On the night after I finished my report in Sevalia, I gathered the Nors in the living room and announced, "The Great Demon Stone Debate will now take place.

"We will now hold a debate on the Great Demon Stone.

　When I said that while placing my elbows on the desk and folding my hands, the Noles, who were also seated, reacted with a dumbfounded voice.

''He started saying strange things again........

What's going on, all of a sudden?

'I think I'm motivated now that the anomaly in Sevalia has been resolved.

'I don't know, but you're sticking it out. What do you do in the debate?

　I've already told you that I spoke with Irina-san today in Sevalia and that the Adventurer's Association's request to investigate has officially ended.
　We held a great demon stone debate from that process, but I can't help but be somewhat confused.

''As you know, the anomaly in Sevalia has been completely resolved. So this Heihachi thought, now is the time to resume the demon stone hunt!

I don't know why you would have such an idea. I've finally settled down, you know.

'Now that you've calmed down, you're going to hunt for magic stones!　Have you forgotten the humiliation of the last ceiling gacha!

''Your brother is surprisingly vindictive........no, not surprising. He's really bad at giving up on gacha.

''Right after I finished my report at the Adventurer's Association today, you said you were going to hunt for the magic stones. I didn't expect you to start the debate that night. It's only in times like these that you're a bundle of energy.

　Good day on the spur of the moment is the motto of this Heihachi!　I must do it before this feverishness dies down!　I'm a man with a reputation for action!

Hmm....

Hey, Luna, what's going on?

　Luna, who has been sitting in silence, gets up from her seat while I get excited, and walks to her room, folding her arms and pretending to think.
　And while pretending to think with arms crossed, she starts walking towards her room.
　........Is this guy planning to run away pretending he doesn't know?

''Luna, don't run away from hunting magic stones.

We're not running away. I'm just going to sleep.

　Luna turned around and stopped, but her eyebrows were furrowed and she looked very uncomfortable.
　No matter how you look at it, she's trying to escape, isn't she?
　It can't be helped, we have no choice but to urge them to participate in the debate voluntarily.

"The supreme bunk, you seem to like it very much, how is the sleeping comfort?

What do you mean by that?

What would you do if you got a bedding pickup gacha?　I'm sure the other SSR bedding will be just as comfortable. However, if Luna doesn't help me collect the magic stones, I'm running out of magic stones, so I'll have a hard time satisfactorily turning them in. Ah, what a pity.

You're not fair, Heihachi!

What? I'm just telling you the truth. You see, I gave up on the ceiling lottery because I ran out of magic stones.

Shh....

　I look like I've bitten down on a bitter worm, but Luna sits down quietly.
　But it can't be helped since what I'm actually saying is true.
　If I can't improve my magic stone hunting here and now, there's no way I'll be able to turn the extra mess around!

What exactly are you planning to discuss?

Of course, that's how we're going to collect the magical stones in the future.

''I think we should all scatter to the hunting grounds and hunt as usual... but your brother doesn't think that way, does he?

''Yeah, it's true that if you hunt like you always do, you'll accumulate a certain amount of magic stones. But when a long term request like Sevalia's started this time, it will be difficult to do such a hunt.

''Well, if I think back, the frequency of magic stone hunting was extremely low.

'Right?　So I'd like to take this opportunity to either further increase the efficiency of one magic stone hunt, or I'd like to seriously aim to automate the magic stone hunt.

　If it was just about storing magic stones, it was a problem that could be solved by simply running a magic stone marathon for a long time.
　However, it's quite possible that long-term requests like this one will come in in the future.
　It's a shame that every time that happens, my magic stone collection is interrupted and I miss out on important and affordable gacha.
　Therefore, I thought the priority should be to focus on how to get as many magic stones as possible in as little time as possible, and how to increase the number of unearned magic stones.
　Improving the collection of magical stones for the future without being distracted by immediate magical stones. Spending time on that right now should be a good idea!

'I agree with that suggestion, but isn't it hard to be more efficient?　And even automation was set back last time.

Hmmm, I don't think I'm going to give up after one mistake. It's a trial and error process, and if it doesn't work, we'll just try something else. And there's no reason why we can't be more efficient. All we're doing now is just a compromise!

It's only at times like this that they start talking like they're right. I'd be impressed if it wasn't for the sake of messing around, but...

'When you say that much, it means you have a plan, right?　I don't think you're going to come out and say that you have no idea.

'That's what we're supposed to be discussing together!　........well, that's too irresponsible, so I've thought of a plan itself.

　We'd like to discuss and come up with a plan together, but it's difficult to think of something from scratch.
　Eventually, I'd like to have Nolu and the others come up with a plan to hunt for magical stones, but this time, I think it would be best for me to come up with a basic plan and have Estelle and the others review the problems.

''It's difficult to automate magic stones, so we'll leave it at that for now, but first we'll have to find a new hunting ground for the efficiency of magic stone hunting.

Is that what will happen in the end... but if we were to look for a new hunting ground, is there a more efficient place than the one we have now?

'Your main hunting grounds right now are the goblin forest and the scorpion's cave. Do you usually leave the caves to Esther and Noll, and the rest of us go to the forest?

'So if we all hunt together for a normal hunt, that's roughly 50 a day. If we're going to be any more efficient, what kind of hunting grounds would be a good candidate?

　The goblin forest and scorpion cave where we are currently hunting magic stones are tough to make any more efficient.
　The route construction of the hunt was also completely done and there was little room for improvement anymore.
　Even if they could increase the efficiency, it would only be a number within the margin of error, and a fundamental solution was impossible.
　So, if you're thinking about seriously increasing the efficiency of the magic stone hunt, the only way is to change the hunting grounds.

''If we're simply looking for an improvement, it's a place where we can increase the efficiency of range hunting. The scorpion cave is limited to one fisherman, so if I wanted to, I'd like to find a hunting ground where I can fish and hunt demons with about three people.

The northern cave is very narrow, and it's difficult for more than two people to fish there.

''Yeah, so I want to find a hunting ground that's wide and easy to fish for demons. But the problem with that is that the burden on the attacking Esther will be greater....

Well, I'm only willing to shoulder that much of the load if that's what my brother asks of me.

'Oh, yes. Thank you.

　Ugh, it's distressing to be able to answer my lust-filled idea with such a big smile.
　No matter how much they've accepted me, if I overdo it, Esther might start acting up again like she did before, so I have to be moderate there.......

''So, another way to increase the efficiency of the magic stones is to hire someone with money or something.

You're hired, sir?

''Yeah, I've got 300 million Gs after solving Sevalia's mutation this time. I'm sure it's one way to use some of this money to ask other adventurers to help you defeat the demons. Of course, we'll also lend them some gacha equipment.

Mm, that's better. Best to leave it to others.

But it's going to be difficult to talk about, isn't it?　I don't think it's a good idea to lend out gacha equipment so easily...

We can talk it over and decide on the terms. In the meantime, what I'm trying to say is that now we can do this with money. ...hehehe, after all, the power of money is great.

Heihachi has a very bad look on his face!

　I had earned a good amount of money to begin with, but it wasn't enough to send out a large request.
　Now that I've obtained such a large source of money, I'd like to use these funds effectively to get other adventurers to hunt rare species.
　But the problem is that in order to get the magic stones, I have to build camaraderie while equipping the gacha-produced equipment.
　I'd like to experiment and try to see if I can build that camaraderie by paying to ask for it.
　If that's possible, we could ask multiple adventurers at once to raise the number of magic stones we collect to the bottom of the list.
　There's probably a limit to how much we can hunt on our own, so it's important to solve this problem with violence in numbers.

　As I was thinking about the time we succeeded while giggling, I noticed Esther looking at me with an anxious expression with her hand on her cheek.
　Mmm, why are you looking at me with such a face?

''If money can be used to collect magic stones, that's something to worry about. Your brother is going to ask you to spend money endlessly to hunt.

Oh, yeah?

That reaction is suspicious, isn't it...

　I can't deny that I'm going to spend more and more money as if I'm paying the bills if I can ask other adventurers to do it, but... yeah, I'll put up with a will of steel there!
　And there's also a good reason for wanting to collect magic stones, even if it means spending money to do so.

The first thing to do is to give top priority to the gacha from now on. It's a good idea to have a serious discussion about it, because if we were to go to the farthest reaches of the world, we wouldn't have enough strength to do so.

Is this where Master Testudo said it would be? Is it that great a place?

''It's the place where that Testudo-sama said there are strong demons. It might be a place where a Phallus Testudo-class demon is located nearby.

''If there's a continent like that, there's nothing we can do about it....... But if we're going to go to the farthest land, we might as well be strong enough to defeat Phallus Testudo on our own.

'Hmmm I don't want to go. I'd rather stay home and sleep quietly.

'Well, I want to go!　Going somewhere you don't know sounds like a lot of fun!

　If we were to go to the farthest land, we certainly don't seem to have enough strength right now.
　Like Estelle said, the minimum line is to be strong enough to defeat Pharusus Testudo on our own.
　That's why right now we should make collecting magic stones and spinning the gacha a top priority!