Proofread: Shiro

At night, one of the rooms inside the mansion that was converted into .

I was nervously looking at Elza .

She was currently holding onto an accounts book while counting the figures .

It was for today’s earnings .

It has been sometime since I was nervous about knowing the total amount . While secretly praying and waiting, Elza looked up and smiled at me .

[Congratulations Ryoutsan . ] (Elza)

[Ooh? Which meant?] (Ryouta)

[Yes! You have reached over a million Piros for today’s earnings . ] (Elza)

[Alright!] (Ryouta)

I was so happy that I did a guts pose .

For a day—–well to be honest, it was half a day when I earned that amount, but that wasn’t the reason why I was happy . Today, I was hunting at Teruru Dungeon’s 15th floor and have finally earned over a million Piros from that floor alone .

The floor, I let my body memorize the movements of the monsters, which resulted in me optimizing my every movement like in Shogi . The first time I did that, I earned around 770, 000 Piros, which was a significant increase than the previous run .

Earning a million Piros isn’t really a feat, but against the , it really was a huge achievement for me .

[You’re amazing Ryoutsan, I’m pretty sure you’re the world’s first . ] (Elza)

[World’s first?] (Ryouta)

[Yes, the world’s first to earn that much on Teruru’s 15th floor in a day . Having low drop rates in a dungeon is bad, but most adventurers with a high drop rate would 99% be strong in terms of abilities . ] (Elza)

[I see……] (Ryouta)

[Well, I knew Ryoutsan could do it . ] (Elza)

As Elza said that, my self-esteem went up .

[What’s more, doing it in half a day is even more amazing . ] (Elza)

Well, the half a day is a rule that I set for myself .

Due to the long standings as a

corporate slave on earth, I try not to enter the Dungeon during evenings unless there is nothing much to do .

Which meant that I only enter the Dungeon during daytime, and the first half of the morning is used for collecting seeds in NIhonium, so my working hours essentially starts from 12 o’clock to 5 o’clock based on earth’s time .

Instead of half a day, I guess it’s like a quarter of a day .

Elza who was dispatched from the shop knew it as well, hence why she was showing such expression .

It’ll be unpleasant if these are just false rumours, but because it was genuinely what I accomplished, so the praise made me felt good .

Basically hearing Elza’s words gave me twice the happiness .

[Alright, shall we have a drink tonight?] (Ryouta)

[Okay!] (Elza)

On the way home from the familiar tavern, Villa De Edge .

Elza, Aurum and I were walking .

Everyone else was caught up with things to do . So the only ones who were drinking with me were Elza and Aurum who I picked up on time .

[It was delicious, so delicious, so extremely delicious!] (Aurum)

I mean I know the beers in Villa De Edge was nice, but Aurum was still excited about it even after we left the shop .

She was like a child running around me and Elza .

[I didn’t know sake would be this delicious . ] (Aurum)

[Do you like alcohol?] (Ryouta)

[Yes! It’s fluffy and it feels good!] (Aurum)

[I see . Shall we try out more alcohols?] (Ryouta)

[There’s other alcohols?] (Aurum)

[Of course, there’s wine, champagne, whiskeys, and many more . ] (Ryouta)

[Ooooooo……… . ] (Aurum)

Aurum’s eyes lit up as she was in awe .

Since she has just recently left the dungeon, her reaction was like an innocent child hearing about something for the first time .

When I looked at her, it made me want to let her experience more things .

[I didn’t know there’s so many of them

them . ] (Aurum)

[Yeah, that’s right . Oh that reminds me, I think there’s a pub here that has liquor containing gold dust inside?] (Ryouta)

[Gold? Can you drink gold with alcohol?] (Aurum)

[Yeah . Well, it’s not just that, there are other things that can be mixed with alcohol . I heard that it’s good for nourishing tons of——Oh sorry it’s just a story from where I was . ] (Ryouta)

[Heeh . Un, then let’s help Emily to make dishes with gold inside starting from tomorrow!] (Aurum)

[Huh? Ah right, since you can just make gold normally . ] (Ryouta)

[Yeah! An all you can eat buffet!] (Aurum)

[No wait . ] (Ryouta)

The way she said was interesting in itself .

Gold—–An all you can eat buffet of gold, that wording was kinda funny .

Well, from the Gold Spirit Aurum’s perspective, Gold is inexhaustible for her .

All you can eat gold .

It might be interesting, who knows .

[Eh?] (Elza)

[What’s wrong Elza, for you to suddenly stop . ] (Ryouta)

[Over there… . . Seems like they are building a house . ] (Elza)

I stopped and followed Elza’s line of sight .

Because it’s night time, I can’t see much, but it was still visible .

They seemed to be doing quite a lot of construction .

[You’re right, it’s a tremendous scale of construction . ] (Ryouta)

[It looks like a mansion . Not your average commercial facility either . ] (Elza)

[A mansion…… . . At this kind of timing to make a mansion, could it be Cell?] (Ryouta)

[Let’s go and ask . ] (Elza)

Elza said as she walked to that direction .

Who are we asking again? I thought but there was a man who was probably working night shift as a guard there as she ran towards him .

Elza talked to the man for a moment before coming back .

[It looks to be Cell・Stem-san’s house . ] (Elza)

[I knew it . ] (Ryouta)

[It seems like they are going for a castle-like look rather than a mansion . ] (Elza)

[Heh……With that amount of

amount of money, I’m sure there’s nothing wrong with a castle or two . ](Ryouta)

It’s not as though Kings are the only ones owning a castle, I heard that it is common that n.o.bles in Europe to have castles too .

The famous Dracula was originally a n.o.ble and was said that he also had a castle(I saw in the news that his descendants were selling it} .

Then again, a castle huh .

……………… .

[What’s wrong Ryoutsan?] (Elza)

[Ah no, when you mention the castle, it reminded me of the word . ] (Ryouta)

[A Bronze Statue? It certainly seems to be a castle, but what about that?] (Elza)

[No, just thinking too much . ] (Ryouta)

I said that as I tried shaking the thought out of my head .

No matter how much, I’m sure it’s not possible… . right?

[Wait a minute . ] (Elza)

Elza then ran to the man again and came back after asking about various things .

This time with a tremendously odd expression——Are you kidding me .

[Umm……Ryoutsan . . ] (Elza)

[Don’t tell me . ] (Ryouta)

[Yes… . . it seems like they’re making it, a Bronze Statue of Ryoutsan . ] (Elza)

[So he really did make one huh!] (Ryouta)

[Moreover, I heard that the Bronze Statue is changeable . I was told that it would be a Bronze Statue that can be turned into various poses by supplying magic . ] (Elza)

[Seriously what a waste of technology to create such a thing!] (Ryouta)

Again, I was getting slight gooseb.u.mps from what this Cell Stalker is doing .

I have to have a word with him tomorrow to make him stop building this Bronze Statue .

[B, but, it seems like it’s going to be a splendid residence . ] (Elza)

Elza said as she tried to divert the topic .

[Hm? Aah yeah I guess so . A man with power and money would make such things . ] (Ryouta)

[Is that so?] Aurum tilted her little head as she answered .

[It is how it is . For. For example… . . there was someone who created a castle out of gold . Hm? Wait it wasn’t a castle but a temple . ] (Ryouta)

I was trying hard to remember the origins of the Osaka Castle as I was digging through my memories .

[If it’s gold then it’s amazing?] (Aurum)

[Well, it is quite intimidating, and when you look at it, you might think [Wow, this is amazing!] or something . Uhhm, I guess it’s… . kinda cool?] (Ryouta)

[oh, I see . ] (Aurum)

[What’s with the “Oh I see”—-Oi!] (Ryouta)

Yelling to stop her, Aurum ran like the wind .

[What’s wrong?]

[…… . Don’t tell me . ] (Ryouta)

Remembering what Aurum said before, the memory came flashing through my eyes as I frantically began running towards her .

Really please——stop it .

While thinking to stop her, I ran as fast as I could to chase after Aurum .

As soon as I returned home, I saw it .

Shiny gold—–the shape remained as is, but the mansion was completely golden .

Aurum stood before me and turned around and looked at me, then turning her hand on her waist and showed a victory pose .

[How is it Ryouta . Is this amazing?] (Aurum)

The spirit of Aurum Dungeon, The Golden Aurum .

Her powers have completely changed the house to gold .

[T, this is amazing but, can you please stop this . ] (Ryouta)

[Eeeeh, why?] (Aurum)

[Because I wouldn’t be able to calm down, no matter how long it takes . ] (Ryouta)

[But it’s amazing right? Isn’t it cool?] (Aurum)

[No no no no……] (Ryouta)

Cold sweat was running down my spine as I desperately pleaded Aurum and finally managed to revert the Golden mansion .

[Then, instead of a Bronze Statue of Ryouta, why not a gold statue—–] (Aurum)

[No no that is even worse please stop that at once!] (Ryouta)

Aurum has said something even more ridiculous after what Cell has done .

Even though gold symbolizes wealth, I could feel that it’ll likely linger as a trauma for me .