One evening, I came to [Ryouta] to collect the Speed Up bullet.
The once called monster village, now named after me.
When I entered the village, I was overwhelmed by admiration when looking around, which even made me gasped.
Although the village is full of garbage, it doesnāt look cluttered.
The monsters were working hard to processed the garbage and piling them neatly.
Another thing I noticed is that the volume wasnāt like before, itās easily twice the amount.
Then, the monsters were attacking the mountain of garbage.
As the amount increased, it looked like a diorama in a distant view, making it look like a scene in a movie where the monsters have destroyed a city.
Then from within the village, Clayman saw me coming in and greeted me.
[Good afternoonā¦..No good evening!] (Clayman)
[Ah good evening. Moreover, what is going on? Is it me, or does the garbage look way more than usual?]Ā (Ryouta)
[Thatās right. Actually, after this village is named after [Ryouta], various towns and villages have come to our place to dispose of garbages. And thatās why weāre getting a lot more than usual.] (Clayman)
[So thatās why your work has increasedā¦.]Ā (Ryouta)
I understand this pattern well.
Itās basically advertising.
If a company has a famous person advertising for them, then their sales would increase.
[What youāre saying is that the new people are basically relying on me to help them right?]Ā (Ryouta)
[Yes! As expected, Ryouta-san knew immediately what is going on.] (Clayman)
Well, having their workload increase in itself is good.
[Did they properly pay the cost?]Ā (Ryouta)
[Yes, definitely! Ah, this is the amount to be handed to Ryouta-san.] (Clayman)
After he said that, he took out ten notes of 10k Piros, totalling a 100k Piros.
Remembering that I received 20k for their first payment, sales really have improved since then.
Since itāll make them feel bad if I donāt receive it, I gladly take the money and stuff it inside my pocket.
With this, the amount I received from them is close to a million.
Iāll try to find a way to give them back another time.
Anyways, in order to take the Speed Up Bullet, I entered the village which has became a monster war.
Then, I saw a tired looking monster in my vicinity.
Itās a huge frog, and both its body and face is purple in colour.
If Iām not mistaken, itās called a Poison Frog.
[Are you alright?]Ā (Ryouta)
[Eh? Aah! Ryouta-sam!? I-Iām alright, I can still do more!]
As the Poison Frog said that, it stood up straight and spit poison out from its mouth.
The poison melted the garbage away.
Though it disposed the garbage, but it canāt escape me as I can see its face becoming worse.
[Donāt force yourself, go back and rest upā¦..More like, stand in front of me now.]Ā (Ryouta)
After saying that, I took out my gun, loaded the Infinite Recovery Bullet and fired at it.
[Th-this isā¦.my strength is recovering.]
[This is just emergency treatment. So donāt push yourself again next time.](Ryouta)
[Thank you very much, as expected of Ryouta-san.]
The Poison Frog and Claymen both thanked me, then I looked around my surroundings.
[Theyāre quite a few whose faces are worsening.]Ā (Ryouta)
[ā¦.Yes, that is quite so.] Clayman answered with a complicated look.
[Honestly, everyone hasnāt recovered much recently.] (Clayman)
[Because of the overwork?]Ā (Ryouta)
[There is that butā¦.We monsters do not recover much as humans when we sleep on the bed.] (Clayman)
[I donāt know whether this is obvious or not, but we can only recover when weāre inside an environment similar to a dungeon.] (Clayman)
[By dungeon, you mean something like being underground or a limestone cave?]Ā (Ryouta)
[Yes. Aah, of course we can still recover if we sleep on a humanās bed.] (Clayman)
[I seeā¦.so thatās why everyone looks so tired.]Ā (Ryouta)
After listening to him explaining, I once again looked around, and I could see that theyāve been exhausting a lot of mana.
I donāt think their performance can reach a maximum.
[Thatās right.] (Clayman)
[Alright, gather everyone now. Iāll heal them like just now.]Ā (Ryouta)
[āā! I understand, thank you very much!] (Clayman)
After thanking me, he gathered the monsters here.
Itās easy to heal them with my bullet, but thatās just temporary.
To solve this once and for allā¦..
At night, the city of Shikuro, a familiar real estate agent.
Meeting a familiar face whose lost a few kilos, I sat across Antonio.
Drinking a high class tea that he poured for me, I started discussing with him.
[Well, is there something you need today? Oh, do you want to find another mansion?] (Antonio)
[No, I wish to build a house.]Ā (Ryouta)
[Yes, thank you so much for your continued patronage.] (Antonio)
I know that heās being polite, but I could hear his excitement from within.
[What sort of house are you hoping for?] (Antonio)
[How aboutā¦a dorm?]Ā (Ryouta)
[A dorm you say?] (Antonio)
[Yeah, a place where many can live insideā¦.is it something unfamiliar to you?]Ā (Ryouta)
Do they not have a dorm in this world?
[Oh, no, I do know what it is. But a dormā¦.huh?] (Antonio)
[It wonāt be an ordinary dorm. I want the interior to mimic a dungeon.](Ryouta)
[To look like a dungeon?] (Antonio)
Then taking a note that is folded in four from my pocket, I placed it on top of the table.
Before I came here, I prepared a picture in advance.
[This isā¦.Instead of a house, this looks more like a tower.] (Antonio)
[Yeah, a tower. For example, the first floor is like Teruru Dungeon, the second like Nihonium Dungeon. Something like the dungeonās specialty? So I want it to look like a underground cave or a limestone cave.]Ā (Ryouta)
[Thereās something like this that is a mansion.] (Antonio)
[Oh so there is one.]Ā (Ryouta)
Though I was slightly surprised, itās not something I wanted, so I went back to normal.
[I want to build a tower where thereās different kinds of floor similar to a dungeon. Is that possible?]Ā (Ryouta)
[How about a special functionā¦..?] (Antonio)
[I donāt need those, all I want is just the environment to look the same.](Ryouta)
I confirmed with this with Clayman.
It doesnāt need to have the same magic or soil, only the environment has to be similar.
Itās something like [if I donāt have my bolster, I canāt sleep] sort of pattern.
[It is possible.] (Antonio)
[I see. Thenā¦.I want it built in the new village, [Ryouta].]Ā (Ryouta)
[The place where Satou-san is protecting.] (Antonio)
[If you know then that makes this quick. So how about it.]Ā (Ryouta)
[It might be roughly hundreds of millionā¦.Or maybe even a billion?] (Antonio)
That is a considerable sum.
[Canāt you give me a discount?]Ā (Ryouta)
[I understand. If itās a request from Satou-san, I will gladly take it.] (Antonio)
[I see, thatās a huge help. About the mortgageāā]Ā (Ryouta)
[No no no, if itās Satou-san then I will trust completely. Whatās more, we have done so much transactions, let me thank you in advance.] (Antonio)
[I see, then thanks.]Ā (Ryouta)
Since Antonio will gather his craftsmen on another day, we decided to meet for another day, and thus I left his shop for the day.
For the time being, the repair of the monsters will safely proceed.