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“One zero, two zeros, 
?　Did I count wrong?　One, two.”
I count the numbers again and again.
It can’t be, because this is crazy.
I can’t stop sweating and my face is turning blue.
I was fooled, I thought Tanaka-san was a nice guy.
I’m sorry, after all, every good story has a backstory!
“Kenya-kun, no matter how many times you count it, it’s still the same 

50 million.”
“No, no!　Fifty million!
“The detailed calculation is as written here.”
The calculation method goes like this.
The end price of one of the king’s gauntlets is 2.5 million yen.
The king’s gauntlets are priced at 2.5 million yen each, and he is willing to buy them for 1.5 million yen as a special treatment when he would originally buy them for half of the price.
From there, they will sell the knight’s gauntlets to me wholesale at the same price as they purchased them, i.e., 50,000 yen.
In other words, 1,000,000 yen (1,500,000 yen minus 500,000 yen) is the profit from the delivery of one of the king’s gauntlets.
I will deliver 50 of them per month. In other words, 1 million yen x 50 pieces equals 50 million yen.
This is my monthly income.
Impossible, right?　I don’t think it’s possible either.
Maybe this is a scam, because I can’t convert it into a beef bowl.　For how many days?　A lot of soup?
“Actually, they take almost half of it for taxes and stuff, but it’s still enough income, isn’t it?”
“I can’t believe that it’s enough. This amount of money is equivalent to a hundred years of rent for my house.
“The analogy doesn’t quite fit, but at any rate, this means that your sick mother and Kenya’s sister’s college will no longer be a problem, right?”
“Yes, if this is true, I can’t thank you enough
”
Unable to see me still in disbelief, Tanaka-san took out some equipment from a box he had prepared.
“And let’s raise this one too, it’s called an upfront investment.”
“This!　
What is it?”
Tanaka-san almost shook his head at my exaggerated reaction.
What was taken out of the box appeared to be a golden crown.
“This is the crown of the spirit.　It’s the head equipment that drops after the 30th level.”
“You’re going to give me this?　It looks very expensive
”
“No, not so much. It’s rare, but it only increases intelligence, so only explorers will want it.”
(5 million is not a big deal, my sense of money is getting paralyzed.)
Tanaka-san then hands me the crown.
Then, after equipping it, he takes it off and stares into my eyes.
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Explanation of equipment
Crown of the Spirit Lv1, Rank B, Rarity ★★★.
Increases intelligence by +500. (+20% depending on Lv.)
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“Intelligence 500!　And that’s B rank equipment!”
“Oh, the number of alchemy times will increase by 50, so the delivery won’t be that much of an obstacle to your growth, right?”
Tanaka-san seems to have thought that much and prepared this equipment for me.
Sorry for calling you a fraud, you really are a bean sprout god, the bean sprout alliance is forever immortal, sorry for saying you will destroy it.
I’m about to cry, I know it’s just business, but I still feel Tanaka-san’s warmth from this crown.
There should be no need for him to be so attentive
.
“Yes!　This will make me stronger while delivering the goods!　Thank you so much!”
“Haha! Don’t worry about it, it’s business. And I’ll say Special A-class, I’ll listen to most selfishness.”
Then the details of the delivery date and the bank account for the transfer were set.
“So, the knight series is 500 pieces, not enough to take home, what do you want me to do now?　Shall I mail them to you?”
500 knight series
that’s a lot to bring home to that small house, the floor would fall out, and there would be no place to sleep.
“Hey, my house is only 10 tatami mats
”
“Ha, that’s right. Why don’t you take this opportunity to move out?　Yes, as the guild headquarters, you should look for a new place to live. I can introduce you to a real estate agent I know.”
As expected, the place had become too cramped, so Kenya agreed to the idea as a good opportunity.
And since there was nothing more to decide on the spot, they completed the contract and left.
Next month the money would be transferred and deliveries would begin.
“Oh, yes, Kenya-kun!”
“Yes?”
He got up to leave and was about to leave the room.
Tanaka stops him and Kenya turns around.
“I, you know, there’s something I ask every explorer I have a contract with.”
“Excuse me?”
Tanaka-san then takes a breath and changes from his previous playful mood.
With serious eyes, he asks me straight out.
“What do you want to go to that tower for?”
A simple question.
Why are you going for that dangerous tower when there are so many other safe places to work?
Why do you aim for that tower of death that rises so high in the sky?
Kenya thought about it.
For his sister, for his mother, for himself.
Various feelings and purposes are mixed up.
Is it because he wants to be closer to the girl of his dreams?
Because he wants to earn money and make his family comfortable?
Because I love that exciting world?
There may be no single answer.
Because

Because I am greedy.
So I responded with a straight answer, turning my honest feelings directly into words.
“To get everything

.”
Hearing this, Tanaka, who had a serious face, was surprised as if he had been hit by a peashooter.
It was a line that exceeded his expectations.
Kenya was a model student who would have given a conventional answer like “for my family,” “because it’s exciting,” or “for the money”.
“Ha!　What?　Get it all?　Ha ha!”
And then Tanaka starts laughing.
Kenya’s cheeks puff out.
“No, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, but I like it. That’s the first time I’ve heard an answer like that. What a dream, what a
”
The words that came from him were so straightforward, yet laughable.
“Greed.”
They are the words of lust. (Kinda sus?)