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"Ma, wait, Luli. This is a little..."

I tried to return every crate with a million yen to Luli.

"Just a little!? I'm sorry, Shanan. Then I'll have this double, no triple!

No, I'm not... I'm not...

I grabbed Luli's hand and held her back as she rushed out to prepare it.

"No, no! It means you can't take this kind of money."

…… How come? He said Sanan's house had no money. So I thought I'd split my penny for you. Why can't that be?

It's amazing how a million yen is spent on pennies.

"Uh, I don't know, I don't get a lot of money from my friends."

"I have no idea. Why shouldn't I take it?

"Uh-huh... at least I wonder if it's because the protagonist of the game I've ever seen doesn't receive that. Maybe giving or receiving more money than we think is dangerous?

"Oh no... I think I can give all my wealth to Shanan..."

Luli says something terrible...

Exactly, I wonder if our lineage will be resented by Luli's family until the last generation...

"But if so, I can't repay Shanan..."

I was giddy.

Because Luli started pounding and weeping...

"I want to do something for you in Shanan, but I can't do anything. I can't help anything. It won't do anything..."

I put a box of money on the floor and then gently hugged Luli, who cried out. I couldn't help but...

"That's not true. Luli's been helping me enough. Like I said before, I've always wanted a friend to play games with. Luli gave me that wish, didn't she? Even the dungeon quest I'm doing right now, I really didn't mean to have fun looking for your father. But I can't help but have fun throwing a party with Luli. I owe it to Luli to entertain me like this. I'm so glad we're friends, Luli."

Luli was gripping my clothes, burying her face and sniffing.

"Besides, I knew it was your father's fault we were poor! That's why I think it's best if I find your father and make him take responsibility for it. So I can't take this money yet. But if you really need more money than you can do anymore, because then you might rely on Luli."

"Yeah...... yeah! I will always be the power of Shanan..."

I gently stroke Luli's head.

Then Luli narrowed her eyes and sweetened them to make her feel good.

"Then Shanan, do you want to do it now?

"Yeah. Let's get started then!

I took my own special headgear out of the luggage I brought. It's also a strange story that we're going to be together again in the virtual world at a friend's house, but this still seems to be the best for us right now.

We lie down in Luli's bed.

The bed is huge enough for both of us to stand side by side.

That's how we dived into the game.

"Shannon, look, new news is coming."

It's true.

When I opened the announcement of my new arrival, it was an announcement of the event. Apparently it will be held tomorrow Sunday.

... and it looks like an event to attend in the clan, the more people it is, the more advantageous it seems.

"A clan event. I was wondering if you could let me in somewhere..."

……

I'll look around, but I'm not sure which clan to put you in.

"Hey, Sanan."

"Hmm? What?

"Shanan's going to look for your father, isn't he? Then how about we wait in front of Gacha? I might react by looking at Shanan's avatar."

"Uh-huh... because your father left me and your mother and ran away. I think even if you find me, you're gonna make it through."

"So how is Shanan going to find your father?

"Actually, I was trying to find you at this event. Your father is an event lover for games, so I'm sure he'll be in a strong clan and at the top of the event. If you attend this event, you'll get some tips."

Actually, there may not be very specific measures.

I was going to attend the event for now and figure out what to do next after the results.

"So what do you do now? I follow Shanan."

"Oh, yeah. Then why don't you hang out with me for a second? I just wanted to go."

That said, I started traveling on the transfer device after I registered for the party with Luli properly.

That's the first basement floor I had a tutorial on.

"Each hierarchy has had a hidden floor before, hasn't it? So I thought there might be something like that on the first basement floor."

"I see. It makes sense. Then we'll split up and find it."

We started looking for a hidden passage from the transfer floor towards the entrance.

Out in the aisle near the entrance, the wild rabbit is moving around chorocholo. I was the first rabbit to play with a hug.

"Uh-huh, no..."

I can't find anything like a hidden passage anywhere.

That was the time.

"Ahhh!!"

Luli makes a rare loud noise.

"What's going on?

"Yes, now the rabbit has slipped through the aisle there..."

When I saw it, it was a wall I had already looked into.

I'll check that wall again.... but instead of slipping through, there's no trick.

"No. I can't find anything..."

"But there's really a rabbit here... no way!

He came back from afar holding the rabbit, like Luli flashed something. And when he touched the wall as it was, he went into the wall with Sulri.

"I knew it. It's like a trick where you can slip through a wall when you're touching a rabbit!

"Ooh! Nice Luli!

When I touched the wall with my rabbit in my arms, I let her in so she could suck me in.