The next day, I spent the morning hiding in the basement level of Seren.
　I used the tracking rounds to earn double the drop.

　I guided the slime that flew by and shot a tracking round on the magic cart, then threw the double drop straight into the cart.
　It was a bit of fun to shoot it after guiding the movement, even though it was a tracking round.

　In no time at all, the drop soybeans accumulated and were bought out of the dungeon.
　The soybeans that filled my magic cart were about 1,000 ponies - I weigh 70 ponies, so that's roughly a ton of soybeans.
　I got about 80,000 pounds for the soybeans, which was quite a nice profit.

　Using the magic cart's calculation function, I earned 200,000 piro in the morning.

　　　　　☆

Celeste.
Mr. Ryota.

　After my third purchase, I was kind of wandering around the dungeon when I met Celeste.
　Even in the midst of the crowd, she was quite conspicuous. With her long black hair and model-like height, and the fact that she has a straight spine, she's attracting a lot of - in a good way - attention.

'What are you doing here?'
I need to shop and buy some stuff.
I see.

　I nodded and looked around.

There's quite a variety of shops here. They sell everything from household goods to luxury goods to jewelry and so on. Why jewelry?
Jewel is a popular selling point in these places.
Why?
'All the adventurers who come to work must have warm pockets now.
Yeah, it's warm.

　So do I.
　Yesterday's 500,000 piro and today's 200,000 piro, I'm making 700,000 as soon as possible.

Then I buy a souvenir on my way home. Then I'll buy souvenirs on the way home, like jewelry and accessories for women.
That's the vanity of men.

　I'm also sad that I can understand that.
　When you have money in your pocket, you can't help but look good for gifts. That's just the way it is.

　I look at a stall selling accessories.
　My favorite gun suddenly made its presence felt like it was making a statement.

　I remembered that I'd been putting off thanking Emily for the second gun I'd gotten.
　...... Hmmm.

　　　　　☆

　It's not vanity, it's gratitude.
　That gratitude just happens to be all the money I have.

'No, it's still a small price to pay,'

　As I said it, I started to think it's normal(,).
　Two days' earnings, plus the cash on hand I brought in from the cyclo.

　The ring, worth a million piro, is now in a box in my pocket.
　From the moment I saw it, I knew it would look good on Emily.
　It cost a million piro, but my gratitude was so great that I bought it on the spot.

　Now, Emily is walking back to the lash tent with it.
　I'm naturally fast, nervous and nervous.

　I stumble and almost drop the ring box.
　I hurriedly catch it in mid-air, letting out a breath of relief.

'...... Mhm?'

　I was about to drop the box and suddenly, something came to me.
　A feeling as if a white lightning had struck, a sensation of something fluttering.

　What was it?　What did you just think?
　Thinking, not remembering.
　It's a feeling I usually get sometimes, when I think of an idea and then immediately forget and can't remember.

　But I want to remember.
　At times like this, I repeat the same action.
　Often I repeat myself and then I remember.

　I'll backtrack a bit, walk in the same way and almost trip and drop a box.
　I catch it - I remember it.

　I almost dropped the ring - it almost fell out of my hand.
　This ring, too, is a dungeon drop.
　That means that, according to the logic of this world, if I lose it, it will become a haggler.

　And if you lose it, it won't usually drop.
　But if I defeat it, it will drop, and it will be something different from the usual.

...... million pillows.

　I wonder what the ring haggle is going to drop.

　Curiosity and gratitude to Emily.
　I was torn.

　　　　　☆

　An unpopular place away from the Seren dungeon.
　I put the ring on the ground with the whole box and kept my distance.

'I'm sorry Emily,'

　In the end, my curiosity got the better of me, and I decided to make the ring a hugulemon.
　For Emily, tomorrow - or the day after tomorrow.
　I've convinced myself that I'll earn all the money I can and buy the same thing again.

　And so, I wait.
　Grabbing the gun and laying still.

　After what felt like an eternity, the box cracked open from the inside and a monster emerged.
　A humanoid monster, but clearly not a person.

　He was twice as macho as a man, and his hair and skin were burning red.
　The name "Efreet" came to mind.

　I loaded two guns with frozen bullets and fired.
　The bullets hit the flaming spirits and spewed cold air.

　But it was only for a moment.
　The flame spirit only seemed to ice for a moment where it had been hit by the bullet, but it quickly melted.

　I dodged the flames blowing at me and fired more.
　I fired in rapid succession and aimed at the fusion bullets, but it didn't happen as I dodged and fired, it just hit me.

　The frozen bullets hit me in rapid succession, and the range of the icing increased.
　It melted, it melted, but it took longer than before.

　Maybe it's my imagination, but the flames are darker where they hit.

'It's working.'

　I felt that, and I fired all the freezer bullets I had.
　I shot all the freezer bullets I could find at the spirit of the fire.

　　　　　☆

　The genie was down and the item was dropped.

''The exact same ring ......?''

　The one on the ground was the exact same ring I bought.
　I didn't know this was possible outside of a dungeon.

　Actually, the ring cost a million dollars, so I was expecting some kind of weapon that was stronger than a gun.
　I was, but it didn't happen.
　Well, let's just say that the ring was returned intact.

　I picked it up to present it to Emily properly.

　The moment I held it in my hand--.

　--All drops will be +1.

　I heard a voice.
　A voice just like the one I heard when I was a seed with increased abilities.
　Is this the same?　No, it was subtly different.

　The seed disappeared in my hand as soon as I took it, but the ring didn't disappear.

'......'

　I put that ring down and picked it up again.

　--all drops will be +1.

　I heard the voice again.
　I think I understood it somehow.

　If it doesn't disappear, then this must be an equipment.
　A status-boosting equipment that has an effect when it's equipped.

　　　　　Stars.

　I brought Emily to the Now Board near the dungeon.

What can I do for you here?
Put these on.
This is--whee!

　Emily scowls at the ring.

'Here, here, here, here!
It's my usual way of saying thank you. Take it.
'So, but ......'

　He stared at Emily, who was lost.
　When she stared straight at me, Emily made a hundred faces.

　Startled, annoyed, and blushing.
　Finally, with a curt nod, she accepted the ring.

'Ah, .......'

　I huffed when I received it and turned my attention to the Nowboard.

'You heard me.'
Yes, sir.
Try it.

　Emily nodded again, and she manipulated the Nowboard with a familiar hand.
　She skipped the first page and brought up the second page as it was.

---2/2---
Plant D (+1)
Animal E (+1)
Mineral E (+1)
Magic E (+1)
Characteristic E (+1)
--------- ...

　A status indicator that we had never seen before appeared in front of us.
　Looks like it's just some kind of equipment.

Thank God.
Yes, I'm trying to do this kind of thing for the first time, but I guess it was Yoda's help.

　My long-time friend Emily got an answer right away, but that's not important right now.
　I looked at her again and said, "Thank you for everything.

"Thank you for everything.
............ Yes.

　After a slightly longer silence, Emily nodded happily and shyly.

'Thank you,'

　He clutched the ring with both hands as if it were precious.