Chapter 387

What They Want

Allen, Elena, I have two questions for you.

What is it~?

Its almost your birthday.

Seven!

Thats right. So, we are going to celebrate with everyone again, what would you like to eat then? Thats the first question I want to ask you.

Allen and Elena will soon celebrate their seventh birthday.

We plan to throw a birthday party of sorts, but as expected, it will not be a surprise this time. So, I discussed the food to be served at the party with them. I want something that both of them would want to eat.

The second question I have, is there anything you want for the celebration?

The other thing is birthday presents. I have my own ideas, but I will ask if there is anything they want, just in case.

N~

The two of them tilted their heads and began to seriously consider my questions.

W, well, you dont have to think about it so seriously, just feel free to say whatever comes to mind, okay?

Nn~~~

There was no response from Allen and Elena, who were still troubled.

Ah!

Have you come up with something?

Yea!

The children, who had been thinking for a while, gave me a look that said, Got an idea!, so I immediately asked them what it was.

Something you want to eat? Some item?

Item!

Apparently, they had a better idea of what they wanted as a present.

You know what, you know what!

Allen.

Elena.

Wants a dungeon!

I was astonished to hear their answers.

D, dungeon?

Right! Dungeon!

Thats something you wish for?

Wish for!

That was something too unexpected.

As you can imagine, I cant give them a dungeon as a gift~

I, I dont think dungeons can be owned as private possessions, so I dont think that would be possible~

Cant~?

Yeah.

I was wondering how I could get Allen and Elena to understand that it was a no-go, when

I see~

The children seemed to be convinced in a matter-of-fact manner.

Eh perhaps, you knew that it was no good?

Somehow?

I, I see.

I didnt need to explain, they both knew. They are very understanding children, which is very helpful.

Wanna go.

To a dungeon.

We have already promised to visit a dungeon the next time, no?

Wanna go more!

They gave up on the private owners.h.i.+p of a dungeon, but they are asking me to take them to more dungeons instead?

The twins say it like its going to an amus.e.m.e.nt park or a zoo, but basically, dungeons are basically dangerous places, you know~

Any, anyway, lets discuss which dungeon we should visit next?

Yeah!

We have a promise to go to an advanced dungeon to look for a magic ring, but we havent decided where to go yet. Lets decide on that in detail while were on the subject.

Lets see, the advanced dungeons that the Guild is aware of right now are

I took out the list of discovered dungeons given to me by the Guild.

Oh, come to think of it, we havent been to the advanced dungeon of Guardia yet~

There are a total of five dungeons found in Guardia. The Lower level dungeons: Dungeon of Earth and Dungeon of Snow. The Intermediate level dungeons: Dungeon of Ripples and the Dungeon of Large Animals. The Advanced level dungeon, Dungeon of Scorching Heat. There are two that we havent been to.

Wanna go there!

Where is it, where is it?

Dungeon of Scorching Heat. Its a fire-type dungeon, and its located just between the Capital and Town of Bailey.

When do we go?

Right now?

We cannot go right now~ Were celebrating your birthdays, and I was planning to go to the auction after the New Year.

We cant go right now because I have already made plans.

Auction? Whats that~?

I didnt tell you two about that yet, did I? If I say auction, you wouldnt understand, would you? Lets see its a gathering where a lot of rare items go up for sale and they are sold to the people with the highest bid. Im supposed to go together with Al-sama.

Rare items?

Thats right. Im going to go there because there might be some things Ive never seen before. Do you two want to go?

Hmm, wanna go!

Good. I wondered what I would do if they said they didnt want to go to the auction with me.

Then, the next dungeon we will go to is the Dungeon of Scorching Heat, and we will go there after the auction.

Alright~

Ive never been to a labyrinth with the fire attribute. Just hearing about it, it sounds like a hot place, so we have to be prepared for the heat! But I have no idea what to prepare. For now, lets prepare a lot of cold drinks and ice cream.

Ah, what to do! We have decided without consulting Joule and others~

Ah!

They probably wouldnt say no, but

I immediately decided to call Joule and the others and talk to them.

(Im fine with that place!)

(Yes, me as well.)

(I dont mind!)

(I dont care where, as long as I can go to the dungeon!)

(I fine with that, too!)

I see. Thats good. Lets go there after we finish our scheduled activities.

Then, no one objected. The contracted beasts were all good children, too.

(But Id like to go back to the wooden dungeon we visited before.)

(The Entwined Dungeon.)

Yes, I remember we talked about going there again.

(Tak.u.mi Nii, I would like to continue with the Dungeon of Colors, too!)

(Me too, me too! That place looked amusing, so I wanna go there again!)

Thats for sure. It was a dungeon that made you wonder what the next floor would look like~

Was fun!

The Entwined Dungeon and Dungeon of Colors, huh~ There are many places to visit!

Oniichan, Oniichan.

N? What is it?

Is that all dungeons.

In this country~?

Theres still another dungeon in Guardia that was discovered, the Lower level dungeon, Dungeon of Snow.

Lets go there~

Eh?

I thought all agreed that we could not go to a dungeon right now because of our schedule, but were they not actually convinced?

Lower level!

Will be over soon!

Nn!?

(That sounds good! If you let me and Feat take care of the transportation, it wont take too long, and the Lower level dungeon will be easy to conquer!)

Ehh!?

Ah, darn it! The Lower level dungeon wont take too long to conquer, so lets go there in between our schedules!? Is that what they are saying!?

Allen and Elenas birthday!

A little further away!

Ahh, yeah

Are they saying to postpone the celebration to a few days late?

Oniichan!

I couldnt say no to the appealing look in their eyes.