572 572. Sakura's trust




 I hurriedly put my clothes back on.
 I put on my own clothes that I took back from the robbery woman.
 This is the first time today--

You are very good at that.
Guffaw!

 Sakura pointed that out to me, and I took another mental damage.

'Sho, it can't be helped, can it? Every time you do, they take off your clothes.
By a monster?
To the monsters.
'You didn't take it off yourself? 'Look at me naked' or something like that.
'What do you want with my character!

 I shoved it in with great gusto.
 I shoved it in with all my might, so much so that the "N" at the end went up.

Ha-ha, sorry, I'm sorry. It's a monster thing, it's tricky. Is that just to take it off?
No, I took it off and hung it up on the tree.

 I explained to Sakura the situation of the deprived woman I had encountered so far today.
 She took off her clothes and hung them on a tree.
 So the tree was not able to bear the weight of the tree, and eventually it broke.

 I told Sakura the whole story of it.
 The reason I told her everything is because she knows the "game" too.

 The Japanese, Hoshino Sakura, who was a "drop from a monster" like me and moved to another world.
 I shared all of the information with her, including about the robbery old woman, because I wanted to hear her opinion.

''Will something change depending on the drop so far... ...... Oh, maybe...''
What? What have you found out?
'Isn't it the drop rate--or rather the drop status drop?'
!

 I huffed and pulled out the portable now-board I've come to keep on hand in the Grand Eater's pocket.

 I use it to check my abilities.

---2/2---
Plant S (-5)
Animals S
Minerals S
Magic S
Characteristic S
--------- ...

Yeah, it's down.
'I knew it. Minus 5 is ......B, C, D, E, F.

 Sakura counted, folding her fingers.

'If it's an A, it's because it goes down to the bottom F, which is minus five.
Maybe.
So you'll have to go talk to your uncle S.
I guess.

 Again, the special and absolute nature of the drop S came into play here.

 The S (SS) of combat ability is surprisingly affected.
 It can go up and down.

 On the other hand, drop S, which is my main source, the source of formation in this world, is not affected by such fluctuations.

It's the same as it was with Erythronium.
Erythronium?
It's a pre-Vanadium name.
Yeah.
'My combat ability went down then too, but the drop was the same as this one, minus the negative, but it didn't go down.
Your uncle's drop is very special.
I guess so. Hmm.

 I was kind of happy, Sakura tilted her head slightly.

'What's wrong?'
I was happy. It all went down with the vanadium. The vanadium at that time - erythronium was doing that to keep people away from fear and hatred.
"Mmm-hmm.
'This one on Nihonium is coming to pinpoint and harass us. She wants it, she wants to make people suffer. I'm kind of happy to see that.
I knew you'd like it.

 I chuckled a bit.
 Sakura had just pointed this out to me.

 It's not about love, and it's not about companionship.
 I want to see the unrewarded rewarded the way they want to be rewarded.

 Yes, I like that.

'But that makes it hard to get around. If you drop less and less power every time you drop.
That's something the party can work out. The fight won't go down, so we can keep fighting even if the drop is down.
At a party?
Yeah.
Uncle, are you crazy?
"Huh?
You're going to get undressed?
Ah, .......

 I huffed.
 That's right, you're going to get undressed.

 There are all sorts of bad things about coming to a dungeon with such a special nature with a party.

 It's not a solo compulsion, but it's a dungeon where soloing is strongly recommended.

"I see. ...... It's a tricky one, this floor.
Well, I know that's what some people like. Like, "Look at me naked!" or "Look at me naked!
That was different!

 -- I guess.
 I'm taking it off myself, in case you were wondering, and hmmm.

Huh?
What's up with you, Uncle?
Speaking of which, you're acting normal, Sakura.
"Regularly?
Because you're going to get undressed. You look pretty normal for a guy like that.
Yeah.

 Sakura makes a face like that.

'I believe in you, Uncle.
What?
You know when a monster is about to come, don't you? Because your uncle isn't making a fuss, that means he's not coming.
Sakura ......

 I was comfortable with her trust--

And he doesn't do reader service. If it were me, I'd just lead him on and give him an R-rating.

 --It was only for a second.

 A lot of things got screwed up.