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 In the morning, I was hiding in the third basement floor of Nihonium.
 The monster was a bandaged mummy, and the weakness of these monsters is probably fire.
 I loaded the gun with flaming bullets and looked for the mummy.

 The mummy appeared soon after.
 I stick out my hands and shoot the flaming bullets at the approaching macho mummy.
 It hit, a magic circle unfolded, and the mummy burst into flames.

 The fireball moved forward, but with one or two steps, his body collapsed and fell to the ground.
 Eventually it stopped moving completely, the body disappeared and the seed dropped.
 I pick it up and increase my speed to +1.

 Yeah, this is good.
 Regular bullets had to be shot quite a bit to take it down, or else it would be dangerous and inefficient to get close enough to hit it.
 That's why the flame bombs would kill one shot at a time, and they were safer.

 Nifonium, the third basement level, Mummy.
 This place seems to be stable enough for us to pass through, as long as we have some flaming bullets.

 I used a large quantity of flaming bullets I'd prepared beforehand to roam the deserted dungeon.
 Defeating mammies, getting seeds, and increasing my speed.

 In just half of the morning, I was able to raise my speed from D to C.
 By the way, the confirmation was an afterthought, but I knew how much I needed to raise my speed from D to C from HP and power, so I was able to raise it properly without error.

 I spent the remaining half of the morning packing the seeds into the collection box I had prepared.

 I took the box, looked for the Mummy, and took it down with a fireball.
 Take the box, find the mummy, and take it down with a fireball.

 I repeated the process and secured 50 recovery rounds.

     ☆

 In the afternoon, I brought my daily routine of 40,000 pirouette sprouts in my magic cart to repay Tsubame's kindness.
 When I was about to leave the store after receiving the exact 40,000 pillow from Ena, who had done the procedure for me, I thought it was time to pick carrots.

"Satou-san, ...... do you have a minute?

 Ina stopped me, and she had a look on her face as if she was having trouble saying something.
 Normally, I have a strong image of her getting along well with Elsa and teasing her friend with a cheerful expression.
 I've never seen her look like this before, it was a bit unusual - I was curious.

''I need to talk to you about something. It's not the place to be.

 With that, they took me out of the store.
 The two of us came to the back of the store, in an unpopulated area.

'Actually, ...... my parents run a grocery store,'
Really?
But it's not that profitable. I mean, isn't Cyclo an agricultural city? There are a lot of grocery stores, and they sell pretty much the same stuff as the other stores, so the pull is weak.
"Mmm-hmm.
...... and I was wondering if you could get Satou-san to make regular deliveries to my parents' store, something that would be a highlight...

 Now look up at me like you're looking up at me.

No?
Okay.

 I told him right away.
 I didn't mind helping people like that.

     You know what?

 Terdungeon, I came to the fifth basement floor.
 Since I'm delivering the centerpiece of the store, I had better bring something that has never been done before in my life.

 So I came to the fifth basement floor.

 I walked around a bit and met a monster.
 It was a slime, but it wasn't a normal slime.

 There were a few slimes there, and one slime suddenly swallowed another slime.
 The slime that swallowed the slime changed its shape, it looked like two round slimes connected together.

 It swallowed another slime and this time it turned into three connected slimes.
 It swallowed and grew into a bead of slime.
 I wished there was such a game, and I held up my gun.

 First of all, a normal bullet.
 I aimed well and took a head shot.

 The slime's head is blown off - but the part of the slime that is the body is now the new head.
 Kintaroame - or is it a daruma drop?

 That's the kind of image I had in mind when I saw the slime.
 This isn't very efficient with regular bullets.

 I switched to flame bullets.
 I avoided the snake slime that jumped into the air and fired a flame round as it passed me.
 The slime burst into flames.
 It fell to the ground in a fireball and didn't move.

 Pong! and a large watermelon was dropped.

     ☆

 I left the dungeon with the watermelon.
 Ina, who was waiting for me at the entrance, came running right away.

"Mr. Sato!
Here.
'Thank you! This is ...... Satou's ......

 Ena looked at the watermelon.

'It looks pretty normal.
Mmm.
Oh, I'm sorry. I don't mean that. I mean, I think they're really good. The Ryota bamboo shoots were just plain looking and I think--
'No, well said. That's important.
What?

 Ena looked at him.

'Just give me a minute. I'll get you something. Oh, and while you're at it, check out the flavor.
Yes ......

 I left Ina with a look on her face as if a fox had pinched her, and I left the place to go get that thing...

     ☆

 It was about evening, and this time I took Ina to the fifth floor of the tellurium.
 It's easier to understand what we're going to do if we actually show her what we're going to do rather than explain it to her.

'How did the watermelon taste?'
'It was so good! I've never had a watermelon that sweet and juicy in my life! I knew Satou-san was great!
Well, that means the quality is fine.
Yeah!
Well, then...

 As he said this, the slime appeared.

'Oh, Hevislime.'
Do they keep the name?
Yes.
All right, well, watch.

 After checking around to make sure there were no monsters except for the hebislime, whose body is in front of me in a quadruple row, I put Ena down and stepped forward.
 I set up my gun, then put the item on the ground.

 A well-aimed fireball at the hebislime that jumped at me.
 The body was a bit long with four streaks, but just like before, it instantly turned into a fireball and fell to the ground, motionless.
 And then the watermelon was dropped - and was sucked in in an instant.
 The box on the ground - in a Pandora box.

'A collection box?'
No, it's some guy's modified version of Pandora's Box.
Pandora's Box? Oh, I saw Satou-san's face.
It's a system that shows the face of the person who beat the monster and dropped it like this. This will make it look special, right?
......

 A huffy Ena.

'Satou-san's ...... watermelon'

 She's a Pandora's Box with my face reflected on it.
 Gradually, her eyes lit up at the sight of a watermelon with a producer's label.

     ☆

 The next day, I came to town in the morning before I went to the dungeon.
 I came to Ena's parents' house, which I'd heard about the location beforehand.

 The grocery store was open since the morning and there were crowds of people there.
 Everyone was looking at the Pandora box in the most prominent position in the store and saying this and that.

"What the hell is that box?
Don't you know? It's the same Pandora Box that was recently used for Princess Margaret's air box. That's how you can find out who has killed the monster by using that.
Oh, so this watermelon is from this man's family. Ryota Sato, that bamboo shoot?
Oh, so Ryota makes watermelons as well as bamboo shoots?
I'm going to have a little look around. How much is that watermelon?
Wait, wait, I'll be the first to drop Lyota.
No, I'm buying. The bamboo shoots were unbelievably good, and the watermelon is on my mind.

 There was a bit of a battle at the store.
 People were buying watermelons, and other people came to see what was going on, and it was a big crowd.
 Eventually it became a little auction, and more and more people got caught up in the excitement.

'Thank you, Sato-san,'
Ina.

 Before I knew it, Ena came to the side ...... Well, it's my parents' house.
 She looked down a bit and thanked me with a superior look.

'Thank you so much.'
You're welcome.

 I was doubly happy to be able to fulfill a job I was asked to do, and to be thanked for it.

 By the way.
 The person selling the air of Princess Margaret also thanked me for promoting Pandora Box.