The reason Tsutomu came to the ninety-one level today was to review the anti-slime measures with the attacker and tank, and to sit down with Stephanie, who was acting much stranger.

　I don't know how long Stephanie has been out of her mind, but for some reason, she's gone crazy. She paid the informant a not inconsiderable amount of G to find out, only to find out that she was apparently obsessed with herself.

　The informant didn't seem to know what caused that to happen, but that obsession was certainly too much. Now even the first army PT didn't talk about anything related to Tsutomu out of concern for Stephanie, and recently, that Sova had been stuffed and tazed when she accidentally brought it up.

　There are other information that Stephanie's room is covered with articles and photos of Tsutomu on the walls and ceiling, or that she muttered "Tsutomu" and cut up a monster with an air blaze while muttering "Tsutomu" like a spell, and Tsutomu was quite taken aback when he heard that she was acting completely ill.

　To be honest, he didn't want to get close to Stephanie, who was full of such information, but she was a former apprentice of his, and given the current dungeon situation, he decided that he should talk about it here, and he came here today. However, seeing the way Stephanie was shaking out her hair, I was struck by the urge to turn back as soon as possible.


'Protect me if there's any sign of danger,'
Yes, sir!


　Tsutomu puts his hand on Daryl's large shoulder, which is taut, and then lands in front of Aldoret Crow PT. They didn't expect Tsutomu to come to this level, or maybe they didn't expect him to come to this level, but Luke and Bittman have a sour look on their faces. For some reason, Dorsia was down on one knee on the ground and Fu Fu Fu, for some reason.


''Thanks,''
Oh...


　I greeted him with a glance at Sova, telling him to stop me if he needed anything, and he nodded divinely in reply. Then he turned to Stephanie and saw that she had a look of disbelief on her face as she crushed her distinctive pink vertical rolls in her hands with a squishy grip.


'Ahhhh!　Master Tsutomu-ah!
"...Mr. Luke. I would like to discuss this with Stephanie once, if you could take a moment of your time.
Oh, um, yeah. I don't mind, but...


　Luke said this with surprise at Stephanie's wildness and Tsutomu's lack of fear in the face of it. Tsutomu then looked at Stephanie, who looked like she was about to explode with joy, with a subtle look on her face.


''At any rate, congratulations on breaking through the ninety levels.
'Oh ... oh ... oh ...'
Hello, sir, do you read me?


　Knowing that Stephanie was out of the ordinary after the incident at the guild, Tsutomu dared to wave her hand in a frightening manner. However, for the next few minutes, Stephanie was too excited to be cowed, so she was being cared for by Dorcia for the time being. Sova looked like she wanted to call out to Tsutomu while watching him with a serious look on her face, but she couldn't seem to act out of concern for Stephanie.


'Hannah and Leleia, please attract the monsters when they arrive.
Oops.
I know, sir.
Daryl and Diniel stay with me, okay?


　Tsutomu, who has Daryl and Diniel as his guards just in case, also pulled the God's Eye towards us and made us keep it where the whole thing was reflected. Seeing this, Luke approached with a bit of impatience.


''Tutu, Tsutomu-kun?　Do we need to put God's eyes on it?
'I've heard rumours that Stephanie has even retired Sova, just in case.


　Right now, Stephanie is honestly like a bomb that you never know what you're going to set off. Therefore, if I were to step on her land mines, I could conceivably run to commit a murderous act, given the way she is sick.

　But if Stephanie goes on a killing spree before she's seen on the God's Table, she'll have the ingredients to claw her way through Aldoret Crow's clan situation, which is even now unstable. Since Aldoret Crow's strength is largely due to its well-equipped facilities and rearguard personnel, if the clan itself collapsed, it would be able to crush it without even letting the infinite circle chase after it.


''We'll defend ourselves as well, but if you don't want to become a problem, please do your best to stop that one as well.


　However, Luke would be dying to stop that from happening, and he doesn't want to make the Clan collapse. So I approached Stephanie, who seemed to be calming down after telling him in a small voice. Then she jerked her body in surprise again, but she didn't crouch down again.


'Have you calmed down a bit?'
"Yes, yes..... But why is Tsutomu-sama here...?
'I could tell something was wrong with Stephanie the last time I saw her at the guild. I just came to check on her today.
'Ah, ah...!　I'm so sorry about that time!


　Stephanie bowed her head stiffly as she remembered the time she screamed and bit off her fingers without yielding a side glance at the guild. After regaining some degree of sanity after Tsutomu had praised her on the God's Table, she felt that it had been a bad taste in her mouth. With that momentum, Tsutomu hurriedly stopped her as she was about to kneel down on her knees and even get down on her knees.


You don't have to go so far as to apologize. I was surprised by that, but I don't mind.
"Oh, really?　You don't like me, do you?
'I'm not that concerned about it. What I'm more concerned about is what caused Stephanie to act like that. ........I think she probably started hiding in dungeons without a care in the world after the sixty-fifth level, but what happened then?


　From my own recollection, Stephanie hadn't changed from before in the Borsayer battle, and my informant said that she started diving into the dungeons afterwards as if she was possessed. And since it seemed that this was also when she stopped adjusting her appearance, eating hot meals, and even resting, he guessed that something had happened after the sixty-fifth level.

　When I asked her in a probing tone based on such speculation, Stephanie's eyes lit up as if to say she had been waiting for those words.


''I knew you were looking out for me, Master Tsutomu!　That was certainly when I started throwing them away!　Oh, here it is!　I threw away my Master Tutum to put this into practice, which he gave me!　To be able to do this anyway!　Scraping and scraping, oh, I knew Master Tsutomu was watching you!


　Stephanie handed me a bundle of papers from her magic bag while moving her mouth in a happy manner. Looking at the bundle of paper, which looked like it had been used up for a long time and was covered in handwriting, she found the same sentences and diagrams written in her handwriting as the healer's instructions Tsutomu had written a year ago.


''........You abandoned everything else to learn this standing?''
'Yes, yes. To live up to Tsutomu-sama's expectations. Even when things were difficult, Tsutomu-sama saw to it that I could do my best. Didn't I?　Right?　Master Tsutomu saw it, didn't he?　He greeted me every morning and evening, and he always looked out for me and me alone, didn't he?　So I've left everything else behind and tried to get as close to Master Tutom as possible.
..........


　I certainly had high hopes for Stephanie, and I had seen her even after her apprenticeship period was over. But he hadn't greeted her every morning and night, and it wasn't like he had always seen her without fail. But Stephanie seemed to believe this from the bottom of her heart, and her face did not lie.

　I just didn't want to look directly into the eyes that seemed to be left behind after all of that was shaved off. He had often looked at Stephanie over the God's Table, but had he ever seen her eyes with such open pupils?


''........But Tsutomu-sama has changed. He began to turn his attention to the others. I'm not sure I understand. I couldn't understand that. I wondered why He didn't look only at me. I can understand if you have the ability. If you're trying, I understand. But I was too stupid at the time to understand why they were judging those people.
What do you think about it now?
'I can understand why Master Tutom was able to see the others after what just happened. Eunice had made a name for herself as a dango raiser, and Lorena had made a name for herself as a running healer. Corina, a prayer warrior named Corina, has also come to work as a healer. ........But I am still proud to say that I am the best among the disciples that Tsutomu-sama raised. They are warm. Don't you think so?


　Tsutomu froze as Stephanie tilted her head like a broken doll, her face frozen as if she were watching a horror movie. In fact, she was pushed by the power she could see in her eyes. Her emotions were too strong and too heavy from Tsutomu's point of view.


'At least Lorena and Eunice don't deserve to be seen by Tsutomu-sama. That rabbit just needs to enjoy himself, and the vixen can even afford to serve the wolf. I've thrown away everything I didn't need and put my heart and soul into only God's dungeon and what Master Tutom gave me. And as a matter of fact, I've broken through the ninety levels first among my disciples. It's no wonder. I've been sharpening my skills. Master Tsutomu, for you to see.
I'm sorry.


　Tsutomu voiced his alarm at the gradual increase in distance, but Stephanie didn't mind and continued to talk.


'I'm the best. I am the best. 'Master Tsutomu?　Indeed, Tsutomu-sama praised me that day on the divine table. Those words sank in. But I think it's absolutely ridiculous to be put in the same category as Lorena. I'm the best!　So why do you only look at me when you always praise others?　Strange, strange, strange, strange. That's ridiculous, Master Tsutomu wouldn't do such a thing. Master Tsutomu?　You really are Master Tutom, aren't you?　You've been watching over me for a long time, Master Tsutomu?　Master Tsutomu, who embodied the miracle at the ninety levels?


　Stephanie reached out her hand to make sure Tsutomu was there. Daryl was about to move when he saw her, but Diniel stopped him.


'Mr. Diniel!
'No harm done so far. Besides, the man, Tsutomu, has more power than I do. We can move when Stephanie has a weapon or tries to activate a skill.


　Although Stephanie's explorer history and status was higher than his, it was still hard to believe that Tsutomu, who was male and had been trained to some extent by Garum, would lose his strength. Therefore, Diniel served to only keep an eye on the weapon and skill activation.


(No, help me!!!!)


　But as Tsutomu, he couldn't stand it. To begin with, Stephanie didn't get the point of what she was saying, and her appearance and expression were now full of madness. She had lightly perceived it as a bomb that might explode, but she felt far more crazy than she had ever imagined, face to face.


(What could I say?)　If you agree or disagree, you're done with this stuff!　(I can only see a nasty future either way!


　I'm reminded once again that I'm no longer the Stephanie I used to be, and at the same time, I don't think I'm going to be able to understand or discuss her. Because if he stepped on Stephanie's land mines, there is no doubt that this time he would do more than bite off his own fingers. Just imagining that was enough to make Tsutomu unable to make a bypassing remark, and he couldn't move as if he was still in the center of the minefield.

　And then Stephanie's hand reaches Tsutomu's cheek, which is completely frozen. Then she exclaimed as if she had touched a treasure and stroked her face lovingly.　


'You're touching me!　You're touching that Master Tuttle!　Aaaaah!　Master Tutum, Master Tutum, Master Tutum, aaaaah!
Huh.


　Tsutomu screamed as if he had been touched by a skeleton and backed away to escape from Stephanie's hands.

　Then Stephanie's expression, which had been full of joy, slipped away in a flash, and finally she turned her head straight and dropped her hand to grip the void. And then he grasps the peach-colored hair with a crimp.


''.........Why, sir. Why, Tsutomu-sama, why don't you usually make a face like that!　You wouldn't make that face at anyone else!　Why do you look at me like that just for me!　Why don't you understand?　I just want Master Tutom to see me!


　Stephanie shakes her hair as if to deny the fact that she is in front of me, and tears pour out of her eyes as if she were breaking down. This will remove the make-up around the eyes and expose the hideous circles, and blood is pouring out of the mouth that is biting its lower lip. The situation is no longer unbearable to watch. As Tsutomu retreated further, she screamed as if she was going crazy.


'I just!　I only want to be with Master Tsutomu!　I've given my all for that!　And yet!　And yet you can't treat him like this!　I've done all this for you!　All I need is Master Tsutomu.　And for that, I'm going to dump and dump me!
..........
'If only I could talk to Master Tutom and talk about dungeons with him alone!　I don't want anyone but you!　That's all I ever wanted!　All we can do is raise each other's spirits with Master Tsutomu.　Because then I will be a better healer!　There will come a day when you can do everything described in this!　　I can do what Master Tutom says and I'll do whatever he says!　Then it would be impossible for the others to catch up with me, so you only have to look at me!　I don't need anyone but Master Tutom, and I've always done so!
...hmm?


　Up until now, Tsutomu had only ever looked at Stephanie with a completely donkey-eyed stare. However, his eyebrows lifted at the mention of the word "healer" and he tilted his head when she stopped talking, breathing heavily.


'Well, it's true that sometimes a good healer can stand and research faster if a small group of good healers exchange ideas. So it's not so strange that it's just me and Stephanie figuring out how to stand up for healers.......
What...?


　From the eyes that seemed to be looking at an impenetrable creature earlier, Tsutomu's eyes became reminiscent of his previous apprentice days. Stephanie sounded puzzled by such a sudden switch and her words.


'I just think Stephanie should exchange ideas with Lorena and Eunice before she does that.
What...?


　At that moment, the expression slipped from Stephanie's face again. Tsutomu stepped through the mines even more than when he had retreated earlier, and all at once, a sour atmosphere began to leak out. Sensing that air, Diniel and Sova tried to move out, but surprisingly, Tsutomu raised his hand to control it.


''No, no. What are you looking like, out of mind?


　Indeed, Tsutomu had stepped through Stephanie's land mines. But Stephanie had also turned on Tsutomu with her earlier statement. After almost seven years of coming like crazy, 'Live Dungeon! This is a topic about the healer who was the main account of In this case, Tsutomu doesn't hesitate to pull back.

　The actuality of this is that it's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get a good idea of what to expect.