I've come to a very important realization.

Hmm?　What a surprise.

　We got up and were eating breakfast when Noll suddenly muttered. What's the important thing?
　For me, it's more important to know how much of yesterday's conversation was overheard.
　I'm sure they haven't asked you since the morning since we've been treating each other particularly unchanged, but if this is just Nol's kindness to avoid touching you, it's embarrassing.

''In fact... you haven't heard about Okura-dono's purpose!

Oh, come to think of it, I haven't heard of it yet either.

'Huh?　Was it?

　I don't think I remember saying that a long time ago....

'Yeah, right. What's my future purpose....purpose.....?

'No, you can't ask that of us...'

I wonder if it's not so important to forget?

　Once again, when I think about it, what was I trying to achieve?　Was it a gacha?
　At any rate, I just remember that I'm going to draw a mess to increase my strength.
　If it's like Estelle says, if you forget it, it's not a big deal.......oh.

I'm sure you're right. It was to find a way to get back to the original world, just in case.

No, no, no, that's not right, sir.

It's so light...

　I was so surprised at myself that I had forgotten all about it.
　The girls are a bit drawn out when they hear that, but it can't be helped.
　I remember thinking that I had to do a lot of things in order to return to the original world, so I was trying to get more friends.
　Now I was in a state where I wanted a companion to increase the efficiency of collecting the magic stones needed to spin the gacha.

No, life here is more fun than I thought, and I can play gacha. .........and I'm afraid to go home now and think about what's going on over there.

There's a sense of sadness in the air...

It's like you're trying to escape reality. Let's give it a rest.

　I was excited about being able to gacha and having all the GC characters join me, so I took it easy.
　But when I think about it, it's already been quite a few days since I've been here.
　With work, the room I'm renting, and other things, I don't need to go home anymore, do I?　To be honest, I'm starting to think that. I'm afraid to leave.
　When I got home, they asked me where I had been, and I was in another world!　What can I say, I could be quarantined to the hospital.
　But there are times when I might miss my parents, and I have a bit of a craving for anime, video games and computers.

So, do you have a guess as to how to get home, sir?

'None at all. Is it possible that it's a mess?　And when it came, it was because of an item from the mess.

It's a crazy story when it comes to getting out of the gutter.

　In the end, I came here without doing any particular research about this world.
　If there's a demon king or something like that, it's possible to return home by defeating him, but it doesn't seem to exist in this world.
　It's probably going to come out of the gacha, but even if it does, it's probably UR, so it's going to be tough to get it out.
　It's also possible that the probability is 0.001% or some other setting that makes your head spin.

I'll find a way to get home in my own way. I'll figure out how to get back when I find a way. That's why I'd like to be able to live in this world at least.

　Right now, I'm more interested in staying here. There's no way I'm going to be able to be with these pretty girls again if I go back.
　Besides, if I were to go back, I'm wondering what will happen to the units I sent out.
　If I'm going to leave them behind, I want to take responsibility for making sure they can live properly.

Now, what shall we do today? Do you want to go to the north cave again?

''Ugh~, I finished spinning the mess, and I want to go somewhere else.

'Right. I've started hearing scorpion footsteps as an auditory hallucination lately, and I think it's time for us to go somewhere else.

　Well, if it's a gacha, you don't know if it will come out even if you spend tens of thousands of units of magic stones, so let's be patient. .........I'll have completely lost all interest in going home by then.

　I was going to try to collect some magic stones while gaining experience today, but since I've been going there for dozens of days, it's time for a change of pace.

Hmmm, you're right. Then shall we go to the place called the labyrinth?

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I'm sorry.

'Hiya!　Oh, Okura-san.......well, is it Stinger again?　You are very early today.

Oh, no, no. Today I thought I'd ask you about a place called the Labyrinth.

　I came to the Adventurer's Association, which seemed to be detailed, to hear about the labyrinth.
　I called out to Widge-chan, who was working on something behind her back as usual, and she raised her voice and freaked out.
　It's kind of sad that she's pulling a face when she sees me. You're going to be heckled.............You still have good breasts.

'Ah, a labyrinth? A B grade is the lowest standard in that place, but it's okay with Okura-san and the others.

　And so began Widge's labyrinth course.
　The labyrinth is called the Hadjino Labyrinth and is located on the edge of the southern forest. It's like going underground, and it seems that the demons that inhabit each layer are different.
　It seems that the items that drop there, unlike the demons outside, even those that are not related to demons at all, will fall. Like the pajamas I bought before.
　It's not known how many levels there are, but for now, A-rank adventurers have broken through to the 40th level.

That's about it. Speaking of which, I have one favor to ask Okura-san and the others...

Yes?　What is it?

''I don't mean to be rude, but I was wondering if you could move up in rank soon if you could.

　After the conversation was over, I was about to get enthusiastic about going then, but the wait was over.
　Oh, they finally asked me to raise my rank. I knew it was a bad idea to keep beating up B-ranked targets with E rank, right?

'Yes. I've been thinking about raising it soon. But still, was there any problem?　I'm sorry if this has caused you any inconvenience.

Oh, no, no, it's not like that. Okura-san and the others bring proof of the Stinger's defeat every day, so there's been a lot of talk among the association's staff about it.

　If they brought in so much, that's what they'd be talking about.

The head of the association heard about it and said, "Don't keep a party as big as Okura-san and the others at E rank forever!　I've been told that, haha.

'Oh, I'm sorry, that's kind of ... sorry.'

　There's something big going on here. Still, it looks like we've caused trouble for Widge.
　Shall we stop exploring the maze for a while and raise our rank first?
　I remember that the promotion of a D-rank was to take a request designated by the association. The request changes depending on the location, so I guess he's a different guy than Brunne.

''It seems that he originally had his eye on it when he was competing with Dius-sama, though. What do you want to do?　Would you like to accept the request for promotion to D level today already?

Well, I'm going to accept the offer, sir.

"Haha, thank you so much~

　I agreed and received a request form from her for promotion to D rank.
　The request form states that we must defeat the Frogman. Well, it looks like we'll have no problem with it now.

　Anyway, I didn't expect to hear from the head of the association.
　If I did that, it wouldn't be surprising that I would be noticed, but I have a bad feeling that I'd be asked to raise my rank with it.