On this day, I didn't use the transporter room, but instead went into the city and headed for Tellurium.

　Lately I've had more time to live, and conversely, the days I don't use the transporter room are gradually increasing.

　I finally did something I never did when I was in the office. My dad told me this story.
　My dad had always come home at different times.
　After he became a salaried worker, he must have been working late all the time, I thought, but I was wrong.

　One New Year's Day when I came home to my parents' house, they said to me, "You come home every day by a different route.

"That's because I take a different route home every day.

　I was told.
　It's a completely different idea than the adventurers of this world.
　Adventurers think about how to make it routine and efficient to get around the dungeon.

　Dad is different.
　He said he kept himself fresh every day by taking a different road home.

　When he was a company employee, he didn't understand that.
　Now I don't know what it is, but I don't understand it.

　It's better to know what's different and what you don't know, because that's what I've learned since I came to this world.
　So I was making sure I went to work in a different way tellurian (,).

...... Oh, maybe I should have done it sooner.

　Looking back, this might be the first time I've ever slowly seen Tellurian in the daytime in an everyday mood.

　Before I got the mansion, I was full of shakashiki, and after I got the mansion, I usually go out of town either directly to the tavern at night or to the dungeon society in the daytime.
　Thus, I rarely looked at the city in the daytime.

　So it was new.
　The city I was used to seeing looked completely different and fresh.

　If this was the case, it would have been sooner--.

I got to get out of here.
Get out of the way!

　The buzz of the city was suddenly overridden by an impatient voice.

　From afar, two men were carrying someone in a thangka.
　Blood was still dripping from the thangka, and I could tell that they were quite seriously injured.

'Injured!　The road--
What's wrong with him?

　The next thing I know, I'm running alongside a thangka.
　I see an injured man being carried by a thangka.

　A young woman, dressed in a thin, half-transparent priestess suit.

She's hurt pretty badly in the dungeon, and we're on our way to get her to the healer.
"In a dungeon.

　I look again, and sure enough, it's an injury that looks like a monster attack.

"Mom, that sister is hurt.
'That's right. Your sister is risking her life to bring us food. That's why you mustn't leave any food behind.
And the peppers?
Your sister will be sad if you leave her alone.
Yeah, ...... okay.

　A mother of a passerby was educating her children with an injured man as a dupe.

　I pulled out my gun, running alongside her.

'What are you doing?'
This is a serious matter of time. I'm on it.
What are you...
No, it's Lyota Sato.
'What?　Um!

　The man who was trying to stop me stopped in surprise when his partner, who was carrying me in a thangka, told him to stop.
　The thangka stopped and I fired an infinite number of recovery rounds at the woman.
　She was badly injured and needed two recovery rounds.

That ......

　The woman sat up and the men slowly lowered their thangkas to the ground.

'Holy crap, you're back to normal in a second.
You're that Ryota Sato.

　I asked the woman as a couple of thangkas rolled their eyes.

'Are you all right now?　Does it still hurt anywhere?
No but ...... why?
I'm just passing through. Thank God you're okay.

　It's a common story of being injured in a dungeon, and that injury has already healed.
　There's nothing more to do.

So long.
Oh, thank you!

　I smiled back at the miko-dressed woman who thanked me, smiled back, and walked away, heading to the tellurian as planned.

　I see, it might be good to take a different route to work once in a while.

　　　　　☆

　Inside the salon at night.
　I was chatting with a group of friends who were coming home one by one.

'Yoda-san, we have a visitor.
Cell?

　I asked Emily back as she walked into the salon.
　'I thought it was some kind of trouble again,' she said.

'No, sir, this is my first customer.
First time?
It's a woman.

　Rattling.

　I heard a voice from a distance, and when I turned around, Celeste and Elsa, who were chatting, had fallen out of their chairs at the same time.

'What's going on, are you okay?'
Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
Yes, I'm fine.
Well, have a good day.

　As I said that to them, I stood up and turned to Emily.

'We're all here, and I wonder if the parlor is free.'
I'm showing you around.
Good job.

　I left the salon and headed for the parlor where Emily had let a customer through.

　I walked down the hallway, but I stopped and turned around when I felt a presence in the middle of the hallway.

　Quickly, I saw two people withdrawing from behind a corner.
　You can recognize the faces of your friends in a second, Celeste and Elsa.

What's the matter with you two? You may be acquainted with the two visitors?

　I came up with that possibility and asked him about it.
　Not once or twice did the incident come to me via my friends.

　I wouldn't be surprised if Celeste and Elsa responded with something like "You're here ......".

Nya, nya .......
What?
Cock-a-doodle-doo, cock-a-doodle-doo.
No, no, no.

　I could hear their impersonation coming from around the corner.
　It was like a four-panel cartoon or a comedy.
　I'm curious about it, but I can't help but tighten it up but I can't do so, so I left it alone for now and headed for the parlor.

"Sorry to keep you waiting--oh?

　When I walked in, the face I saw was there.

　Dark hair, dark eyes, and a light miko outfit.

'You, this morning ......'
My name is Sakuya. Thank you for that time.
Yes.

　I nodded and sat down across from Sakuya.
　Yes, the miko girl I encountered this morning and healed her injuries on the spot.

'Is your body okay now?'
'Yes, not at all anymore. I'm even better than I normally am.
Really? With that name and outfit, are you from the East?

　I've heard of the East several times in conversation.
　Eastern spellcasters and things like that sometimes come up in the conversation.

　When I remembered that and asked, Sakuya nodded immediately.

''Yes, it is. My name is Sakuya Konoe.''
It's pretty ostentatious.
What?
'No, I'm talking about this one. I mean, Sakuya...... I've heard that name somewhere.

　Not in my world, of course, but in mine.

Hey Celeste, you know what?

　I asked him at the door, and he rattled again!　I heard a noise.
　I knew it was following me to the door.

　There was a gurgling cough on the other side of the door, and an answer came back as the door closed.

'Sakuya Konoe. She's called the Sulphur Queen, one of the ten most famous people in Cyclo.
The sulphur? The sulphur?

　Turning to Sakuya, she gave a small nod.

　The Sarfa dungeon, no matter how many people enter it, it's a dungeon that splits you up and forces you to attack solo, and every time you enter, you're forced to start over from level 1.

　You only get your level back inside the dungeon; it will return to normal once you get out.
　Even so, always having to start over from level 1 is dangerous.

''Does it come with that sulfa spirit?''
No, I just make more money in sulfa than everyone else.
I see.
Sulphur was good at .......

　Sakuya slumped as she said this.

'What's going on?'
Look at this.

　With that, Sakuya held out two sheets of paper on the table in front of me.

---1/2---
Level: 66/66
HP E
MP F
Power E
Strength E
Intelligence F
Spirit F
Speed F
Dexterous E
Luck F
--------- ...

---1/2---
Level: 66/66
HP A
MP F
Power B
Strength F
Intelligence F
Spirit F
Speed A
Dexterous B
Luck F
--------- ...

　They had different statuses.

　The only thing they had in common was that they were on the same level.

''This is ......?''

　I didn't know what that meant, so I asked Sakuya back.

'The low one over here is me now.
"Hmm.
This is me, the guy you see sometimes in the sulfa.
...... No way.

　I compared them both.
　Different abilities on the same level.

　There was a knock and Emily walked in.

"Emily ......
Yes?

　Yes, Emily.
　Now that's the opposite of Emily.

'You subtracted all the minimums from the leveling up: ......

　Sakuya nodded with a somber look on her face.
　The Sulphur Queen, that must be the name of the wistfulness in full force that she got before she knew it when she went there to meet her 'real self'.

　And she had stayed in Sulphur until she was badly injured.

'I was looking for you and I heard about your level down!　Please help me!

　Sakuya jumped off the couch and got down on her knees to me.