Once we were back in the mansion, with the spiky spikes successfully joined, we were back in the mansion.
　It's a completely different atmosphere from the dungeon, a warm and cheerful home maintained by Emily.

　The first spiked lizard ...... that was brought there, a plush-sized needle lizard, scurried anxiously.

It's all right, spiked lizard, this is my home, and from today it will be your home.

　Alice soothed the spiked spikes. At the same time, the other three - Pru-Pru, Honehone and Bonbon - approached Togetoge, telling him something with their comical movements and bodily rage.

　Four monster-shaped plushies, and depending on how you look at it, it looks like an anime - the type of anime that's a spin-off of something that's mildly amusing.

　Encouraged by Sempai's companion, my anxiety disappeared from the spikes.

'Welcome home, Master,'

　As I was doing that in front of the transporter room, Cerberus, our guard dog, heard the commotion and came over.

'I'm home. Is everything all right in the mansion?
'Well, you know, there was this weird pushy guy who came over, but when I barked at him, he ran away.
A pushover. How did you bark?
Like this...

　Cerberus roared up to the heavens.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this in the future.
　It's not just the howling alone that's impressive, it's the type of roar that takes damage, compared to a game where you hunt monsters.

　Most people would run away from such a thing.

''It's like this,''
Yeah. Good job, Cerberus.
Ehehehe. ......

　The fierce guard dog, which is one size larger than a human, a truly huge body, looked happy to be petted by me.
　Its tail is wagging like it's about to tear off, and it's appealing for more and more.

　I'd do more if I was so happy, though.

'I'm going back to work, I'll do it again when I get home tonight, so make sure you're a good guard dog.
'Yes!　I'll take care of it!

　Cerberus wagged his tail even more as he left.
　As a dog, he takes more pleasure in being entrusted with his master's work.
　Even now, he's still buzzing his tail, being asked to be a guard dog.

　It's a good thing that the hallways and walls are dented by it ...... but that's just the way it is.

　It's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get your hands on a new one.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find it in the end.

'What's up?'
Kell, you're a ...... monster.
Yeah.
"You didn't drop it when you beat .......
It's a tough nut to crack.

　She looks at Alice, wondering why now.

　She looks at Cerberus and then at her four companion monsters that kept coming back after being blown up.

Could it be ......

　Alice looked like she was on to something.

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　Telldungeon, first basement level.
　Alice and I came with me to the level where the slime that drops bean sprouts was swarming.

'Watch me, Lyota.
Yeah.

　I was brought in to see something I wanted to see, and I put my gun away and folded my arms and went into full spectator mode.
　Alice took a step forward and summoned four monsters.

'Pulling, honking, bonging, and spiky. Go.

　The monsters, which were previously the size of plush toys, will return to their original size.
　Their original size as monsters.

　Their original form, or not.
　They returned to their original size, but their forms were still deformed.
　As proof that they were Alice's friends, all four of them were summoned in their cute, deformed forms.

　The four of them went towards the nearest slime and attacked it.
　It was a four-on-one octopus beating, and I thought it would be ready in a flash.

''Stop!''

　At Alice's command, the four bodies stopped attacking at once.
　The attacked slime continued to fight back, but the four bodies stopped attacking and defended or evaded.

''What's the matter, Alice?''
Just watch--go!

　After staring at the slime as if to assess what it was, Alice gave the order to resume the attack.
　The monsters resumed attacking according to the order, and in no time at all, the slime was defeated and the sprouts were dropped.

''Oh, I knew it.''

　Alice mumbled with some kind of satisfied look on her face and led her fellow monsters to the next slime.
　They hunted the slime.
　He attacked as he had done before, stopping in the middle of the attack and stopping something, or taking it down straight away.

　How many times did he bite it?
　｜I'm trying to get the timing right 《、、、、、、、、、、、、、》.
　It felt like that.

　Right after I noticed that, I noticed another thing.
　The drop is, 100%.
　Alice's drop is a C, or more accurately, she's an F, but the drop is equivalent to a C if a fellow monster is topped off.

　A C is not a very high number, and the drop rate is only 50% or so.
　That's ...... 100%.
　It's not exactly unrelated to Alice's timing, I thought.

Alice.
What?
Can you try not to?
Have you figured it out yet?

　I smiled at Alice and led my fellow monsters to the next slime.

　Instructions and beat it.
　This time it didn't drop firmly (、、、、) this time.

　The next slime didn't drop either.
　And the next, and the next, and the next, and the next after that.

　It didn't drop at all.
　I'm sure of it now.

'Do you understand?　The person you're dropping it to.
Not exactly, I just found out when to drop it.
Timing.
Yeah, I was wondering where to beat it to drop it. When I saw Kell-chan a while ago, I felt that he was 'never going to do it again', so I thought maybe.
You don't do haggling ...... like a random number adjustment.
'What?　Ran...... what?
I'm talking to you.

　Game terms didn't speak to people in this world.

'That's great Alice,'
Yes, thanks to Lyota.
Me?
Yeah!

　Alice nodded clearly and picked up her four fellow monsters back into her plush toy.

I think I understand that now that Spiny Dog has joined us. It's all thanks to Lyota for helping me out.
Okay.
Thank you, Lyota.

　Alice thanked him while smiling. In her arms, the stuffed animals have also communicated the same intentions with their bodily rage.

　My fellow summoner seems to have evolved a bit again.