Published by on 23rd November 201923rd November 2019

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After getting out of the dungeon, I met up with Neptune who was waiting for me.

Walking halfway to him, he asked.

"What"s up?" (Neptune)

"It was really strong." (Ryouta)

"Yeap, I wouldn"t be able to defeat it as cleanly as you." (Neptune)

"He"s even stronger than you are. What"s up with that?" (Ryouta)

"It wasn"t like that previously." (Neptune)

I slightly nodded.

Inside the dungeon where the monster looks like a human.

I imagined many patterns from it, but there is one thing in common.

It"s what makes it a monster.

"Is it a shadow, Slime, or a Gas type?" (Ryouta)

"It"s shadow." (Neptune)

Neptune replied.

How did he know, but there"s no need to ask him.

He has an abundance of knowledge when it comes to exploring dungeon.

As a veteran adventurer, I couldn"t possibly know about the things in this world more than him, besides the game knowledge that I have in my past life.

"When I first entered the dungeon, they were all shadow type monsters. Then, after defeating all of them in one hit, they became like that." (Neptune)

"Then how is it stronger than you afterwards?" (Ryouta)

"This is my hypothesis." (Neptune)

I nodded for him to continue.

"It"s probably the strongest version of me." (Neptune)

"So your absolute limit?" (Ryouta)

"I guess it"s a version of me whose ability is at its peak. Since I"ve experienced it before, I could know its power to a certain extent." (Neptune)

"Yeah, I get you. It does seem that way." (Ryouta)

"Yeah, that"s why he"s the strongest version of me. Thus stronger than me." (Neptune)

"I see now….. Now I get why you needed my help." (Ryouta)

Neptune again chuckled.

"Just a heads up, the 2nd and 3rd floor are Ril and Ran. Though they"re not as strong as the first floor." (Neptune)

"Is that so?" (Ryouta)

"Since the both of them backed me up while I was fighting, and without me they can"t function." (Neptune)

"…….." (Ryouta)

Leia suddenly popped up in my mind.

Though she"s a human, but she was remodeled into what the previous owner wanted her to be.

"……… Did you do something weird to them?" (Ryouta)

"It"s not like what you"re imagining." (Neptune)

"Then?" (Ryouta)

I narrowed my eyes as I questioned him once more.

It"s not what I thought……… which means he still did something.

"I just kissed them and have s.e.x with them, that"s all." (Neptune)

"………..Wh?" (Ryouta)

Now this was a shocker.

What the h.e.l.l is he even saying.

"As I said, I kissed——-" (Neptune)

"STOP! As I said, the h.e.l.l are you even talking about?" (Ryouta)

"We"re all bound by faith, both Ran and Ril. That is the form of our love." (Neptune)

"Yeah alright I got it." (Ryouta)

My head"s aching, and I placed my hand out, indicating for him to stop talking.

Well, it"s true that it wasn"t what I was thinking.

Moreover……. They"re like inseparable.

"I got it. So what"s the 4th floor and above?" (Ryouta)

"I didn"t reach that far." (Neptune)

"Alright." (Ryouta)

"Just be careful. If the shadow takes your form——Ara." (Neptune)

"Hmm?" (Ryouta)

"Look." (Neptune)

Neptune rolled up his sleeves.

There"s a 「☆」shape mark lined up like a tattoo.

Counting them, there were 8 stars in total.

"What are those?" (Ryouta)

"There were 12 of them before. And it has been that way." (Neptune)

"So 4 of them are missing……. And I did defeat 4 monsters just now." (Ryouta)

"I see what it is." (Neptune)

Neptune smiled, and I nodded.

We didn"t need any explanation to know what it was.

"So it"s like that." (Ryouta)

"Yeah, I figured as much." (Neptune)

"If it reaches zero, then that"ll be bad." (Neptune)

"Indeed." (Ryouta)

"But if you turn it around——-" (Neptune)

"—— It"ll be safe if you leave one." (Ryouta)

I nodded.

"Yep, it is indeed the correct choice to ask for your help. I wouldn"t be able to figure out if I was alone." (Neptune)

"Let"s leave the rest. I"ll try to reduce to 2. Contact me immediately if something"s wrong with our theory." (Ryouta)

"Ahaha, it"s true that we don"t want to leave 1 left." (Neptune)

"You know it as well." (Ryouta)

"I wonder. Hm, you"re indeed a wonderful person." (Neptune)

"Just to check with you once more. Both Ril and Ran has 12 as well right?" (Ryouta)

"Yeap." (Neptune)

"Okay." (Ryouta)

"Then…… I"ll leave it to you." (Neptune)

Neptune took the topic really seriously if the star really does decrease from 1——

"——Why don"t you do it?" (Ryouta)

"Ahaha, since you"re doing it, I don"t have to fiddle around anymore." (Neptune)

Neptune trusted me.

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