77. Emily and Celeste




 With Margaret on the level, she and I visited the man selling air.
 The building she led us to had a sign that read "Archive Shiher".
 It was not a private house, but an image of a building used for offices or shops.

 Once inside, the man was surprised to see me and Margaret together, but let us go in the back anyway.
 Then we were let into the parlor and faced the man.

"What's the sign out front?
That's my name and the name of my office.
I didn't know that.

 The man ...... archives frowned slightly and compared me and Margaret in turn

Why are you with the princess?
I was leveling up with her earlier.

 I explained the situation to the archives.
 I happened to come across Margaret's leveling up and went along for the further leveling up, predicting that her status might make her drop all A at level 99.
 As a result, at level 96, her drop was all D. I also told her that I was sure she would be all A at 99.

 At first the archives looked fatherly, as if they were about to take my daughter, but halfway through the conversation, it was replaced by surprise.

'It's true, Princess!'

 Margaret nodded quietly.
 She has calmed down compared to earlier, and her neat gestures give off the air that she is indeed a princess.

'Seriously, ...... no, but that doesn't mean you'll be an all-A when you get to 99.
'She didn't get anything up to level 94, it was all F. That's right.
Yeah, why not?
'I spiked to drop all E in 95 and then all D in 96. In a case like this, it's definitely all A at the end.

 I'm not from this world, but I'm beginning to understand a lot about the laws of this world.
 In the same way that the inherently non-existent S in this world is on top of the A, if you don't grow at all at the beginning, but grow rapidly in the endgame, you'll eventually become the best at what you're capable of.

 It's a sure thing, just like if you talk about getting married after the war, you'll die, just like if you drink Coke, you'll burp.
 It's a sure and certain thing.

Yeah. Well, if that's the way you want it, then so be it. After all, you're the leader of the Lyota family.

 I was surprised at the way the archives were convinced.
 I thought I was talking about Oyakusoku (、、、、、), but he was convinced that it was Sato Ryota.
 It's nice that he was convinced, but it feels a little strange.

'But ...... so ...... level 99 and all A?'
You can do a lot with that.
'What? Yeah, right.
...... Were you thinking about something different?
Yeah, I'm thinking about using the princess's upgrades to help me make a living.

 I chuckled and said, "I see.
 The Archive Shiher was very much a merchant.
 I was thinking that when I got to all A's, the drop would be better and I'd get more and more money out of it, but they were figuring out how to cash in on the process too.
 I never had that idea.

 I didn't have it, but I have an idea that would come up if you gave me the idea.
 Princess Margaret selling air boxes.
 What she was doing was the same as a certain profession.

"Do you know a town called Arkill?
'Alkir? You mean the city of plating?

 I'd never heard it called the City of Plating before, but since I know Plated Mouse, I figured that was the way to go.

We're going to put together a tour to go there with Margaret.
Tour?
'Yeah, like ...... help the princess level up,' he said. I'm going to go to Alkil for that procedure where I usually make airboxes, and I'm going to let any adventurer who wants to do it do it.
You're a genius!

 The archive smiled so reluctantly that he stood up quickly.

'Right! If you let the princess's fans do it, it's easier to level up and get money from them, so you can kill two birds with one stone!

 Oh, I knew I was a fan.
 I was satisfied that I had been right.

"Alright, I'll let the princess's 100,000 fans know about it right away!
100,000 people.

'Thank you, Sato! I'm going to make you a fortune, thanks to you. Let me give you something in return!

 The archive grabbed my hand and shook it up and down.
 I could tell by this reaction that it was quite forceful, and that it must be a very profitable calculation.
 Thank you or ...... Yes, I suppose.

 I thought for a moment and looked at Margaret, who was smiling up at me.

I'll leave it at that: ......

 I told the archives of my desired gratuity.

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 The next morning, instead of hiding in the daily dungeon today, the full family came to the outskirts of Cyclo with Emily, Celeste, Eve and Alice.

 The location was the same as yesterday, where Margaret and I were leveling up.

'This is ...... amazing,'
There's a lot of carrots.

 They marveled at the amount of carrots there, as much as yesterday's sprouts, a small mountain of them.

'You must be Satou-san.'

 A young man who had been working on the carrots came over and talked to me.
 I looked closer and saw that he was a bit of an acquaintance, one of the four people who were following up with Margaret to create the atmosphere.

'Yeah, I'm Sato Ryota,'
These are the million-pirogram items I promised you.
It was a carrot.
I don't get many sprouts.
You got it.

 We used it all up yesterday.

I'm sure you did, bye.

 The man said and walked away.
 'This is the gratuity I asked the archive for yesterday.

'Well, let's do it.'
'Mr. Yoda, that man is not here today.
If we already have this in the first place, don't we need to get rid of us?

 Emily and Celeste raised the obvious question.

'I think I'm going to level everyone up today,'

 I explained to my friends.

I figured since we can crystallize our experience, and since we invented a perpetual motion engine using tellurian hagrefactors yesterday, I thought it would be a good idea to raise everyone's bar.
I ......
...... of them?

 Emily and Celeste are surprised.

'Yeah, you're both still up. What's the problem?
Objection!

 Eve objected, pushing Emily and Celeste, who had almost nodded in trepidation, away from her.

'We won't allow you to wreck the carrots,'
I don't want to be shoddy, I want to be experienced.
Carrots are for eating.
That's true, though.
If you insist, go over the rabbit's head.

 Eve stood in front of the pile of carrots with her arms outstretched.
 'As usual, your personality changes when carrots are involved.

'We have to be patient here,'
'Yes, if you persevere here, I'm sure Lyota-san will prepare more delicious carrots for you instead.

 Emily and Celeste try to persuade Eve to join them.
 To their persuasion, Eve's attitude softened a bit and she looked at me.
 Oh dear, well, it's no use.

"I promise, when you all reach the end of your level, I'll bring you another carrot.
Lyota Carrot?
With Lyota Carrot
Hope for a year.
That's a good one.

 I mean, a year's worth of mochi is enough for one year.
 Oh well, I don't like the look of happiness on her face when she's eating carrots.

"Okay, I promise.
Rabbit, I'll be patient.

 Eve nodded and withdrew.
 She turned herself around and went towards the day after tomorrow.
 I thought she was going to walk away, but she didn't, she sat down on the ground in a remote location - a place that wasn't affected by the haggling.

''Why is it there?''
"Downwind.
What?
If you can't eat it, can you at least smell it?
Oh, yeah.
"Live in the arena.
No, I don't know what that means.
......

 I plunged in, but Eve didn't respond.
 You're really trying to tell me it's all about the smell.

Well, let's get started. Alice is a complete blank slate, so it's Emily, Celeste and Eve.
The rabbit's on a roll.
Really?

 Well, he was a famous adventurer before he became one of us.
 So that means it's just Emily and Celeste.

I think Emily's upper limit is 40 and Celeste's is 54.
Yes, sir.
I remembered: "I remembered: ......

 Emily replied briskly, as if she were a child, and Celeste, whose cheeks blushed for some reason.
 I moved away from Carrots along with the two of them.

 After waiting for a while, the carrots hatched into sleeping slimes one after another.
 I shoot the hatched sleeping slime to defeat it, defeat it and load the normal bullets that dropped into the pouch to defeat the next one.

 It was the same as yesterday, a perpetual engine with almost the same amount of bullets replenished as the ones I took down.

 I took down every one of them that hatched and turned them into crystals of experience.

'It's amazing after all, Yoda-san.'
'It's not a lap ...... lap, but the pattern of work is complete. That's what a top-notch adventurer looks like.
Do you think I've been adopted by some crazy person?

 While my friends were chatting away, I was single-mindedly producing experience.
 The number of carrots is dwindling and their levels are rising.

"I'm a canst!
I'll take care of it.
At this pace, it might be a little short?
It's definitely a little short.
Alice, you're coming with me. I'm going into town to buy some more.
Emily? It's more expensive for us to buy them, and you should hunt them down in the dungeon.
Mr. Yoda wants us to be a cannibal. If we hunt in the dungeon, we won't be able to make it until the carrots are gone.
Yeah, sure.
It may cost a little more, but it's all right for Mr. Yoda.

 They're doing something behind me.
 I guess Emily is trying to make something for them again.
 She's practically the mother of the family, and she notices and does a lot of things for me.

 She's the mother of the family, and she's noticed a lot of things, and I've been slaying hagrete things to gain experience.

 For some reason, slimes started appearing instead of sleeping slimes along the way, but it didn't matter, I made it an experience.

 The sun was setting and the date was changing.

 I was able to cannibalize both Emily and Celeste safely.