Tellurium basement floor.

　I held hands with Eli and followed Alice.

'This way, Lyota.'
Oh, yeah.

　Alice's directions led me through the dungeon.
　I passed a few adventurers along the way.
　We exchanged only brief bids to the adventurers we knew, and then proceeded further.

　In front of the trident, Alice is comparing both of them.

I'm sure you'll find that if you take Eri-chan with you to the right, you'll be slower than usual, so we'll hit each other on the way.
Do I walk a little faster?
No, just go to the left. This way you won't be born anew for a while.
Okay.

　Follow Alice's instructions and enter the left side of the trident.

　We walk through the familiar dungeon.
　It's like a picnic, and I'm walking with Eri.

　From earlier, Eri grabs my little finger and walks with me.
　Immediately after entering the dungeon, I could clearly see that she was relieved to be with me, but she gradually became anxious.

　It's no wonder.
　I've already been walking for nearly an hour in the basement level of the tellurian, but I haven't encountered a single monster--slime.

　The situation of walking for an hour and not encountering a monster made Eri conversely uneasy.

'It's okay, Eri.'

　Alice noticed Eli's anxiety as well.
　Leading the way, she turned around and approached Eli.

'The monsters are fine, I'm just avoiding them.
......?

　Eli tilts his head and then looks up at me.
　What does that mean?　I'm looking at you.

"Alice was born in a dungeon. She was born in a dungeon, so she knows the signs of the monsters in the dungeon. Where they are, when they are born.
'At first it was off sometimes, but lately I'm getting more experience and I know it perfectly.
You're good.
Heh.

　The complimented Alice happily flutters and then starts walking again.
　I follow that Alice. I knew I didn't encounter any monsters.

　The fact that the monsters have not disappeared is evident from the occasional adventurer who passes by and collects bean sprouts, which are drop items here.
　The monsters are there, but we don't encounter them.

　I glanced at Eli.
　Eli is staring at Alice.
　You're curious to know that the only reason you're not encountering it is because Alice is leading the way.

　Then let's move on to the next step.

　As I walked, I asked Alice a deliberate question.

'What's it like to feel a monster?'
Yeah, it's like there's a map right here in your head.
"Map.
'Yeah, a map of the dungeon. Is that map around here and all those places are bleeped out? Where the monster is now, or where it's about to be born.
I see.

　It's an RPG map display, and it's the type of map that shows the most detail, even using items and magic.

　It seems to have evolved further from what we've heard before.
　It's a very good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.

　This--and I looked at Eri.

　Eri stared at Alice.
　I stared at her with a difficult face - or so I thought.

　He pulled me - walked faster, and pulled and caught up with Alice.
　'You're here - I thought - and I stopped Alice.

'Wait. 'Alice,'
What?
......

　Eli, standing in front of Alice, randomly reaches out and touches her.
　Eventually, the spot that was touched started to glow.

'Wow, what is this?'
I'll be fine.
Really?

　I was surprised when my own body lit up, but when I told her to, she kept her cool and watched what Eli did.

　The light from Alice's body gradually transferred to Eri's body.

　A copy of the ability.
　The same thing I did to Meeke, I'm doing to Alice.

　After a while, the light moved completely into Eri - copied.

'I don't know,'
...... (nationally)

　Eli nods adorably a few times.

'Do you always know where I am now?'
...... (nationally)
Then ...... close your eyes. I'm going to circle around you and you can turn around and look at me.
...... (pulp)
'Don't worry, if I'm about to go away, just open your eyes right away.
......(country)

　At my persuasion, Eli let go of my hand and closed his eyes.

　I muffled the signs and footsteps and walked a couple of meters away from her and then came around directly behind Eli.

　Eli kept his eyes closed and slowly turned to me.

　This time I moved 90 degrees to the left. I almost turned to look at him.

　I moved another 90 degrees, intersecting with Alice and looking out for her, and asked Alice to move to the other side of the room with her footsteps.

　Not at all confused by that, Eri turned firmly towards me.

　Alice, born in a dungeon, and Eri copied that ability to the extent necessary.

　It seems that at any moment, she has the ability to feel my location like a radar.

　I'm not going to be able to get to the bottom of it.
　While patting Eri's head like that, I turn to Alice.

'Thank you Alice, I got to copy your abilities.
'Wow, I've heard so much about you, but you really can copy it.
'Yeah. I'm relieved to see that you've done your math and copied it.
Really?
Yeah.
But, Eri-chan, I heard you got the warp ability to fly to Lyota at any time. With that, you don't need my powers, do you?
No, it's important for me to feel like I belong.
Why?
'When you feel a little more at ease, with this ability, you'll be able to play away from me in the mansion, won't you?
Oh.

　I want to be with Eri as much as possible if she wants to, but even so, if she can get away from me and work with her trusted friends, her life will be broadened(,) if she can get away from me.

　At least that's what I want to do in the mansion.

'Shucks ...... that's awesome. Lyota.
Yeah?
Normally, if you had someone like Eri-chan, you'd raise her in a more convenient way.
I don't think Eli would miss someone like that.
'I have a feeling we're going to do well, don't I?　I mean, sticking to Lyota is a prerequisite, but when you're sticking to her, you can double the drop or something.
I see.

　I hadn't thought about it, but I think I can.

　Although, I'm not going to do so even if I'm reminded of it again.
　I answer Alice while squeezing Eri's hand back.

'Anyway, I want Eri to live at home in peace. That's all I want for now.
That's great, Ryota.

　I smile back at Alice, who compliments me, and I think further.
　Eri can copy various abilities and remake the erythronium dungeon with the basic premise that she'll feel safe with me.

　I wondered if there was something more I could do to make Eri feel more secure.
　I kept thinking about it.