Outside the carbon dungeon.
　Once on the ground, we were on the ground. A good number of adventurers were still there, watching from afar, and we talked about the future situation.

'You're going back to your home base now, right?'
Yeah.

　I glanced at Vanadium.
　As usual, my eyes met with Vanadium, who grabbed my pants and looked up at me with a scowl on his face.

'Nothing happened (、、、、、、、、、), but I'm going to leave for now,'
Yeah, that's more like it.
Isn't that a bit naive?

　Lil complained from behind Neptune.

'That's not true, Lil. Of course he's being nice to me, but I dare say it's disgusting, the boy is a bomb, he's a bomb.
A bomb?
He's a spirit. I can't imagine what would happen in the equivalent of human panic.
You could've gone to the store...
It's risky too.

　Neptune was ahead of the game.
　Yes, if you leave it behind, it could develop into something bad.

　Now Vanadium is a child.
　Even a limp like a normal kid could be a big deal.

　Of course, that means Vanadium is sad, which is why I want to avoid it.

...... so.

　Grudgingly, Lil agreed.
　After quieting her down, Neptune turned to me with her trademark smile on her face.

''Then leave the rest to us. Once we get the information from the other adventurers, we'll put it together with what we've found out.
You know what to do when the doorway disappears.
Of course.

　Neptune nodded clearly.

　We got in and out easily, but the trickiest part of this one is the loss of the dungeon entrance.
　That's the information we need most.

Once we know that, we're done.
Yeah, it's just...
Hmm?
I hope it works.

　Neptune, speaking with a smiling face, looked like he was seeing something, something like that.

　　　　　☆

　Evening at the salon in Shinyashiki.
　It's a relaxing time after the friends have gone home and gathered.

　Celeste was telling everyone else about her day.

The moment she recognized me, the madness just vanished. I said, 'Celeste is here, then Lyota will be there, I knew it. That's good to know.
'Wow!　What's that, I wanted to see that scene.
That's what I'm talking about.

　Of the companions, it was the combination of Alice and Aulum that had the biggest bite to them.
　Emily was smiling a relieved, peaceful smile at Celeste when she returned, and Eve was nibbling on a carrot as usual without concern for herself.
　Perhaps it's because I'm in my own dungeon, or maybe it's because I'm in my own dungeon, but Vanadium is away from me, doing something near Nifonium. Sakuya is there too, but he seems to be fine as long as he doesn't make direct contact with her.

'I want to see it too, so I wonder if the humans could be trapped once.
'Why don't you just do it in your own dungeon, Aucchan? As long as you can transform the dungeon so that you can never get to the exit, it's okay.
I didn't know we had a plan!
No, no.

　Aurum is eager to get on board with Alice's fragile proposal.
　I could seriously do it, so I stopped ahead of time.

'Eh, but I'd like to,'
Why are you doing this again?

　I laugh bitterly.

That's because I want to see Our Lady of Lyota be a hit.
"The world's best in our village"?

　Alice and Aurum really hit it off, and they've tailored a reason why that sounds like it.

'I don't know, but you really shouldn't.
Yes, sir.
Shit.

　Alice Aulum duo reluctantly backs down after being told by me.

　If I just say this, it will be okay for now.
　I turn to Celeste.

"Come to think of it, how many floors did Celeste go underground?
They're down to the third floor.
Are you sure?　I'll see you later, help me open the transporter room.
"Okay, but ...... on the third floor or so?
I wouldn't want to go through the upstairs if I could.

　So good, he glanced at the vanadium.
　Celeste nodded, understanding that it was for a reason.

''All right, you're welcome.
Thank you.
Are you going back tomorrow?
Yeah, I figured we'd get the whole story out sooner rather than later.
Okay, so...

　Celeste was about to say something when Vanadium flew in.

　He ran over to me from Nihonium's place and hugged me.

'What's going on?'
...... (gui)

　Vanadium clung to me, grabbing my clothes and pulling them upwards.

　Above--ground.
　Pointing there, Vanadium's expression returns to a worried look.

"Who's coming?
...... (nationally)
Emily.
I understand.

　Emily left the salon and went to see who the visitor was.
　A few moments later, Emily returned with a bitter look on her face.

'Mr. Yoda, .......'
What's going on?
Carbon is closed again, sir.
'What?　What do you mean?
Yoda and the others are back safe and sound, I thought it was safe to go, and then a couple of adventurers went into Carbon, and then it closed again.
...... Right.
You're in a hurry.

　Celeste let out a sigh.

'Are you going to help me?'
We'll have to do that.
Then you'll have to wait until tomorrow. If you say now, there's a good chance that the people inside probably don't even know they're locked in. It hasn't even been half a day, and since it's only been a couple of days, the rumors won't spread.
I see.
There aren't many of them, and they wouldn't do anything for one night, so let's just leave them alone to teach them a lesson.

　Consider Celeste's suggestion for a moment.
　Yes, if there aren't enough of them, then the chance of panic is zero. A Star-carrying adventurer would be fine for a night or so.

''Besides, I had a plan to prevent anyone from getting ahead of themselves in the future.
"Huh?

　Celeste suggests.
　Intrigued by the way he said it, we listened to Celeste's suggestion.

　　　　　Stars.

　The next morning, outside the carbon dungeon.

　After breakfast, we dared to come through the first floor of Selenium in the transporter room.

　Me, Emily, and Alice.
　And Celeste and Eve.
　As an added bonus, Vanadium is attached to me.

　The adventurers who were watching around Carbon whispered to each other.

'Hey, look at that!'
The whole Lyota family is here.
Is it really that much of a problem?
That was the best I've ever felt in my life.

　I looked at Celeste with an impressed look on my face as I listened to the conversation around me.
　Celeste smiled with a look of pride on her face.

　Her "plan" was for the entire Ryota Family Adventurer Group to enter Carbon.

　The adventurers reentered Carbon because they were licking Carbon.

　To eliminate that, Celeste says, it would be effective to show that "even that Lyota Family got serious about it".

　I was skeptical that it would work, but it seems to work great.

　We pried open the carbon entrance again, keeping our serious faces to the end, as we had discussed beforehand, and plunged into the dungeon with the adventurers watching us.