Oh my God, oh my God, Mr. Lyota!

　It was near noon, and when I returned from Plumbum's place, Elsa ran up to me as I came out of the transporter room.

　Although she says it's hard work, she doesn't look impatient or anything at all.
　She looks rather happy.

'What's wrong, Elsa, you're in such a hurry.
'I just received a call from the head of the association and he wants Mr Lyota to come over immediately.
Me?

　And soon?
　I don't know what he's doing here ...... no.

No. "If you're having a hard time, does Elsa listen to you?
Yes!

　Hoonsu!　Elsa sniffs with the momentum of "I don't know what to do.
　It's the face you make when you want to talk about something and touch around.
　It doesn't seem to be the impatient type of "hard work" after all.

It's like Tennessee's hierarchy has been increased!
The hierarchy?
'Yes!　It's like they've added another floor above the top floor we've been on.
Yeah.

　I had only been in this world for about a year and a half, and I still didn't understand how amazing that was.

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It's almost unheard of.

　The top floor of the Tennesin dungeon.
　With the power of Nifonium at stake, there are no monsters here.
　And since it's a newly created level, there are no carpenters from Tennesin Construction or anything like that.

　Maybe that's why I feel strangely excited, just like when I was a child and hid in an abandoned building during construction.

　I was alone with Cell on such a completely uninhabited floor when he said with a tremendous, straight face, the most straight face I've ever seen.

'Unheard of?'
'It's about adding more layers of dungeons in this way,'
Don't you?
If you had, you wouldn't have had to deal with Master Sato when Seren was in office.

　Seren Dungeon.

　There are ten levels in total, half of which drop vegetables and half of which drop meat.
　There was a dispute over ownership of the dungeon between the two cities, and I was sent to help.

　If there's a way to increase the number of tiers, make it odd, and then vote with a majority, I wouldn't have had a chance.

　Incidentally, I didn't think anything of it at the time, but half meat and half vegetables reminded me of the term "two swords" after meeting that Seren in person.
　It's just an evil complication and, well, I digress.

'I guess it's all thanks to Satou-sama.
I didn't do anything.
'I need to talk to the genie once. Then we can see how it really is.
He's not exactly a straight shooter.

　Tennesin is a tsundere, and it's a pretty obvious, legitimate tsundere.
　I wondered who would benefit from a man's tsundere, but the adventurers of this world are getting a mess out of it.

'I'm going to be able to tell the difference between serious and shy. If the other person has feelings and we're having a conversation.

　Cell, who just plainly says it.
　He always calls me an idiot, but I'm surprised he's not more impressed with Cell.

"If this place is permanent, I'll have them start building right away.

　Cell is like that, eyes looking around the dungeon as if to price it out, but the words are directed at me.

'Okay, I'll go check it out.'

　It's possible that I added a little more on a whim, so I had to confirm that with Tennysin himself first.

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I don't know about that.

　When I listened to the story, I got the promised response from Tennysin.
　The irony, or rather the basics, of how to deal with a tsundere.

　The first word is a basic embarrassment and not a real one.

　So I asked more.

'Even if you say you don't know, you're actually getting one more floor.
'I don't know what I don't know. There were more before I knew it.
Hmm.
Hmm.

　Unlike usual, there was no delineation after the twang.
　Could it be that he really doesn't know?

　Even though he's a spirit, he doesn't have complete control over the dungeon and his powers.
　He can do most things, but there are some things he can't control.

　Like Arsenic, who is on the verge of starving to death, or Nihonium, who can't get a drop out and takes a path to the others.

　I wonder if that's what this one from Tennesin is about too.

'Right, okay. I'm sorry to hear that's so weird.

　As long as he says he doesn't understand, we'll have to wait and see about the increased top floor for a while.
　It's a waste of time, but Cell will understand and can put up with not doing anything.

　First of all, I tried to talk to Cell about it, and was about to return to the mansion at the transfer gate.
　Then.

'Hey, take this.'

　Tennesin called out to me and offered me a black jade watermelon.

'What's the matter with this?'
A leftover.
Leftovers.
Hm, I have more than enough to sell.

　Very much so.

　I'm talking about Tennesin, who let me bring him a watermelon as a gift in return for me coming to visit, that's about it.
　There's no mistake there, no matter how much of a tsundere he is, I've gotten a general idea of his character.

　At that moment, I accepted the watermelon, thinking that I would take it and make it into a design for after dinner.

　I felt a strange sensation on my fingertips as I held the watermelon.

　Ditch ......?　I thought and flipped the watermelon around in a circle.

　Thanks.

　There was a pattern on the surface of the watermelon that looked like a letter.
　A clear thank you, and I look at Tennysin in surprise.

'......'

　Tennesin looked right at him "for some reason".

This watermelon: ......
It's a handle.

　No, I haven't even mentioned the pattern yet, but let's go through that part.

"Pattern?
You're an idiot. A watermelon with a handle.
No, but there's a pattern that could be written like this.
It happens occasionally.
It happens sometimes.
It happens once in a while. If you drop 100,000,000 of them, it'll be at least one.

　Tennesin was upset with me.

　You can't argue that a cat like that could write Shakespeare on a keyboard.

　It was like Tenesin.
　It was very Tenesin.

"And you know what?
Yeah?
I don't want any more humans on this floor, because they're a pain in the ass.
Am I not allowed in?
Yeah, don't let him in. I promise.
...... Got it.

　I wondered what the chow club system was, but I didn't go into it in depth because it's also typical of Tennesin.
　He replied that he could eventually use it, Tennesin, and I'd have to fix my report to the cell.

'We will. Oh, yeah.

　I said as I remembered.

　The number of dungeon admissions Neptune told me about, and what I came up with based on the dungeon mentality that was at the top of the list.
　Probably the last piece of advice I would give to Tennysin.

'If there are too many people and it gets annoying,'
I'm always hyperventilating.

　The spinal reflex tsundere smiled through.

'You could adjust the drop by the number of people.'
Drop in numbers?
'The more drops, the more people want to come to the dungeon, and the fewer people, the fewer people. That's what being an adventurer is all about. Some places are always mooncrawling - is that a word that goes along with spirits?　Once the drops doubled all the time, we had more people.
"...... Hmmm, I'll cut it down when the humans are on a roll.
It's a good idea.

　It probably won't decrease. In fact, it will probably increase in some cases.
　There will be more drops, and that will lead to more people entering the village illegally(,) too.
　It's not something we can completely crack down on in that area, and since Tennesin will be happy about it, Cell said he'll turn a blind eye to it to some extent.

　With that, most of what I could do for Tennesin was done.
　With that in mind, I was about to return to the mansion from the gate.

'Hey,'

　Tennesin called out to me.
　I stop and turn around.

　Tenesin stares at me, but he doesn't say anything.

　He wants to say something, but he won't.

　Is there something else you're worried about or something you need to worry about?　So....

Oh, thank you.
............ Huh?

　I was getting comfortable with Tennesin and I thought I had been rewarded with a watermelon.
　It was the best thank you I've ever received, and I was taken by surprise and amused.