episode_0336

It had been about three days since I arrived in Dungeon City to take a geology exploration class.

Ethan and I decided to go to the dungeon this evening after finally seeing that the line had thinned enough that we could wait for our turn to enter the dungeon.

-Sigh.

“Hmm… .”

Since I received this as a long-awaited gift, I guess it would be better to wear it and go out with it.

I think Ethan would also prefer wearing the clove I gave him as a gift.

However, I think other kids would stand out a bit if they wore cat ear headbands in front of the dungeon.

‘… Well, for now, this is it for today.’

I was debating between a white headdress and a cat ear headdress, and eventually decided to wear the one I usually wear.

Since all the students at the same academy were gathered together, there were probably a few people I knew among those taking the same classes, so I thought it wouldn’t be good for me to stand out for doing something strange in front of those kids.

Since the day I first gave it to him as a gift, he had been wearing it a lot for the past few days, so Ethan wouldn’t be disappointed if I didn’t use it for a day or so.

“Master Ethan, wake up. Today is the day to enter the dungeon.”

“Ah, yes… . I’ll wake up… .”

Ethan wakes up with puffy eyes and slightly straight hair.

As I was watching him get up, Ethan suddenly turned his head towards me and smiled.

“Did you sleep well, Lilith?”

“… … Yes.”

Suddenly smiling with such a bright smile in the morning… To be honest, it was a foul.

Of course, in my heart, I had some expectations of something like that, so after achieving my goal, I just tried to keep my surprise out of my mind by giving short answers as much as possible.

“Time flies so fast. It’s already been three days since I came here.”

“Yes.”

“It was fun to be with Lilith, but I definitely don’t think it was a good place for a leisurely date.”

“… I agree with you.”

Considering that most of the people gathered in the dungeon city were adventurers or merchants, the atmosphere could be roughly predicted.

A place where people who are noisy, noisy, and put their own interests first gather.

Naturally, the people in the city who dealt with such people had no choice but to resemble those people, so the security situation in the city was definitely not good.

During my three-day date with Ethan, I was pick-pocketed five times and encountered highway robbers twice during the night.

… Well, it wasn’t a big problem since I didn’t have to look at the level of petty criminals that come out of places like this.

“Next time I go on a trip with Lilith, I think we should go to a city with better safety. As far as I know, the city where the cathedral is located is said to be a fairly safe place.”

“Good idea. When would be a good travel date?”

“It will be difficult to find time to go far while attending the academy… . Should I go there sometime in the spring after I graduate?”

“… After graduation, is it?”

“Yes. My father probably won’t ask me to take over the estate right away. I’ll have a few years to spare after I graduate.”

“… … .”

By then, I probably won’t be in Blackwood Manor.

“Understood, Master Ethan. Then I will remember.”

I was the one who remembered in my heart a promise that would probably never come true.

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“It’s cleaner inside than I thought.”

“Probably because it gets reset every time someone leaves, Master Ethan.”

After preparing food and holy water in the morning, Ethan and I finally entered the dungeon.

I thought we would be able to enter by this evening, but as a result, it was almost midnight before Ethan and I were able to enter the dungeon.

‘It seems like Karaham and Gwynn were pushed out of order in the amount of time it took to clear them.’

On the first day of class, the helpless sword and spear duo proudly entered the dungeon without any preparation.

To be honest, I didn’t think that even the two guys in the academy who were in the top five for their purely strong bodies would be able to clear it easily, but I heard later that Karaham and Gwynn cleared the dungeon at high speed and came out in the middle of the night on the day they entered the dungeon. .

‘I guess I advanced by destroying all the traps and monsters with my body.’

The reason it took a long time to clear the dungeon was because you had to go around a short distance while avoiding traps and dangerous monsters throughout the dungeon.

In other words, it also meant that if you go straight through those traps and monsters without avoiding them, you can go that much faster.

Of course, there is no way that an ordinary person would be able to withstand a trap with spear knives coming out from all directions and fire magic unfolding in a secret room, but since they were strong-bodied and strong-armed, they seemed to have ignored all of that and just continued on.

Thanks to this, the record they set was an absurd time attack score that even I had never set before in my past life.

‘It would be better to give up A+ cleanly.’

Since each dungeon was given grades based on the party with the shortest clearing time, A was the limit even if there were no other teams between Gwyn & Karaham’s party and me & Ethan’s party.

Well, just because there is a difference of 0.5 points doesn’t mean you can’t graduate. In the first place, the majority of students fail the geology inquiry class without even getting a D, so even if they pass, they only get half the class.

It was reasonable to attack it over a full day, leisurely camping inside the dungeon. Don’t get your crotch ripped by doing something like a goblin chasing an ogre.

“This is the first crossroads… . The map says where to go, Lilith?”

“It doesn’t matter either way. It says that if you turn right, you can get a small reward in exchange for a trap with some monsters, and if you go straight, you can get to the next intersection without a fight.”

“How do you want to release it?”

“How long have you been with me, Master Ethan? Don’t you know what kind of answer will come out of my mouth?”

“… That’s right.”

With those words, Ethan and I turn to the right fork and enter a slightly larger cavity.

As soon as the two of us entered, the door to the first trap room closed, revealing the hidden monsters.

-Mulkyung.

-Squishy squishy.

“It’s black slime.”

“Shall I handle it?”

“No. Slime-type monsters’ physical attacks are halved… No, anyway, since they are a race that takes less damage from swords, I will hunt them. Master Ethan, please save your strength.”

Immediately after saying those last words, I used the triple casting of magic arrows and created a composite magic that added a shock wave to the tip of each magic arrow, and each magic arrow intercepted the swarms of black slime that popped out from all over, one by one.

‘Prrr!’

‘Pruk!’

Three black slimes explode at once after being hit by an attack that combines magic and physical damage.

At the same time, the now familiar level up phrase briefly appeared in my head and then disappeared.

『Lilith has reached level 30!』

… It seems like the experience points needed to get to the next level were a bit tight. I was able to start off in a pretty good mood because I had leveled up and started off with a fresh start from the first hunt.

‘Even so, the reward is ten silver coins. It’s really a small level of compensation.’

Still, it was more profitable to fight. Anyway, what I have left over right now is magical power, so I was able to do business with just ten silver coins by using magic a few times.

“Dungeons work this way. It’s fascinating.”

“Oh, by the way, Master Ethan, is this your first time in a dungeon?”

“… Isn’t this your first release?”

“… Of course, this is my first time, but according to what I read in a book in the Ministry of Magic library, it seems to move this way. It is said that the principle of the dungeon is the power of a god other than the current Aurelia Church.”

“As expected, Lilith is smart.”

This time, I made an appropriate excuse and moved to the next room with Ethan, taking the silver coins that appeared in the treasure chest.

I was thinking that I had to get through at least the 3rd floor before I went to sleep today so I could conquer the dungeon tomorrow.

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“Ethan Richard Blackwood, Lilith Rosewood Blackwood. 1 day 2 hours 13 minutes.”

“What is the ranking?”

“ is second place based on this 2-player dungeon. Of course, it means that we are ‘still’ in second place.”

“Thank you.”

The professor said I was still in second place, but this record probably wouldn’t be broken. Geology class was originally a class that ended with ‘did not pass’ for most of the students, except for the main character party and a few named students.

However, the reason why there were so many applicants every time was because the number of credit units in the geology exploration class itself was high, and because it included rewards within the dungeon, it was possible to reap double benefits.

‘Actually, even if you prepare for the dungeon properly and enter it, it’s the same as the main battle.’

The misconception that many students have is, ‘If you just clear the dungeon, won’t you get credits and rewards anyway?’ However, in order to properly clear the dungeon in the first place, you have to make corresponding preparations and that costs a lot of money.

Just me and Ethan, we spent ten gold coins to enter the dungeon, including the cost of maps, food, lodging, camping supplies, and magic tools.

Of course, if you combine all the rewards obtained within the dungeon, you can make up for the cost of about ten gold coins, but in the end, the geology exploration class itself is not a course worth taking for the purpose of ‘profit’.

… However, just one thing. There was only one trick that would allow me to finish this geology exploration class with an unconditional advantage, so I naturally spoke to the couple at the front of the line in front of the dungeon that Ethan and I had just come out of.

“That couple over there, are you waiting to enter the small dungeon?”

“Ah, yes!”

“… That’s right.”

“I’m asking just in case, did you get a map of the inside of the dungeon? It might be difficult to navigate without a map.”

“Ah, I found it! They were selling it at the dungeon city general store?”

“Ah… That map… ?”

The couple looked at me with an uneasy look as I intentionally trailed off and made a slightly uncertain expression.

Towards the man and woman, I gently thrust the dungeon map that we had just used and returned. Don’t forget to slightly unfold the inside to show what’s inside.

“Isn’t this map much more detailed?”

“Uh, huh?!”

“What… ? Have you been scammed? ?”

“Rather than fraud… It’s probably just because the map is old. Old maps don’t show the structure of dungeons you haven’t been to before. There is also no secret room that can only be opened using a special method.”

“Ah… .”

“Hmm… .”

“No need to worry. Since we have just finished clearing the dungeon, I will sell this map to you two for just five gold coins.”

“… … Yes?”

“Five gold coins… ?”

Four eyes looking at me with a bit of doubt when I said that I would sell once-used props.

The two people were watching me carefully, as if they were a little embarrassed by the price of five gold coins.

“Perhaps if you collect all the rewards from the hidden rooms shown here, you will be able to get enough gold coins, right? It is advantageous to buy this unconditionally.”

“Uh, ha, but… . Five gold coins is a bit… .”

“Isn’t it too expensive? Besides, it’s a map I’ve already used once… .”

“A map isn’t really a consumable item, right? Is it an item whose value changes just because it is used once?”

“Well, that’s not it… .”

“For reference, this is a map sold at the Information Guild for ten gold coins. Since I only used it once, I’m giving it to you at half price.”

“Bar, half price…? .”

“And then. If you look at this map and quickly finish clearing the dungeon, you can sell it to the next person for the same five gold coins, right? So isn’t it practically free?”

“… Is that so!”

“It’s true! Well, then I’ll live!”

… Well, I didn’t lie.

Although I bought this map for one gold coin, it is currently being sold at the Information Guild for ten gold coins.

In theory, it wasn’t impossible to finish the strategy quickly and sell it to the next person.

Anyway, with this, the final reward I and Ethan received from conquering the dungeon was five gold coins.

Earn money and get good grades. This is sex.