The next day, outside the carbon dungeon.

　The rescued adventurers are scattered here and there.
　Half of the rescued adventurers who were rescued yesterday are scattered here and there, and half of them are in Seren.
　All of them have been withdrawn from Carbon in a primary manner.

　The adventurers of this world have one main principle that they must adhere to.
　It is to bring back the dropped items safely.
　The purpose of hiding in dungeons is to produce things, so it is a prerequisite that you return safely - in other words, that you have a way to return home that will never be broken.

　That's where the "stable way around" comes from, too.

　When Carbon found out that it was a "no return" dungeon, we all went into wait-and-see mode.

'You're here to stay,'

　Neptune, who came here by the normal route, said with a smiling face.

　Behind him were Ran and Lil, as usual, and over here Celeste and Vanadium were with him.

'Me?'
It's like, "Hey, let's see what you got. People.
I see.
But it's still amazing, son. It was solved before I arrived. Well, I thought it was going to happen.
It's ......, so it's too late for that.

　I look at Neptune with a bitter smile.
　It wasn't that far from Cyclo to Selenium Carbon.
　With a quick trip, Neptune would have been able to get there in no time.
　It came slowly, over night.

'You've had your eye on that end from the beginning.

　I looked at Celeste, who pointed out.

'Beyond that?'
'I believe that Mr Lyota will help the trapped people. That's why I've been thinking about where I've saved them.
Well, we'll have to investigate the dungeon after all.
I see.
Ha-ha, I'm not so sure.

　He's still smiling, Neptune, the man who can't eat.

'But I sense a bit of malice in you,'

　Neptune said and looked at the carbon entrance.
　Me and Celeste also looked in that direction.

　The Carbon Dungeon, its entrance is usually open.

　When we came yesterday, there was no entrance anywhere.
　Even after forcing it open with W tracking rounds, we had a hard time maintaining the opening with the force of ironclad bullets.
　Now, it's usually open now.

'I guess it's more of a malicious intent or, well, an invitation.

　I got the same impression as Neptune.

　After rescuing all the adventurers, the entrance opened normally.
　It was as if nothing had happened.

　There were no adventurers to re-enter there.
　All of them were high-ranked adventurers with Stars, in our case, the same rank as Emily, Celeste, and Eve, who got serious.

　As expected, there was no one so careless as to rush in and say "Hey! The entrance is open!" in this situation.

　Combined with that, it makes Carbon's entrance look more and more like an "invitation".

"So what are you going to do?
I'm going to check it out.
Well, we'll be there.
Are you sure?
'Yeah. And it's been a long time since I've seen Ran and Lil' nice, too.
...... idiot.
I'll do my best.

　Two women who are always attached to each other and rarely show me an open mouth.
　Lil blushed happily and Ran was innocently enthusiastic.

'What about Celeste?'
'I'm going back to the mansion for once. It's better to open it up.
'Yes. The vanadium--well, yeah.
...... (Kok Kok Kok)

　The juvenile genie nodded in succession, squeezing the hem of my pants.

　Me, Vanadium, Neptune, Ran and Lil.
　The five of us decided to enter the dungeon again.

　We watched Celeste walk back to the mansion and then we entered the dungeon together.

　A dungeon made of hewn stones, blue-white glowing walls and ceiling.

''It's a strange place, isn't it?''
Yeah.
What does it say about monsters?
'Come to think of it, I hadn't heard of it. I didn't even see it.
You haven't even seen it?
I had to ask Nihonium to stop it.

　Neptune, who is relatively familiar with the inner workings of the family - or rather, he, in a manner of speaking, is under the umbrella of my Lyota family.
　I'm not going to be able to say it in a roundabout way, and I'm going to be able to explain it to you straightforwardly.

"I see--oh.

　Neptune spotted something up ahead and stopped.
　I stopped and looked the same way.

　There was a bright white mannequin-like object.

　It had the shape of a person, but it had no hair, no face, and no clothes.
　It's a sprawling, mannequin-like looking thing.

'Is this the monster?'
I suppose that's what it means.

　Immediately after nodding to each other, the mannequin changed its shape.

　Its body shape gradually changed and its hair grew back.
　Not only that, but parts of its body melted away and changed into clothes.

　The mannequin was instantly transformed into a Lil' lookalike.
　Lil's impostor was slowly coming towards Neptune, radiating the color of the real thing.

''Hmm.''

　Neptune gave a thin smile - immediately after.

　In an instant, he was fleshed out by Lil's fake, and his outstretched right arm pierced through his opponent's chest.
　Neptune looked somewhat unhappy.

　I wondered why.

''Don't give me a fake that doesn't look like me, okay?

　Neptune had a smiling face and his usual aloof tone of voice.
　Lil, on the other hand, was beaming with happiness, and Ran put a finger to his lips in envy.

'......?'

　Vanadium tugs on the hem of his pants and tilts his head slightly.
　I smirk.

'It's advanced flirting,'

　I told him.