Dungeon Master Makeup Money (formerly known as Dungeon Master Funding)

Yesterday, as yesterday, a knight shows up at the entrance to the dining room waiting to be picked up while having breakfast at the inn, and is led to the salon of the royal castle.

Two people were already waiting for the salon, King Patrick and Prince Randolph.

"I'm really glad I asked you guys to do this."

"No, until I did what I deserved as a requested adventurer."

"Right. Then I'll give you the reward."

When King Patrick signaled, a deacon waiting in the corner of the salon approached him with a small box in a silver tray.

King Patrick, who received the box, offered it to me, so I'll open it.

"We have twenty white gold coins for reward."

"White Gold Coins!?

White gold coins worth a hundred times more than gold coins.

I've never seen the real thing before either.

I haven't even seen it in Illis, where he's been working for quite some time as an A-rank adventurer, but Melissa seems to have seen it in business talks, but she was still surprised that it was the first time she could hold it herself.

"Wouldn't it be hard for you guys to prepare with your skills?

Some deacons here don't know about us, so King Patrick asks about the labyrinth (dungeon) by calling it skill.

I don't know how I actually got it, but thanks to the magic conversion of white gold coins by the previous Labyrinth Master (Dungeon Master), it is possible to get it if you use a chest (Treasure Box).

But to do so, we need to consume magic.

Trying to prepare white gold coins with magic requires immense magic.

I don't want to get white gold coins if I think about the struggle to get that magic. It may be cheaper to have the same amount available in gold coins when considered by magic standards.

Looks like King Patrick didn't know the area because he had no authority as a labyrinth lord and couldn't use labyrinth manipulation.

"No, it's the first time I've seen it. But isn't this amount too breaking as a reward?

When accepting the request, he did not talk about specific rewards.

I didn't expect to get 20 white gold coins.

"That's not true. Not only did you take Randolph to the bottom level, but you also uncovered a labyrinth anomaly. More importantly, he even looked into the raison d 'être of the labyrinth. I hope you think it's all worth it that I figured out on my behalf."

"Thank you."

Claim your reward.

However, white gold coins are not magically converted into magic and given to the labyrinth. You should use it as money.

I'm more concerned about something different than the coins in the box.

"That's not the only reward. The medal in the box is a substitute that only those involved with the royalty were allowed to have. With this, you'll be able to enter the royal castle without a knight accompanying you."

Of course, I will need to verify my identity in front of the royal castle.

This medal is proof that every S-rank adventurer recognized in the country has an association with the kingdom apart from the adventurer card.

"Sorry, I can't get promoted to S-rank"

"Are you saying no to an invitation from the royal family!?

Prince Randolph speaks up, but he laughs at his son's attitude as if he knew this would happen to King Patrick from the beginning.

Unfortunately, it's not possible for us to resign now.

No, maybe it's possible if it's just Iris.

"Your Highness, we took on this request as A-rank adventurers, but this is the first request we receive as A-rank adventurers. It may not be uncommon for a nationally recognized A-rank adventurer to become an S-rank adventurer, but it won't show up to other adventurers if they turn those who have no track record as A-rank adventurers into S-rank adventurers at all."

"Mmmm..."

I still said something. I did, but the king stared at me and pulled me in.

Looks like I just couldn't overlook any more insanity.

They let me use it because I don't have a track record, but as far as I'm concerned, I'm not going to rank any higher. If I become an S-rank adventurer, I won't be able to move freely, and I'll have more troublesome requests.

Besides, most S-rank adventurers live in Wangdu so that they can respond immediately to requests from the royal family.

I cannot leave Alistair because there is a labyrinth, so I am resolutely going to refuse to be promoted to S-rank.

"Then would it be possible to ask an adventurer?

"Absolutely."

"In fact, within a few years, I decided to take over the throne."

Until now, the prince's position is only the first prince.

I couldn't be a king prince because Pesh, the third prince, was against it.

But the third prince, who was opposed to it, was gone, and the third prince himself had lost his allied forces, and the content seemed to have decided to become the king prince by announcing that Prince Randolph had accomplished the ritual necessary to inherit the throne while he lay low.

"I'm still talking inside, but I'm gonna let you gradually help me with my affairs and tailor it to the man I deserve as king"

"Father, tailoring..."

"What happened in the labyrinth somehow poured directly into my head before falling yesterday. That's why I know you're grounded."

It must be due to the labyrinth nucleus.

At that point, it was probably a labyrinth nucleus act worried about the king of the times because he was still a labyrinth lord.

I'm blushing if Prince Randolph is remembering his own faults.

But I don't imitate running away.

"Oh, as I promised on that occasion, I promise to create a country where everyone can live with conviction. So, won't you help me then?

There is no royal arrogance in that face.

Even I like my face better now.

"Yes, but I can't leave the labyrinth too much as a labyrinth lord either. I can't move to Wang Du for long, but I promise to rush when I really need help."

"Right, please"

Naturally enough to lend a hand to the king as a people.

After receiving the reward and after the salon, I go to the Knights' Stuff.

The reason is to hand over the body of a knight who died in the labyrinth.

It seems that the knights belonging to the aristocratic family will be told by their parents that they died in the middle of a special mission, but dealing with the area is not the kind of problem that the Kingsguard Knights should deal with.

"What do you want to do now?

"I got a lot of money for white gold coins, so why don't we do some sightseeing?

This is the first time the five of us have come to the King's Capital.

Because of this, in order to deepen the rapprochement, let's also combine the rapprochement with the Wang Du sightseeing.

"Well, let me show you around"

It was Melissa who took the initiative and started guiding us.

Indeed, she would know more about tourist attractions if she had lived in Wangdu for years.

"Are you all right?

As someone who was up close watching what happened last night, I worry.

"It's okay. You can't keep me depressed forever. Prince Randolph swore to me that he would be the man I deserved as king, so I decided to believe the word. I'm going to do everything I can to be me, too. Believe me, that's for someone I know who died."

"Right."

She is trying to live with all her might as a girlfriend.

We just have to walk next door as buddies.

"Nevertheless, white gold coins are a limited number of places where expensive substitutes can be used. It's going to be a little expensive, but let's show our faces to the magic martial arts store."

"That sounds interesting"

With the magic tools of excavation, it feeds the labyrinth.

It's not a bad idea to explore the King's Capital according to where Melissa wants to go.