Celeste's eyes were red as she greeted the morning in her room.
　To put it simply, she hadn't slept well.

　She'd gotten under the covers last night, but when she closed her eyes, the image of Ryota appeared behind her eyelids and she couldn't sleep because her heart was pounding in her chest.

'It's not fair, ...... to be that good looking.

　She buries her face in a hug, her lips pursed, hugging the stuffed animal she's sleeping with.

　Celeste has a hint of a crush on Ryota.
　It was usually held back by reason, but it suddenly exploded.

　She looked at Ryota and her heart leapt like never before.

　It wasn't yesterday or today that I fell in love with him, how could it be so sudden - I was surprised, but Ryota's explanation that it was the effect of the special bullet convinced me afterwards.
　I was convinced, but that doesn't make the pounding go away.

　Celeste had been pounding all night and couldn't sleep.

'It's not fair. ......

　With her face buried in the plush toy, Celeste thought of the image of Ryota she had seen last night, and her heart began to beat in her chest again.

　　　　　☆

　Silicon dungeon, twelve floors underground.
　Celeste came here on her own.

　One of the Cyclo dungeons, a dungeon where most of the monsters are weak in magic and messed up in physics.
　That's why most of the people who enter here are wizards.
　Most of the dropped items are vegetable foliage, so the price of foliage can fluctuate wildly due to the influence of magic storms.

　That's where Celeste was.
　The monster on the twelfth floor, Evolution Caterpillar.

　Celeste used her magic tool, a bicorn horn, to fire a series of fireballs.

　The caterpillar, which was about the size of a medium-sized dog, received a series of fireballs and burst into flames, stopping its movement as it came toward him.
　After it stopped, it began to peel off the string.

　It wasn't towards the enemy - that is, Celeste, it was not towards him.
　The thread wrapped around the caterpillar in a circle and became a chrysalis, taking in debris around the dungeon and scraps of vegetables that looked like they had been dropped but weren't worth the money or something.

　Celeste put down her bicorn horn and sucked in a sigh.

'Pure flame, born of the void, burn the whole void--inferno!

　The increased magical power, the flames from Celeste's hand that she held up wrapped the chrysalis.

　The flames yanked the chrysalis, the chrysalis endured for a while from the high heat of the flames, but after a while it gradually melted away.

　Evolutionary Caterpillar. A monster that transforms from a caterpillar into an adult butterfly (,).
　It's a special monster from the fifth basement level onwards, and it won't drop any items even if you defeat it in its caterpillar state.

　You have to defeat it as a caterpillar to get the items.
　On the other hand, it is called an evolving caterpillar because its attack power is ten times stronger than the original.

　Its strength is inherited from the caterpillar stage, and Celeste lets the unmoving chrysalis accumulate damage.
　After a while, when the chrysalis is half-melted, Celeste guffawed!　He gagged his clenched fist.

　The flames stopped.
　Celeste waited.
　After a few more moments, the chrysalis buzzed and an adult insect tried to emerge from inside.

　Celeste took out her bicorn horn and growled a fireball.

　The weakest magic, Fireball.
　With the damage accumulated up to that point and the final blow, the monster was defeated in its adult state.

　And the item on this floor, spinach, was dropped.
　These days, it's used in large quantities in ramen noodles and other foods, and it's one of the vegetables with a decent price there.

　Celeste picks it up and puts it in her magic cart.

　The adventurers around him had the same kind of fight.

　Accumulate damage between the caterpillar and the chrysalis, and then toss in the moment it becomes an adult.

　Easier said than done.

　Some lack firepower and can't accumulate damage until they metamorphose, so they have trouble with adult butterflies, while others fail to control the amount of damage and defeat them with chrysalis, resulting in no drops.

　In the midst of all that, Celeste was always snug, inflicting damage as if it were measured, and only the last bicorn horn was enough to topple them.
　Seeing Celeste like that, the people around her--

That's a full-fledged member of the Lyota family.

　He looked at her with respect and admiration, such as.
　Celeste, the one in question, didn't notice it, and was running around the dungeon as an adventurer with the abilities that Ryota had raised for her with Quicksilver and the drops he had raised for her with potions.

''Ah, um, ......!

　A girl appeared in front of Celeste.

　A doll-like girl with a petite, fluffy hairstyle and wearing a cute one-piece dress.
　It is not like an adventurer, but Celeste did not miss the fact that there is a ring on the girl's finger that increases her magical power.
　In other words, she is a full-fledged adventurer.

　Celeste turned her whole body around.

''What?　You wanted to see me?
Oh, um!　Its ......

　A girl stammering.
　Over and over again, gaining momentum, face bright red.
　Then, finally, with the force of a shout.

"Can I call you sister?

　Celeste, who was pompous, and the people around her said, "Oh.

''Hah ...... it's fine, but--''
Oh, thank you!

　The girl lowered her head in a flash, and with a joyful face that looked like she was about to cry - tears of joy, she turned her back to Celeste and walked away to escape.

''--Why me, I'm no longer ......

　Celeste says she doesn't understand one thing now.
　The adventurers around her saw that.

It's so sad.
It's sad that you don't understand how I feel.
But it's sweet and sour.

　And so on, and so on, and Celeste nodded her head, more and more unsure of what it meant.

　　　　　Stars

　Celeste returned to the mansion at the gate after completing her lap in the dungeon.

　He kept wondering what the thing was, and wondering about the girl's far-fetched confession.
　Let's ask someone, she thought, and as she pushed the magic cart and walked away, the gate transferred someone back from behind her.

　Celeste turned around, her heart coursing through her chest, and her heart instantly fluttered.

　Sato Ryota, the owner of this mansion and family, and the person Celeste has a hint of feelings for.

'I'm home.'
Hey, welcome back.

　Ryota has been raising the level of his growth (motto) bullets today.
　Celeste's heart sank with joy at the sight of him.

　He thought that he wouldn't be able to sleep again tonight.