Let’s be an Adventurer! ~Defeating Dungeons with a Skill Board~

Three days from there. Haruki and his colleagues continued defeating deer while mapping on the 17th floor.

Haruki returned to the ground after the third day of hunting and felt uncomfortable with the usual scenery.

When I looked suspiciously and looked around, I immediately noticed the strangeness.

"Hmm, is that house so beautiful?"

"Um, was it a little more tattered?"

Next to Seiki's house is Kitora-san and another one-story house.

The owner of the one-story house was lost five years ago at Stampede.

No one lives from there. Because of that, the house became tattered.

Houses where people do not live will age faster as if they have lost their lives.

The one-story building was now being repaired (although not necessarily a new one).

Restorative black wood is used on the walls of the house.

Seiki doesn't overlook the small changes she sees.

Despite this, Seiki did not realize that the one-story building had been repaired so far.

What Seiki did not notice was the location of the house.

The one-story house was located just behind a dungeon garage or barricade.

Because he was completely settled in the blind spot of the building, he did not notice even Seiki.

"Is anyone over there?"

"Because it was a vacant house, there is a possibility, but ..."

Probable, but very low.

At least, there is currently no advantage for ordinary people to move from other towns and villages to K town.

If anyone migrates, it's almost an adventurer.

Even if adventurers move their homes to K town for dungeons, some properties can be moved in without repairs.

Those who like to get a house until they have repaired it are not good.

"Sometimes black timber is kind of weird ..."

Despite the northern country, hot days of 30 degrees or more may continue.

In addition, the summer hours are longer than in Honshu.

In such a land, if you use black timber for the walls of the house, the heat will be trapped in the house in midsummer and it will be difficult.

"... What is that !?"

Seiki, who was looking at the adjacent one-story house, made a surprise voice.

Haruki and his colleagues in Asahikawa gathered boss materials until magic bags became buns.

Due to the strength of the wood, it was piled up in the corner of the premises to be used even when it could be used someday.

The wood was no longer clean.

"The wood we collected!"

"Well, it's gone."

Seiki and the lotus dropped their shoulders.

No matter how expensive it could not be sold, it was useless at the moment, and although it was a waste material, it was the material of the dungeon lord who first defeated them.

If you lose it, you cannot help but be discouraged.

"The culprit is the resident of that house."

"is not it"

They look at the house with their eyes sitting.

So that's it. The one-story buildings are black in some places because they were built using dark giant wood.

The amount of lumber was just enough to repair a one-story building.

"I see ..."

Haruki was also responsible for leaving the dungeon lord's material outside, but that doesn't mean that people who use it are not responsible.

It's like you've been scolded from the side for something you loved until the end of your meal.

Haruki knocked on the one-story door with some resentment.

"……Hmm?"

"eh!?"

Seeing the person appearing quietly from the door, Haruki forgot his anger and stood up stunned.

A muscular body with a height higher than Seiki.

Although she has no expression, she can see the color of emotion behind her eyes.

The person is a member of Aerial, led by Kagemitsu.

It was a great swordsman van.

`` Why is Van here !? ''

"... training"

"Um, alone?"

"Hmm"

"What happened to others?"

“…………”

As usual, Van is expressionless, but the back of his eyes shook as if it hurt.

There must have been something.

Otherwise he wouldn't be alone and set up a house in this place.

But what the hell is ...

There is atmosphere that we are worried about, but are hard to hear.

Above all he does not speak much.

Will you answer me when I hear it?

"Soraboshi, Soraboshi"

The lotus approached Seiki and whispered in her ear.

"Do you like wood?"

"……Ah"

As told by Fire Lotus, Seiki recalled her original purpose.

However, if the opponent is with Van, I can not get out strongly.

In addition, the strong emotions in Seiki had disappeared as he appeared before him.

He talks with his mouth without hesitation, but Haruki is a superior person who must understand his tone.

Like Kagemitsu, Van is a senior adventurer.

Haruki, a small citizen, couldn't do anything to complain straight to the superior adventurer.

"Um, Mr. Van, the wood that was there ..."

"Hmm?"

I'm afraid of the adventurer's reaction.

Curled up slightly, Haruki uttered a voice as if to stroke a cat.

"Actually, it was wood I got from Asahikawa ...

"……Ah?"

(Oh, angry!)

Looking down on Girori and Van, Haruki is jammed into words.

Did he have a rude attitude toward the superior adventurer?

Seiki has a greasy sweat on his forehead, desperately annoying her how to repair it.

Van was sweating a lot of cold on his back, watching the bright sky.

(Was the wood used to repair the house an airborne item?)

There are many piles of discarded timber in Hokkaido because the trees were cut down, but the transportation costs were enormous, and even if they were sold, they would be in the red.

Perhaps Van had arbitrarily assumed that what was here was such dumped wood. .

(Bad ... bad)

Van's back freezes in the air, as if he was curled up and in a posture like a battle.

As an extra bonus, the eyes of the mask may be flashing!

(The air is angry !?)

Originally, Van is a character who can not express his emotions, so his expression is only calm, but his inner heart is right and left.

He was very upset.

Van used the items that the air got from the Lord of the Dungeon.

How can you apologize if you apologize ...?

"……sorry"

"Oh, no. It's a material that we don't plan to sell originally.

"This is handmade ..."

"Huh ???? A little van why a knife!"

Suddenly, Van sat down and hit the knife he had pulled against his belly.

Looking at the figure, Seiki turned her face blue.

(Why did this happen !?)

"Stop stop !!"

Hurry to stop, managed to prevent Van's split.

But why did Van take such an unusual action?

There are few words and there is not much change in expression.

Seiki couldn't help but feel anxious about interacting with Van.

The interior of Van's house was full of wood.

Freshly scented, like a log house.

Haruki imagined that the interior was also black because he used the black material of the dungeon lord, but that was not the case.

The walls are plastered and white, and the floors are light wood.

It looks like a comfortable home.

It is hard to imagine that it was a rotten one-story building.

Currently, there was only one large bag and a wooden chaise lounge in the room.

"Good house"

"Hmm"

"How long has this house been restored?"

"Three days ago"

"eh?"

In response to Van, Haruki rounds her eyes.

No matter how small a house, it is unlikely that it could be repaired in just three days.

"It's pretty fast. How many people repaired it?"

"One person"

"What?"

"Only me"

`` Did you make it !? ''

In the words of Van, Seiki relieved.

It was surprising that he built the house alone, but it was also surprising that the creator was a van.

No wonder he had such a talent ...

"Maybe Van was made this chair too?"

"……Ah"

Seiki could look at the only thing in the room, looking at the furniture.

The chaise lounge has a backrest and handrails on both sides.

Produced from black timber, there is a sense of luxury.

When touched by hand, the timber is tightly meshed and the touch is very good, as if you did not think that it was made by an individual.

Even if you look at the chaise longue, you can't find any nails or screws.

Frighteningly, the chaise lounge seems to be built with only fittings.

As a hobby, advanced technology is poured.

There was definitely a quality that would sell if this were sold.

"……price"

"Um"

"Trees ... how much?"

"Oh, oh!"

Apparently, Van seems to offer Seiki a repayment.

No matter how much you know your face, making it right here can lead to problems later.

Money problems have to be solved exactly.

So, Haruki honestly talked about the estimated selling price of wood.

"It's a million yen in all."

The price was assessed by Akane.

Haruki had no problem selling at that price, but unfortunately he couldn't sell it because he didn't buy timber at the K-machi purchase store.

(If you buy it at a reasonable price, you will lose money due to transportation costs)

It would be fine if the price was assessed by Akane.

Any discount may be applied.

I thought so, but ...

“…………”

Van floats a serious color on his eyes and grabs a knife.

"Apologies--"

"Wait, wait! No stomach !!"

Why do you want this man to be so hungry?

Haruki managed to steal the knife and hand it to the lotus.

I'm sorry that I'm almost hungry in front of me.

Handing the knife to the lotus, Haruki kisses Van with her knees.

"In other words, Van doesn't have any money right now?"

"……sorry"

"No, you don't have to apologize."

It was an unfortunate accident that Van used wood without permission.

In the first place, Seiki, who left important dungeon materials outside the house, has no point.

Seiki has no thoughts about using wood.

Aside from this, Seiki couldn't help but care about Van's condition.

He is one of Hokkaido's leading adventurers.

Seiki was surprised that the adventurer didn't have a million yen.

There is a shock that the savings of employees working for a super famous company were zero.

No way, I think so.

"I'm sorry, why are you saving so little?-It's a selfish image, but if you're a member of Aerial, it looks like you're making good money ..."

"... No, there was money, to buy a house."

"Ah"

A house whose owner has disappeared is given to the municipality.

Of course, it is limited to properties that have cleared the right.

Properties that become property of the municipality are sold conditionally at low prices.

This one-story building was also a property of that kind.

And Van bought this house.

There is an aerial team house in Sapporo.

Although Sapporo and K town are quite far away, it is not enough to spend a lot of money and stay in K town. Yes, Seiki thinks.

But that is Seiki's idea.

Van must have something profound.

"... I understand. Please be assured about your payment. You can explore freely in this dungeon and you can hunt all you can because there are few people!

"Oh ... oh"

Of course, Seiki isn't going to make Van's mistakes gone.

If neglected here, the problem could eventually recur.

If so, it's better to resolve it early on to cut down on your retrospective grief.

"Oh, yes. It's okay to return the money, not the money."

"The actual thing ...?"

"Yes. It's a 'garage dungeon', but it's a forest stage from the 16th floor. You can probably cut the trees there, so you can return them with wood."

"HM"

Van folded his arms and wrinkled between his eyebrows.

At first glance, it looks as if he were angry.

In fact—Van thought that Van was angry, the lotus sitting next to Seiki became a bit harder.

But Haruki was not scared.

Regarding the subtleties of Van's expression, Seiki grasped the pattern to some extent in the last few minutes.

Haruki's observing power, trained in plate making, captured his subtle changes in facial expression.

Although Van is now scared, Haruki realized that he wasn't angry, he was just thinking about his thoughts.

(I guess he's easy to be misunderstood)

He was scared because of his scary look, so he didn't want to be scared and couldn't speak any more.

If you talk about it, you can immediately notice that you are not a bad person.

But Van is pretty clumsy. Seiki felt a little dumb, but horribly clumsy.

Because it's clumsy, you can't soften the place with good conversation.

Even if he talked about gags to relax the scene, he would have been pulled or even frightened unnoticed.

He lost his hand and could only silence.

"I see. I do something."

"Well, thank you."

"Leave it"

For the wood used in this way, Seiki could be returned to Van by wood.

Otherwise, Seiki is in a position to ask him for teaching.

I never dreamed that I would be in a position to raise money for Van.

(If it calms down, it might be nice to teach him a lot.)

Haruki shaking hands with Van decided to ask the most difficult question.

"By the way, why is Van in the" garage dungeon "?"

"... I left Aerial."

“…………”

「――Eh !?」

Seiki thought it wasn't. However, it was just one of the possibilities.

Perhaps he hadn't even considered the possibility, Fire Lotus clasped his mouth with a surprise voice.

Van came to town K and bought a one-story house.

That is the movement of those who will be based in the "garage dungeon".

Currently alone. There is only one baggage.

In other words, he can imagine that he would work alone, not aerial.

"Can you ask why?"

"... retraining"

Reforge.

In other words, it means to retrain from scratch.

However, Haruki doesn't understand.

Does Van really need to be trained and rehabilitated by himself?

It seemed to me that in an environment where people with similar skills were around, it was more convenient for Seiki.

At least Seiki is strongly influenced by the lotus.

A few days ago, I just felt regrettable about the growth speed of the lotus.

I'm sorry that I just renewed my determination to do more.

Thanks to that, I got a little short of sleep ...

Being able to ignite the spirit of struggle is very important and valuable.

In particular, the further you go up, the more difficult it becomes.

If you let go of it, it's not a mediocre thing.

"Can you ask what happened?"

“…………”

Van once again wrinkled between his eyebrows and tied his mouth tight.

This is an expression that I do not want to say much.

Did you go too deep?

Haruki regretted trying to change the topic.

However, Van opened his mouth sooner than Seiki changed the topic.

"... it's weak"

"e?"

"I'm weak"

`` No, it's really strong from me! ''

"As an aerial ..."

"I thought it was proportionate to the aerial ..."

"..."

Van stared at Seiki.

It's kind of like to say that you don't know anything.

Certainly, Seiki doesn't know anything.

I don't know what Van is worried about, so I shouldn't have had a simple follow-up.

(It was open-minded ...)

Seiki exhaled an inner sigh.

The air in the space lowers the temperature.

In the air that hesitates even to move the body,

"--Nhoooooo !!"

Pohun! With a click, a cep popped out of the lotus bracelet.