EP.45 Dungeon
After meeting the Empress, I immediately remembered what I had forgotten while trying to set off for the dungeon.
‘The receptionist who stole my 9000 gold…’
I’ve definitely warned her over and over again.
Again, if they were the strange ones, you wouldn’t be able to keep your husband’s chastity.
And the adventurers she introduced hit me in the back.
After all, this is no different than indirectly saying that money is more important than her husband’s chastity.
Instead of going to the stable where the three were waiting, I headed to the street lined with spears.
Is it daytime?
Changgwan Street was no different from other streets.
Except that women with pretty faces are washing their faces at the well.
I asked the women I met where the hottest Changgwan was on this street.
-The most popular Changgwan? Why are you looking for something like that? Brother, I’ll do it.
– Have you been itching in your lower back already? Will this sister take it off for you?
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Guess who wasn’t a prostitution, instead of answering the question, they took an interest in my jujitsu.
Yap! Hands off!
After shaking off the approaching beast for a long time, I was able to find the most successful Changgwan.
‘It is said that it is the most popular window, but the building itself is not much different from other windows.’
The name is Imperial capital, but the level of the entertainment district is only this?
Dude, this might go against the plan.
Worried a little, I went inside the building.
“What? Are you a guest? sorry. The kids aren’t ready yet. Can you come in a little bit?”
After looking around the building for a while, a woman who looked like a madam approached him.
Long orange curly hair and a voluptuous body.
True to the name of the Changgwan Madame, it was full of color.
pass!
“The guests are handsome and the kids will really like it. So if you come after a while…”
I pulled out a heavy money bag.
“…I’ll get the kids ready soon.”
“I don’t want to see other prostitutes. Madame, I need you.”
Madame put on a troubled expression.
“Ummm… Even so, I’m already retired… The customer is really handsome… But…”
He pulled out another money bag.
“…Would you like to wash up first? Or can I wash you?”
Money is the truth wherever you go.
* * *
“Ah… So, the guest doesn’t mean that you want to hug me… You mean my life?”
“When you say it like that, it seems too grandiose. I’m just trying to give you a chance to start a new life.”
“To seduce a man who has a wife.”
“Right.”
Madame who heard my story… Yuriel had a dissatisfied expression on her face.
“Guest. I don’t know how the guests looked at me, but I’m not a slut enough to sell my life for a few pennies of her ex. And especially if I’m ruining someone else’s life…”
I knocked over the money bag and knocked it over.
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Gold coins poured out of the fallen money bag.
1000 gold coins.
Yuriel’s eyes widened.
“Ah..?”
Her expression as if seeing something unbelievable.
“Why are you so surprised? Did you think I said I’d buy you for a small sum like a few thousand gold? Then it’s disappointing. Aren’t your hands too small to be the Madame of Changgwan, who is a prosperous woman?”
“No… that’s… Then how much is this…”
He brought his face closer to the bewildered Yuriel.
Whispered in her ear.
“100,000 gold.”
“100,000..!”
Surprised and startled, Yuriel quickly covered her mouth in case anyone could hear it.
I smiled.
“How about this, isn’t that enough to buy the once-best woman in the store?”
“…how could I have been the Changgwan Ace…”
“It’s only natural for Ace to take on the role of Madame…”
I got up from my seat and went back to Yuriel.
He stroked her cheek and whispered in her ear again.
“If this beautiful woman is not an ace, who can be an ace?”
“Ah…”
Yuriel’s face turned red.
I think I’m half way over, so I’ll have to put a wedge on it.
“And aren’t you tired of working as a Changgwan Madame? As it is a window, isn’t it really overflowing with customers? But, among them, there must be noble guests, so you wouldn’t have been able to go out strong. It must have been very difficult. Right?”
“…Yeah.”
“At the same time, the kids who are called prostitutes don’t listen. Instead of saying thank you to you for taking good care of the them, only complain about you.”
“…”
“What is left of you after suffering so much? Is there more than that, the rat-tailed salary given by the owner of the storehouse? Even if you get old and ugly… can you get out?”
“…”
“You will see it as you walk down the street. The wives hold the hands of their husbands and children and smile as if they are happy. Aren’t you embarrassed? What makes you worse than them? You looks much more beautiful, and you knows the heart of a man better than the women. Even the skills to please men… you are superior, aren’t you?”
“…Right.”
Yuriel nodded her head with a stiff face.
I folded my hands with her, and placed her hands on the purse.
“Then take this chance. As long as you comply with the conditions I have stated, nothing else will interfere. With the money I gave you, you can buy land and start farming or open a shop as you please. to have a happy family. Even though it was stolen from someone… How about it? Can’t you just be happy? Imagine it. Watching your children grow old together with your husband.”
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Gulp.
Yuriel swallowed dry saliva.
She said in a trembling voice.
“Ha, but I can’t get out of this storehouse. If I tried to do that, he wouldn’t leave me alone. He’s going to kill me horribly.”
‘He’ is probably referring to the owner of this building. I stroked her cheek a little softer to reassure her.
“Did I not even think of that? That’s not for you to worry about. You just have to make a decision. Either follow my suggestion or not. Will you live as the Madame of this Changgwan and be abandoned when you grow old, or will you grow old as a mother of one family?”
Yuriel shook her body. She quickly clutched her purse as if to harden her heart.
I stroked her hair.
“It’s a good decision.”
After that, I informed the owner of the window that I would take Yuriel. Naturally, the owner of the Changgwan ran wild on the road and drew his sword to kill me.
He showed the royal plaque of the Perdiak family.
The owner of the window, recognizing the VIP plaque, immediately hit him in the head. Thanks to that, when I came out, I was able to get out while bowing to the owner of the window.
“Cloud..? Who is that woman?”
Neria looked at Yuriel who suddenly appeared and asked with a questionable voice.
If I told the truth that she was a prostitute, I thought it would hurt Yuriel’s self-esteem, so I roughly explained that it was a woman going the same way.
“I see…”
I didn’t ask further if Neria was convinced either.
But strangely, she did not take her eyes off Yuriel the entire way to the dungeon.
When I asked why, she didn’t answer.
* * *
“Thank you for taking me safely. Then I will go.”
“Yes. Keep what I said.”
What I asked of Yuriel was the following.
-Capture Elisha’s husband properly. To the extent that Elisha had no regrets left behind.
– If you have captured her husband, you will also win the heart of a child. You will regard the child as your own.
The reason for adding the second requirement is simple.
Even if Elisha doesn’t know, isn’t there something wrong with the child?
I didn’t want their child to suffer because of family strife.
So I came up with an amicable mother replacement.
The happy family is left as it is, and only the mother changes slowly.
She also has a lot of money and a lot of time to play with them as a kinder mother than before.
Wouldn’t that make the child happier too?
It is the completion of a world where no one except Elisha is hurt.
“Do not worry. To be honest, I can’t afford to fail at this kind of thing. Hero, please keep your promise. It’s a promise that if I create a happy family, I’ll get 50,000 gold as an additional money.”
“If the child and father are happy, I will give as much as I can, so go ahead.”
“Yes, then!”
Yuriel waved her hand and disappeared across the street with a bright face.
‘Didn’t I say two months would be enough?’
During the week when Elisa called her S-class, I researched Elisha’s family.
I also need insurance.
And when I told her the information I found out at that time, Yuriel boasted that two months would be enough.
She was full of confidence, but to be honest, I was skeptical.
Even though Elisha was eating my money and messing with my work, she was a faithful woman in her own way.
How could it be so easy to break into such a family?
‘Well… you can go to the dungeon and check it out.’
If you succeed, you can pay the promised money.
If it’s in progress, you can support it.
If you fail, you can take your money back.
If you ate and jumped, you could hire an assassin.
He decided not to care any more about Elisha.
From now on, I have to fully focus on the dungeon.
I went to the warehouse keeper and retrieved the equipment I had left before. The equipment was safely stored as if it was worthwhile to show the warrior’s plaque.
Let’s see…
“Take Neria.”
He handed Neria a thunderbolt, a shield of storms, kobold leather armor, and an earring of power.
Neria widened her eyes.
“Is this Cloud?”
“Your equipment is so bad. Apparently, the loot was not distributed properly at the party before. You can’t go to the dungeon like that.”
Afterwards, Eri was given a dull staff and lightning earrings.
Ophelia was given a Ring of Windfortune and a dull Mace.
The three of them looked at the equipment they had been given.
I told them.
“Take it and follow me. Wear it while going up.”
* * *
A peach tree forest where the dungeon is hidden.
While Cloud entered the pond and opened the dungeon, Eri was fiddling with the staff and earrings she received from him.
“Eri, if you keep touching your earring, it will hurt your ear.”
Ophelia cautioned her.
“I, I know. It’s just… it’s been a while since this has been done so stop…”
At the Lorian Party, she was neglected.
Let alone the loot, she had to be dazzled by just receiving the experience points together.
Then, when you receive the equipment from Cloud like this, you realize it again.
She’s back…
Looking from the side, Neria also had a faint expression on her face and was stroking the lightning sword she received from Cloud.
“It’s nice to see everyone looking good. But… why did you give me a mace?”
“Is it for self-defense? No matter how much Cloud and Neria protect you, you might miss one or two from time to time. It will be used then.”
“Is that so…?”
It was when Ophelia was feeling anxious for some reason.
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The water of the lake split and a staircase entered.
While the three women were startled, Cloud came out of the water. He cut his palm with a dagger and brought it to the stone gate.
– Qualified person. Allow entry.
The four of you were qualified because they were in a party.
The dungeon opened and Cloud went inside.
The three women hurriedly followed him into the dungeon.
“This is a dungeon… it’s amazing…”
Eri looked inside with admiration. The other women reacted not too different from hers.
Then Cloud spoke.
“This dungeon has up to the 30th basement floor. It is cleared by killing the boss on the 30th floor.”
“Up to the 30th floor?! It’s a huge dungeon!”
“I know, right. It will take longer than you think.”
“I don’t know if the food we brought will hold up until then.”
It was time for the three women to exchange opinions.
Cloud smiled slightly and shook his head.
“Don’t worry. It won’t take long.”
“It won’t take long? how?”
“For now, we will break through from the first basement floor to the 15th floor.”
The three women thought Cloud was joking. She laughed and told him not to joke, but she looked into his serious eyes.
This man… Seriously…!
Eri tapped Neria’s back with her elbow.
“Yes, you try to dry it somehow..!”
“I..?”
“You’re the one who has the least potential among us… Even if you don’t follow it as unconditionally as in the past, he might consider it.”
“Is it..? Oh, I see.”
Neria did not hide her nervousness and approached Cloud. Her face, hardened by her tension, contained a subtle expectation.
“Cloud, why don’t you reconsider? Going from the 1st floor to the 15th floor in one day…”
“I’m sorry, but it’s already been decided, Neria. There is no reversal.”
“Ha, but…”
“Neria. Am I the party leader? Not you?”
“Yes? That’s right…?”
“Then you must obey the leader’s orders. Oh, of course, if there’s a better way than what I’m suggesting, you can suggest it. That’s always welcome. But the final decision is mine. got it?”
As Cloud met their eyes and spoke, Neria suddenly nodded her head.
When Cloud asked if she had anything else to say, she said there was no Neria and returned to her place.
Neria, who returned to her place, looked as if she would shed tears if touched.
‘…I asked for nothing.’
Eri looked away with guilt.
‘Yeah, Cloud must have meant to be prepared to that extent. I’m sure we’ll try to break through to the 15th floor in one day.’
However, contrary to Eri’s wishes, Cloud was sincere, and that day, the Cloud Party had to vomit from the 1st floor to the 15th floor.