Well, don't be so alarmed. We've only seen you duel in Gunjo City once.

　To give you the seed, Jin and the others happened to stop by Gunjo City on their way back from the request and saw me and Regil dueling there.

''I made some money that time I was a bit rushed when my opponent came in a group. But it did help me remember the boy, though.

　And as we were talking about it.

Jin-san, Menas-san, Garratt-san, where are you!

　I heard a voice that sounded kind of distracted.

'Over here, Leena!

　When Menace called her that, a petite woman with a demure look appeared.　

Her name...Lina.
Age... 21.
Race... human race.
Titles... apprentice monk and baroness.

HP... 6,000.
MP... 15,000.

Strength...C-
Defensive Power...C+
Speed...C+
Magic... A+.
Mental capacity... b-.
Growth Potential...A+
Luck...A+.

　And while the magic power related was high, the rest was rather normal.
　I also explored skills and other things just in case.　

Skills....8 light magic, 7 water magic, 6 wind magic, 6 stick arts, 6 cooking, 6 magic manipulation, 4 magic manipulation, 5 fire magic, 5 patience, 5 lightning magic, 5 magic augmentation, 5 abnormal effect resistance, 5 instant death resistance, 5 quick death resistance, 4 recovery augmentation, 3 all magic attributes, 2 technical acquisition augmentation, 2 growth augmentation.

Blessing...blessing from the goddess of life, blessing from the goddess of love

　He was quite good and had excellent rearguard abilities with excellent prospects. You shouldn't judge people by what they look like! Yeah.

"Oh, there you are, finally! Moo~ Where are you going!

　He's angry in a way that seems to be onomatopoeic, puffing and pouting. Then he finds me behind the djinn and the others.

'Oh! Primera-chan's friend ... who was it?

　Apparently, Primera and I are kindred spirits (natural friends).

'Oh, you know Primera? Nice to meet you, I'm Temma.

　He nodded to himself, "Oh yeah, that's what it was called," he said, nodding to himself. I shrugged it off.

Speaking of which, what are you guys doing here?

'Just a gin. Well, the reason I'm here is that I was heading to the tavern and I saw those guys running around with their blood on their faces, so I got curious and followed them.

　I think she was worried about me, and...
"That was a close call. We almost crippled those guys!
　I don't think that was the case.

'No, I won't do that. I'm just going to talk to you a little bit more politely and make you understand.

Yeah, I heard you did a lot of talking in Gunjo City.

　I couldn't deny it, but...

You're lucky to be alive.

　At my words, the djinn agreed with me, "Well, that's true, and they're adventurers, too.

'Well, all jokes aside, even those guys would be taken to the interrogation room by the military police if they were to reanimate. It's a pain in the ass, isn't it?

'Well thank you very much.

　That's what Jin and I were talking about.

Um...

　The girl tugged on my hem from behind.

'Oh, I'm sorry. Where's home? I'll take you home. See you later, Gin.

Oh, I'll see you later!　　

　You said I could call you by your name, so I did, but I don't feel any different. I'll let you call me by my name from now on.
　With that in mind, I grab the bundle of firewood that the girl was trying to carry.

'No! I don't want you to go that far...

　The girl was trying to refrain from doing so.

'I'm the one who got caught up in the collateral damage I did, so I've got to do this.

　With that, he didn't give in and headed for the girl's house while she showed him the way.


　After Temma left, Jin and the others were face to face discussing the situation.

'Hey, Jin. Was it good? Let a kid like that call you out.

　Garratt asked Jinn that, but

Don't you think you know that Temma's no ordinary person, Garratt?　If he's weak, I don't mind, but if he's strong, I don't mind.

How strong do you think he is?

　In response to Menace's question, Jin thought for a moment, then

'I don't know for sure, but that equipment I saw in the duel? If they put out a ________, we'd all have to get serious about it. Without that one, wouldn't it be about an even match, one on one?

　I said.

'Oh, Jin-san. Primera said that Temma-san seems to be better at magic! Moreover, he said he can control dozens of golems at the same time. Moreover, he also said that the match didn't seem to be serious.

""Seriously!"

　At Leena's words, Jin and the three of them were in unison.

''I'm sorry, Menace. I was wrong I don't want to deal with this party, let alone one on one.......

''Well maybe it was the best decision you made to treat that guy as an equal or to stop those idiots...''

'Well I'd better make sure I don't turn to the enemy and tell everyone I know about it...'

　Yes, the djinn muttered after agreeing with each other....a monster....



　At that time, Tenma was aiming for the girl's house, not knowing that she was certified as a monster by one of the best parties in Seigen.
　Aiming, and when I say aiming, I mean this girl.......did I say Amy, I heard that this girl's house was close to here.

　Less than ten minutes' walk from the place where the bickering took place.

We're here. This is my home.

　I introduced it by saying.

An apartment?

　It looked like an apartment in a previous life.
　I was amazed at the first apartment I'd ever seen in this world.

It's a bit of a strange building, but it's an inn.

　According to Amy's explanation, many adventurers who come to the dungeon city are staying for a long period of time, and there are a few who say they want to use the room as their own home, so they rent out a room in an apartment. In short, it's a house for rent, even if it's for a short period of time.

　The advantages are that you don't have to take care of your guests' food and you don't have to take care of them too much, and you can expect a stable income since many of them are looking for a long term.
　The disadvantage is that the size of the room is just right for two or three people, so adventurers who are in a party tend to shy away from it, and it is said that there are about four or five houses like this management style in Seigen.

　There is a two-story house next to the apartment, and that's the house where Amy's family lives.

'What have you been doing, Amy? You're too late.

　As I approached Amy's house, a woman came up to me just as I was walking out the door and noticed her and approached me.

'You know mom, just down the street...'

　And Amy went on to explain the situation to her mother.
　When she was done talking, a woman came up to her.

"For all the help you've given our son, and for fixing his injuries...

　I've been bowing to him.

'No, I'm sorry to put you in harm's way, as it was caused by us as well.

　I lowered my head back. I myself think Amy is not at fault in this matter, even if it's our fault, so I'm troubled to be honest and thank her for it.
　Talking about it.

Enough of that. You're not going to embarrass me!

　Someone who looked like Amy's grandmother appeared from the house and stopped her mother.

'Excuse me. I'm Amy's grandmother and my name is Arie. This is my mother's...''

My name is Carina. I'm sorry, I was in a bit of a rush...

My name is Temma. I'm an adventurer. I'm sorry that I got Amy involved in this case.　　
　I bowed again. But Ms. Carina

'No, I don't mind that much. If Amy had taken care of herself, she wouldn't have gotten involved.

　As I said this, I was reminded of something.

''Um~ It's weird to say this at this time, but.......is there any room available?''

　Then I told him I couldn't find accommodation and I was looking for it.

''Yes, there are rooms available, but we're on a month-to-month contract, would you mind?''

I'll be fine. And I have another companion...　

　I said, and from my bag, I pulled out Shiroumaru and Slarin.

'Wow!' You scared me~

　Surely a normal person would be surprised if a wolf or slime came out of the bag.

''That's fine but if it's damaged or needs to be repaired, I'll charge you separately but is that okay with you?''

'I'm fine! So what's the charge?

"Your room will be 7,000 G per month. Also, you must pay for it in advance, and after one week, you will have relinquished any personal belongings you may have left in the room.

Okay. For now, two months, please.　

I'll get you a contract.

　'It's a simple contract, just show me your guild card, write down your name and the fee you paid and ask for a note.

'Here's the key. Temma-san's room is on the first floor, at the very front.

　I walked into the room as soon as I could.

Wow, that sounds like a pretty good place to live.

　

''Isn't it an unusual structure! But that's what we do around here (Seigen)!

　Amy, who was showing me around, told me so.

'For food and baths, there's a cook's and bath house nearby.

　So I went to the bath house as soon as possible. By the way, Shiroumaru was being stroked by Amy and seemed to feel good, so I left him with her.


　When I came back from the bathhouse, Shiroumaru and Amy were waiting for me in front of my room.

'Welcome back, Temma-san. You know, I gave Shiroumaru some snacks, but he won't eat them...

'Yeah, Shilomar has been taught not to eat food from anyone but me when I'm not around so you can take it from Amy, Shilomar, you can take it from Amy.　

　When he said that, Shiroumaru replied with a howl, Wong.

''I like it~ I want a subordinate too...''

　Amy is envious, but

Maybe Amy could make her own family.

　It's almost like a hunch, but it's rare for Shiroumaru to be this nurturing when they first meet, so I said so.

'Really! Really true!　

　He was packed in with a great deal of energy.

'It's not a sure thing, but it's rare for Shiroumaru to let up on me when we first meet, so it's possible... it should be possible...'

　I said, a little smugly, but Amy didn't seem to care about that.

So I'll be an adventurer in the future!

　I tensed up.

'Haha, you'll have to talk to your mothers about that...'

　I wondered if I had taught her something strange, but later I heard that Amy's father was an adventurer and he was currently away, hiding in a dungeon.


　After returning from the bathhouse, I'm going to prepare some preserved food and easy to eat for tomorrow's dungeon.

　First up is the biscuits, simple flour and sugar with crushed nuts and walnuts and a few types of dried fruit, chopped up into small pieces, mixed and baked.

　Next is the meat, we have several kinds of meat to prepare. First, dried meat, which is a good size meat, seasoned with salt and other ingredients, and then magically dried, and that's it.
　The rest is grilled meat, some question if this is a dish, but I just grill the meat and put it in a bag in small portions for every few pieces. This way it's easy to eat hot food. Hooray for magic bags!
　Now all we need to do is cut up some bacon we bought nearby and the meat will be good.

　Now for the fruits and vegetables! But I'm going to throw the whole thing into the bag, and if it's hard to eat raw, I'm just going to boil or bake it.

　And drinks.........water is magically available, so we only need a couple of water bottles.

　The rest is all kinds of seasonings, homemade miso and soy sauce, spices and herbs, and don't forget the salt and sugar.
　Salt, sugar and water should be enough to survive for a few days at the very least...! For salt, I prepared crushed rock salt and powdered it into a powder, and for sugar, I prepared brown and white sugar that was magically compressed and hardened and powdered, respectively.

　There wasn't much else to buy, but I only bought a large quantity of cloth.......which I could use for something.

　Since that was about it, I couldn't think of anything else to do, so to pass the time, I decided to clean up Adamantine's hand armor and armor that I had purchased at Gunjo City earlier.

　The inside of the armor wasn't rusty, so I used a knife to lightly scrape and scrape off any rust on the surface, and then polished it with an oiled cloth to finish it off. Then I saw something ominous, but I ignored it.

　The armor is a torso section with shoulder pads, probably a full body armor, but for some reason the head, arms, and lower body section must have been lost, but this alone seems to have some use.
　This one was rusted to the inside, so I took it apart where it could be disassembled and carefully cleaned it up using the same procedure as the armor.

"I guess it's not a mistake or a misunderstanding after all...

　That said, this armor had something just as sinister as the armor. It was.

That's a nobleman's coat of arms, isn't it?

　There was a coat of arms engraved on it with a lion and a dragon (...).

''This is a bit different from the royal one I saw before, which means it's from the grand duke family...''

　Even if I took it directly to the Grand Duke, it would only cause trouble. If I get the chance, I can give it to the king or one of his guards at that time..........only if I get the chance.
　I'm planning to visit the King's capital eventually, so I'll probably have the opportunity... let's just say that I'll have the opportunity.

　I made up my mind not to show these two armor to anyone and sealed them in my bag.
　Fortunately, the others didn't have a coat of arms on them, so no one would notice if I treated them as mine, and even if they did, they would be able to cheat.
　Even if someone appeared who claimed to be the owner, as long as they couldn't prove it publicly, there should be no problem with it being mine.

　While thinking about this, I check my equipment.
　For now, the equipment I'll be using tomorrow will be the leather armor (modified) and the usual boots that were sold at a nearby armor shop, Mithril's small sword and Orihalcon's knife.

　I intend to go as far as I can go, but I decided not to push myself too hard at first, just to see how it goes, and decided to rest for today.


　

　Now, a new morning has arrived. I don't know if it's a morning of hope, but it's a memorable one for me!
　As I thought about it, I looked out.

..........

　It was raining spectacularly hard outside. The weather pattern that suddenly frustrated my motivation almost made me go back to the futon.

''No, it still has nothing to do with the inside of the dungeon.......it should!

　I folded the covers and got back into the swing of things. First of all, we'll have breakfast, but I'll just reheat some of the food I made yesterday and eat it.

　After filling my stomach, I picked up my umbrella and headed for the dungeon.
　Surprisingly, there were quite a few adventurers and merchants walking near the dungeon.

　Ignoring them, I headed for the entrance.

Hey, man, it's Temma. You wanna join us?

　I was approached by a party of the only people I know in this city.

'Sorry Jin. I'm making my debut today and I'd like to do it alone.

　When I declined to tell the djinn and the others, the adventurers around me began to buzz.

''Well that's a shame. If you were here, I thought we could make it past the first or second floor today.

　At those words, the murmur around them grows even louder.

''Well then I'm going to go now...........oh, yeah. Just for your information, how many levels are you diving to now?　

You're on the 64th floor now. It took me eight years to get here. It's not like I've been diving every day.　

　His words were met with praise from those around him.

''Heh~ Is that how it is?''

　These words were met with laughter from those around him, saying that he didn't know anything.

'You say it's like that, but the highest record in this dungeon is 78 floors. And it took fifteen years.''

But if you guys were serious about diving, you'd set a new record.

　I said, and Jin looked a little dumbfounded.

'It's not so sweet. And my party is a little unbalanced.

　I started complaining about things that I didn't know if I was being humble or serious, and about my friends, such as

Oh, I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go.

　See you later, I raised my hand and slunk away.
　Jin looked like he wanted to say something, but I ignored him and headed for the dungeon's entrance.

　The dungeon's entrance was closed by a thick door, and a group of strong men stood at its side.
　When he showed his guild card to one of them, the man silently opened the door.

　The inside of the dungeon he was entering for the first time was dimly lit and the air was a little damp and had a unique smell.
　At the end of the door, there was a staircase, and when he went down it, there was another door. This time the men weren't there, so I opened it myself, and there were more doors and stairs ahead.
　Eventually, after going under four doors and down the stairs four times, I finally saw a passage.

'I suppose it's to make it harder for the demons to get out but it's a pain in the ass.

　With these impressions, the first dungeon attack of my life began.