With the mirror that I had successfully purchased, I headed to Nihonium with both Emily and Alice.

'Thank you both so much,'
You're welcome, sir.
I think I've just helped Lyota for the first time.

　Emily smiled serenely.
　Alice jumped up and down, delighted with the three SD-sized monsters perched on her shoulders.

'Yoda, you look so happy, you really wanted it,'
Yeah, this is how I know I have it: ......

　As I walked, I held the mirror up to the heavens and showed it to him.
　Emotions that couldn't be explained by logic welled up deep in my chest.
　I'm glad I got this, I'm glad I got it, even if it was reckless.

　It's fate, if we crossed paths with this, our fate would be very different.
　I can't explain it in theory, but I'm sure of it.

'Hey, what's that?'
I don't know, but I know it has something to do with nihonium.
How do you know that?
'I'm sure Alice would understand, but Aulum doubled his drops after I conquered the dungeon, right?
Yeah, you did.
That was because I met a spirit in the dungeon of Aulum, called Aulum. Likewise, the first time I looked in this mirror, I saw Nifonium.

　Alice's eyes widened.

'Is that true?'
Yeah.
'I see. ...... You had to get that one from Zettai.
So thank you so much ...... for that.

　He thanked them both again, holding the mirror.

'I heard that earlier. He said you're one of us, you don't have to say it so many times.'

　As she said this, Alice put her hand on her cheek and seemed happy to the extent that her face flushed slightly.

'Yes, that's right, we were happy to be able to help Yoda-san too.

　Emily says the same, but her endings are mindlessly more upbeat than usual.
　Anyway, thanks to the two of them.

　I came to Nihonium with the mirror that was the result of that work.
　It's a dungeon that adventurers don't go near from the start, but it looks even more deserted at night.

''Hey, what's up with this ......?''

　Alice put her hands around her own two arms, brule, and trembled lightly.

'I think it's going to come out something.'
I'm out?
You know, the ghosts and stuff.
Ghosts, that's the vibe I get.
It's all right then.
What?

　What's going on?　And Alice looked at Emily, but Emily shuffled closer, stood a little taller at 6'3" and moved the SD skeleton back from Alice's shoulder to her hand and showed it to Alice.

'Alice, you have a hone-hone-hone-chan attached to you.
...... Oh.
You're right, there are some undead monsters in there.
Yeah, or if you do, it's like a bone-headed person.

　Alice was good, and Honehone in Emily's hand made a gut-punching gesture with her little body and showed her how to be taut and all that.
　That didn't seem quite right, but since Alice seemed to agree with me, I decided to let it be that way.

　I did so for a while, and then we walked into the dungeon.

'Well, it's the same as it always is in the dungeon, isn't it?
That's what makes me feel at home.

　I didn't say it, though I thought it was much safer to be around Emily, much more like my parents' house, but I didn't say it.

'Now, this mirror--'

　The next second I wondered what to do, the mirror started to glow.
　It emerged from my hand, glowing so brightly that it illuminated the dungeon, blindingly illuminating the inside of the dungeon.

'Lyota?'
...... Now, will there be demons or snakes?

　I gently put my hand on my two guns, because if it's the same as Aulum's, I might have to fight something once.

　Emily and Alice were both ready.
　Emily readied her hammer, which was bigger than her body, and Alice put all three of the monsters in a combat position.

　Then the three of them braced themselves, but the enemy didn't get out.
　Two insubstantial items faintly appeared next to the mirror that floated in the air.

''They are swords,''
This is ...... and it's a weird shape.
...... It's a grenade.
The gem?

　Alice tilts her head, and I nod back.

　A mirror with substance I brought with me, and a sword and grenade like a holographic image with no substance.
　The words "three sacred artifacts" pop up in my head.

　I guess the reason it comes to mind is because I'm in Nihonium, after all.

　The Sword of Kusanagi.
　The Yata no Kagami.
　The Yatsuhaku no Magatama.

　It is a super-major item that intermediate game players have seen at least once somewhere and know its name.

　This is a very good way to get a good idea of what is going on.
　Nifongnium. I was becoming more and more convinced it was me.

　Nifongnium didn't say anything, just smiled and smiled like an adult.
　And then the sword and gravestone, as well as the mirror I had brought with me, disappeared.

''Ki, it's gone?''
He took the mirror with him.
'No, that's it. The stuff is back where it belongs, it's just that they're holding it until I can get the other two.
Okay.
'But it's a pity, it's a pity that nothing happens until you collect three.
Not really.
"What?

　Emily and Alice stared blankly at my words.

'Alice, do you have any idea where the skeleton on this floor is?
Yeah, I understand that, but why ......?
Show me where we're going and I'll give you a quick shot.
Okay. Follow me.

　Alice said, putting the monster back to SD size back on her shoulders and walking off to lead the way.

'Yoda-san, what happened?'
We'll find out soon enough.

　I smiled at Emily, loaded my gun with infinite lightning rounds, and followed Alice.

　　　　　Star.

　Outside the Nifonium dungeon, in the open air at night.
　The three of us were standing in front of the Now Board.

'Let's go then.'
Yes.
Yes, sir.

　After they both nodded, I reached for the Nowboard and operated it in the familiar procedure.

---1/2---
Level: 1/1
HP SS
MP S
Power S
Strength S
Intelligence F
Spirit F
Speed S
Dexterous F
Luck F
--------- ...

　The stats that emerged were one step more advanced than the ones I saw before.
　HP, was now SS.

'What is this, what does this mean?
'My HP is up to SS and two S's ...... now in skeletons?'
Yeah.
Oh, so that's what the mirror does.
Not exactly.
'What?　What do you mean?
There are nine statuses, right?　So, the three items that Nifornium has asked me to-- well, begged me for. I mean--
There are three ways to become an SS?

　Emily, who's known me the longest, figured out what I meant faster than Alice did.
　Me nodding.

　Yes, three.
　Three times three equals nine, so the result of handing the mirror to Nihonium.

　HP, strength, and speed.
　The upper limit of the three statuses that go up from the first to the third floor of the Nihonium basement became SS.