110,000 and ...... three hundred and twenty piro.

　When I got home from Grandma Terl's in the evening, before everyone gathered in the salon, I grabbed Elsa, who had also returned, and went into the testing room.
　That's where she read out the numbers, which were my earnings for the day.

　I had earned a little over 110,000 for a whole day around the tellurian, which was quite a bit less than my peak.

'I see,'

　I nodded.
　I had felt the drop in efficiency, but when I put the numbers like this, the difference between the old and the new was more apparent.

'We're talking about half of it, right?
'Yeah, we split the margaret and the drops 50/50. The effort was about the same, you know.
''With the current Lyota-san, even if you spent a day hunting, you'd only get about 200,000 piro.
Well, yeah.

　When I nodded, Elsa looked serious.

''No matter how much, it's too little. We can't continue like this, we can't cover Vanadium-chan's rent.''

　The rent for the Vanadium Dungeon is about 1.5 billion per year, or about 4 million on a daily basis.

　110,000 is a drop in the bucket, it's just not enough.

I'll go to Mr. Nifornium and ask him to stop.
'...... I don't know about that either. Because that's what she wants to do.
But I can't let it go.
'Oh well. I had 110,000 today, but it was a combination of not being used to it yet, meeting Grandma Tellurian, teaming up with Margaret to do it recreationally and ...... a number of causes. If I do my best to go around tomorrow, I'm sure I'll be fine.
But...
I'm not going to tell Nihonium to stop.

　I said clearly.
　Elsa, who had been trying to say something, gulped and cringed.

'It may seem that way because you're spending 1.5 billion piro on vanadium, but nihonium is just as important as vanadium. I mean, all the spirits involved are important. We want to do everything we can to make what we want happen.
......

　Elsa looked extremely complicated.

'Do you really want to go on like this?'
'Yeah, I'm not going to stop. Just so you know, I'm not going to ask Elsa to ask Nihonium for an excuse for not telling me.

　I went ahead of you.
　As is often the case in these situations, the people around me are ready to do something for good and ready to be the villain.

　I refused to do anything, saying it was a bad idea.

...... I understand, for now.
Anyway?
"As a 'money tree,' I'm giving Mr. Lyota a loan or an advance.
Yeah.
I won't say anything as long as you're paying it off. If you don't pay it properly, we'll make our own arrangements.
Yeah, that's fine.

　It's a great way to drop the ball.

　It's just a matter of me doing something about it and keeping up with the payments.

　　　　　Stars.

　The next day I headed to Tellurium alone.
　I put on the ring that Grandma Tellurian gave me and went around Tellurian.

　A ring that nullifies all slime attacks, a ring that makes you invincible.
　I put it on and fought a discarded battle.

　I was prepared to counterattack the attacking slimes with a counterattack, and I kept forcing myself to hunt the slimes anyway.

　When I filled up one magic cart, I went downstairs.
　I sent more and more of the dropped items I hunted to the "Golden Tree".

　The pace was much faster than yesterday.

　Being able to discard and ignore damage was extraordinarily strong, and when I pushed hard without thinking about it, my efficiency went up dramatically.

　　　　　☆

2.3 million piro.

　Elsa again in the evening.
　The amount of the tally she told me was far more than the previous day.

　Even with this, it's still not enough, but Elsa doesn't have the impatient look she had yesterday.

''As expected of Lyota-san, it seems that her worry was unnecessary.
It's not quite half enough, though.
I'd be worried if they were off by an order of magnitude, but they're only twice as big.

　Elsa chuckles.

'I'm sure Lyota-san can handle it, I'm sure of it.

　I was grateful for the trust.
　I felt strongly that I had to respond properly.