37. Thank you Emily




 I came back to Emily's place with the money I had earned that day in my pocket.
 The tent wasn't in its original place - I thought it had been moved a little bit, and it had been moved closer to the garbage.

 I walked up to the tent and went inside.

'I'm home, ho: ......'

 The moment you walk in, a warmth envelops your body.
 It's not that it's cold outside, it's not that it's hot inside.

 It's just warmth.
 No, it's happiness.

 The warmth of happiness gently envelops my whole body.
 It's a tent, but it's warm.

"Welcome home.

 It's all in Emily's power.
 A smile naturally formed at the corner of his mouth and he smiled at her.

'I'm home, sorry I'm late,'
No, sir, not at all. Thank you for your help.
What's going on? Looks like the tent was moved around a bit.
'Yes, sir. Since then, people have come to throw out the garbage. The original place was too far away from the garbage, so I moved it a bit.
I see.

 I nodded lightly and looked at the edge of the tent.
 The tall, beautiful woman I rescued earlier is still sleeping.

 However, her face is no longer vexed and she's sleeping peacefully, so I decided to leave her alone for now and told Emily.

'Of the dungeon, I've gone underneath Seren's basement floor.
How did it go?
I think it's pretty interesting.

 A characteristic of the monster, the nature of the monster, is that if you attack a specific spot and kill it, the drop is doubled.
 And I told her that I've used tracking bullets to defeat it and earned 100% drop doubling.

 Emily listened with interest, but suddenly tilted her head slightly as if something was bothering her.

'What's up,'
Mr. Yoda, did you use a lot of tracking rounds?
Yeah, the second half of the day, I mean, you used more than two-thirds of your tracking rounds.
Isn't that a bit of a waste? I think it was two firebombs and one tracking round.
That's the kind of rate I was talking about.

 I'm suddenly reminded of this after being told.
 The most efficient way to defeat a Frankenstein hatched from garbage is with a flame fusion bullet.
 You get the flaming bullets themselves the way you use the shipping box, you kill two zombies and get one shot, so it's calculated that four zombies and one tracking bullet.

 Of course, you can kill all the monsters with your bare hands.
 The only reason it's a bullet equivalent is that it's somehow easier to understand.

 With that calculation, it may indeed be a "waste" as Emily says.

It's fine.
Do you mind?
Yeah, I don't like to keep the elixir. Tracking rounds are the most effective in there, so I'll use them.
'I don't know about the elixir, but I get it: ......

 Emily nodded and agreed.

     ☆

My name is Celeste.

 A tall, beautiful woman I noticed said her name.
 She was sitting upright in the tent, staring at me in an elegant manner, and said her name.

 I thought she was fidgety, but she was fidgeting.
 She glanced at the inside of the tent with a curious, troubled look on her face.

 It's easy to see what's bothering him.

It's her, Emily's special ability.
"Huh?

 The person who had been introduced - Emily - sounded more unconcerned.

'Whether it's a ramshackle apartment or a new building or a tent, he has the skills to turn it into a divine and warm place like this, like a temple.
'My God! That's great!
'Yes, yes, no, it's not true! I'm just doing my normal cleaning and tidying up.
I know, I know.

 I folded my arms and nodded deliberately in agreement with him.

''Geniuses are the kind of people who would say that the talent they have is normal.
Yeah!
'I understand! Talented people don't have the faintest idea that they're gifted.
'Yeah, yeah, 'What? Is that normal?' That's what it's called.
'And 'why can't everyone do it?' And you're in trouble on the other side.
Right?
Ugh. ......

 Emily looked extremely annoyed.
 Eventually her face turned bright red.

'Oh, I'm going to make a cup of tea,'

 And then he ran away from the tent.
 Cute.

 After Emily disappeared, Celeste and I stayed in the tent.
 She looked at me and again bowed deeply.

"Thank you so much for letting me rest.
'I did what I thought was natural. More importantly, why were you taking care of the garbage by yourself? We'll need to hire more people if we're not going to be able to process it in time.
"At first I was in time to make it on my own. Then word got out that the tax incentives were about to end, and the number of last-minute gains and adventurers exploded over the last few days, so.
I see.

 Maybe we're talking about an arrangement between the Cyclo and Heero's Dungeon Association.
 If it's decided to come under the jurisdiction of either city, of course that city will have to pay taxes for the purchase, so I guess they want to make some money before then.

Oh yeah, how long have I been sleeping?
Half a day, maybe, but it's getting dark.
No.

 Celeste jumped out of the tent.
 A short distance from the tent, just barely out of the way due to my presence, a pile of garbage was already piled up.

 There was a pile of trash piled up in the middle of the pile, lightly amounting to several truckloads.
 I was a little taken aback by the fact that there was so much trash piled up in half a day.

I knew it was going to increase.
Yeah.
Excuse me, I need to clean up.

 I nod.
 It's a bit of a waste in terms of special bullets, but it's no use.

 Celeste stood in front of the trash and spread her magic circle at her feet.

''Whoa!

 I couldn't help but gasp.
 The magic circle she spread out was bigger than when they met, and it glowed with magical light.

 Celeste held up her hand, a blue-white flame enveloped the pile of trash - reducing it to ashes in an instant.

''Feng......''

 Amazing, was he that high in magic power?
 As I was thinking, Celeste turned herself around and went to Emily, who was far away from Stasta and bowed her head heavily.

''Thank you, I owe it to you.''
Huh?
''Thanks for letting me rest in the tent, I was able to recover my magic power even more than usual. Thank you so much. You're an amazing person.
Wow. I normally don't--

 For some reason, the compliment on Emily made me happy, too.
 It's amazing that she's 5'3" and wields that hammer with Power A.

 But more than that, the warmth of the house she made.
 I think it's amazing how she makes it relentlessly happy and warm, even in a tent.

'Yeah, yeah, it's all thanks to Emily.
Whew!
'Emily has made it possible for Celeste to handle everyone's garbage on her own, which she can't keep up with on her own. Emily keeps everyone's lives together.
Yeah, yeah, that's an exaggeration.
That wasn't too much to ask.
I feel the same way. I can't wait to go around and tell everyone about you right now.
Please don't do that, sir, you'll kill me if you do.

 Emily turned red as a boiled octopus as Celeste and I fought to lift her up.
 Still, we didn't mind, and we thanked her profusely, which resulted in her being knocked down a lot.