Filin's Dungeon Society, president's office.
　Mao was sitting on my lap, reading the papers.

'I had them run some tests on Bodley Lyota. It was an experiment, so I couldn't use someone else's pet haggler, I used a newly hatched haggler.
'That's all well and good, but why is this attitude?'
As a result, the same A-ranked monster didn't become a unique monster.
Are you ignoring that?

　Blurting out, I gave up and listened to Mao's report.

'But I gave her your A-rank and she became a unique monster overnight.
Is that so?
'Yes!　I've become all of them without exception. It's the same A rating, but there's something different about your bodley.

　I see, I thought.
　Mao says it's an A-rank, but that's because the concept of an S-rank doesn't exist for people in this world.

　I remember the first time I met Emily, I saw her status.
　Emily looked at my S and judged it to be much lower than F.

　Which, in turn, is true, but in this case, I know that S is above A.
　And it was right.

　It would be the same in this case.
　Mao used common sense to rate it as an A, but I guess the bodley I made him drop was an S-rank.
　An S-ranked Bodley, the effect is to make the monster unique.

'I had it tested from B to E rank, just to be sure, but it was the same.
"Mmm-hmm.
'Yours is special ...... special. So ...... its .......

　Mao squirmed on my lap and made something hard to say.

'Yeah?'
I'd appreciate it if you didn't sell it to a regular buyer.
'I see. So you don't want me to spread alcohol with special effects, or as the person in charge of the Dungeon Society.
'Yes, Nana's ......'
All right. Then I'll only take what I need for my own use in the future. Is that all right?
Yes!

　Mao laughed innocently, even though it was about dungeons and association management.

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　Monsters - and a village of unique monsters, Lyota.

　I left Filin and came here via the transporter room.

'Good morning,'

　As soon as I entered the village, a single monster spoke to me.
　An extremely large clay doll with an extremely large head, a charming look, but it's a bit of a horror story, it's talking but its expression doesn't change at all.

'Is that voice ...... Clayman?'
Yes, sir.
I see, you've become one.

　Clayman, the literal translation of which is Mud Man.
　He became a unique monster and thus looked like a clay doll.

'Accelerated ammunition is regenerating safely.
All right. But more importantly, how's everyone doing?

　When he asked, Clayman bowed his head deeply.

''Thanks to Lyota-sama, we've all become unique monsters.
All of them? All of them?
Yes, sir.
I see.

　I knew that with my bodhray, it would be unique.

There's a change in skills and abilities when you're unique, and at first people were confused and their workloads went down.
The way you put it, I heard it resulted in a rise.
''Yes. After I grasped my new abilities, my fighting power increased across the board. Some of them doubled on average, and some nearly tripled at best.
I see.
It's all thanks to you, Lyota.

　Clayman bowed deeply again.
　You can feel his gratitude in his words, but it's still a bit eerie to see him in his clay doll form with his expression unchanged.

I'm going to retrieve the accelerator shells as needed, I'll look at the village and go home, so you can get back to your work, too.
I understand.

　Clayman walking away, I looked around the village alone.
　Until recently, the village was full of monsters, but some of them looked like they were wearing covers, but today they all look completely different.

　The village has become rich in variety, with an orc that looked rough on the princess knight turning into a fairy tale baby pig, and a slime turning into a human.

　Of course, the abilities have also increased.
　Just taking a quick look as you stroll around the village, you can clearly see that it's getting stronger.

　At the time when I was wondering if this would make it easier for the monsters to spend their time in the village.

''Ah...''

　I made eye contact with one of the monsters and it suddenly ran away.

''Is that ...... a mini-wise man? Huh?

　After I said that, I knew something was wrong.

　A mini-series.
　Monsters that live in platinum dungeons.
　They're monsters that resemble game-like "jobs" and are about two to three heads long.
　It looks kind of like a three-headed game character from the late 90s.

　That's fine, totally fine. This is the kind of world I'm used to.

　The problem is that those mini-wise guys are "the mini-wise guys I know.

Isn't that a unique monster?

　Curious, I went after the mini-wise man.
　The guy struggled to get away, but it didn't take long for him to catch up with me.

　He got ahead of me and ended up running face-first into my leg.

Pniu!

　I made a strange noise and fell on my butt.

You okay?
That's okay. Oh--

　The mini-wise man rubbed his nose, but froze when he saw me reaching out to him.

'Lyotha-sama,'
It's me, right? You're not the monster in the water today, are you?
Yes ......
'How come you're not a unique monster?'
......

　The mini-wise man slumped.

'Couldn't you drink?'
............
Huh?
'Ohhhhhh!'

　The mini-wise man suddenly started crying.
　He started crying with a womp, which drew the attention of everyone around him.

　I got cliché and desperately tried to calm the Mini Sage down.

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'Gusu ...... sorry. I'm sorry to inconvenience Lyota-sama.
No, that's okay.

　Me and the mini-wise man sitting shoulder to shoulder on a large rock at the edge of the village.

　I'm sitting with my feet on the ground normally, but the mini-sage has his feet only about midway up the rock and he's letting them dangle.

'Are you calmer than that?'
Yes ......
Yeah. Sorry if I offended you, but I have to ask. You've been drinking and there's been no change?
Yes,
But Klayman told me they're all unique monsters now, remember?
I was hiding.
Yeah?
'At first I was normal, but then everyone around me transformed, and I was the only one who didn't transform, so I just hid ......
Yeah, .......

　You're in pain.
　I know what it's like.
　When everyone around you is doing well and you're the only one who isn't, you can't even stand to be there.

No matter how long I waited, I wouldn't transform, and I knew I couldn't even stay in the village if I didn't. ......

　It's easy to say don't worry about that.
　In fact, I think so, and it's not like he shouldn't be in this village because he's not a unique monster.
　But he would be extremely awkward and depressed.

　You can't turn a blind eye to the underprivileged and undeserving.

Do you want more to drink?
What?
Or you can come to me.
Is this Lyota's place?
''Yeah, it's my mansion. As I recall, a unique monster is supposedly kept and changed by the person's magic or something over the years.

　As I said this, I remembered the impression I had when I heard the explanation that they were like tsukumogami.

Then you can live in my house for a while. Then you might become a unique monster.
Are you sure you want to do this?

　Me nodding my head.
　I'm rather not good (、、、、).

　It was impossible to leave such an opponent alone, I thought strongly.

　　　　　☆

　The mini-wise man was sent off, envious of everyone.

　Most of the monsters said that it would be nice to live with them in Lyota-sama's mansion.

　I took these mini-wise men back to Indor.
　I thought I'd go into the Aulum dungeon and go back to the mansion ...... in the transfer room.

'Oh shit, I did it,'

　Mini-wise men are haggle-heads, monsters.
　Monsters can only exist in their own hierarchy.
　The exception to this is that hagremonos can exist in other levels, dungeons, and even outside of dungeons, but if you enter or leave a dungeon, they will disappear.

　I carelessly forgot that and brought them here to use the transporter room as usual.

I'm sorry, this is entirely my fault. I'll put you on Cerberus, let's go back to the village.

　Cerberus would take a daily "walk" back and forth between Ciclo and Lyota, so let's get on it.
　That's what I told the mini-wise man, though.

.......

　The mini-wise man stared at the entrance to the Aulum dungeon.

'What's up?'
I'm calling .......
'What?　Wait a minute--

　Faster than I could reach out, the mini-wise man took a firm step towards the dungeon.
　Then, without any hesitation, he stepped into the dungeon.

''Nah!''

　I enter the dungeon in a hurry, and a moment later, I'm sent to a completely different place.

'It was!　It was a rogue dungeon!

　Aurum is a rogue dungeon, the structure of the dungeon changes every time you enter or leave.
　I forgot about it and went in and was sent somewhere in the dungeon.

　That's a lot of carelessness.

　More importantly, mini-wise ...... no, it's too late for that.
　The moment you enter the dungeon again, the haggler disappears, which is the reason for this world.

Haha ......

　I sighed, reflecting on my failure to stop him, and decided to look for the gate that led to the mansion.

Illaption!
What?

　I heard a voice at a distance, a voice that sounded familiar.

　I caught it and started running, and when I got to the place of the voice, I found a mini-wise man there, fighting a small demon, a monster from Aulum.

　Didn't they disappear when I entered the dungeon?

...... maybe.

　It looks the same, but is it already a unique monster?
　Has the S-ranked bodley been effective and made you a unique monster with those abilities?
　I thought to myself.