125. Eve's memory




 The skeleton doesn't surprise me when I suddenly appear, and mechanically attacks me.
 I kill it instantly with a repetition and get the seeds on the porch.

 I look around again. I'm sure I'm in the ground floor of Nifonium.
 The stalactite-like cave looks familiar, and if you listen carefully, you can hear the voices of Margaret and her companions in the distance.
 They're probably air-hunting, the rare human who regularly frequents Nihonium besides me.
 That voice convinces me that this is Nifonium.

 Looking around further, I saw a light spot about my waist height.
 It was about the size of a marble, emitting a light about the size of a miniature light bulb.
 I've never seen anything like it before.

 When I touched it with caution, the light flooded in and enveloped me.
 I close my eyelids and hold my hand in front of my eyes.
 When the light subsides, I return to my room in the mansion.

'Yoda-san!'

 Emily called my name from outside the room. She looks a little worried.

'It's good, Mr. Yoda is back.

 A relieved Emily, I left the room and stood in front of her, making sure that I had HP seeds in my pouch - I wasn't hallucinating or anything like that earlier.

 The scrap bullets have long since disappeared, but the door that was left open slammed shut the moment I left.

 I ask Emily, wondering if it's left open when someone is inside.

'Did I disappear just now?'
Yes, sir. Where have you been?
'Hmmm, maybe it's faster to get them to actually do it than to explain it.

 So good, I fired another scrap round and opened the door.

'Emily, come on in,'
"? You'll see it in action, won't you?
Yeah.
Okay.

 Emily stepped through the open door.

'Huh? What? Who is this?
I see why it looks like this.

 The voices in the room couldn't be heard by me outside. From the side, Emily seemed to be alone, flustered and confused.
 After a while, Emily disappeared.
 She must have flown to a dungeon somewhere.

 I waited patiently, the door didn't close even after the scrap bullets disappeared.
 Maybe it wouldn't close while I was using it, after all.

 After some more time, Emily came back.
 She came back with a carrot in her hand.

''Ta, I'm home!''
Do you get the gist?
Yes. This room is amazing.

 He left the room with the carrots and came back to me. The door slammed shut.

'Looks like you're free to come and go in the dungeon. Emily went to the tellurian basement level, didn't she?
"Yes, sir. I'll make some delicious carrot soup for Eve later.
"Hmmm. ...... Let's try some more.

 I shoot a scrap round and open the door, go inside, this time designating it as the first floor below Aulum.

 In an instant, I was sent to Aulum. I walked out of the dungeon while there were gold-seeking adventurers here and there. It's a dungeon where the inside changes all the time, so it's a bit of a struggle, but I got out safely.
 It was Indor's village.

 Indor was even more developed than the last time I was here.
 New buildings have been built one after another, shops are full of goods and people are lively.
 It's all Aulum - the power of gold (gold).

 I wanted to look around some more, but the person who manages the dungeon said at the entrance of the dungeon that it was time for the next entry, so I went back first.
 Aurum is a rogue dungeon, and the inside of the dungeon changes every time a human enters, so the time to enter is set so that the humans inside don't have too much trouble.

 If you miss this, you won't be able to return for a while.
 I decided to take a closer look at Aulum next time, so I joined the other adventurers and entered the first floor, wandered this way and that, found a light spot, and returned to the mansion.

 It wasn't just Emily, but Celeste and Alice were in sight as well.

'Welcome home, Lyota. Emily told me the story.
That's awesome! It's an amazing house with rooms like this!
Where have you been, Mr. Yoda?
'It's Aulum, and while I'm at it, I've been outside - in the village of Indor and then back.
'Indore! Did you get over there in a second?

 It was Alice who was surprised. Being from Indore, she was also surprised because she knew the distance.

'Hey, hey, I want to go to Indore too.'
Okay, I'll get the door.
Do you mind if I use it?
'Good. I'd rather you work with me to check if we can use it at the same time.

 I opened the gate again with the scrap bullets.
 I used Repetition to open the gate, but it didn't work.
 It's not the same as opening the gate by defeating it.

 Alice and Celeste excitedly entered the room.
 First, Alice disappeared, then Celeste--.

Ah.
What's going on?
They told me I couldn't go to that level because I hadn't been there.
What's wrong with that hierarchy?
'Yes, there's a dungeon called Uranium that I've heard of and always wanted to go to, but I've never been there, so it's no good.
What about Aulum?
Uh, ......, I guess I'm wrong.
What about the basement level of Nifongnium?
Not even that one.
What's the basement level five of the tellurium?
It's a--

 Celeste disappeared.
 The same way she disappeared as Emily and Alice earlier, she was sent to her room.

'What does this mean?'
'It's not like the room has been flown or not, it's like the flying people have been there or not.
'I see, so that's why Nihonium was no good and Tellurium could fly.
That's what I thought.

 Okay, we've got it all figured out, and we've confirmed that once the door is open, multiple people can use it.
 Next.

"I need your help, Emily.
Yes, sir.

 We enter the room together, I hear a voice say, 'Please specify the dungeon and tiers.
 Emily looks up at me, a look on her face, wondering what to do.

 I pluck my chin and figure out how to do it, then I gently squeeze Emily's hand.

'Miss Yoda?'
Stand still.
...... Yes, sir.

 Emily did as she was told and stayed still.
 Feeling depressed, she squeezed my hand back.

 Holding her hand, I pointed to the basement floor of the Aulum.

 I've been there, and Emily has never been there.
 And now we're holding hands.

 What do you think?

 The next moment I flew to Aulum again.
 And.

'Where am I?'

 Hand in hand, Emily was sent flying in with me. It was a success.

'It's in the basement level of Aulum. Apparently, if one of us has been there before, we can fly.
'I see! It just gets more and more amazing.

 He touched the light spot and returned to the mansion. The return was the same and there was no problem.

'Now we just need to see if there are any disadvantages and if we can carry the ...... stuff with us.
It's all right, sir. I brought the carrots home with me earlier.
That reminds me,

 I have a general idea of how the room functions and the rules.
 Then I decided on my next goal.

'Let's split up and bookmark all the levels of Cyclo for now. It would be useful to be able to do that.
Yes, sir.
I've heard.

 Eve appeared in a quiet voice.
 Her own and stuffed double rabbit ears are adorable.
 And unlike any time before, she looks a bit smug.

'Bunny, I've conquered five dungeons in Cyclo.

 --!
 There was one veteran adventurer in my group!