Chapter 82

The four of them left their smartphones in the room and entered the PD.

Inside the PD, Danpon was playing Pokémon Silver alone.

Mikoto wasn't there.

It seemed they couldn't leave the Kyoto Dungeon.

"Wh-what is this!? You brought so many people this time! Taira, this is totally unfair!"

Danpon was in a rare angry mode.

Did I push it too far?

"I managed to marry everyone."

"Is that so? Then it's fine."

Danpon's anger cooled down instantly, like liquid nitrogen had been poured over it.

Reason had retreated.

"Danpon, this is really you... I've never seen you in real life. Ayame Tsuchino."

"Nice to meet you, Miko Makuno."

"Ah, I didn't introduce myself earlier. I'm Ayame Tsuchino."

"Yeah, everyone knows about you from Taira. Wait, where's the other one?"

"\"The other one?\""

"Waterfield. I often hear that Waterfield is a really good person! Actually, you only talk about Waterfield."

When Danpon said this, the three of them glared at me.

Hold on, hold on, hold on. I do think Waterfield is a good person.

But I don't remember talking about her that much.

"Danpon, I didn't talk about Waterfield that much, did I!?"

"Huh? It wasn't Taira, it was Kuro who said it."

Ah, Kuro.

Indeed, the time I spend with Kuro is overwhelmingly dominated by Waterfield.

It makes sense that I talk about her a lot.

"Hey, Danpon, are there showers and beds here? And a changing room?"

Hime looked around and asked.

There's no such convenient thing.

If there were, I would have used them.

"There's no changing room. Showers are free, but baths and lodging are paid services."

"Huh? They exist!?"

"It's written in the list of services I showed Taira before."

Danpon showed me the paper with the service details.

It was the one Danpon showed me.

It listed services like HP recovery, MP recovery, and weapon repair.

"Wow, convenient services."

"Using the MP recovery service would be helpful for improving magic proficiency."

"But it doesn't mention showers or beds."

"Look at the bottom right."

Following Danpon's advice, I looked at the bottom right.

There, in very small print, it said:

[Accommodation, showers, baths, saunas, toilets, cleaning, delivery, telegrams, and various document applications are available upon request.]

"Really!?"

No way, I didn't notice such small print.

"Showers and toilets, as well as various document application services, have been free from the beginning. However, we request a DP donation for cleaning costs."

"Come to think of it... when I went to the back room earlier, there were a lot of things."

Ayame added.

No way, I thought the back room was Danpon's private room.

So, when I had to go to the toilet during long dungeon dives, I had to go back home each time, and my mom even suspected I had frequent urination.

"What about those piles of D-cans? There are five of them."

"Those are from Ushizou. The four piles are sorted by the difficulty of opening. From left to right, they get easier to open, and the last one is already opened."

"There's one that's already open?"

Huh? Level 3... The opening condition is quite troublesome, so I never intended to open it.

Currently, Waterfield is trying to collect 150 Pokémon, which is one of those conditions.

I checked the detailed appraisal for the opening condition.

[Opening Condition: Be proposed to by multiple women]

There it is!

I remember that can!

I never thought such a situation would happen in my life, but I didn't expect it to actually happen.

Inside was a jewelry box adorned with gems.

[Luxury Treasure Chest: The items inside change based on specific conditions]

What are the specific conditions?

I checked the detailed appraisal again.

[Specific Condition: Number of spouses]

So, the more spouses, the more the contents change.

Once the Black Dungeon is cleared, this state will end.

I have to open it now.

I opened the box.

Inside were four skill orbs.

Given the number of people, it seems each person gets one.

"Let's each eat one. Don't bite it."

"The skill is... ah, how do you read this?"

"It's 'Kinsou Souwa.' 'Kinsou' means a small zither, and 'Sou' means a large zither. Since the sound of the zither and the large zither harmonize well when played together, it symbolizes a harmonious relationship between a couple."

Milk explained.

Do they teach such things in prestigious schools?

I had no idea.

"Kinsou Souwa is a rare skill that has no effect when used alone. However, it works when multiple people in the party have the same skill."

"What's the effect?"

In response to my question, Hime answered.

Leveling up began.

The growth ring and growth ribbon I entrusted to Waterfield are set to arrive in a few hours in real time.

For now, we moved to the eighth floor of the Shirahama Dungeon, using its data as a reference.

"Amazing. Normally, it takes time to find monsters in a dungeon, but there are so many here."

Hime said, breaking a mimic disguised as a treasure chest.

"It might be a bit tough for me and Ayame, who consume a lot of MP."

"We need to use Danpon's MP recovery service effectively to defeat them."

"Right. Our goal is to reach the twentieth floor together."

Normally, the PD can only recreate floors that have been visited.

However, with the administrator's permission, it can go deeper.

For example, at Ishibutai D, I received permission from the administrator to copy data for floors I hadn't visited, in recognition of my achievement in defeating the Bite Wolf.

And then—

"Mikoto, what a stylish parting gift you left."

I muttered to myself.

Danpon told me that the Kyoto Dungeon's data can be referenced up to the twentieth floor.

It seems Mikoto, the Kyoto Dungeon administrator, gave permission.

Mikoto must have known this would happen, given how smoothly everything went.