Chapter 301

Chapter 301 – The basement miracle

Tennessine first floor .  

After being attacked by the shadow’s a few times, the star has been reset .

Then, those shadows that took the shape of me was defeated using Repetition, and they dropped Matsutake .  

With this new found knowledge, Neptune, Ril, Ran, and I could reset the stars that is on our arms .

And out of all 3 of us, I have 11 stars left as I just defeated my own shadow .

“You really helped us out big time . ” (Neptune)

Neptune said with a smile on his face .

Behind him was the usual Ran and Ril who would only look at Neptune in high regards .

“If you weren’t here, I wouldn’t know what to do at all, and might be stuck in the dungeon for all eternity . ” (Neptune)

“I guess so . ” (Ryouta)

I bitterly smiled and nodded slightly .

I actually tried using a different floor’s shadow monster to reset the stars, but that didn’t work out quite as planned .

Since from the beginning, the shadows would only activate their abilities at their respective floors .

Also, if you bring a rogue monster into a floor, they won’t become doppelgangers of that monster, as tested previously .

“That’s why I’m thankful for your help . Hey, Ril, Ran . ” (Neptune)

He called out his companions .

I don’t think even if Neptune forces them to thank me, they wouldn’t do it——-was what I thought .

“Thank you, Ryouta-san . ” (Ril)

“I thank you from the bottom of my heart . ” (Ran)

“……… . . ” (Ryouta)

I was legit shocked .

If you were to take a picture of me right now and enter a contest with the title [Shock], you might be able to win first prize .

“What, are you really that shocked?” (Ril)

The usual Ril would always act -tsun -tsun, but today she was mostly normal .

“Ah no no . I didn’t expect that you girls would actually thank me properly . ” (Ryouta)

“We’re really grateful okay . ” (Ril)

“That’s right . If it wasn’t for you, we would’ve been trapped in the dungeon, separated from Neptune for all eternity . ” (Ran)

“Yeap! That’s why…… . . Thank you . ” (Ril)

Aah, now I get why .

Being convinced by their words, I nodded .

For them, they couldn’t care less about any other human, except for Neptune .

So when they say that they’re grateful towards me, it’s because if I wasn’t there to help, they would not be able to see Neptune forever and ever .

“We shall head back . ” (Neptune)

“You’re leaving huh . ” (Ryouta)

“Yeap . From our previous experiences, whenever we have any postponement when we started an exploration . After a long time, we want to spend a long and relaxing day to ourselves . ” (Neptune)
“I see . ” (Ryouta)

“Call me if you find something else . Of course I will help if necessary——Boss . ” (Neptune)

So he wasn’t joking when he’s going to start calling me [boss], and obviously the two girls were unhappy when they heard that .

They have their killing intent piercing through me .

“Stop it with calling me boss . ” (Ryouta)

“Ahaha, bye then . ” (Neptune)

He chuckled, then lead the two girls out of the dungeon .

Ran stopped for a moment to wave goodbye, and Ril just looked over her shoulders and nodded .

Though we still have our pending problems, but I’m glad that they’re starting to break the ice between me .

Welp, it’s not like I’ve fully solved this issue, so let’s leave it aside for the time being and head back to relax .

Using the Transfer Gate, I went back to the mansion .

“Kyaa!”

When I came out from the room, I bumped into Alice .

She fell butt first on the floor, and the monsters on her shoulders fell onto the ground as well .

“Ouch ouch… . . Is everyone alright?” (Alice)

The SD sized monsters showed through their body language that they were fine, and one by one climbed back up onto Alices’ shoulder .

Once she confirms that all of them were on board, she stood up .

“I’m sorry Ryouta . ” (Alice)

“It’s aite . Did you hurt yourself?” (Ryouta)

“I’m fine as you can see——-Wait, Boney-chan what that’s, it’s hilarious!” (Alice)

One of the SD monsters, Boney-chan has her eyes—– replaced with a mushroom .

“Ah sorry, that’s on me . ” (Ryouta)

It was the item that I brought back .

Pop! Alice helped pulled the Matsutake out of her eyes .

“Ahahaha, it went pop! Pop pop!” (Alice)

Alice who was laughing hysterically, made her monster friends laugh as well .

Especially the Master Dragon Gau-gau, and Phosphorus, Mera-mera .

If she was in a manga, there would be “LOL” or “笑” emoji’s appearing from above their heads .

“Were those two always like that?” (Ryouta)

“Hm? You talking about Gau-gau and Mera-mera?” (Alice)

“Yeah . ” (Ryouta)

“Of course~” (Alice)

She replied as if it was something obvious .

Wait that’s not right…… was what I wanted to retort back .

It’s certain for Gau-gau not to do that, and definitely not Phosphorus .

The phrase——- like mother like daughter popped up in my mind .

“Alright, here you go . ” (Alice)

“Ah, thanks . ” (Ryouta)

Alice returned the Matsutake back .

“Is this a drop item? And it’s rare for you to not send it to Elza’s place . Or is it that you’re going to eat it?” (Alice)

“Ah that’s not it . ” (Ryouta)

“Fumu fumu, then you’re using it to turn it into a rogue monster . ” (Alice)

“What makes you think so?” (Ryouta)

“That’s because, whenever you bring something that’s neither to eat or to exchange it for money, it’s usually to change it into a rogue monster to test for a different item, isn’t that right?” (Alice)

“I see… . So that’s why you guessed that . ” (Ryouta)

Was it because of the fear of the stars, or was I just impatient .

Usually, I would always test it out immediately to see what the rogue monsters would drop, but so far I have not done it yet .

Even when I was testing the rogue monster shadow at different floors, for some reason it did not cross my mind to test it .

What’s more, it was Neptune the one who defeated the rogue monsters, not me .

“Since I have it with me, so why not . ” (Ryouta)

“I want to see it as well~” (Alice)

Alice then clapped her hands together and followed me .

Thus we both went to the basement, and I placed the Matsutake at the far end of the room, and went away to wait for it to hatch .

“Oooh Ryo-sama! Wait that’s not it, it’s Ryouta?” (Alice)

For a second, Alice thought it was the Dungeon Master from Plumbum, but she then tilted her head sideways in confusion .

Because the rogue monster looks exactly like me .

I used Repetition to instantly kill it .

This was done in order to stop the doppelganger from wrecking havoc in my mansion .

This time it was out of cautiousness .

I was afraid that it would start attacking Alice, and it being the maximum limit of me, that would be dangerous .

“Eh? It didn’t drop anything . ” (Alice)

“It didn’t huh……” (Ryouta)

“That’s weird, usually it would drop something . ” (Alice)

“As far as I remember, this is the first time it didn’t drop something . ” (Ryouta)

“Hmmm, which is why it’s weird . ” (Alice)

“………” (Ryouta)

We both wondered why as well, as we tilt our heads .

Thinking about various things, I took out another Matsutake and placed it on the ground .

When I wanted to hatch it…

“Eh? What’s wrong Mera-mera . ” (Alice)

Mera-mera was reacting to something .

The fire ball, which resembles a human soul was flickering .

Is this how they talk……which once again shows the bond Alice and Mera-mera has with each other .

“Really!? Are you kidding?” (Alice)

“What’s wrong?” (Ryouta)

“Ryouta, look at your arm . ” (Alice)

“My arm?” (Ryouta)

When I checked my arm—-I was shocked .

“It’s gone . ” (Ryouta)

The 12 stars that were tattooed on my arms, were now cleanly wiped out .