564 564. Romanticist




 From Plumbum's place, I used the transfer gate to get back to the mansion.

'Welcome back Uncle ...... that? What's going on?

 Bumps into Sakura, who was about to use the transporter room.
 During the daytime, during her work hours.
 Normally, when I would run into my friends here, they would just say a quick hello and then scatter to their respective dungeons, but Sakura didn't, she just peered at me.

'Well, Sakura,'

 I was a little confused.
 Because I remembered what happened last night.

 On the other hand, Tono's Sakura, on the other hand, is nonchalantly looking into my face as if nothing has happened.

'Yeah, there was something about ......, wasn't there?'
What's up?
What did Lori say to you?
No, I'm not a Lori.

 My impatience is overridden by another emotion, I point out, smiling slightly.
 Plumbum is indeed a long-lived species of immortal and with the word "noja" at the end, but it's not a loli.

'Noya Lori and Lori hag are the same thing, aren't they?'
Are you with ......?

 I was a little lost.
 I felt like if I nodded, the people in that area would be mad at me.

'So, what's going on?'
Oh, ......,

 I told Sakura about my interaction with Prumbum.
 We're both standing in front of the transporter room, a rare occurrence.

''-- I was told,''
"Mmm-hmm.
I was thinking that maybe it was, you know?
Yeah. She's got a good point, doesn't she?
"Huh?
I mean, it's slightly different.
What's the difference in subtlety?
I mean, she only knows her uncle on this side of the world.

 Sakura smirked and lifted the corners of her mouth dexterously, one side lifting to the other.

'But I know my uncle from the original world.
You don't know, Sakura.
I know what they don't understand when they hear it, but I understand it. I'm a company man, for example.
Yeah, .......

 That may indeed be true.
 Even in the original world, to a foreigner, it's an unbelievable thing, the Japanese social animal.
 It's a bit difficult for people in this world to completely understand that concept.

 I've been vaguely aware of this from my conversations with everyone.

I didn't know that, so my conclusions were a bit off.
So what do you think, Sakura?
Your uncle is a romantic, isn't he?
"Huh?

 What are you saying all of a sudden - the next moment.

'You want hard work to absolutely pay off, don't you?
Mmm. ......

 It interrupted my mind more critically than Plumbum's words.

'Your uncle's friends, the spirits, they're all people who tried their best but weren't rewarded until they met your uncle, right? My uncle did something about that. They're all people like that.
Yeah, I know.

 More and more, I had to look like I was biting a bitter worm.

 When Plumbum told me that it was because he wanted a mate, I thought that might be true.
 But when Sakura told me that I wanted to be rewarded for my efforts, for a moment I was like, "Not so!!! I almost argued out loud with him.

 I knew myself that it was because I'd been hit at the heart of the matter - a sore spot.

'Well, ...... ever since I met the genie and heard what happened to him, I've wanted to do something about it. Indeed, this is harder than wanting a mate.
Right?

 Sakura put on a good face.

''Isn't it good, this kind of thing?''
Why?

 Sakura asked back with a silken face.

'It's good, it's ideal. In the original world, if you started talking about 'eradicating bullying', the tea would evaporate from your belly button, but in a world with this kind of structure, it's possible to be rewarded for your efforts.
Well: ......

 I hope you're right.
 No, I hope so.

But back to the point. I'm just jumping to conclusions, but I'm with her on this one, all right?
Conclusion?
That's why my uncle was called into the world.
Yeah, .......

 That may be true.

'After all, Uncle, you're such an overt cheerleader and you're a herbivore - or rather, you're a fasting boy - because that's not what you want.
Yeah, I know.
"Letting this cheerleader go and being a fast eater and all that. ...... YOU're really going to be a satnium.

 Sakura says in a coy way.

 Satnium.
 A dungeon-like village inhabited by Clayman and other unique monsters.

 I had it built, and I'm the nominal master of it, a den of monsters.
 It's the 119th dungeon, and it's called Satnium.

"If I were a Satnium, everyone would be a monster in there.

 He returned the lighthearted remark with a lighthearted remark.

'Great, Emily is the dungeon master?'
I have a feeling they're going to take over the whole dungeon.
"Let's turn the last floor into a raid dungeon or something, two parties of four, and the boss will attack Uncle Tombstone in less than 30 seconds at the same time.
It smells like a violent mulligan.
Or is it a f*cking game?

 Sakura and I laughed at each other.

 I can only talk about this kind of stuff with her.

 After Plumbum's story died down, I saw Sakura off, and then I used the transporter gate to pounce on Nifonium myself.

 Nihonium, ten floors underground.
 I used my brain map to navigate through the pitch-black dungeon to get down to the floor I was on.

 The first time I stepped in, I was on the 11th floor of the Nifonium dungeon.

 It was snowing.
 Bright red, bright red dungeon snow.

 In the red snow.

'Nihonium! ...... No.

 There were one, two, three ...... many of them with the appearance of Nifonium.