After breakfast, in front of the relocation room.
　I was casting a new magic, Quicksilver, on my friends.

　Quicksilver, a spell that consumes all of your magic power and raises the ability of any one of your friends by one level for 24 hours.
　Use it once, recover all of your MP with the Infinite Recovery Bullet, and then use it again.
　Then you can send your friends out to the dungeon after raising their abilities.

　Emily and Celeste didn't have as many times as they needed.
　They both have several A abilities - A that Quicksilver doesn't raise, so the number of times they needed was low.

　Well, whether it's more or less, the cost for both of them is the same; it's a total MP consumption, but they can recover with infinite recovery bullets, so it's just a little more or less time to work on it.
　With that, I sent Emily, Celeste and Alice off, and finally it was Eve's turn.

'You're still in costume today?'
The rabbit became a rabbit.
'I feel like Eve has been a bunny from the moment we met until now. She used to be a bunny suit.
They call me the four-eared rabbit these days.
Four?　Oh, your own and four of your stuffed animals.
Yeah, I'm glad you did, bunny.

　I'm happy.
　Eve's cheeks are slightly stained.
　She's not joking around or anything, she's really happy.

　Eve Kalsleader, the most mysterious girl in the group.
　There's still a part of me that doesn't fully grasp her character.

　Well, it's not a matter of urgency.

Then I'll cast a spell.
Good.
Okay?
"If you're going to buff me, give me a carrot.
It's a weird comparison.
"If you're going to buff me, give me a carrot.

　He called out a series of lines like a certain child actor.

'Don't you need it, Buff (auxiliary magic)?'

　Eve nodded quietly.

'I'd like a carrot.'
I'll go hunting later.
Carrot sashimi tonight.

　Another slight stain on her cheeks, and Eve went straight to the dungeon using the transporter room.
　I wonder what carrot sashimi is.

　If I told ...... Emily, I could make a dish like that.

　Well, now that we've sent everyone off, I'm going to go to the dungeon.

Oh, good morning, Lyota.

　This time, Elsa showed up.
　Technically, she's not one of us, but she's the girl who lives in this mansion by being seconded to our house from the buyer, Tsubame's Grace.

''Good morning. Everyone has gone out, so I'll need you again today.''
Yes, sir.
Also, can you do me one favor? I'd like to put a now-board in here.
Oh, come to think of it, this is a dungeon doorway of sorts. I'll see what I can do.

　As for the dungeon entrances and exits, it's more helpful to have them here now that I can use Quicksilver.

　It's not efficient to hang up Quicksilver and check it on a portable now boat like I did this morning.

'We should be able to use it by tomorrow.
It's that fast.
Mr. Lyota is a very good friend of mine.
Okay.

　Me and Elsa, facing each other, smiling at each other.

'Master,'

　Now Cerberus has arrived.
　Our guard dog is coming down the hallway with his huge body shaking and zunting.

'Are you going out, master?
'Yeah, I'm going to go work in the dungeon. This room leads directly to the dungeon, so don't make the mistake of going in yours.
Yes, sir.
'And please guard Elsa, too. She's very important to me.
What?

　Elsa is surprised, and her face goes red at once.

'Oh, uh, well, I mean, I'm an important customer.

　I'll add to that because the words didn't get through and were likely to be misinterpreted.
　...... It's not a mistake, even for important people, but for now.

I'll do my best to protect you. I'll do my best to look after you. I'll do my best to protect you and be your master's watchdog.
Yeah. Elsa can count on Cerberus. If the weather ever gets bad, she can run away and hide behind Cerberus.
'What?　Sir, master, that's terrible.
You know what I'm talking about.
I'm the go-to guy for all kinds of things.

　Cerberus lets out a low growl.
　A monster named Cerberus, a giant guard dog.
　It's a big figure and a great kill. ......

　I opened the window and shot an infinite number of thunderbolts outward.
　It landed on the ground, and a thunderbolt and explosion roared out.

'Kyin!'

　Cerberus curled his tail and started to get scared.
　He's a fierce guard dog, but he's vulnerable to lightning.

　He smiles bitterly at the frightened Cerberus and says to Elsa.

'And well, this only happens when the weather breaks, so then you can run away and use it as a shield now.

　I said it jokingly, of course, and Elsa smiled at me.

「もう、ご主人様ひどいです……」

　恨みがましい視線を投げつけてくるケルベロスに手を振って、俺は転送部屋でダンジョンに向かった。

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　ニホニウムダンジョン、地下六階。
　アブソリュートロックの石で無敵化しつつ、毒を放つポイズンゾンビを通常弾でヘッドショットしていく。

　倒したゾンビから知性の種がドロップされる、それを拾って知性を上げていく。

　この世界の人間はレベルを上げて能力を上げるけど、俺のレベルは最高で１に固定されてる。
　このダンジョンで種をドロップさせて地道にあげるしかないのだ。

　動きと勘を鈍らせないために、今日は遮蔽物をつかった。
　モンスターと出会って、向こうがこっちに気づいていれば即殺、気づいていない場合は地形とかを活用して、気づかれないまま忍者の如く近づいて、至近距離からの暗殺を狙う。

　最初は上手く行かなかったが、次第に足音の消し方とか身のひそめ方とか、回り込み方とか分かるようになった。

　他のダンジョンとちがって、ここはあまり効率を上げる必要のない場所。
　能力あげの場でもあるから、俺にとっては修行の場。

　動きとか、ステータスに現われないテクニックを練習しつつ。

　今日は、ポイズンゾンビを定数狩って。

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レベル：１／１
ＨＰ　ＳＳ
ＭＰ　ＳＳ
力　　ＳＳ
体力　ＳＳ
知性　Ｂ
精神　Ｆ
速さ　ＳＳ
器用　Ｆ
運　　Ｆ
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　知性をＣからＢにあげたのだった。