The castle walls are destroyed, grass is all-you-can-grow, and the outer walls of the castle are pervasively intertwined, but the castle is hardly damaged? I see signs of vandalism everywhere… why are there only potatoes and castles? Isn't there supposed to be a city around the castle? Doubts do not end, but they do not begin.

"Noah? Is this the right place?

"... on the map."

"The abandoned castle is a dungeon, and the monsters live there, right?

"... that's what I hear."

Is it boundaries? I don't know what the monster is, but when I enter through the destroyed gate and open the door...

"Pop it!

Toki?

Hmm?

"You don't want to say hello to dungeons or abandoned castles?

"Really? Don't you get annoyed when you enter people's homes?

"This is a monster house."

"This guy? I live here.

"... really?

Seriously!

I said hello the moment I entered the Abandoned Castle... eh? You live here? I don't know yet, but the castle is beautiful, it doesn't look very abandoned...

"If people live here, do you want them to go somewhere else? I hate finding a house in a boulder..."

"Toshi? It could be where the bandits live. Why don't you just check it out?

"Weren't bandits an endangered species?

Tanya said it wasn't zero.

"There are few, but there are."

"Then just check it out, everybody, and get your weapons ready."

"" "Yes!

Still having trouble sensing, climbing the front stairs while watching the surroundings, trying to explore from the upstairs as a result of the consultation... exploration? I thought there was only one scared... everyone seems to be having fun... is this normal? You think I'm weird?

"Oniichan!

Yukina?

"There's something!

"Yeah, I'm over that door!

Yukina will tell me in a whisper… why can't I understand?

"Gachan"

That's when the door opens...

"... who is it?... what kind of place is this?

"I'm here to hunt monsters..."

"You don't have any monsters? I took it all down a long time ago."

It was my grandmother who came out the door. I somehow understood, but this grandmother has little magic. Does she have precise control and leak anything outside? That's why I didn't know how to sense it with magic.

"Really... excuse me, do you live here?

"... that's a bad word... Speak normally, I live here."

"What's going on? Were you wrong about the guild?

"It's in the right place, and the Guild information is from last year."

"Oh... well, those who don't deserve to be here will be transferred to a different dungeon."

"Eligibility? Transfer?

"Well, no one enters the castle without my permission, and no one without qualifications..."

Did you do something to me again...

There's your little girl.

"It's full of little ones... which one is it?

We're under attack from all directions... from Geshigeshi to Fia.

"Silver-haired lady... Master... doesn't it hurt? It's fine, but I've been eating it..."

"It's okay. It's sturdy."

I see...

Toki?

"Toki? Then I'll match you with a toki."

"What happened to Toki?

"I entered the castle in response to the dragon crest of Toki."

Well then, let's, uh, metastasize? Take the Magic Stone and camp!

It sounds like a pretty important story...