Melamela, get on my shoulder. Okay, I'm off.

　In the morning, after eating breakfast in the cafeteria, Alice went out to the dungeon with her fellow monsters, including Meramela.
　The others have already gone to work in the dungeon, and there are four of us left in the dining room: me, Leia, Meeke and Aurum.

"You're feeling even better this morning, Alice.
They're very eager to show him the dungeons.

　It was Aulum who answered.
　He - one of the spirits of the dungeon, like Phosforas, aka Meramera - was one of the spirits of the dungeon.

''Is that so?''
Yeah. And he seems to enjoy it too.
'That's more than anything. Is ...... awlum good?　With Meeke, we can go all over the place, right?
I'll take care of it!

　One of the family members, Meeke, a unique monster of a mini-wise man, gave a small gut-punch and went on with enthusiasm.

'I'm not interested.'

　Aulum said matter-of-factly.

'I see.'
Because dungeons are all dungeons. We spawn a monster, and the humans have to kill it and get something.
I see, that's certainly true of every dungeon.

　The entire primary industry in this world consists of dungeons.
　As long as everything from gold to sprouts are dropped from the dungeon, the dungeon is just a "production site" no matter where you go.

　If the idea sums up that much, it really doesn't seem interesting.

'I'd like to see more outside the dungeon, though.
"Since Meeke is here, ...... do you want to take a vacation once in a while?　As it is, you only get to look around at night.
Are you sure?

　Aulum, who had reacted with a really disinterested "I'm not interested" a moment ago, has been biting on it.
　You really want to see the outside of the dungeon, don't you, Ahrum?

''Yeah, right away is probably annoying to the adventurers who are circling, so yeah, if we give them a month or so to get the word out--''
"A month is a month!　Yes!　Thanks Lyota!

　Aurum is extremely excited, and he's so excited that he cracks up a little.

I'll do my best today!　Let's go.
I understand!

　Aurum picked up Meeke and ran out of the dining room.
　With Meeke's special ability, Aulum, who had the spirit--monster attribute, was also able to enter and exit the dungeon.
　He went to work, returning to his own dungeon almost on his own, and from the side, the story he just told looks like 'an employee who has been granted a leave of absence by his boss'.

Master.
Yeah?
'She thanks the master, but I thought the dungeon was hers?
I know.

　I chuckled.
　I couldn't help but laugh at Aulum, who would naturally feel like he had my 'forgiveness'.

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　Eighth floor of the Nihonium basement.

...... It's been so long since I've seen .......
It's been almost three months, Master.

　Leia, who followed along, answered like a secretary.

'......'
Is there something on my face, Master?
'No, sometimes Leia looks like a guide to the game. Like, like, a little wipe-like window busted up in the corner.
I don't know what you mean.
I know.

　I chuckled.
　If you talk about video games to people in this world, there's no way they'll understand. It's something that doesn't exist.
　So it's something I don't usually say.

'That's easy to say to Leia, these things.
Okay.

　Leia took it in stride.
　It was easy to talk about something related to the original world because Leia would pass it off lightly.

''Master,''
What's going on?
Look over there.

　Leia gently pointed to the ground at a distance, diagonally in front of her.
　There was the example, a doll-sized, classless woman.

　Maybe her name was Nifonium, a woman who I assume was the spirit of this dungeon.

'Sorry, I've been busy for a while,'

　She chuckled.
　Nothing verbal, as usual.
　I look at that smile and think for a moment.

　Fosforas, who wants to see other dungeons, and Aurum, who wants to see the outside, not the dungeons.
　Arsenic, who would be happy with food, and Seren, who loves eroticism, regardless of gender.
　The spirits all want different things.

"What do you want?

　I asked the woman.
　What does she want, which is probably nihonium, what does she want?
　I was curious, so I asked her, clearly articulating it.

　The woman smiled at me.
　Just smiling.

　Just smiling as usual, not saying anything, just smiling.
　And then it was gone.

'There's something about .......'

　Intuitively, I thought.
　Maybe there's no doubt about it.
　Just like other spirits, she is practically trapped at the bottom of the dungeon, existing (and living) with a hope that cannot be cleared.

　I had a gut feeling that she was one of them.

　When I thought that, I couldn't leave her alone.

　I saw myself as the same person I used to be.
　The figure that Ahrum had shown me.
　I've been working day and night without a break, yet most of the spirits have been unable to fulfill even the most modest of hopes.

''I wish I could do something about it. They haven't done anything for me, all the remaining spirits.

　I mumbled out loud.
　Then I heard a crackling, clapping sound from the side.

　I looked over and saw Leia clapping with her usual expressionless face.

"What's the matter with you, Leia?
I don't know.
Yeah?　Don't you know, you clapped?
'Yes. The Master suddenly looked dazzling, and when he did so, his hand was writhing.
Okay.
Oh, I get it now.
Yeah?
'Master, it's amazing. I'm so impressed, I applaud you.

　I chuckled a bit at Leia, who was impressed by the time difference.