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Chapter 78

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“Nnn-aaah! Finally outside! I’m tired~ This time I’m really tired.” (Emilia)

“Good job, Emilia. Sofia, good job too. Mira, you as well. We still need to do appraisal and settlement, but for now, let’s drink some fluids and take it easy.” (Kouta)

We had just returned from the third floor of the dungeon, and everyone was exhausted. As the enemies kept coming at us one after another, we deepened our coordination accordingly. As our movements improved, we even started having enough room to exchange opinions in the middle of battles.

Then, as we adjusted our sense of distance and timing with one another, Emilia and Sofia started getting into it and insisted on continuing the fight, so we ended up staying pretty late. Originally, the plan was to leave the dungeon by 3 or 4 PM. Even so, the reason we somehow managed to get out before 5 PM was solely thanks to Mira’s sacrifice.

“Come on, Mira, just cheer up already. Sulking for so long is so not like you.” (Sofia)

“That’s right. Snap out of it, Mira, like you always do.” (Emilia)

“…” (Mira)

I applied to use the appraisal room at the guild counter and returned to everyone. We’d have to wait for just under 40 minutes. Mira’s mood still hadn’t improved.

“We even let you borrow Kouta’s back, you know?” (Emilia)

“That’s right. I wanted him to carry me, but I gave up the spot to Mira, you know?” (Sofia)

“Even if you gave it up, I didn’t want it… I told you, didn’t I!? I said I could walk on my own! And yet, you guys…!” (Mira)

Yes, I carried Mira on my back and ran us all the way home. Even though she was saying this now, back then she was so exhausted that she couldn’t even stand up. If we had waited for Mira to recover, we would’ve been stuck there forever, so everyone decided on a forceful solution.

“Well, someday this’ll be a funny story we’ll all laugh about.” (Kouta)

“Guh… uuu…” (Mira)

Mira sent me a resentful glare at my words, but even so, she reined in her anger.

Well, most of that is probably just her hiding her embarrassment.

“When the two of them wanted to keep going, I said we should head back, didn’t I? The one who changed her mind was none other than you, Mira, right? Then, you should take responsibility for your own decision.” (Kouta)

That’s what I told her at the scene before forcibly carrying her on my back. So, I think she does understand. Now all that’s left is for her to sort out her feelings. Knowing Mira, she won’t dwell on it for long.

We sold off everything except the never-before-seen items.

Things like the swords that goblins drop… we’ve seen so many of them in shops that they were sold off too. With an attack power of 9, they’re popular items worth 50,000 yen. Even the buyback price is 20,000 yen, which is a great deal. Recently, due to demand, it had gone up another 5,000 yen. It was definitely worth the trouble of carrying them back.

“For now, we’re done with the immediate settlement, but depending on the appraisal results, we might sell the remaining items too, okay?” (Kouta)

“Ah, I’m counting on you.” (Mira)

“If it’s something good, I’d like to use it.” (Sofia)

“Yeah, I don’t know about that…” (Kouta)

“Ah, stop that, Sofia.” (Mira)

Good, it looks like Mira agrees with me. It seems like she’s calmed down, and I’m relieved. After all, even if it was a rare item, it’s still something dropped by a goblin. However, the appearance is extremely bad. No matter how good the performance is, I don’t want Sofia wearing something like that.

“This time we seem to have made quite a bit of money, but one of the reasons is the rising buyback price of goblin knives and swords. Does anyone know anything about that?” (Kouta)

I said “anyone,” but this kind of topic is clearly Mira’s forte. I hoped that talking would help her get back into her usual rhythm.

“It’s probably because they’re being used in weapon development in various countries. Well, in most cases, they only modify the shape, and the maximum attack power is 10 to 12. It doesn’t come close to Japan’s ‘Kokimaru’. Still, in some countries, there are movements to use them as warheads to act as a deterrent against monsters.” (Mira)

“Would that even be effective?” (Kouta)

“They’ve gone through with it because it’s expected to have some effect. I don’t know how much they plan to stockpile, but apparently they’re buying them up all over the place. Japan probably has no choice but to raise prices too.” (Mira)

“Hmm. Mira, when that’s over, do you think the prices will return to normal?” (Kouta)

“That’s still unknown. Other countries might think of the same thing and start doing it too. If development competition intensifies, who knows what will happen? Besides, even countries that don’t have dungeons yet can’t afford not to prepare. The demand still far outpaces the supply.” (Mira)

“For that, isn’t the guild still selling them cheap?” (Sofia)

“They can’t just send people into dungeons unarmed, right? They’re not participating in the price-hiking race. Instead, they’re selling evenly to each country. That’s how Japan is working to stabilize prices.” (Mira)

Since dungeons started appearing, Japan seemed to have been working really hard on the global stage. I felt just a little bit proud.

 

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