Seren Dungeon, first basement level.
　Today, Leia and I were leveling up the growth bullets together.

　I shoot with growth bullets, Leia shoots back with revive, and I shoot with growth bullets--.
　It's the usual leveling up process ...... as usual.

　Buzzing.

　It wasn't as usual around here.

　Normally, the dungeon is a dungeon where adventurers hunt monsters and go around in their own way, but today, for some reason, they were staring at us from a distance.

　And it's not just one or two, it's ten or twenty.

''What in the world is going on here?''
They're watching me.
Is that so?

　Surprised, my hand stops and I stare at Leia.
　Leia blushes a little and replies.

'I heard it earlier. 'So that's Leia Ceren?'
...... Oh, I see.

　I was convinced.
　This is the Seren dungeon, and Leia comes with a new genie named after the dungeon's genie, Seren.
　It might be natural to attract attention.

　I listened carefully while moving my hand to level up just in case.

''That's the one with a genie. ...... I knew it was different, the aura.
You don't know what you're talking about.
'No, but it's awesome to be recognized by the spirits. I've always been curious about that girl's ability to use magic indefinitely, but maybe that's a spirit's blessing.

　Many adventurers envied and admired Leia.
　Some of them were perceptive, and they had guessed Leia's blessing perfectly.

'Master.'
"-- Yeah?　What's up, Leia?
You tell me what to do.
Orders?

　I look at Leia to see what's going on all of a sudden.
　The same expression is still lacking as usual, but her eyes are staring straight at me and she's trying to tell me something.

　I don't know what it is, but I'll give you some orders anyway.

'Right, so let's pick up the pace a bit. About twice as fast.
I understand.

　Leia focused on the task at hand.
　So far, it was a repetitive task, which meant he had to do it much more sloppily.
　That's what happens when you do the same thing over and over again for days.
　In order to avoid this kind of sloppiness, I did some training while I was in Nihonium, but as expected, the number of requests for growth ammunition was too high, so I had to work on it.

　I increased that pace.

　The moment the Rainbow Slime dropped, Leia applied Revive.
　The moment the drop item appeared, it was so fast that it was almost invisible.

'......'

　I went with it.

　The moment I applied the revive, I shot a growth round to take it down the moment it returned to the rainbow slime.
　The moment the slime appeared, so fast that I could barely see it.

　Revive, shoot.
　Revive, shoot.

　We both gave it our all.
　Then I couldn't see anything.
　I couldn't see the drop or the slime or anything else, and it looked like the image there - the space kept blurring.

　That was good.
　A way to break out of the rut I'd been in for the past few days, the pursuit of the limits of speed.
　I focused.
　I concentrated so hard that I couldn't hear any noise around me at all.

'I picked up the pace, wow,'
"I ordered a genie to come with me.　Who is that guy?
Don't you know?　It's Lyota Sato from that Lyota family.
'Yeah!　You know what?

　I was focused and felt like I was in the so-called zone.
　I couldn't hear the voices around me at all.

　On this day, my growth bullets had grown almost double their normal size and I was at level 15.

　　　　　Stars.

　In the evening, I went through the transporter room and stopped at the monster village before going to pick up Aurum.
　I hadn't used it recently, so I had a stock, hence I put off collecting the accelerator bullets.

''Lyota-san!''

　When I came to the village, Clayman and the other monsters found me and came over.

'Good night, what's up, all together.'
Do me a favor.
Please?

　What's happening?　I raised my eyebrows.
　Clayman and the other monsters, the residents of this village, all had serious looks on their faces.

''What's going on?''
What's your name, Mr. Lyota?
Name?
'Yes!　I'm naming this village after Mr. Lyota.
That's .......

　I looked around at the monsters and the village they lived in.

'You want me to make this village a 'Lyota'?'
Yes!

　The monsters that could speak were mouthing off with Clayman, and those that couldn't speak were squealing.

　'Give this village my name ...... Lyota .......

'No, no, no,'

　He hurriedly waved his hands crossly.

'That would be very embarrassing. I can't believe my name is in the village.'
No?
Why did you suddenly think that in the first place?
I'll explain it to you.

　Beyond the monsters, Celeste appeared from deep within the village.

'Celeste, I didn't know you were here.
Yeah, I'm just teaching him to do his job.
I see.

　This village works as a garbage disposal for Indore through my mediation.
　And Celeste worked as a garbage man before she joined me.
　So you're here to help me with that.

That's all right, but what does it mean?
'We talked about it in small talk, with a genie. Leia was blessed with Seren's blessing and got her name. And then it was decided that this village needs a blessing too.
The village?
'Yes. This is a village of monsters, Lyota-san's prestige keeps us from being persecuted.
Yeah.
'To make it clearer, why not name the village 'Lyota'?　That's what we were talking about.
You mean ...... Cerberus collar?

　Celeste nodded, and the monsters looked at me expectantly.

　The monsters in this village are all formally my pets.
　You'll be able to get rid of them because they are basically violent, but if someone takes responsibility for managing or raising them ...... treats them as pets, they will not be killed.

　That's what Cerberus is, and that's what this village is all about.

I see. ......
'In Lyota's name, more and more people won't be able to mess with this village. Unless you're an idiot who's willing to pick a fight with Lyota head on.

　That's what Celeste said. It may indeed be so.
　I look at the monsters, all of them gave me a look of request.

　Well, in that case, you can't say no to .......

I understand. I'm going to be the 'Lyota' of the village from now on.

　The moment I said it, they cheered.
　Some monsters do a banzai.

　I did it because I had to, but I'm still embarrassed to have the village named after me.

''Huh.''

　Celeste smiles at me.
　At this time, I had misunderstood Celeste's smile.

　I thought it was a smile for the idea I had for this village to pass.

　Later on, to the cell.

'As expected of you, Satou-sama. To be the one to give the name.''

　He looked at me respectfully and finally noticed Celeste's smile and her true intentions.