Salon in the late afternoon, I was alone in a daze.

　I took the day off today.

　Yesterday, I was working on some stuff at the Satnium (temporary) when Emily came to pick me up.
　Sakura advised me to get Margaret to do the guide movie.

　Sakura's advice made a lot of sense.
　Margaret was certainly a better choice, both in terms of ability and popularity.
　That advice was entirely reasonable.

　On the other hand, Emily's expression was a bit coy.

　The look on her face as she came to pick me up was one of relief that she now had a reason to stop me.

　As soon as I saw that, I knew I'd done it again.
　Whenever I let my mind wander, I always end up doing it begrudgingly, out of sight of everything.

　Even though I had just been pissed off at the vanadium, it hadn't cured me of that after all.

　So I decided to take a break today.

　I'm going to take a break when I can, to show Emily and the others that I'm going to take a break.

...... I'm free.

　There was too much time on my hands to do anything about it.
　We had just finished breakfast and it wasn't long before everyone was off to the dungeon.
　It's still only mid-morning.

　And yet, it's already getting painful because there's too much time on my hands.

　It's really hard to have nothing to do.

'Let's figure out what kind of monsters we need.
"Low Level Chip.
Ouch.

　Right after I mumbled, I was tapped on the forehead.
　I wondered what was going on and saw Eve in front of me.

　She slapped me in my pajamas, dressed as a rabbit.

"What the hell are you doing, for God's sake?
"A favor from a higher level.
Sakura?
He asked me to beat the low levels to death if they got cocky.
No, no, no, no.

　Cheeky.

'I was just trying to think of some satnium monsters.
That's cheeky.
Don't get cocky.
Yeah, cheeky.
Um, .......

　Eve is staring at me.
　Her stuffed right arm is still up in the air, and her fingers are lined up in the shape of a hand blade.

　It's quiet, but she's going to kill it.

"So Sakura can see through this?

　I'm not going to have time to try and get back into work mode.

'It's a high level, so it's natural.'
Is it obvious?
Yes.
On what basis?
High level, over 300. Now the best in the world.
'Huh?　Was it that high, Sakura?

　I think the last time I saw it, it was a little over 100.

'The higher levels are always right.'
I'm not so sure about that.

　Regardless of that, which Eve bases it on, I was surprised to see that Sakura's level was over 300.

　Her level limit is ∞, so it's not surprising that she's up to 300, but it's still amazing.

　Is that what happens when the upper limit of ∞ and endlessly circling around?

...... surplus experience could be reduced to something as well--that's right.
'You're so cocky for a low level.'

　For the second time today, I got Eve's chop.

'No, it's a bit better than that, don't you think?'
No, I'll do my job. I've got a bunny on my tail.
You didn't have to be so hard on him.

　I chuckled.
　Apparently they won't let me do anything work-like today, no matter what.

　Eve has the clearest "self" of all her friends.
　Once she makes a decision, she never bends it.

　So, that means she can't do anything else work-related today.

...... I'm free.

　I was mumbling, trying to think of something else to do instead of work, but I couldn't think of anything.
　In the end, I just sat in a daze until everyone came home.

　Time passed so slowly that it felt like the day had gone by three times longer than usual.