—Lake opening.
Well, I do not know if that term actually exists, but these days more and more people have started swimming in the 4-1 Lake Field, and today I came to the dungeon together with a certain person.
「Man, it is hot again today, Fleur-san」
「It really is」
And so, here we are with Fleur-san, the beautiful architect and beautiful master carpenter.
I had a small request to make, so I came to the dungeon together with Fleur-san.
「It is a bit cooler inside the dungeon, so let us head in quickly」
「Let us do that. Hm?」
「Yes? Is something wrong?」
Just as we were about to enter the dungeon, Fleur-san suddenly stopped at the entrance.
「Hello! ……Huh? Oh, I see」
「Um, Fleur-san?」
「Sorry, Alec. I thought it was World Tree-sama」
「Yeah……」
I see. She mistook the second-generation life-size realistic Yggdrasil god statue at the entrance for the real thing.
Well, it happens a lot. It is a common occurrence in the World Tree-samas Dungeon.
In fact, even I, who should be used to it by now, momentarily made the same mistake. When I saw the second-generation statue striking its 『kyaruun』 pose, I could not help but think—
『Yggdrasil-san is being unusually lively today……』
Something like that crossed my mind.
「It has been quite a while since I last came to the dungeon, but this is the World Tree-sama statue people have been talking about, huh」
「It is being talked about……」
「This World Tree-sama statue was made by you, Alec?」
「Yes. When I showed the completed statue to World Tree-sama, I was told to place it at the dungeon entrance」
Thinking about it again, she really was very forgiving. Something this realistic, and this 『kyaruun』.
If things went wrong, it almost feels like it could undermine Yggdrasil-san herself….
「……Hm?」
「Hm? Alec?」
「Ah, no, it is nothing」
……It suddenly came back to me, but was the permission to place it in the dungeon not for the second-generation statue before it was made realistic?
I do not recall receiving permission to install a second-generation statue that became this realistic……?
Huh? Is this okay? Could this be yet another case for the Yggdrasil-san, I’m sorry list……?
「There are quite a few things placed in front of the statue」
「Huh? Ah, yes, that is right」
In front of the second-generation statue, the elves who visit here leave various offerings.
Nana-san and I had predicted, 『There probably will not be many people leaving food at its feet』, but before we knew it, a proper plate had been set up, and vegetables, fruit, wheat, and even alcohol started being placed there.
「Since I am here, maybe I will leave something too」
「Um……」
「What should I choose. Oh, money is fine too」
…That is right. Before we knew it, a small box like an offering box had also been installed, and there has been a steady stream of people making offerings there.
Incidentally, both the food and the money are all absorbed by the dungeon and converted into dungeon points.
…Well, just hearing that definitely sounds like an I’m sorry list case, but I do have my side of the story.
When food started being offered, Nana-san and I were not sure what to do. At first, only ingredients that kept well were left, but even those would rot if left there forever.
So we decided to convert them into dungeon points. The dungeon entrance seems to count as part of the dungeon, so it was absorbed without issue.
After we started converting offerings before they rotted, the elves seemed to think, 『Oh, you can put anything here』, and began leaving food more freely.
We had no choice but to let the dungeon absorb offerings after a certain amount of time had passed, and we also let it absorb the offering money.
Of course, we are tallying up the dungeon points gained this way separately, and we plan to return them to Yggdrasil-san somehow later.
So in the end, they will properly be offered to World Tree-sama herself, but still…
「Um, but you do not have to go so far as to make offerings……」
「Hm? Is that so?」
「Yes. It is written on that sign over there as well」
Because it really felt like we were impersonating the World Tree-sama and running a scam, we made a sign meaning 『You do not have to force yourself to make offerings』, and placed it next to the second-generation statue.
「Um…… ‘You do not need to put much here’」
「Yes」
We wrote that on the sign and stood it up on the ground.
I also tried imitating Yggdrasil-san’s way of speaking, but now that I look at it again, this also feels like it might be another case.
「Hmm, but since we are here, I will just put in a little」
「I see…… then I will too……」
And so, the two of us put some small coins into the offering box.
After a while, they would be converted into dungeon points……
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After finishing our offerings, we entered the dungeon and went down the stairs, arriving at the 1-1 area.
「This place has changed quite a bit」
「It has, yes」
It used to be an area with only giant rats and a rescue golem, but now it is a little different.
So it can also be used like an event venue, it has been divided into a giant rat area and an empty area. That was something Nana-san and I decided in a dungeon meeting some time ago.
「This is a strange material……」
So it can be seen from both sides, the partition is a wall that feels like a transparent acrylic panel.
「And about what we were talking about before coming here――」
「Yeah. The request, right?」
「Yes. In this empty room here, I would like you to build a stage」
A stage. A stage.
There is technically one rescue golem set to pop here, but aside from him, there is nothing in this room. I want a stage that can be used for plays and the like.
I could have quickly made it using dungeon points, but since I had the chance, I decided to ask Fleur-san to do it.
「Hmm. What kind of design should I go with?」
「Well, for now, as long as it can be seen from all around, a circular stage raised one step in the center of the room should be fine」
When we split 1-1 into two sections, we expanded the size of this stage-use area a bit. So we should be able to install a fairly large stage.
「What about materials? Wood is fine?」
「Yes. That will be fine」
「I see, I see. Then let me prepare a bit, and I think I can start around the day after tomorrow」
「Thank you very much」
「Then let us do our best starting the day after tomorrow!」
「Yes! ……Yes?」
…Huh? Does this mean I am helping again?
Well, if it is wooden, I can help, and I do not really mind, but still……
There are actually a few other things I want to have made, but at this rate, it feels like I will be helping with all of those too……
next chapter: Color Toad Gacha
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