I'm a former Knights badger.
I emerged from the civilian population with power alone, and finally climbed up to the Knights of the First Knights, but was injured and fell into slavery. But now Master Verheim has bought me off and I'm in charge of guarding the mansion.
It's my day off. I'm just finishing my morning workout and figuring out where to go.
Hmm, is there anything interesting about it?
"Badger, off today? Want to come with me to the dungeon of the king's capital?
Hmm?
She is also the silica of Master Verheim's slaves.
A dungeon.
Perhaps.
"That's good. By the way, my adventurer rank is A.
"I'm C.
"Right. Shall we go then?
The two of us leave the mansion and head to the city of Wangdu.
Well, silica's pretty beautiful...
My eyes hurt from around...
All right, we're finally here.
Gacha
"Hello, would you like to take the request?
The receptionist talks to me.
"No, I wanted to throw a party for two."
Silica told the receptionist.
"Got it. What is the name of the party?
"What would you like? Badger, what can I get you?
"Mm-hmm...."
"So you're the servant of the Ciel family or something?
"I think it's too much.
"Hmm. Is there anything else?
"Mm-hmm, no..."
"Then this is fine.
"Ho, are you sure?
The receptionist is pulling a little.
"Well, it's a temporary party. That's it, right?
Silica says.
"Okay. Register at" Servant of the Ciel family ". So, what do you do today?
"Hmm, what would you like"
"Oh, how about a request to defeat the boss of this king's dungeon?
"Hmm, 50 hierarchical boss ice golem? An A-rank demon, but... well, we wouldn't have a problem right now.
"Are you okay?!? You still have your elves ranked..."
"No problem. She's low in rank, but she's no different in strength than me. That we would die in the first place from such demonic attacks.
The clothes that Master Verheim gave you are inflicted with magic attack nullity and physical attack nullity magic.
"Got it. Accepted."
"Do you want to go now?"
"Oh, go.
Uh, 20 minutes later.
"All right, is this the king's dungeon? I've never seen this before, but how about some silica?
"It's my first time, too. Let's go."
"Oh."
You have quite a line of people. Will they take the entrance fee? Well, I'm getting paid too, so I'll be fine in a little bit.
"Five pieces of silver... that's a fair amount of money."
"Right. Do you want to come in soon?
Pay the admission fee to the reception and go inside.
"Is this the dungeon?
"They say there's a path to the next hierarchy at the deepest end of each floor. Let's just get to the 50 tiers.
"Right. You don't have time to deal with slime like this.
"Strengthen your body"
"Strengthen your body"
"We're going down to the 30th floor in the dash for now.
"Copy that!"
"It's a race to see which one gets there first. Three, two, one, zero"
Dodd dodd dodd.....
Running at high speeds with physical strengthening. Probably over 100 km/h.
All right, 10th floor. Then we got to the 20th and 30th floors.
"We're here.
"My win! Lunch tomorrow!
"You're lying! That's not true.
"Fair enough. You've come this far, but the demons are weak. Let's just get to the 50th floor.
"Right.
The two of us run side by side.
"Speaking of which, what's the boss like coming out?
"Mm-hmm. It's not like there's a boss room. He's only the strongest of the demons that normally live just because he's called the boss because he's strong at the boss level.
"I see.
"Especially when it's on the 50th floor, there's hardly anyone there, and I guess there's places no one's ever been.
"Right. Speaking of which, what floor is the dungeon here in the deepest reaches of the people?
"It only said 94 hierarchies in the book. It said 100 years ago that the wise man had gone that far.
"94 hierarchies? Is that such an awesome place? Why don't we just get to where we can go after the Ice Golem crusade today?
"Right. I'd like to see what we've got. Well, if it's Verheim or Lina or Seba, I can afford to go up to 1000 floors and come back..."
"Right. Don't you have to worry about those people because they're no longer the strength of another dimension?
"Right. Oh, it's time to get to level 50.
"You're here.
The 50 tiers are like ice caves.
"Um, Ice Golem. Somewhere?
The 50th tier's pretty low on demons...
There you are.
"I wanted to be there. There, that's the ice golem, isn't it?
"Should I appraise it? Appraisal"
"Right. Appraisal"
Name: Icegolem (A-Rank)
lv: 60
Health: 15000/15000
Magic: 2500/2500
Force: 1500
Defense: 1000
Fastness: 10
"You're definitely in Ice Golem. It's no big deal. Let's just knock him out.
"Right. Just knock it down. Firebomb."
Ice golem explodes from the inside and splashes.
Oh, scared. It's an instant kill.
In the meantime, I flew away with a magic stone.
Hmm?
Smells like blood!?
"Hey."
"This is not good.
"This way.
Copy that.
A woman in her early 20s was lying and bleeding about 30 seconds walking and was about to be killed by a golem a turn bigger than an ice golem.
"That's a blizzard golem.
"You know what?
"You know it, but if you appraise anything, you'll know it in an instant. If you don't help him sooner, he'll die.
"Appraisal"
Name: Icegolem (S-Rank)
Lv: 100
Health: 50000/48500
Magic: 5000/5000
Force: 2000
Defense: 3500
Fastness: 25
Slight but weak health.
A little.
probably resisted.
"Right. Let's go."
"Strengthen your body! Oluuuuuuuuuu!!!
Zubaah!!!!
When I waved my sword and cut it into blizzard golems, the golems broke in two and collapsed.
"Appraisal"
This woman is dying right now.
Name: Irina
Race: People
Lv: 31
Health: 2000/24
Magic: 2500/0
Force: 100
Defense: 100
Fastness: 100
Status: Dying
Title: C-Rank Adventurer, Betrayed
"Wow. This is terrible. Heels."
You should be fine for one second. At least 200 health will be healed.
"Why are C-rank adventurers here?
"I don't know.
There is a traitor. Must have been betrayed by a fellow party player. Poor thing.
"But this is that one. That's a level I need to take home and treat.
"Right. I'll ask Master Verheim in a nutshell.
"Whoa. Permission granted. I'll get him right away. I taught you metamorphotic magic the other day! He said he could transfer to the designated demon stone.
"That's convenient. Can we transfer the three of us?
"Maybe I'll be fine. Then hang in there for a second."
Silica begins chanting.
Transfer! "
Shh.
My vision switches to the Mansion.
Shh!
"How are you? You're doing it, aren't you?
"Wow. This is convenient. I'm gonna get this guy to bed for now.
"They say you can use the bed in the empty room, so that's it.
"Got it.
I'll carry this woman to a place where we have a room for servants.
"Phew, is this okay?
I put a woman to bed in an empty room and sit in a chair.
"Oh, I'm going to report on the achievement of today's request, so please, about that person!
"Okay. Just drop by when you get back."
"Okay. Bye."
"Oh."
- Five hours later.
Silica returned about 2 hours ago but the woman is still asleep. I guess Silica is in her room now. And it's 16: 00. Don't let Master Verheim come back in about an hour.
"Mm... mmm...."
Hmm? Wake up?
"Are you all right?
"Mm-hmm? Is the golem...? What about you?
"I'm what you call a badger. The Golem is down.
"Do you have that golem? You're strong... and I'm Irina, a C-rank adventurer. Thank you so much for treating me in such a place."
"No, this isn't my place. This is my Lord's mansion.
"Uh... Lord... are you?
"That's right. This is the mansion of Lord Verheim, the Earl of Ciel.
"Ki, nobles!? I can't stay in a place like this..."
"I'm fine. Don't worry, Master Verheim is a warm man. When I heard you were dying, you allowed me to treat you at the Mansion.
"Really... thank you so much..."
"And one more thing that bothers me... if you don't want to, you don't have to tell me, but why were you on the 50 tiers alone, C-rank adventurer?
"It was... actually me, the wizard of the B-rank party. Everyone around me was a B-rank or A-rank person and I was told I was stuck on my feet. I was here today to crusade the Ice Golem, but unfortunately I met Blizzard Golem, a S-rank demon... and I was made..."
"Well... that was hard.
"Thank you..."
...
...
...
...
Silent time ensues.
"Can you feel like going back to being an adventurer now?
...
She doesn't answer.
Well, I can't help it. It's hard for my people to betray me.
"I'm not saying I can't. Aren't you willing to try being a servant of the Ciel family?
"Huh?"
"We're understaffed. All servants are assigned private rooms and they have time off. It comes morning, noon and evening. By the way, pretty advanced, no, I guarantee you the best training in the world.
"# 1 in the world...?"
"That's right. Just so we're clear, it's easy enough to avenge the ones who made you feel bad. What do you say we get stronger here and give back to the one who ran away with you?"
...
...
"I will..."
...
"I will be strong and I will be sure to look back on them!!!
"Right. One final caveat, then. The Ciel family has a large number of secrets. I will be sure to have that protected. It is also forced by Master Verheim's sorcery.
"Forced...? Is...? Isn't that a veto right for me when you tell me about it?
"You got it.
"Mr. Badger, it's awful. Smile."
"Right. Well, that would have been nice.
"Right.
Er side illiner
I'm Irina. A mediocre wizard. I've been called mediocre since I was a child, and I've lived as a mediocre wizard even as an adult. At the party, he fell, didn't stand about, kept being told he was stuck on his feet, let alone picked up to escape the S-ranked demon.
Oh...
What was my life like?
So my consciousness broke off.
When I woke up, it was a beautiful room.
Where am I?
Hmm?
A man is sitting in a chair in front of me.
Pretty good guy in Gatai. This guy helped you...?
He still helped me when I was listening, and his name was Badger. By the way, this seems to be a noble mansion called the Ciel family.
The nobleman's mansion...!?
Can I stay here!? I'm a civilian!? So many filthy civilians in your noble mansion...
Instead of saying that Mr. Badger would be fine, however, he came to solicit me as a servant.
Am I the servant? This mediocre me? The nobleman's servant is impossible.
But Mr. Badger told me that he would promise the best possible environment. Besides, you told me I'd make you stronger than that, enough to avenge the ones who abandoned me.
Yeah, I'll be the servant here.
No, but a way to be strong like that is by doing illegal drugs and human experiments.
Either way, I don't have the energy to live.
I don't care anymore!
Gacha
A child who would still be a student came in with the door of the room inadvertently vacant. The son of a nobleman?
"Is the woman you were telling me about okay?
The child said.
"Welcome back. Dear Verheim, I'm mostly recovering from my condition now.
Hmm? Master Verheim? Master Verheim is the lord of nobility, isn't he?
"Right, thanks. Uh, my name is..."
"Oh, my name is Irina. Thank you so much for this time.
Thank you very much. I don't know from who, but at least if you're more courteous than this Mr. Badger.
"Right. Mr. Irina? Are you feeling all right? Should I wear the perfect heel just in case?
"I'm okay now and... Huh?
Hmm?
Hmm?
Hmm?
Did you hear the perfect heel?
Wait, wait, wait. Something suddenly made my body super light and all the scratches everywhere disappeared...!?
"Okay, now you're okay.
No way, this kid really has the perfect heel!?
No, that can't be right. You can't use Lost Magic's Perfect Heel without chanting. That should have worked the same with high heels.
"It's a boulder, sir. I, I wanted to invite Irina in as a servant, and we've already talked about it.
Your husband...!? Does that mean this man is the head of the Ciel family!?
The child is the lord of the aristocracy? What do you mean?
More than that, the moment I heard Mr. Badger speak now, the atmosphere of this child changed gallantly. Scary.
"Well... you can keep a secret...? Or force him to keep it... but more prepared to see the secrets of the Ciel family than that? Let's get this straight. We're a nobleman full of secrets, right?
"Yes. Still, he said you'd be strong enough to show off the people who abandoned me. Then I can take anything.
"Right. Um, I'm sorry if I'm making a mistake, but even if it's a secret about the house, it's not like the house is running illegal human experiments or drugs, is it?
Huh?
Then how do you make this mediocre me stronger?
"Don't worry, I can only guarantee that you'll be absolutely strong.
says Mr. Badger.
"Okay.
"Well, then, I will now dispense a uniform for work and a robe for combat and a ring for the keys to the house with the magic of keeping the Syel family secret. Um, there it is. Yes, this and this and this.
Huh?
Huh?
Huh?????
Two clothes and a ring came out of nothing?
Why is that?
"Um, where did you come from?
"This is magic called space storage. I think the wizard will be able to use it in a couple of years or so.
Yes?
It's Lost Magic...
"And I can feel something amazing from that ring and clothes..."
Those rings and clothes, they're not just clothes. Besides, the clothes that Master Verheim is coming for aren't just any more.
"Oh, because this garment is granted physical attack nullity and magic attack nullity and clean magic. And the effect of this ring... well, explain it to the badger later. And it's good to be a servant from today, right? You can use this room as it is. Badger, I need you to introduce Mr. Irina to the mansion later.
"Got it.
"Got it.
At this point, Lord Verheim of the Earl of Ciel family became my lord.