Fighting the Twin-headed Ogre ten times a day was honestly too easy. Now that I thought about it, fighting the Floor Master three times a day had been nothing at all. It didn’t even take me twenty minutes to kill the Twin-headed Ogre, so fighting it three times would only take an hour. As I was now, I would be fine even if I continuously fought for ten hours.

Plus, even though the Twin-headed Ogre was strong and fast, it was a normal ground-based monster that couldn’t use magic. After I fought it a couple of times, I had memorized its movement and attack patterns and was able to defeat it in 10 minutes.

I had an incredibly high strength stat, which was even further amplified by Zeus’ power and the Ogre’s tattoo. I also had Mad Typhoon, which gave me greater strength than what was possible with my stats. Although it would be hard for me to block a Demon Army Commander’s regenerative ability like Peruta did, it was still extremely easy for me to deal a blow that surpassed a mere ogre’s regenerative ability. This helped me to significantly shorten the time I spent fighting the Twin-headed Ogre.

After I left the Floor Master room, I was drinking a Fatigue Recovery Juice worth 100 gold when Loretta said with a dumbfounded expression, “Shin-nim, you should know that there are explorers who go in as full 10-man parties and fight the Twin-headed Ogre for three hours. If someone saw you, they’d think the dungeon was made to be climbed alone.”

“There’s no reason for me to care about them. I only have to care about people stronger than me. I don’t have the time to turn back and feel proud knowing that people are weaker than me.”

Loretta slightly sulked at my cutthroat response.

“Shin-nim, if you ever collapse from working too hard, be aware that your precious things will be missing when you wake up.”

“I won’t collapse in front of you, so don’t worry,” I retorted with a grin, and Loretta made a scared expression. She looked like she was about to cry.

“A-Are you still angry?”

“No, that’s not it. It’s just that guys like to…Uh, no, nevermind.”

“What is it!? That sounds like some extremely valuable information! Please continue, now!”

I refused instantly, “Never. Not even over my dead body.”

“Why!?” she shrieked.

I had no plans to say anything. I finally got her to stop, and if I had said anything, she would've gone on about the "marrying" thing. I stuck my tongue out at Loretta and headed towards the Floor Master room again. But from the cheerful expression I saw before I turned around, I could tell that she had made her own assumptions and was happy.

Perhaps in her head, she had already planned out our wedding. However, my prediction was immediately proven to be wrong. Loretta inadvertently spilled her thoughts out loud.

“Ehehe, then we’ll name our seventh kid this…I’m sure he’ll be just as cute as Shin-nim, uhuhuhu.”

Amazed at Loretta’s ability to surpass my expectations every time, I shook my head. Then, I opened the door to the Floor Master room.

“Fight me! Twin-headed Ogre!”

Like I said before, it didn’t take long for me to defeat the Twin-headed Ogre. I defeated it four times in one hour. In other words, after two and a half hours, I had nothing more to do for the day. Including the time for rest, four hours was more than enough.

Since I had to grind a boss eighty to a hundred times on average to get all the drops I needed, I would be forced to have a leisurely lifestyle for a while. I grew impatient thinking about the two year time period I had, but since I knew being impatient wouldn’t change anything, I thought about how to spend the time more efficiently.

First, I decided to talk to Yua, who was still sulking.

“Hmph!”

However, I failed at every attempt to appease her. I spent the remaining time sparring with Father or teaching Sumire spearmanship.

With the exception of Walker, who had to guard Yua for about a third of his day since school had just restarted, most Revival members were socializing in the guild house when they weren’t climbing the dungeon. This made it extremely convenient for me to see and teach Sumire.

“Haa!”

Sumire charged toward me with a shield on one hand and a spear in the other. She was attacking and defending rather sensibly, but I still skillfully dodged and lightly attacked her shin where her shield wasn’t covering.

“You need to work on your lower body defense!”

“Ugh, guide me more, Shin-nim!”

“Anytime!”

The moment I responded, Sumire clenched her teeth and thrust her spear toward me. Her basic battle tactic was to defend with her shield and attack with her spear. This was appropriate if she wanted to act as a tank who drew the enemies’ aggro while also acting as a damage dealer.

“The tip of your spear is shaking because you’re too focused on your shield!”

“Ugh! I’ll fix it!”

I did my best to point out her mistakes and to help her hone her spear skills. When I attacked Sumire’s openings, she would get hit, but the opening was gone by the time she got back up. Seeing her grow, I couldn’t help but be excited as a teacher. As a result, I ended up overdoing it slightly, but Sumire happily accepted it. Perhaps this was how Father felt when he was teaching me. Regardless, I was happy that my guild was full of such talented people.

After we sparred for two hours, Sumire bowed while drenched in sweat.

“Thank you for your lesson, Shin-nim! My Spear Technique has reached mid-rank level 5!”

I grinned. “You're progressing well. You’ll be able to use it in real battles soon.”

“Although I’m still lacking, I’ve improved so much thanks to your enthusiastic teaching! I’m extremely happy to serve you as my master!”

“No, you’re doing well. You have talent and you’re putting in lots of effort. I’m happy to have you as my first disciple too,” I complimented her.

“Shin-nim…!”

No, don’t look at me with those sparkling eyes full of respect! It’s ticklish! I scratched my head.

“Alright, let’s go wash ourselves off and eat something.”

“Yes, Shin-nim! I’ll prepare the food!”

When I went upstairs after a refreshing shower, I unexpectedly saw Daisy there. There wasn’t anyone to prepare food, but Daisy was sitting alone at the table with her head down. She was in her uniform, but her beret was on the side, while her chain whip was wrapped around her arm like an accessory. I was surprised that the whip could be worn in so many ways.

She must have felt my presence as she turned toward me. Her head was still on the table. She flashed her red eyes ominously and said, “Blood sugar…low. Need food.”

She said it in a cool way, but the content was anything but cool. It even made her outer appearance look worse.

“Where were you until now…? Well, that aside, just what did you eat for the past 73 years?”

“Preserved food…in inventory. Tasteless. After eating here, I threw away all my preserved food. My stomach wants tasty food.”

“Oh hey, that last sentence was grammatically correct! …You’ll have to wait a bit for the food. Eat this for now.”

I took out a chocolate bar from my inventory and gave it to her. Daisy's eyes flashed and she grabbed it. After peeling the wrapper, she took a big bite.

[Yummy!]

“You don’t need to use your Evil Eyes to get your point across.”

Wait, wasn’t this the first time she shouted something!? She wasted such an important scene on a chocolate bar!? I wanted her to shout in a more emotional event…I felt slightly dismayed. Then, seeing Daisy put her hands out like she was asking for another, I flicked her forehead.

“We’re going to have a proper meal soon. You know Sumire, right? She’s a genius in various ways, but she’s especially talented in housework. You can look forward to her food.”

“Mmm…For yummy food, I can…wait.”

“Good.”

Daisy took her hands back and nibbled on the rest of the chocolate bar. It was good that she had calmed down, but I still didn’t know why she was here.

If I remembered correctly, after eating the melting tuna, she disappeared and was nowhere to be found. Four days had passed since then, so that meant she had come back after four days.

Just when I was about to ask, Daisy opened her mouth as if she just remembered, “Beyond…12th floor. Broke through, thanks to you.”

“Ah…!”

So she went straight into Beyond that day! It was a rather quick decision, contrary to the slow and lax attitude she was showing now. I nodded in admiration.

“That was quick. Good job.”

She continued, “Your children are very strong. Pookie, Iana, Loro, are especially strong.”

I scratched my nose. “What’s up with those cute names…I don’t know which monsters you’re talking about.”

“Flame…Drake and Iron…Boar, Evil Rhinoceros. Beetle Lord.”

“Good job shortening their names to such cute ones!”

“Fighting together, I’m happy…”

Seeing her elated expression, I lost the heart to say anything. I simply smiled ruefully and patted her head. Then, remembering that I patted her without thinking, I pulled my hand back. However, Daisy didn’t seem to mind. In fact, she looked at me curiously when I took my hand off.

“I don’t mind. Continue.”

I smiled sheepishly. “No, sorry. That was rude of me.”

“You’re okay.”

She was really friendly. Was it because I was another Beyond explorer? No, that’s probably not it…Just when I was thinking about the reason, Daisy suddenly said, “You…surrounded by pretty girls. Girls clearly like you, but you're a virgin. With you, I feel safe.”

I screeched involuntarily, “You’re dissing me, right!? You’re openly dissing me! Wait, so you were actually listening to us the whole time!?”

I felt like I had my back stabbed thoroughly. I was so sad that I wanted to cry.

She nodded sagely. “Reliable. In fact I feel safer with you than I do with other girls.”

“Don’t let your guard down, I’m a man too! Plus, other girls? What girls are threatening your chastity!?”

“World is…wide.”

“Don’t make that distant expression! You’re scaring me!”

I unwillingly came to find out that pretty girls were sought after by both men and women. I really did not need to know that at all…

In any case, Sumire, Daisy, and I, a rather unusual combination, enjoyed a lunch together. Then, when I was about to start my training after getting some rest, I got a message that broke the peaceful atmosphere. It was from Walker, who was protecting Yua on her way back from school.

[Come back to Earth now, Kang Shin! Your sister got done in by Luca Bruno’s ability! I’m running back with her in my arms, but…In any case, come now!]

“I’m coming immediately!” I shouted angrily.

There were certain people who got on my nerves just by existing. Apparently, they must have gotten tired of living as they decided to pull on my hair and open the gate to Hell.