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was trivial with my other occupation as a Dungeon Master. Well, my funds are in a tight spot though.

… Right, I'll earn a bit more from tomorrow onward. I only worked a small bit since we came to the town and register at the guild today after all… oh, but the job was finished so easily.

I wonder if it's impossible to get safety and money without working…

Even if I turned the dungeon into a base, it'd be difficult to make trips there since it's half a day away running at full speed. I think it'd be about a day walking.

No matter what we'd need to stay a night… well, here's the [Sleeping Songbird Pavilion].

It's a nice wooden inn. Thanks for the recommendation, Receptionist-san. I don't know what you're plotting, though.

When I opened the door, a woman was at the reception desk.

"Excuse me, I was referred here by the adventurer guild, do you have any empty rooms?"

"Hmm? Yeah, we do. Referred by the guild huh? So you're a guest adventurer then? It's thirty-five copper coins for a night with one meal, but… hmm? That's a child slave huh. What about the slave? It's five copper to rent a shed."

"B-but…"

"Those roasted meat skewers were just five copper each huh… I want to eat them with Meat~"

"… I-I'll accept it."

Probably since I mentioned the skewers, I heard the sound of stomach rumbling.

Not mine. Meat's.

… Now that I think about it, she hasn't eaten anything since we came to Sia huh? Just breakfast.

I feel a bit guilty from just me eating those apples.

After a while, someone from the inn brought our meal to the room.

Mine was two loafs of bread with a vegetable soup, while Meat's was just two loafs of bread. I see, so that's the difference?

I shared half of my vegetable soup with Meat and forced the hard bread into my mouth.

The vegetable soup was quite good. Yep. It was bland, but it left the feeling of a vegetable's umami.

*

Now, we left the room after one night. My body felt rigid and creaked, but the muscle pain wasn't that bad. I'm saved.

This time Meat was even able to be used as a hug pillow without peeing. Going to the restroom before sleeping is important after all. She tried to take off her clothes when we were laying down, but I stopped her.

I remembered that they asked us to use [Cleanup] on the sheets before leaving, so I cleaned them quickly. I was getting used to [Cleanup]… it was probably amusing seeing the aftermath of being thoughtless in a room being turned spotless. W-well, it should be fine being this clean.

"Meat, do you have everything?"

"I, have it all."

"Alright, then instead of getting breakfast let's go buy something from a stall."

"Y-yes."

I returned the key to the woman, leaving the inn.

It was a typical affordable inn… also the result of gathering information.

Now that I think about it, I wonder if Rokuko's fine being by herself in the dungeon… she's probably alright. She was alone before I arrived after all.

I'm gradually starting to miss the dungeon's Master Room.

Let's hurry up and collect more profitable information and head back…