In the evening, I came back from the Carbon Dungeon with Carbon.
　I went back to my room for a while to change clothes and take a break until dinner - I was thinking that I should take a break.
　When I noticed that Carbon was following me, I stopped and turned to her.

'What, what's going on?'
No, ...... I think I'm remembering something right now: ......

　He turns his whole body around, folds his arms and twists his head.
　It's not a mistake - not really.
　It's just that I can't remember, but it's definitely a feeling when something is there.

　In this kind of situation, it's easy to remember if you do the actions from just before again.
　I went back to the transporter room for a while, and with a strange look on my face, I replayed the actions that I did until now.

　I opened the transporter room, went over there and asked Meeke to bring Carbon back.
　He sent Meeke off to join Nihonium and Aulum, and then stretched and returned to his room - room?

　That's what stuck, and I remembered it in batches.

　I turned to Carbon.

"Carbon, you, where's your room?
Room?　It's in the dungeon?
No, no, I mean this room.

　I said, and glanced around behind me.
　It didn't look like a dungeon for all intents and purposes, the hallway of the Vanadium Dungeon.
　It's built to resemble a former mansion, with a number of doors that lead to my friends' rooms.

　One of them - Carbon's is missing.

'Yes, Carbon's room isn't there yet.
Me?
'See, it's like this. That one's Nifonium and that one's Awlum. Everybody has a room, but not just the carbon one.
Speaking of which.

　Carbon didn't even realize it wasn't there until after I told him.
　I didn't notice it at all = I didn't care, and even after I noticed, Carbon didn't care about it at all.

　On the contrary, I cared about it a lot.

I said, "Let's go to Vanadium and have them make it for you. Where do you want it?　And what kind of room do you want?
Um, I don't know.
'Isn't there any hope?　Vanadium makes most of the stuff, okay?
Hmmm, yeah.

　Carbon clapped his hands with a pop.

'You have an idea.'
Yeah, I want to get as far away from you as possible. I want to be as far away from you as possible.
Away?
It's a test.
...... You don't have to come home to try it out.
'No. What's the point of these things if you don't do them all the time? It's so close and so far away, you can't see them when you can. This is the best!
Oh, yeah.

　I'm overwhelmed by the forceful Carbon, on the contrary.
　I know what you mean ...... hmmm.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.

Okay. I'll come over to the Vanadium later and have them make it up on the other side of the room. Across from the salon, if that's okay.
Oh,

　He glittered his carbon hame.

'When we break up after a night of dabbling in the saloon, it's in the opposite direction!　Nice.
You're so steady.

　It's even more refreshing to get to this point, and I'm starting to think it's fun too.

　I went back to my room, said goodbye to Carbon and got dressed.
　I was just leaving my room to go to the salon or something and wait for everyone to come back.

　At the doorway, I encountered Alice coming back from outside.

'Welcome home,'
I'm home, Lyota.
Where have you been?　It's so rare to come back from this side.
'Sort of. The land around it was up for sale, so I went to talk to them.
Surrounding land?

　I nodded my head.

'Look, the east side of the mansion. It hasn't been inhabited for a while, has it?
'Oh, did you go to your son and daughter-in-law's place in another city where an older man lives ......?'
'Yeah, that's it. It was on sale, and I went to get a price.
How long?
That's 300 million pounds including the land.
No, thank you.
Ha-ha, it's Lyota's fault.
Yeah?　Why?
The value of Ciclo's land has skyrocketed since Lyota arrived.
...... Yeah.

　Somehow I understand the cause and effect.
　The more prosperous a city is, the more valuable the land is.

　Of course, it's not exactly the same thing, but the people who live there make more money - in Ciclo's case, there are more dungeons, more adventurers, and more money circulating.
　With a cyclo like that, it's only natural for the land to increase in value.

I thought it would be a good idea to buy all the land around here.
Yeah.
　That's a pretty, fascinating story.
　This mansion's land, this land where the old mansion and the Vanadium Dungeon are located, is the home base of the Lyota family.

　The act of expanding the stronghold, like a game of camping, will have no real meaning, but the act itself is meaningful.
　It's exciting and - I'm sure - fulfilling.

'What's going on?　Here.
"Elsa.

　From behind her, Elsa, who had just returned home, spoke to her.

　Alice briefly explained what she had just said.

'I see, you were finally sold out.
You've been checking.
Yes, I thought it was time.

　I see.
　That's what business people are all about, isn't it?

I want it, but I can't afford it right now.
What?
What?

　Huh?　I looked at Elsa's face as she said.
　What are you talking about?　She makes a face.

'Can't afford it?　What do you mean?
'I mean because there's not much cache?　I paid the rent on the vanadium dungeon, and I haven't made much money since the beginning of the year with all the things I've been through.
...... Mr. Lyota, do you look at your savings balance?
No, I didn't see it.
I knew it. ...... I've got 1.5 billion piro now.
...... Huh?

　I was speechless.

'Awesome!　I have that much.

　Alice was excited.

'No, no, what?　Do you have that much?
''Yes. Because I'll deposit the money when Lyota-san sends me the drop items, so I'm always watching.
...... It was.

　I mean ...... did Elsa know more about my bank balance than me.

So it's enough, and if you buy ...... it won't change a digit, right?
It's getting more and more awesome!

　Alice gets more and more excited, as the saying goes.
　If that's what you're talking about, go to .......

'Would you buy it?'
I like it.
Yes, sir.

　Alice and Elsa smiled and nodded to each other.