Allrounders!! - Chapter 26: I'll Go Take a Look at a Dungeon! - Part 2

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Fundamentally, I can do anything Ryoku can do. But, since I want him to learn, I let him do it.

"Mapping of the first floor finished."

Ryoku displays the map with a hologram.

"Gaah!?" Sword got totally startled.

"Good boy, well done." I stroked Ryoku.

"WeLl dOnE, iS, GeTtINg prAiSeD."

"Correct."

"Aww～ you make me all shy." Ryoku became bashful.

"Oi! Ryoku has..."

"Ah, sorry. This is part of his basic functions. It's not that he memorized it."

I just wanted him to do it since it's cute.

"Hey, what's with you wastin' functions on such nonsense!?"

For some reason I got scolded.

"What are you saying? Cuteness is justice, you know? ...Anyway, Ryoku, 『This』 is a trap, 『This』 as well."

"THiS iS trap. THiS AS wElL, trap. THiS AS wElL, trap."

He immediately learned it, and became capable of identifying other traps after understanding traps.

"Well done～"

"Aww～ you make me all shy."

"...Good grief, lately I've been wonderin' whether your not actually an idiot."

The conversation between Ryoku and me earned me a very cold look from Sword.

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We came all the way to the boss room without running into any problems.

"As expected, dungeon clearing with the support of a map is boring. It doesn't let me feel the excitement of being on an adventure whatsoever."

"...Listen, never say that in front of ordinary adventurers, got it?" Sword hurled a warning at me.

I got it. I'm a woman who learns.

I looked up at the door leading to the boss room.

I'm sure no one has wondered how this door came to be. It's pointlessly extravagant with many ornaments, so it'd be ridiculous if this door had become like this naturally.

...Oh well, whatever. It just means that anything goes with magic elements.

Coming to that conclusion in my mind, I opened the door. The boss orc was sitting on its throne.

"...I'm sorry, okay. But it looks like you'll be revived later anyway. Please forgive me since I'll at least do you the favor of killing you in an instant."

"Once again, why the hell are you talkin' to monsters while actin' all cool?"

I was asked by sword, but don't you think it's awful to selfishly trespass into one's home and slaughter its inhabitants? If a monster were to trespass into my home, I'd certainly get angry, so it's way too arrogant to consider it as fair to trespass into their homes.

Even though I say all that, I trespassed and killed the boss. I ran up to it in an instant and delivered a neck chop. Immediately following, the corpses turned into dust and disappeared.

"So there are monsters leaving behind corpses while others don't, huh?"

"The monsters created in dungeons belong to the latter category."

I see, I see.

After the dust had dispersed, a magic stone and a treasure chest became visible.

"...Hey! Why does a treasure chest appear after defeating the boss? This is definitely a present from the dungeon core."

"Don't mind the small stuff. Come on, open it."

It's not small stuff!!

"What is a treasure chest to begin with? Who has placed it there and why? Is it the management? The dungeon management?"

When I opened the chest while unleashing that flurry of muttered complaints, Sword commented, "Oh, it's a winner!"

It contained a medicine bottle.

"...There are winners with treasure chests? It's becoming more and more like an attraction. I suppose this is a giveaway for the sake of entertaining the customers, aka the adventurers."

When I unleashed yet another flurry of grumbles, Sword retorted, "Not like it's a problem. You ain't losin' out on anythin', so stop bickerin'."

"Thank you very much, kind Sir Dungeon Core. I shall humbly accept your gift and go back."

If I remember correctly, it went like that.

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On our way back out, no monsters appeared and no traps got activated either. The dungeon core might as well have provided a door with 【Exit】 written on it.

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After we stepped outside, Sword faced me.

"Now then, I'm in no mood to criticize the dungeon clearin' itself since your way too eccentric. But I'll at least tell you what you need to watch out for when takin' the C-Rank test."

Eh? So he's not going to teach me the tricks of clearing dungeons?

"First off, I'll allow you to bring along Ryoku from now on. It'd be best to expose him to many people for the sake of allowin' him to become well-known, if your goin' to act together with him in the future. However, even though the mappin' will be fine, that thing, you know the one that brightened up the area in front of you, is a no go."

"Eeehh!"

"If you show off somethin' like that, you'll draw the attention of the army, idiot! Your already standin' out by just bein' together with me, so try to avoid to stand out even more!"

"Oh, it came out, your excessive self-consciousness."

"Did you say something!?"

I fervently shook my head.

"I mean, you blabbed 'bout the clearin' bein' borin' while lookin' at a map, didn't you? So show me how you do it without the light thingy!"

"Sure..."

Is it going to become fun by doing just that? ...Oh well, nevermind. I understand. I'm going to enjoy it while thinking of it as an attraction!

A map is boorish when visiting an attraction! It's the best if you can feel excited as you don't know what might pop out!

Raising a fist in the air, I pledged, "You're absolutely right! I'll enjoy it with the self-imposed restrictions! The thrilling feeling of an adventure is indispensable. I mean it's my job after all!"

"Though I believe it'd be better for you to stop bein' an adventurer 'n focus on magic tool creation."

How terrible!

Once I pouted, he stretched my cheeks again.

"Y-o-u! Get it into your head that your upsettin' people by just breathin'! Adventurers are quick to pick a fight and very short-tempered, so it's dangerous if you run around while naturally pissin' off people!"

"Eiih donchdo aniiffin liek dat."

"You do! Realize it, idiot!"

Pah, that's not true!