In the carriage on the way to Tetramine.
　I asked Eve and Celeste, who had followed me.

'It's a good thing you're with us.
I'm not letting you go low-level alone.
...... Huh?

　I flinch as Eve looks at me with a very serious expression on her face.

'What does that mean ......?'
It was Auldurm's fault.
'Auldurm?　Why is her name there?
I got a little one on that one.
You mean Meeke?

　Eve gave a small nod.

'Now that I don't have to be dropped off and picked up, the lower levels can stay longer.
I certainly do.

　Until now, even if I went on a business trip (,) somewhere, the thought of having to return home as soon as possible was working somewhere.

　That's because I was the only one who could drop off and pick up Ahlum from the dungeon to the mansion.
　So I decided to go back to the mansion as soon as possible after accomplishing a request or something.

　I've rounded up all the sightseeing and relaxing after solving the problem and all that.

　I don't have to worry about that now.
　I don't know what kind of town TetraMin is, but I think it's possible to stay here for a little while longer after solving the problem.

Ouch.

　Eve takes a chop to the head, his forehead is tingling.

　Eve's chop is a multi-level hit.
　It looks like it's too fast and only hit once, but really, it's a lot of shots in one go.
　It's like the blades on a fan, when you get to a certain level of speed = seriousness, a phenomenon that makes it look slow in reverse.

　Now the chop was much slower, and it hurt.

'Without the low levels, the carrot is gone.'
I see.

　He smiles bitterly.
　Eve's it was similar to Aulum's reasons.

　She loves the carrots produced by my drop s.
　If I don't come back long enough, she won't get the carrots she loves.

'That's why you're following me,'
Yes.
But there's no carrot drop over there.
'If you don't have the carrots, just hit the low levels.'
Okay, I'll be back as soon as I can.
"Hm.

　Eve nodded with satisfaction.
　This time she turned to Celeste.

'What about Celeste?'
'I've been looking into it, and it seems that the Tetramine region is a place where magic storms are rare.
Really?
Yeah, I thought maybe I could help you with that.
Well, thank you.
You're welcome.

　Celeste blushed a little and smiled.
　If Celeste is following me, it's reassuring.
　It's so reassuring that a simple word of thanks won't be enough to thank you.

I should thank you for something. Is there something you want me to do for you?
Partners?
But that doesn't mean I won't be happy to see you indulge in it.
Yeah. Well, I'll think about it. If you think of anything, please do.
Yeah, do that.

　Celeste's face beamed with happiness, mindlessly.

　He and his two companions who were accompanying him were rocked by the carriage and headed to Tetramine.

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Baboon.

　I heard the horses crying and the carriage stopped.

　He opened the hood and turned his head to ask the person in charge.

'Are we there yet?'
No,

　You shook your head and looked ahead.
　I looked ahead, too.

　There are many carriages and people gathered together, it looks like a caravan.
　Beyond the gathering, you can see the city about 30 minutes away by carriage.

　I'm sure you'll find a lot of people looking at it, but they don't want to move on.

What's going on?

　Celeste came out of her face.

'Come on, let's hear it for a minute.
Yeah.
Where's Eve?
'Rabbits don't work without carrots.

　I was turned down on a refreshing basis.
　I was just going to talk to them for a minute.
　I left Eve behind and headed over to the people who were parked with Celeste.

'What's going on?'
Oh, no, I got to go. - Oh, Lyota, isn't that you?
Yeah.

　Me nodding.
　The man who spoke to me knew me.
　I didn't know the name on the other side, but I recognized the uniform.

　It's the uniform of the buyer, "Tsubame's Grace".
　When I saw it, I spoke to him.

'What's holding you back?'
Oh no, I didn't expect that. We can't even get into the city as it is.
......?

　Seeing the man's expression, which was a mixture of bitterness and lack of expectation, I tilted my head questioningly.

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　The entrance to the city of TetraMin.
　Me and Celeste who came, and Tsubame's repayment of my kindness and the other buyers who followed us.

　As I stood at the entrance, I immediately understood the situation.

　TetraMin wasn't an environment where people could live.
　The whole city is a slight hellscape with monsters wandering around.

''How could this happen?''
Maybe they ran out of money to run the city.

　Celeste said, almost assertively, though she prefaced it with maybe.

'We can't take care of the garbage anymore,'
You know, I've seen a lot of Frankenstein.

　'Frankenstein, you're a huggable guy who hatches out of garbage in this world.

'Well, Celeste used to work for a garbage disposal company.
'Yeah. When the city stops paying us, we can't just work for free either, so that's what happens.
I see.

　Until I came here, I had imagined the desolation of a provincial shuttered town, like a shopping mall with all the shutters down.

　In reality, it's quite different from what I imagined, and that's what happens when a town becomes desolate in this world.

　I glanced behind me.
　There were no fighters among them who had come to do business.
　So I couldn't get into the city.

　Celeste, noticing my gaze, said.

'Maybe they didn't imagine the devastation they'd have to go through to get to this point.
'I see. No, but can you do a land buyout ...... without actually coming in?

　That's exactly what you could do by simply moving the papers from right to left on your desk.

'Then I guess we'd better start by clearing this out.
Let me help you.
Okay, give me support, and you're going to help me take a shit.
Okay, so-- are you not going to use the gun?
Yeah.

　I nodded and walked off in a natural manner.
　I walked carelessly and plunged into the crowd of haggledy things.

'Repetition.'

　The strongest round trip magic, Repetition.
　A spell that kills monsters you've defeated once, no questions asked.

　When you use this magic, the second time you use it on the same monster, it's the same as "seeing the results".

　As I proceeded, I didn't check anything, but shot Repetition anyway.

　The monsters disappear one by one.
　Frankenstein and the other monsters I had defeated disappeared one by one.

　Monsters that I had never defeated and never disappeared.

'Irruption!'

　Celeste clears them away with great magic.

　Some of the monsters I ignored might be stronger than others, but still.
　I decided to leave it completely up to Celeste, who is much stronger than when I met her.

　It was like a detergent that I dropped on a grease stain.

''Ooohhhh!''

　Me and Celeste wiped out the hagglers nestled in the tetramine in admiration.