It was getting late in the evening.
We're finally above the grounds of the academy.

I took out the timetable from the storage spell and checked what period the first year labyrinth activity practice was.

...... 2nd period on Wednesday, I guess I'm safe.

I didn't even attend the entrance ceremony, let alone the regular classes.
I think it's a bit awkward to run into your classmates in the labyrinth. ......

I still don't know what day of the week it is, but second period is in the morning.
The risk of a face-to-face encounter is extremely low.

From above, I look around the entire site and search for the entrance to the labyrinth.
I found one that looked like it, so I lowered the altitude of the myotrope and headed for it.



When I got out of the Myotronic Cloud near the entrance of the labyrinth, I first stopped at the building next to the entrance.

Here, I would go through the procedures to reflect my activities in the labyrinth in my score.

Welcome! ...... Are you going to dive the dungeon now, or are you reporting back?

As I entered the building, I was approached by a smiling woman standing at the counter.

I'm going to dive now.

"Then put on this device and go.

Then, she took out a bracelet from a drawer on the counter.

You must keep this on your body while in the dungeon. If you take it off, it won't be reflected in your score.

When I looked at the bracelet he handed me, ...... I knew what it was for.

This is a magical device called a "growth recorder".
It's a device that records how much your magical power and strength have increased by defeating demons. ...... The academy probably calculates the defeat status backwards from this record and gives you a grade.

I've been wondering about the grading system, but now I think I've solved a mystery.

Thank you.

I then touched the device to Caucasus, who had been transformed into a tenth scale by ...... transformation magic, and then attached the device to my arm.

I did this so that the device would correctly reflect the results of Caucasus' defeat of the demon.

When a demon is defeated by a follower, a share of the growth value flows to the tamer, but ...... it is only a "distribution" and does not mean that the tamer can grow as much as if he had defeated the demon on his own.
If you use the device to record this, you might end up counting backwards that you killed a weaker demon than you actually did.

However, if you touch a follower with the device in advance and "register" the follower, ...... will automatically correct the record.
This way, you can finally get a fair grading.

Note that you don't need to mention Belzebub.
Belzebub is only a partner of the Caucasus, and not technically my follower.

From the looks of it, the mechanism of the device is the same as the one used in my previous life.
It should work fine.
If it doesn't, I'll give up on reflecting the results in this strategy, and start thinking about countermeasures.

The first priority now is to train my divine powers as soon as possible.

With that in mind, I was about to leave the building when ...... I was stopped by the woman at the counter.

"Do you want a map?

The woman said as she fluttered a sheet of paper.

"A ...... map, sir?

Yes, I do. The maps of the first two levels of the labyrinth are given out free of charge to the students. I'm sure they were given out in class, but ...... sometimes some students forget them and get lost in the labyrinth. You can take it with you if you want.

...... Well, thank you for that.
There was no way I was going to have something that was handed out like a resume.

So I was about to ask for a map, but ......1 something came to mind, so I decided to ask about it first.

I asked him if the map was free for one or two levels. So, if I pay, can I get a map that goes deeper?

"Oh, ........ If you want to go further, you can buy a map at the Co-op. It's expensive, though.

That was the woman's response to my question.

Then ...... we should go to the Co-op first.
That's what I thought.

There's only so much growth you can get at the lower levels anyway.
I don't have the time to dawdle at the shallow level now that I have to develop my divine powers in a limited time.

I think I should spare no effort to invest in shortening my time.

I'll return this once.

I left the growth recorder on the counter and headed for the co-op.


"Map, map.


Map, map, map. ...... There it is.

When I entered the Co-op building, I immediately found a shelf displaying maps.
There was a prominent sign on the shelf that read, "Handy labyrinth map! There was a conspicuous sign on the shelf that said, "Useful labyrinth map!

The maps were priced differently depending on how many levels they were on.
The prices looked like this.

---------- -- ------------------------
Up to 5 layers: 2000 soles
Up to 8 layers: 4000 soles
Up to 15 layers 10000 sol
Up to 25 layers 20000 sol
---------- -- ------------------------

I didn't hesitate to pick up the map for layer 25 and lined up for the checkout.
To be honest, I feel like a map to layer 25 is a margin of error whether it's there or not. ...... There's no reason to scrimp now that we have plenty of money.

I'll take that as better than nothing.

The bill will be 20,000 zols. If you show us your student handbook, we'll give you a 10% discount, do you have it?



"I forgot.

I replied to the clerk's question and took out 20,000 zols from my storage spell and handed it to him.

The student handbook is actually in the storage spell.
"25 levels for a first year? I don't have time for useless conversations like that.




After paying the bill, I stopped by the building near the dungeon entrance and borrowed the device again.

Then, after putting the device on my arm, I took out a muscle dungeon cloud from my storage spell and rode with the Caucasians, staring at the ...... map, and took the shortest route to the stairs that led down to the 26th level.