462. Level ∞ but not strong yet




 I pulled the portable nowboard out of the Grand Eater's pocket and offered it to Sakura.
 Sakura took the portable now-board and stared at it in a lily-white position, almost hugging Eve, while Sakura took the portable now-board and stared at it.

'What's this?'
It's an item from this world. You can use it to check your status.
'You're going to use the item? Can't you just have a status open or something?
I tried it a long time ago and it didn't work.

 I replied with a chuckle.
 That's what my first reaction was, but you've been adapting to it for a while now.
 No, well, that's fine because it helps.

'I see, I'll use it then.'

 I listened to the instructions and used the portable now board as I did.
 Then her status emerged.

---1/2---
Level: 1/∞
HP F
MP F
Power F
Strength F
Intelligence F
Spirit F
Speed F
Dexterous F
Luck F
--------- ...

---2/2---
Plants F
Animals F
Minerals F
Magic F
Characteristic F
--------- ...

 The abilities were all F's, brilliantly - but the level was the first notation I'd ever seen.

 ∞

What does this mean at ......?

 Emily looks at the '∞' and nods her head.

'It means infinite.'
'You mean there's no level limit?'
I think so. That's the way it's written.

 I nodded, and Emily's eyes widened in surprise.

'I see, that's why Eve Chin said 'high level'.
"High-leveled

 Eve rubbed her cheek against Sakura even more.

'...... Come to think of it, the only people Eve calls robustly low-level are me and very occasionally Alice. He doesn't say it to people in town or anything else around there.
I see, you meant the upper limit, not your current level.
Yeah.

 I nodded.
 With Sakura's appearance, for the first time, I felt like I understood what Eve really meant by 'low level'.

'But is it really infinite? I wonder if it's going to stop coming up somewhere.
I'd like to try it.
The house is full of experience crystals.
You've been hoarding since Margaret's time.
Yes, sir. You can use that.

 'Okay,' I nodded.

'Alright, let's go back to the mansion then. Wait here for a moment.

 I turned back the way I came and ran into the transporter gate.
 The room I swept once in Fermium becomes a safe zone where no monsters appear at all until I re-enter.

 I turned back that way and returned to the mansion - the Vanadium Dungeon.

 I found Vanadium playing with Cerberus in the saloon.

'Vanadium.'
...... (nationally)

 Vanadium (and, incidentally, Cerberus) ran up to me.

 Vanadium grabbed my hem and smiled, nodding at me.

 It's a welcome home gesture.

I'm back. I have a favor to ask Vanadium.
......?
'I need you to put one of the girls in the dungeon here. She's a girl from my side of the family, and I'll take care of her, no matter what happens.
............

 It was the first hesitation Vanadium had shown in a long time, as his mentality had settled down for a while now.

 It lasted for about five seconds.
 Vanadium, who was lost for a good amount of time, but slowly nodded.

''Thank you.''
...... (smiling)

 Vanadium smiled happily as I patted his head and thanked him.

 I flew to Fermium using the transporter gate again to pick everyone up.

 Everyone was waiting for me as I emerged.

''Here you go,''
Erieli, did you say yes?
Yeah.
All right, let's go.

 Alice was the first to jump into the transporter gate.
 She was followed by Celeste and Emily, and finally Eve entered the gate with Sakura arm in arm, and I stepped in with her.

 In an instant, I was back in the vanadium again from the fermium.

'Wow, this is a mansion, right? We're doing it, we already have the mansion.
It's not just a house. This is inside the Erie. It's a dungeon.
Oh, my God. Did you modify the dungeon?
I'll explain the mods, or rather, ......, about that later. Including how this world works.

 I tried to change the subject as if to say, "More importantly.

'What about Emily and Celeste?'
He's getting ready. He wants me to go to the usual place where they test you.
Okay.

 When I came back at the gate, they weren't there anymore, so I asked them, but they seemed to be moving quickly.

 I grabbed Sakura and went into the test room, which I had made to resemble the basement of my former life.

 About immediately after that, Emily and Celeste came pushing a magic cart.

 The contents of the cart were splattered on the floor of the room.
 A large amount of crystals came out.

 They were dropped by the dungeon master in Nifonium.
 It is a ring with the effect of turning the experience after a canst into this crystal, and I continued to create and hoard crystals endlessly.

''What's this?''
It's an item that gives you more experience when you use it. Everyone else is canned, so I've been accumulating it for a long time.

 She explains to Sakura, who is convinced that she understands, how to use the Experience Crystal.

 Her friends brought the crystals that she had been hoarding since the last time Margaret did, one after another, and Sakura used them.

 The process goes on and on - for several hours.
 After using up all the crystals, she checked the status again on the Portable Now Board.

---1/2---
Level: 147/∞
HP F
MP E
Power F
Strength F
Intelligence D
Spirit D
Speed F
Dexterous F
Luck F
--------- ...

---2/2---
Plants F
Animals F
Minerals F
Magic F
Characteristic F
--------- ...

""Ooh, ...... ooh?"

 After a cheer, that cheer was squeezed out halfway through.

 The level went up to 147, which really seemed infinite, but the ability didn't increase much.

'...... I see...'

 I think I'm starting to get it.