Arsenic basement floor.
　The entire Lyota Family came here.
　We all came to Arsenic to show Emily the spirit blessing, to show her what it was really like.

　Emily headed towards the rock monster there, Dante Rock, who flew in a transfer to the dungeon, with a hammer in his hand. For some reason, Alice followed beside her, pushing a magic cart.

'Then begin.'
I'm ready.

　Alice made a circle with her thumb and forefinger and replied with her usual cheerfulness.

　Emily took a deep breath and swung her hammer down to shatter Dante Rock.
　The monster disappeared and an item from the first floor of Arsenic's basement, a dandelion, was dropped.

　Alice, who was squatting right next to Emily lifted the hammer, picked up the dandelion quickly at about the same time.

　Up to this point, it was the usual scene, a commonplace scene in this world's dungeons, defeating monsters and producing resources.

　However, as soon as Alice picked up the dandelion, an unusual scene unfolded.
　To my surprise, Dante Rock appeared again where he had just disappeared.

''You timed your resurrection?''
It's not like that.
What do you mean?
You'll know it when you see it.

　Celeste told me, and I looked at Emily's actions further.
　Emily swung the hammer down again and crushed the rock.
　Alice picked up the dropped dandelion - and soon after, Dante Rock appeared again.
　He revived immediately after picking up the dandelion.

'Quick!'

　I am astonished, while Emily and the others continue to move.
　A rock appears, Emily hits it, Alice picks it up, the rock reappears, Emily hits it--.

　Emily hits it, and the next rock appears just as Alice picks up the dropped item.
　It's back in no time.
　Emily hits it further, and continues to hit it.

　Each time she hits it, Alice snatches the dropped dandelion and puts it in her magic cart.

　The pace of the game picks up gradually, and the moment Emily strikes and raises the hammer, Alice's hand already reaches out and grabs the dandelion as it drops.
　The moment Alice grabbed it, Emily was already swinging the hammer down.
　Right after Alice snatched the dandelion, Dante Rock revived and Emily's hammer, which she swung down before that, crushed the rock.

　It's a super fast pace I hadn't thought possible before.

　As I watched, I crushed another Dante Rock nearby with my fist to test it out.
　A dandelion was dropped, but the dantelock did not revive.

　I see, this is the Arsenic blessing given to Emily.

　The key to earning more money in going around the dungeon is how efficiently you find the next monster once you become strong enough to a certain extent.
　I've learned the structure of dungeons and the timing of monsters' resurrection from my time in the dungeon, and dungeon-born Alice has a special ability to sense where monsters are.
　Celeste has gathered up her knowledge and Eve is ...... Speaking of which, I wonder how Eve is doing.

　Be that as it may, we've all been efficient in our own ways.

　But none of them are beyond the realm of "searching". As long as we're doing what we call "looking for", there will inevitably be a loss of movement.

　This blessing that Arsenic gave to Emily is amazing, the same monster resurrects in the same place right after you defeat it. Moreover, the drop is still there.
　It's the best blessing given to Emily, and it's the best blessing to go around.

　Emily beats the rocks rhythmically, pounding them like a fish in water.
　She has a hammer, but it's just like the way she taps on a chopping board with a knife you see every morning in the kitchen.

　The sight soothes my heart, and after watching it for a while, I remember something.

　Emily tapped it, and then Alice reached over the side and picked it up.
　Tapping and picking it up. Tapping and picking it up.
　I know a scene similar to this one.

'It's like pounding rice cakes,'
Are you making rice cakes?
Japan - where I'm from, we have something very similar to this. One pestle pounds the rice and the other one kneads the rice just as it rises. That's very similar.
So that's what happened.
I love that sound.

　Beside a convinced Celeste, Eve in a stuffed rabbit costume was chewing on a gazillion carrots.
　Eve was nibbling the carrots with relish, as usual, but unusually, she was interested in something else - Emily's rock splitting.

'I know. The timing is so constant, it's like a metronome.
The sound I want to hear forever: ......
You fell asleep?

　Eve's head, holding the carrot in both hands, suddenly snapped up.
　The eyes that had been looking at Emily were half-closed, and drool dripped onto the eating carrot she was holding.
　Maybe it was because she was wearing a my-boom costume instead of a bunny suit, but she looked so cute.

''--Ha!　Rabbits don't sleep.

　Hah, Eve realized, she said feeling fast and guzzled the carrot again.
　It's obviously a move to cover up the fact that he just slept.

'No, no, I was just sleeping like normal,'
'Not true. Rabbits don't do sleep magic.
It's not magic, it's just sound.
'But it won't work. As long as there's a carrot in here, it won't work.

　That said, Eve is giddy, but she soon falls asleep again.
　Emily's rock splitting is very hypnotic.
　I thought if I made a video of this and called it "BGM for sleep" it would definitely get a million views.

　　　　　☆

　Night, inside the mansion.
　I was relaxing in my room when there was a knock on the door of my room.

　As I complied, Emily came in.
　She came back from outside and changed into her loungewear, and walked into the room, her face slightly stained.

'What's up Emily?'
I came to thank Mr. Yoda for his help.
"Thank you?

　As I wondered what she was talking about, Emily came in front of me and stared at me, her cheeks growing more and more tinted as she looked straight into my eyes.

Yoda has made it possible for me to earn a lot of money.
That's Emily's power.

　I crushed rocks in succession, I took my meal to Grandpa Arsenic and got his blessing because he liked me.
　It was all because it was Emily.

　That's what I thought.

'No. If it wasn't for Yoda, I'd still be on the ground floor of Tellurium fighting slime. My level was maxed out, I got an amazing hammer, and I got to meet a genie. It's all thanks to Yoda-san. And--
And?

　Emily held something out to me.
　When I checked to see what it was, it was her bank book.

'What's this?'
I'm going to take a look inside.

　It's not good manners to look at someone else's bank book, but Emily wanted me to look at it, so I took it.

　I opened it and looked inside.
　It was a typical Emily family-style passbook, with only deposits and few withdrawals.
　The balance rose slowly compared to mine, but the amount certainly grew.
　And today.

　The balance had reached ten million piro.

'Congratulations Emily!
It's all because of Yoda. Thank you.

　He thanked me again.
　Okay, so that's why you came to my room.

　That Emily is ten million or .......
　Ten million for Emily, who was forced to live that day in the dungeon, camping out in the dungeon and living in a disadvantageous situation.
　I was a bit annoyed.

　I hand back the bankbook and look straight at Emily.

　There are 118 dungeons in all, and 116 spirits left that we haven't seen yet.
　We can be ...... still be strong.

"Emily.
Yes?
Let's go for the millionth time.
Yes, sir!

　Emily nodded with a full face, holding her passbook.
　Her smile was the happiest it had looked since they had met.