Aulum's dungeon, Aulum's room.
　I dropped Aulum off here in the morning as a pick-up for work.

"Hmmm, okay!　I'm going to have a great day!

　After stretching out, Aulum gave a small gut-punch and got fired up.
　I was curious about that, so I asked him for a moment.

''What difference does it make if you put your energy into it and work hard?''
'The dungeon shuffle is going to be a bit egregious,'
That's terrible.

　The Aulum Dungeon is a special type of dungeon that changes its internal structure every time an adventurer enters.
　The fact that the structure changes (shuffling) is so bad is annoying to adventurers, but since we set rules for that area and run the dungeon, it's not too different.

'Low level, quicker.'

　Eve, who was following along with me, tugged at my clothes.

'I promise to let the rabbit eat all the carrots he can today.
I know. I'll see you in the evening, Auld Lang Syne.
'Yes!　Oh, no. ...... Huh?
What's going on?

　Aulum's expression suddenly changed as he waved his hand and looked away from us.
　A look of surprise on his face.

'Someone's been injured.'
"Injured?
Yeah, it's pretty rare. Pretty badly hurt. They're bringing him in.
That's unusual.

　The adventurers in this world aren't adventurers, they're producers.
　They're producers of primary industry, so 99% of adventurers are taking stability and going around dungeons.
　The odds of getting seriously injured in a dungeon are less than the odds of a car accident in the original world.

　On top of that, the Aulum dungeon has a shallow hierarchy and little variation in monsters.
　There's nothing inherently wrong with getting seriously injured.

''Let's go have a look. Aurum, which floor is it?
I'm sorry.
Wait, I need the rabbit carrots.

　Eve says it in her usual flat tone, but her lips are pointed and there's a hint of accusation in her eyes.
　'People change when carrots are involved, Eve, I can see that.

'The rabbit will look into it instead. The low level goes to the tellurian.
Will you check it out?
It's all about the carrot.
I feel incredibly secure and stable.

　Whether it's a good idea or not.

　Anyway, if that's the case.
　I decided to leave it to Eve and pick carrots on the second floor of the tellurium as planned.

　　　　　Stars.

　It's noon at Cyclo's house.
　Eve and I are facing a pile of carrots in the courtyard.

　There is literally a pile of carrots, an amount that exceeds 100,000 piro.
　Eve is getting excited in front of it.

Wow, those are master's carrots! Master, give me a piece of--
"Stare.

　Cerberus, who had rushed over after being called by the carrot, hit the brakes suddenly.
　It was a complete change from his good mood, because he was stared at by Shura-like Eve.

''This is a rabbit carrot.''
Uh-huh.
This is a rabbit carrot.
'Gagaku-gaku-gaku: ......'

　The rabbit stared at me and the guard dog started to rattle and shake.
　'Our family hierarchy seems to be getting pretty interesting.

'Anyway, Eve, tell me a story.
All right. The name of the adventurer they took in is Al Thirty, 25 years old. His birthday is--
Birthday?　Did you go through all that in such a short time?
Of course.

　Eve flattened her chest.

'A rabbit is a good rabbit who, if he's a carrot, knows everything from his partner's date of birth to the balance on his account, from the color of his pants today to the age and position of his first experience.
That was awesome!　And that's a rather scary rabbit.

　How are you going to find out how old you are and what position you're in for your first time?

You can blow it off. What's going on?
Newly arrived in Indor, an adventuring family, with some weird rules.
Strange rules?
'A family of greats and fledglings. I've heard that recovery magic in dungeons has to be approved by the greats.
By permission?　You don't get to recover without his permission?　No, that's not possible--
"The low level is right.
Oh, no!

　Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
　I remember when I used to be at work, there was a time when I had to ask permission to go to the bathroom.
　You'd have to have permission to recover, and it was even worse than that.
　You're in a dungeon and you're dealing with a monster, and if you don't recover often enough, you're going to die if you're not good at it.

"That's why I wasn't recovering, I was badly injured and had to be transported.
...... That's a dangerous story.
I went right back to the dungeon, by the way.
What?
I had a drop quota. So I went back.
...... Did you have a performance quota?
Yeah, I'll have to pay for the shortfall with my own money from the market.
......

　Eve's explanation made me feel like I was boiling my guts out for the first time in a long time.

　　　　　☆

'Huh?　It's only noon. What's up, Lyota?
I need to talk to you about something, Aurum.

　After hearing the story from Eve, I thought for a moment and came over to Aulum.

'What do you want to discuss?'
'Aulum can adjust the drops, can't he?
'My dungeon, yes. Yeah, but I can't get Lyota to zero. I've been trying to do this for a while now, but I just can't do it, and Ryota is the only one who looks different from the others.
I didn't know you were doing that: ......

　I chuckled.

''Then can we do something like, if you haven't recovered your HP before the battle starts, you won't drop it?
"Full HP"?　How easy is that?　I mean, there are kids who are doing it.
Really?

　Aurum nodded.
　'There's already a dungeon like that, remember.

'Then can you ask for it?'
Okay. I want you to go on a date with me instead.
Date?
'Yes!　I got to go out, but come to think of it, I've never been on a date before.
'I see. ...... Okay, I'll figure out a date plan and course.'
Wow, I promise!

　Smiling Aurum, I made a promise to her and changed the rules of the Aurum dungeon further (,)

　　　　　Stars.

　The central square of Indor, in front of the Aurum Dungeon.
　People had gathered around a sign that was erected in the name of the Dungeon Association.

　The contents of the plaque were quite simple: if you didn't have full strength before starting to fight the monster, you wouldn't get any drops at all.

　The adventurers buzzed.

'You're going to be like Oganeson: ......
That's all well and good, but why all of a sudden?
You see, ...... it's that guy's fault.

　As one adventurer said this, all the adventurers in the room looked at a man at once.
　At first the man was looking at the bills with a "hmmm", but then he noticed the eyes around him and started to get upset.

'Hey, what's up with you guys?'
Hey, you're the guy.
Anybody who has a sobriety policy under their command...
Yeah, what's wrong with that? That's the rule in my family.

　The man tries to defend himself, but more adventurers have gathered around him.
　All of them are glaring lightly at the man.

'You can do that as much as you want elsewhere, but please don't do that in this town, it's a nuisance.
You're not bothering me.
This is your fault.

　One of the adventurers sticks out a bill of goods, and the adventurers around them are lit up.

'Yes, that's right,'
Don't be like that!
You're out of here if you don't stop.

　The man was truly under siege and flinched.

　The adventurer who told the man that he was a nuisance said further.

The head of the Dungeon Association here doesn't like that kind of 'unreasonable' stuff. Ryota Sato. You know that.
What?
You don't know what ...... is?
Hey, hey, hey. ......
Ignorance is a scary thing.
I mean, don't bother people with that.

　People around him denounce the man even more, and the man's shoulders get narrower and narrower.

'I don't need to know anymore, just stop the permit system or get out of town.

　When he said that, they all stared at the man in unison, as if to say that was the consensus of everyone.
　The man who was glared at became a Gununu ...... and tried to defend himself, but.

'There he is!　Hey there, you!

　A young woman came through the crowd.
　She stood in front of the man.

"You know, you used to set a quota for your employees and make them bring it back even if they had to pay for it themselves, right?
""Yeah!"

　The woman's dialogue caused all the adventurers to boil over.
　The buzz was much louder than before.

''Really?''
You need to get out of here right now.
You don't know, do you, chief? If I eliminate him now, we'll end up with a bunch of free adventurers fighting each other over and over again.

　A man who is further accused, some of whom are willing to go to extreme measures.

　Lyota Sato is already widely known among adventurers.
　We all know that when we encounter something unreasonable, we can't help but intervene, and sometimes that means changing the environment to solve the problem.

　Most importantly, the drop changes have already happened.
　Normally, it would be strange for a dungeon association to announce a drop change, but this city has already had a drop time change once.
　There was an overworked person, and that's why it changed.

　It happened again this time, and on top of that it's even more unreasonable, there's a quota and self-payment.
　The adventurers agreed that they had to do something about this man before something changed.

　That's when he became the enemy of everyone in this room.

"Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me.

　A voice came from outside the crowd, a young man said, making his way through the crowd and coming into the center of the commotion with a few adventurers.

'What's up, Cliff?'

　The adventurer who had been blaming the man at the center knew the man who had come in.

'These people want to talk to him,'
These people?
His people.

　The man was being confronted with three and a half lines by his men next to Cliff explaining.

'Mr. Cliff woke me up,'
I can't follow you anymore!
We're on our own from now on!
Hey, guys!　You think you're allowed to do that!

　The man ranted, but his men - or rather his former men - turned and walked away without a care in the world.

What do we do with this guy?
Let's just toss him out of town.
'No, let's dare to stick it out in front of Mr. Lyota. I'm sure you're not the only one. Before you do anything unreasonable, let's have Mr. Ryota lightly tighten the screws.

　Next to the man ranting, the adventurers were discussing his treatment.

　After this, by the autonomy of the adventurers.
　The man was never allowed to enter Indor & Aurum again, and was effectively banished forever.

　　　　　☆

Long time no see, Lyota.

　I was out of the Aurum dungeon and wondering what to do next about the quota thing, when I witnessed the commotion.
　The conversation went on and on before I could do anything about it, and the conversation was resolved before I could do anything about it.

　The man at the center of it all came in front of me and bowed deeply.

"You're ......, right?

　Cliff.
　He's an adventurer who was used for good by the Black Family in Cyclo before, and he's the one I brought to Indor because of the high mineral drops.

'Long time no see. How are you?
Thanks to Lyota.
Speaking of which, where's your mate?
I got him out.
Well, that's good to hear.

Um!

　He spoke from beside me and Cliff.
　I turned around and saw the adventurers that Cliff had brought with him earlier.
　The ones who were at the center of this whole thing, the ones who were being exploited by the Black Family.

　They bobbed their heads at Cliff.

""Thank you very much!"
You should be thanking Lyota more than me.
Me?

　I was surprised, as expected, but Cliff gave me a natural look and said.

'I'm just doing what is normal as a member of the Lyota family, what Lyota once did for us.
Oh, ...... right.

　Yeah, it's a lot like what I did.
　Maybe if I had moved a little faster, I would have done what Cliff did.

I'm sure you're right, it's Lyota. You're the one who changed the dungeon system right away.
What?
Then it's...
Did he do this to you?

　Cliff was surprised by the adventurers he had helped.

'Oh yeah. We changed the drop so we wouldn't create any more people like you. Lyota did.

　When Cliff said this, the adventurers all looked at me in unison.
　They looked at me with extremely grateful and impressed eyes.

""Oh, thank you!"

　And he thanked me by lowering his head with a stronger vigor than he had done to Cliff.