310. Choroin




 The man in front of me was a gruff, handsome man.
 He had blond hair and a leather jacket, a somewhat intimidating appearance if you're a handsome man.

 I look at the handsome man and the space around him.
 I know the space well, the type of space I've been to many times.
 It's a spirit room.

 Then so is this guy in front of me.

"Tennesin, huh?
Thank you, human. You are the first human ever to be invited by a spirit.
Really?
Yes. Yes. We, the great spirits, did not need to invite the humans over for anything.

 I doubt it.

More importantly, why did you invite me here?
I'm just trying to give you some advice.

 Then Tennysin glared at me with a guillotine.

'Advice?'
I hear you've got a lot going on inside of me.
Yeah. I'm in the dungeon building a city right now.
Who do you have permission from to do what you want?
That's: ...... Sorry.

 There were no other words, and I apologized for my honesty.

 That's certainly true.
 Building a city in Tennesin, that is essentially the owner - or is it the person himself? I had to ask permission from the
 I apologize to him for being out of line.

"I'm sorry I went off on you, man. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Hm, I don't care about that.
It doesn't matter.

 I chuckled a bit.
 'What do you mean, I've called you out so far and you don't care?

'But I warned you. I'll allow you to do what you want this time, but not the next time.
Okay, I'll keep that in mind.

......
......

 The conversation was cut short.
 A silence drifted, and the air became strange.

'Um--'
How about my drop?
What?

 Just as I was about to ask, Tennysin said in a covered voice.

''By drop, you mean the drop you get when you kill a monster?''
What else is there?

 Guillory stared at me again.
 'You're a difficult spirit.

'Great, but? The matsutake mushrooms on the first floor, for example, the shape and smell are all excellent, as is the drop itself," he said.
You mean this one?

 Tennesin held out his hand, palm upward.
 There's a matsutake on it, the most magnificent shaped matsutake I've ever seen.

 'Yes, it smells great, too.

Yes, it smells great too. It's the best matsutake.
Is this what people want to see on ......?
Yeah? Well, yeah.
Hm! People are crazy to want this garbage. I don't want this stuff, you can throw it away.

 Tennesin said and shoved the matsutake mushrooms at me.
 I don't want to get them now ...... or have Emily cook them for me later.

......
......

 There is silence again.

It's time to--
What was the next best thing to that?

 Tennysin said again, covered up.

'What?' Yeah, like ...... caviar or something. I've never had it before, but it's so good--
You mean this one?

 He held it out to me with his palms facing upward, just like before.
 There was a mountain of caviar on a plate.

'Oh, yes,'
Humans are so grateful for these fish eggs.
Haha. ......
I don't need this stuff, so you can throw it away.

 Tennesin said, and shoved it at me as well as the matsutake.

'......'
......

 Three times, silence.

I'm going home--
What else do you have in mind?
...... You are.

 Anyone who's been put on three times would know something was wrong.

 The moment I cut off to leave, Tennysin covers me and stretches the story forcibly.
 So you belittle what you put out there, but you throw it at me.

 And the Stars.
 The phenomenon of being trapped in a dungeon after the Stars had completely disappeared.

 All of those things put together made one possibility emerge.

"Are you lonely?
I...

 Tennesin's face instantly turned bright red.
 He was dripping with sweat and began a desperate denial.

'Miss me! Silly thing, who do you think I am? One of the spirits that support this world, and one of the few that govern the earthly dungeons, this Lord Tennesin, is lonely and evil! This is why humans are so stupid and dumb and dumb to try to measure spirits by their own standards and--

 Wow.

 What a mess, it was so easy to understand.
 It's rather pitiful to point out that Tennesin, who speaks up so quickly, is so easy to understand.

'I get it. I'm sorry I said the weirdest thing.
Hmm. All right.
...... Hey, I need you to do one thing for me, okay?
Request? A human being can't be so rude as to ask a spirit for a favor. But I'm generous, so I'll just listen to them.

 Oh, oh.

 Resisting the urge to laugh bitterly, I gave Tennysin a 'please'.

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'Oh! Master Sato.

 A worried cell greeted me as I walked back out of the Tennesin dungeon.

'Are you okay?'
It's okay, I just got called into Tennessee for a little while.
What?
""Oh, oh, oh!"

 The carpenters around them marveled.

'Invited by the spirits, so that's why.

 Cell calmed down rapidly with my safe return.
 He asked in his usual calm tone.

'Yeah, so I've made good on my promise.
"Promise?
Floor master, I hear they're going to replace you once a year.
'My God! As expected of Satou-sama. How did you manage to convince the spirits?
I made it my business to go snitching on you every day for fancy food.
What about ......?

 You'll be able to see that Cell's face looks like he doesn't know what he's talking about.

 Well, if I was in Cell's shoes.
 If I hadn't seen Tennesin in person, I'd be like that.