken, and I push, inch by inch, until I press the back of his hand against the table.
　I win.

"Ew!　Nay-kun lost.
Inertia. That's what happens when you don't level up. It's a good pill to swallow sometimes.
But I've never seen anyone as powerful as Nay-kun.
There's an upside to that. It's just that he was above it.

　Two of his companions were saying that behind him.
　I know their reaction - especially the girl's.

　I'm a force to be reckoned with now.
　I'm now Force S. I'm the one who can finally win an arm-wrestling match with all my strength.
　I'm a Force A.

"A-ha-ha, I beat you, dude.
You too.

　The Power A man, I was secretly wary of him.
　I'm no longer suspected of being a homos*xual, only about 10% of the time, I was usually wary of him.
　And so I stare at him.
　We stare at each other - and he's smiling, brushing aside my gaze.

"What's the matter with you, boys? Come on, I'll show you how to wrestle a real arm wrestler.

　A middle-aged man came from the side.
　He was a heavy man with a beard, looking like a foreign professional wrestler.
　He sat down at my table with a thud, propped himself up on his elbows and offered me an arm-wrestling match.

　The big guy had someone with him.
　This one was a normal young man with no features, just a normal looking guy.
　He stopped him.

'Oh, hey, stop it.'
I'm going to teach those wandering sprouts how to be tough on the world. It's a lesson.
No, no, no, that's not what I mean. That man is a nep--
All right.

　Yuuo smiled, sat back down and joined hands with the big man.
　His arms are roughly three times as thick as they were.
　It's a good thing that you're not going to be able to get a good idea of what you're looking for.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find it.

I'm going to have to ask you to give me a command.
No, no--
Please.

　The young man gulped as Yuuso said.

Then let's get to class.
Ha-ha-ha-ha, oh, be nice to me--

　Pan!
　There was a tremendous noise and something slammed into the table.
　A big man's arm.
　The arm of the guy instantly bent in the direction it shouldn't have bent and went limp.

"Uh-oh!

　The big man screamed and the young man with the clutch clenched his temples.

I stopped him. I'm sorry, you're Neptune, right? This guy is an idiot, so give him a break with one arm, please.

　The young man bowed his head at the waist ninety degrees.
　The man called Yuuo - Neptune is still smiling.

I'm just doing the arm wrestling that was initiated. I'm not going to do anything more than that.
Thank you.

　The young man bobbed his head once more and left the shop with the big man in tow.
　'You're going to treat him.

'Neptune, you say?'
You idiot, didn't you notice that?　There's also Princess Lil and Princess Lan, for all intents and purposes, the Neptune family, right?
It's my first time.
Wait, then who was that guy over there that beat Neptune in an arm-wrestling match?
The only thing I know is that ...... they're both monsters.

　The restaurant started buzzing at noon.
　Neptune...... I've heard that name somewhere.
　Of course, it's not the god of the sea or anything like that.

　I've only been in this world for a short time, and the things I've heard about people's names are usually the "this guy is awesome" type of gossip.
　I can't remember for the life of me, but I'm pretty sure Neptune is in that category.

"Hey, can you arm-wrestle me again?
'Let's not go to ...... and make too much noise any more.'
Well, if you ask me. Okay. Lil' Lan.

　Neptune called the two women.
　You're going to come back to me - I thought.

　There was a snapping sound, and at the same time, the world went into slow motion.
　Oh, this is bad, this is bad, I don't know what I'm seeing, but this is bad.

　I reflexively let go of my punch.
　Force S, a full-on, life-saving punch.

　Boom!

　There was an explosion, and the shockwave spread.
　The table between us was caught in the shock wave and crushed to wood.

　I staggered, but managed to stay on my feet.

'What are you doing?'
You're good.

　Neptune's arm was slack-jawed.
　Bloodied and battered.

　I finally realized it was his arm that had been battered, punching and punching.
　I panicked and looked at my hand. My knuckles are red and tingling, like my wrists are on the verge of being sprained.
　It's like the feeling you get when you hit a punching machine as hard as you can.
　But I seem to be OK somehow.

　I'm even more buzzed around.

"Mr. Neptune is at .......
Hey, is this really a losing proposition?
Who is that guy really? ......

　The guests who look at me with distant, frightened faces - mainly at me.
　Neptune, on the other hand, was really quite stone-cold.

　His arm was mended by your sister, the one you called Lil', using magic.

"You're good, baby.
It's .......
Can you be mine?
I knew you were a faggot!

　I was caught by his line, which was not hostile at all, and I plunged into it.