Alice Wonderland walked slowly down the stairs.

　She suddenly stopped and turned around to look behind her.
　The entrance slowly closing, the figure of Ryota disappearing.

　The sight of Ryota further strengthens her resolve.

'Yeah, I'll do my best!　I've got to get a proper genie for Lyota's sake.

　I clenched my fists and steeled myself before descending the stairs again.
　The destination of the descent was an empty, pure white space.

''--''

　The fellow monsters on her shoulders buzzed. The skeleton Honehone in particular squeezed and clung to her face.

　Her fellow monsters have different personalities, with Skeleton Honehone being the most timid and spoiled.

''Don't worry, I'll be with you.

　Alice looked around, stroking her honeone.

'It's a strange place, I don't even know if it's small or wide ...... this, if I stay here long enough my eyes will go crazy.'

　It seems to be spreading out as far as it can go, and if you reach out, you can almost reach an invisible wall.
　In such a mysterious space, a monster suddenly appeared.

　The monster is humanoid, about twice the size of a human.
　Although it is humanoid, it has no skin, no scales or anything like that.
　Its entire body is made of jewelry, gold and silver, and other treasures.

'Wow--wow!

　Alice hurriedly flew right to the side.
　The monster raised its hand and it flew at her as if it had exploded.

　Gold, white silver, pearls and diamonds.
　The priceless objects flew at her like a shotgun.

　I was able to fly right next to it, but I couldn't duck one of the gems and hit my forehead with a heavy blow.

'Itatata ......'

　Alice held her hand to her forehead where it had been hit.
　Something tepid flowed down through her palm.

'Guys, please!'

　He summoned his fellow monsters, holding back the blood flowing from the wound.

　Skeleton's honeone.
　The slime pull.
　The bonbons of the little devil.
　The Needle Lizard's spiky spikes.
　The gau-gau of a master dragon.

　The deformed looking monsters all jump out at once.
　Even Honehone, who had been frightened earlier, bravely attacked the enemy monsters.

　Alice keeps her distance and observes the enemy.
　The five-on-one battle is fierce.

　The enemy doesn't just send jewels flying, they also use wads of 10,000 piro bills to hit you at close quarters.
　It's an attack that makes you want to rush in to see if it's some kind of rich person, but its power is immense.

　In the blink of an eye, the honeone and spiky spikes acting as the vanguard were crushed to pieces and returned to Alice's shoulders at doll size.

''You're okay!

　Hone Hone and Togetoge nodded, and then took on the form of a monster again, returning to the battle.

　It was only the monsters that guarded the path leading to the spirits, and they were quite strong.
　The other four of Alice's companions, with the exception of Gau Gau, the master dragon, were repeatedly getting hit and then returning to the fight.

　Meanwhile, the enemy showed no signs of falling.
　The five onslaughts, spreading gold and silver treasures from their bodies each time they were attacked, but in the next moment, they were repairing themselves as if nothing had happened.

''What should I do? ......''

　Alice was troubled.

　If this was Ryota, he would have guessed that it was an inorganic life form, self-repairing, a pattern with a core somewhere, but Alice didn't have the experience and knowledge to think like that.
　Unable to do so, she was in trouble.

　But there are things only she can do.

'Do you have anything ......?'

　Every time an enemy monster attacked or regenerated.
　Alice felt that there was "something" in the belly button area, as humans call it.

　It wasn't that something glowed, it wasn't that her magic or life force had increased.
　But something is there, Alice feels.

　The dungeon-born girl felt the same way she had always felt, "Somehow there's something in the other person's belly button.

...... good.

　Thinking about it, she decided to move.

　She took a slingshot from her pocket and used it to send a round ball into the enemy monster.
　It hit the opponent's belly button, and with a pitter-patter, red juice spread out.

　The thing itself is just a paintball, it has no killing power or magical effects. It's just a paintball.
　But when her fellow monsters saw it, they didn't look aside and focused their attacks on the painted spot.

　It's an agreement between her and the Honejones, so when she makes a mark with it, she ignores everything else and concentrates her attack on the spot where she made it.

　Honehone's bone club, pull-pull body hits, bonbon magic bullets, spiky spikes flying, and gau-gau bites.
　All of the attacks were focused on the painted area.

　Palin!

　There was a dry sound, and the enemy stopped moving.
　It twitched and cramped for a few moments, but the body made of gold and silver treasures eventually fell apart and crumbled, scattering the expensive treasures on the ground.

''Yay!　Thank you all.

　Victory after a fierce battle, the five companions jumped on Alice in unison, flirting with her in skin-to-skin contact.

　As she stroked and nursed them one by one, a staircase leading downward appeared from the empty space.

　Gulping, Alice spat raw.

'There's a ...... genie down here .......

　I buzzed and shivered.
　Was it the air leaking out, or was it the anticipation and anxiety?
　Or both.

　Alice became nervous and strong.

"--

　Then Hone Honehone clings to Alice.
　A white-boned monster, rather a resident of the world of horror, but a fearful Hone Hone Hone.
　Such Honehone clung to Alice in the same way as before - or even more frightened than before.

' ...... Don't worry, I'm here for you.

　When you see something that frightens you more than you do, it's the opposite of what makes you calm down.
　Alice soothed Hone Hong Hong and relaxed a little, and went down the stairs.

　The monster at the end of the stairs?　There was a

　10,000 pirouette wads of bills on the ground, piled up like a bed.
　In the center of the bed of wads of bills, there was a flame monster that looked like it was made of burning bills.

　This room, lit by the flames burning the bills, seemed strangely brighter than the pure white space above.

''How come I haven't seen a human here in hundreds of years and you're a little girl?

　The flame drew back his mouth in a blunt tone.

'You're that ...... Phosphorus?　The spirits here.

　Alice became respectful and asked the flame.

'That's right, I'm the master of this dungeon. 'I am Fosforus.'
Good to see you ...... somehow.
Why, you didn't just come by chance to see me?
'Yes!　I've done you a favor.
Hmm.

　Fosforus narrowed his eyes - but he didn't have eyes, but he looked at Alice like that.
　After a while, he looked bored.

'Well, I've made it this far. I'll at least reward you.
'Really?　Thank you.
So, how long--
I need you to join me!
What--?

　As if by surprise, the words Phosforas was about to say flew off.

'What did you just say?'
'Join us!　Oh--

　Alice hurriedly summoned the five monsters that had returned to her shoulders after the battle was over to monster size again.

''Just like this, please join me!
What did you say?
I mean, ...... is that a no-no?
No. That's a skill that was born in a dungeon. You could do it if you punched me in the face with one of your Ila's, but I'm not ...... sure that's a good idea.
Yes!
You don't want the money?
'Yes!　I don't want that!

　Alice answered immediately, and Phosforas was taken aback by her immediate response.

'......'
Um, ...... still no good?
...... No, I'm just surprised. I've never seen anyone like you before.
What?
People who come in here, or even into my dungeon, are always looking for money, and I've never seen anything like you.

　Fosforus laughed - a flicker of fire that seemed to be - and asked one last reminder.

'You really don't want the money, do you?　The way you look, I won't be able to give you any money or anything until you're dead.
Yes!

　Alice answered without hesitation.
　Fosforus laughed so hard, so merrily, that the room shuddered.

　After it subsided.

'Alright, give me a shot at Ola.
Yes!

　Alice didn't hesitate to go over and hit Fosforus.
　She hit him just like she did with the other kids, she would take him down herself.

　She didn't hit the flames burning on the wad of money, but she didn't bruise them.
　Instead, the flame squeezed out once, changed shape, and appeared in the palm of Alice's hand.

　It was the same in terms of flames, but just like Alice's other fellow monsters, comical eyes became attached to the center of the flames.

　Thus, Mera Mera of Phosphorus became Alice's companion.
　With the spirit as her companion, she became the spirit she had longed for.