Just as I was about to go to bed, Emily came to my room.

'What's up Emily?'
I need to talk to you. I'm coming with you.
Talk?
Yes, sir, it's very important.
Yeah?　...... Okay.

　I don't know what it was about, but Emily's expression was serious.
　I could tell that it must be very important, so I left the room and followed her without asking any more questions.

　Emily led me to the salon.
　The salon after my friends had disbanded, but Sakura and Vanadium were there.

I've been waiting for you, and while I'm at it, I invited Vanadium-chan to come over. I also talked to him.
Thank you, sir.
'Well, so ...... what are you talking about?'

　From the combination of this, I can vaguely guess that it must have something to do with vanadium: .......

Yoda!
Yes!

　I'm almost pressured by Emily's swordsmanship.

'I'm selling a drop of vanadium,'
...... Yes?
I think you're kind of skipping ahead of yourself that way. Uncle.
Yeah.
As it is, it's not going to make enough money, is it?
...... well, you know.
And, you know, he's not trying to make money. He's not trying to sell the vanadium water to pay the rent.

　Okay, I see.
　We've had a similar conversation before, and my reply hasn't changed since then.

'No, it can't be.'
'Well, listen, Uncle. You're renting out an entire dungeon, right?　I know I've only been in this world for a short time, but I still know what I'm talking about. Normally this kind of thing, even if you rent out the place, you have to make a profit on it. I was a businessman, so I understand.
Well, you know.

　Sakura is certainly right there.
　Whether you think of the dungeon as a field, a store, or a factory or something like that, it is a base for producing something, and renting it out is usually a way to earn more than the rent.

　It's a base for producing something, and renting it out usually means making more than the rent.

'My uncle pays me fifteen billion piro a year. Unlike the other spirits, he has a legitimate right to make money with the help of vanadium, right?

　Sakura is also right.
　But.

'I know what you mean, but that's no good. Paying the rent here is a promise between me and Vanadium. It's a promise to protect her from other people. So the rent here has to be paid by me.
'Yeah, I thought you'd say that. That's why I asked her to come along.

　Sakura said, and pushed Vanadium's shoulder.
　Vanadium trotted over and didn't grab my hem - as usual.

　Instead, he made a small gut-punching pose in front of me with his hands and said, "Humph! I snorted, "I'm sorry.

'What's up?'
I'll translate for you. Let me do what I can to protect my life with my uncle, too.
...... (hmmm!)

　Vanadium did the same action to Sakura's interpreter almost without pause.
　That's what he did, as if to say it was the right interpreter.

'Err... ......'
Are you still selfish?　Even though the genie is clearly arguing for what he wants to do.
Mmm. ......

　It was weak to be told that.
　What the spirits want to do.
　That's what I've been trying to protect until now, and that's the key word in this whole mess.

　I crouched down, keeping my eyes level with Vanadium.

'Are you sure you want to do that?'
...... (nationally)
I see. ......

　If that's what Vanadium himself is like, then you'll have to do it.

'Yoda, you look kind of sad. Do you look a little happy about that ......?
You're an adult.
Are you an adult?
'That's what happens when someone you thought was a child does something like stand alone. And by the way, kids don't like to be protected by adults.
Yes, it's .......

　The interaction between Sakura and Emily was actually a bit cringe-worthy, too.

　'You've been treating Vanadium like a child too much, huh?

'I get the story. If you're going to sell a drop of vanadium, it's water, but what are you going to do with that water?
Let's just sell it as hydrogen water, like H6O.
'Let's not do that!　Per Hydragen, he's going to yell at me with Neptune.

　Even in the midst of the chaos, the spirits have begun to make claims one after another.

　If you say H6O, there's a very good chance that a new problem will arise around Neptune.

Well, that's just a joke.
I didn't hear you joking.
That's obvious. I'm not stupid enough to fall for that thing.
'No, well, ...... no comment,'

　I put the hydrogen water thing completely out of my mind for once and think about it.

'I knew the best move would be to improve the breed and make a water that wasn't in chromium.
Hmmm. ...... Hey uncle. You're the guy who often goes to that beer shop, right?
Yeah?　Villa D'Eche?　What's wrong with that part?
Hey, I was just wondering, do they have sparkling water in this world?
'Soda water or ...... Emily, what do you think?'
I've never heard of it.
What about the vanadium?
...... (pulp)

　He replied that he didn't know either Emily or Vanadium.
　Can you live with that?　So.