Night.
　I was alone with Carbon in front of the transporter room in the mansion.

　Carbon is still a little far away from me.
　Even though he's far away, he's gazing at me fervently.

　It's not at all like the common maiden who is too shy to speak to others.
　She completely loved the 'ordeal' that Celeste spoke of.

　Even though we were in the same space, she dared to keep her distance and stare at me.
　I'm sorry to say it, but I feel a little M-chic because she totally likes that and dares to enjoy the painful part.

　That's fine, as long as he likes it.

Are you sure that's where you want to be?
'Yes!　I'm here.
Okay.

　If Carbon himself strongly desired that, well, it can't be helped.
　While daring to ignore her, I waited for a while in front of the transporter room.

　Right now, I'm having all of my friends go through the Carbon dungeon without the spirits.

　I actually wanted to go too, but everyone said to leave it to me.
　Leave it to me, don't come anyway, and don't come to the third floor in particular - they all reminded me to do it.

　Don't push, don't push, and don't ever push, and while I remembered Oyakusoku, I also somehow remembered how much I owed the cranes.
　I don't know what will happen, but if everyone says so, let's just wait here.

　After a lot of waiting, the transporter room lit up and Celeste came back.
　A number of yarn manipulation +9 bicorn horns are floating around her.
　With that full equipment, which even I would have burned my hand with, Celeste came back, naturally, unharmed and at ease.

''How was it?''
It's a perfect fit.

　Celeste smiled and held out the green apple to me.
　It's the same one I saw when I first rushed in, a drop from the first floor of Carbon.

''You were properly out, monster. Your strength and drops aren't any different than before.''
You mean, normally.
Yeah.

　I nodded and froze further.

　Then Emily, Alice, and Eve came back one by one.
　Each of the three of them went to a different level and brought back a drop item, just like Celeste.

''It's amazing!　The spirits are here and the dungeon had monsters in it!
Hey. It's amazing what's happening, Carbon. The other adventurers didn't understand what was going on.
I want to tell everyone that great things are happening because of you, Yoda.
That's okay. It's all taken care of now. Let's get back to the salon. Emily, I need you to make something out of the drops that everyone else has taken.
I'm leaving it up to you!

　Emily took on the task in high spirits.
　Everyone received their drops and Emily pattered off to the kitchen.

　Celeste, Alice and Eve headed to the salon.
　Now I thought I was going to ...... too, and the transporter room lit up even more.

　This time, Elsa came back.

　I'm not an adventurer, but Elsa and Ina use the transporter room as a way station when they head to the buyout point. And of course, when they come back.

Welcome home, Elsa.
I'm home.
What's the matter? You got a problem with that?
Yes, sir.

　Elsa nodded clearly, with a happy face.

'Thank you, Lyota-san,'
Yeah?　I thought you had a good thing going for you.　Why are you thanking me?
I just came back from Arcane.

　Arcane - the new city we're building to bring Seren and Carbon together, I guess.

'Thanks to Lyota-san, we can now have monsters out at night.
Yeah.
We told Lyota, so they decided to open a store in a prime location in Arkan.
I see. That's good.

　Prime location, which is pretty big.
　Both in terms of profitability and branding.

　Even in the original world, there are sometimes shops in prime locations such as Shibuya or Harajuku, where the tenants say, "I don't care how much of this stuff I sell, I'm losing money on my tenants.

　Those are usually brand-name shops.

　Even if the store itself is in the red, the fact that it is in a prime location in a busy downtown area improves its brand image.
　In other words, it's the same as running advertisements and commercials.

　That's how important image is in business.

Yes!　They're really going to put me in the best place possible!　Thanks to Mr. Lyota!
You're welcome.
Well, so...
Yeah?
I'd like to get a share of the ...... sales since Lyota is the one who can open a store there. ...... How about it?
You mean the dividend?
Yes, sir.
Okay.

　I nodded.
　This, too, was business as usual - reasonable at the very least.

　So I didn't say no.

"I'd appreciate it.
"Yes, sir!　Thank you!

　Although it is our side that receives the money, Elsa looked so happy as if she were the one receiving it.

　Now we have another source of continuous income.