Touring the Imperial Capital 4

Were a bit away the imperial capital at the sea today.

At a sandy beach. Its still too cold to wear a swimsuit, but I want to come and swim in the summer.

By the way, Haku-san isnt with us today.

As expected, work piles when you take three days off to play around

Nooo, Chloe can deal with this much. Im busy entertaining Rokuko-chan.

That isnt possible.

Ah, w-wait. Kuh, I-Ill work today. However, Ill finish up three days work in this one day! And Ill take tomorrow off again!

Like that, Chloe dragged her off.

It looks like you have to do a lot of stuff once you turn into the leader of an empire Rather, Haku-san actually has that much work? Isnt she supposed to be a retired person, living her life free of worry?

Ah, is it that a person of power who doesnt even need to worry about succession issues from aging and longevity cant be idle?

Being efficients a problem too. I swear that Ill just leave it to proactive people and sleep.

The sea~~~~~~!

Woah Kehma, whats wrong? You just shouted out of nowhere.

I wanted to give shouting at the sea a shot.

White sand with not even a speck of garbage, a transparent blue sea, and bright, refreshing sunlight.

Itd be the best if there were a beach house or something to take a nap in though. Napping with a seaside breeze well, its not summer so its alright.

Theres a place made to be a sightseeing spot meant for nobles closer to the capital from what I here, but there arent any buildings there either Haku-sans planning on taking Rokuko to a spot being converted into a tourist attraction later on.

Well, the place we came to today is this beach with nothing on it. We got here with Dolche-sansa member of Haku-sans party[Teleport].

It seems as though all of Haku-sanss party members other than Misha can use [Teleport].

Right, other than Misha, who after being slimified by that big tentacle slime yesterday and who somehow defeated it in the end with a physical attack, thinking, Cant I just clad my fist with magical power?, it seems they could all use it.

Dolche-san, who wore a white robe that looked like a certain RPGs white mage, was exhausted and was laying flat in the shade of a big rock. She was in human form and she didny have any particular problem with the sun, but as expected, with her origin being a wraith, she didnt seem to be that good with bright places.

Ueh, the sun can just die Im melting

Umm, excuse me, there are a lot of sea roaches.

Im fine. I like insects and spiders. Fufufu, scutter scutter [1]

Lets leave Dolche-san alone.

Maybe theres some shade nearby that I can sleep in too? I brought a parasol and beach chair just in case though.

Wait, we came here for the preview where to build the dungeon, not to sleep!

Right Aah~, doesnt that cliff over there look like it has an awesome vibe to it? Like a criminal would get chased on to it.

The heck? Please do the inspection properly.

After thinking about it, even if we inspect the area, were going to be making the dungeon underground, so it doesnt feel like itll change much depending on where its built.

I could use as much salt water as I want here, maybe I could make some salt?

Salt, yep. Come to think of it, I wonder what Rins up to around now?

This is the first time Ive come here, but this place is smelly isnt it?

Thatd be the smell of the salt water. The smell is a bit weaker than the ocean I remember, but I dont really dislike it.

Smells fishy Hey, Kehma. Could we use the seas monsters?

Sea monsters huh maybe. Something like a kraken or sharks?

I opened the DP catalog from the menu.

Hohoh, theres even a shark with two heads. I wonder if theres stuff like ghost sharks or flying sharks?

For right now, the ones that stand out are the giant squid, giant octopus, and giant nautilus. There are ones pretty close to humans like sahagins and mermaids, as well as plenty of sea creatures like jellyfish and sea cucumbers. [2]

Dagon? Feels like I shouldnt look to closely at the catalog. It doesnt really matter this time though. It costs more than 100,000,000 DP. [3]

And then I noticed something.

Various sea-type things were cheap in the DP department In exchange for that, mountain-type things like [Heat Source] or a wyvern, which were both unconnected to the sea, were more expensive.

Even something like the iron golem, which was 500 DP each at Tsuia Mountain, had quadrupled in price up to 2,000 DP here.

Could it be that DP changes depending on the location?

Heeeh, let me see Un? Goblins didnt change, theyre still 20 DP.

Why was the first thing you checked goblins? As expected of Rokuko.

Ah, ghost-types are cheaper? I guess they would appear more often at sea. I wouldve thought that they would in mountains as well though.

I see, so theres a difference in DP depending on the situation, matching the characteristics of the area It seems the dungeon core and master increase or decrease the various costs as well.

No no Kehma, whatre you saying it wouldve been impossible to get another worlds rice if it werent Kehma.

Oh yeah. So it was my characteristics that made it so I could buy Japanese goods with DP then? Maybe golems as well since theyre human-type? Haku-san was also using humanoid bipedal monsters that used both hands.

In that case, itd be better to learn about our opponent. Looks like we could take advantage of it for some countermeasures.

Hey, Rokuko. What is our opponent this time like?

Nn? Umm, the first one is Team Dragons three cores, a snake, a frog, and a slug.

What a three-way deadlock. Reptile, amphibian, and what was a slug? A shellfish? Seems like those guys would get creepy-slimy monsters on the cheap. [3]

Well, the Demon Lord Teams was in human form, but umm, Core No. 666 is. what was she? Sorry. I dont know!

Ill try asking Haku-san tomorrow.

For now I took out the beach chair and parasol Id put in my [Storage] for just this sort of occasion.

Stabbing the parasols pole into the sand, I laid down on the beach chair under the shade.

The sound of the waves made for a really pleasant background sound. Looks like Ill get some good rest here.

Meat, doesnt it look like itd be really fun to make a castle where the sand meets the sea?

Yes, Ill join you.

By the way, when I woke up in the evening, it mightve been washed away by the tides or maybe they just didnt make it, but there was no sand castle.

Footnotes:

She uses a sound effect in her speech here that can also mean [damp/humid] and [gloomy/depressing]. Return

Sahagins are a monster from Final Fantasy, as well as from D&D Forgotten Realms, though they are known as Sahuagins there. Return

A lovecraftian monster. Dagon is a deity who presides over the Deep Ones, an amphibious humanoid race. Also known as Father Dagon, he is a Great Old One and the consort of Mother Hydra. Return

The three-way deadlock (raw version) is a reference to The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiyathe story that influenced a major portion of the Naruto anime. There was a reference Id missed in the Dungeon Core Assembly chapters.