Dungeon (1)

"Yeah, I think you're right. We are aiming for clearing the dungeon near this village. It s name Lame Cave."

What a unique name. From its name, the dungeon probably has weak monsters and with a cave entrance.

"From the name, you can know, the monsters aren't strong. Lame Cave Dungeon has 5 floors. From the 1st floor, there are slimes monsters,2nd floor is a bats monster nest,3rd floor is goblin nest,4th floor is kobold den, and 5 floor is Boss Floor. From what we heard, the Boss is Goblin King. Each floor like a maze except the first floor, so we need to find the door to go to the next floor. Luckily we have maps from the adventurer who clear this dungeon before."

So the dungeon has 5 floors. Each floor is like a maze, with a door to lead to the next floor. Each floor has monster inhabitants. And the deepest floor is Boss Room. This is small information that I know.

For the monster, I can describe it.

1. Slime is a jelly-like monster, they usually attack with their body/spray ridiculous liquid from their jelly body. The effect from the liquid is various, like acid, poison, adhesive effect or smell liquid to attract the monster.

2.Bat monster is like a bat from my previous world, but this one is aggressive. So they will attack you

when they see you.

3. Goblin is a monster like the human version with an ugly face, and green skin as their trademarks. They are usually shorter than adult humans. Usually, use the rag to hide his crotch.

4. Kobold is a monster that has an appearance like a lizard with green skin like a goblin. Sometimes the adventurer spots these monsters and wears cloth-like a human.

5. Goblin King is a monster with an appearance like Goblin but has a huge body and strong power. His weapon is a great Club/Sword.

So Alan's party only managed to 4th Floor so far. I don't mind helping them. Besides I can get money, I can be leveling too. A win-win solution.

"How about it Vin?"

"I feel grateful when you invite me to the dungeon."

"Yosh, we get all we need to conquer the dungeon. Tomorrow we will meet here at dawn okay !!"

"Do I need to bring something like food?"

"Don't worry, we will prepare everything as I said. We really looking for tomorrow Vin."

"Yeah. I will meet your expectations."

"See you tomorrow."

"See you."

After saying that, they leave the shops.

It seems we forget about Bernard here.

He still doesn't trust me before, so I wonder what is his opinion right now?

"So what is your opinion about the duel?"

"I think, you're capable of fighting. I already trust you."

"Is that so? But I feel you don't trust me before."

He flinched.

"But I don't blame you, sorry for causing much trouble."

"No need to apologize, I feel guilty to doubt you and force you to duel. So here the money."

When Alan told me to want to buy the magic stone for 100 copper coins, he pays it to Bernard. But when I count them, there are 150 copper coins. What's happen?

"You can take them as a bonus from me and Alan's party. With that, you can book a room at inn right?"

"Oh yeah, so can I book a room at the inn even I still a child?"

"As long you have money, but still I worry about you brat."

"So what will you do to help me?"

"Let's stay at the same inn as me. You can save your money for now"

He intends to accompany me.

"Thank you."

So I decided to wait in the shop until Bernard's working hours end.

He also told Robert about the matter today. After that Bernard brings me to an inn with the name :

Cozy Inn. It has 2 floors and quite big too.

"Hello auntie, I want to book a room for this kid."

"Oh my, who is he?"

"He is an orphan and doesn't know anything yet. He attacked by a monster in the forest yesterday. So Robert let him stay over in his house before."

"I see, what a pity. But we don't have a vacant room right now. How about you share your room with him, Robert?"

"Uhh, If that's the case, it can't help. Vin, you will stay with me."

"Okay, uncle."

"Oh my, he calls you uncle."

"Geez stop it, I still young you know !! "

I want to retort him, but I swallowed it back.

After that, we go to the 2nd floor and enter the room in front of the stairs. Apparently, there are 6 rooms on each floor. When we enter the room, there are 2 single beds here. And a cupboard.Such a standard room.

A lot of people can't afford to buy a house, because it's expensive, so most people stay at the Inn. Even they can build a house, the quality is worse, so they choose the simple method.

"You can sleep here, Vin."

Bernard speaks while pointing one bed.

"Thank you, Uncle. But I want to take a bath before sleep."

"You can use water well behind this inn."

Man, I wish the shower is invented in this world. I don't want to take a bath when there a possibility to get seen by anyone.

"Got it."

Even so, I have to do it albeit unwillingly. After taking a bath, I came back to Bernard's room."

"Get rest soon. Tomorrow will be hard you know."

"Yeah."

I put all my thing on the bedside table. I already trust him.

1. He has a quite good reputation among the customer. So I doubt he deceived me

2. I already know his identity, so even he wants to steal my belongings, I can find him.

3. I can feel he is a very kind person. I won't be bragging about my ability, but I already see a lot type of people before. So I can sense it when they have a motive for approaching me.

Tomorrow will be my first time to dive in dungeon.I'm kinda curious what will it look like?

Because back on earth, there are no dungeons and magic.

Both my body and mind were exhausted, so I decided to sleep early.

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Bernard POV

I looked at the boy who sleeps in my room. He looks defenseless when he sleeps, but his face still serious. Maybe he fakes his sleep? No, from the breathing, he already in deep sleep. But making that face even when sleeps. He is quite unique huh.

I still remember when I encounter him today. Robert brings him to the shop and introduces him to me.

He says he needs help to sell his magic stone. But in my opinion, he doesn't have fighting abilities to do that. It seems he has an injury on one of his eyes. He brings a sword too. But even so, I couldn't help but doubt it.

When he takes out all magic stone and goblin ears, I noticed something off. He has storage pouch which rare for a kid to have unless they're noble. I decided not to touch that topic because I thought he has his circumstances. I asked him about his level and he mentioning it easily. It feels like he has some confidence about it.

So I told him how to sell his magic stone and the price. But again, he surprised me. He can do arithmetic too. Usually, people who can do arithmetic is getting special education, so these people is a merchant or noble. I wonder who is his real identity?

So I decided to ask him a few questions to him. But he managed to find out my intention. In fact, I had worry about this kid get bullied when he comes to dungeon alone. He is too valuable after all. So let's make him stay here for a longer time.

If he can stay here any longer, I can investigate him. I told him about the dungeon and ask him if he wants to come to the dungeon. I already have a party that suits him. It's Alan's party. They are C Rank adventurer, but I think their power already on B rank. They can't advance to the next rank, because they're don't clear a dungeon yet.

I must be careful not to expose my real intention here. Because he is very sharps. When I introduce him to Alan's party, he got a denial from them. So I suggest a little test for him.

I use his magic stone to make him don't have any choice than to accept the test.

I want to know to what extent his ability.

And then, the duel begins and he managed to block and evade all Alan's attack. Alan has an Assaulter Role, which made him dominant in terms of strength, but even so, this kid can block all his attacks and evade it with a narrow margin. It seems he learns about fighting before.

But suddenly Alan stopped in the middle of the fighting. I don't know what happen, but the kid not waste the chance and managed to defeats, Alan. He wins only to use buff on himself and his technique against an opponent that older and stronger than him. He says he uses sunlight to blind Alan for a moment and use it to make a gap and defeat him.

What a genius.

I've decided, I want to observe him. I make him stay with me in the same room. I glance at the boy belonging. I remember the sword he used in the battle. It's a katana. Katana isn't a sword you can get easily unless you have a relationship with noble/knight.

Besides the storage pouch and katana, he even can do arithmetic and have a good ability to fight. Who on earth is he?

Such a question comes repeatedly, but I can't think the answer. So I decided to sleep.

Still, he trusts me huh. He left his belonging like that in my room.

Not bad. At least I can observe him very close from now.

Time to sleep~~