Negotiations with the Red Dragon

So, what could be dissatisfying Oku-sama? I thought that Id apologized enough with the [Dogene]?

O-Oku-sama ehehe ah, thats not it! Is that [Dogene] thing seriously an apology!?

Oh, straight to point huh. Her head might not be so bad.

Going to the point of lowering ones entire body and not just their head, there is no higher form of apology. Oppositely, what posture does Oku-sama take as a form of apology?

Mu umuu, now that you say it, thats right this one lies down and shows her belly or something!?

I see. So isnt the [Dogene] much the same?

Huh!? How!?

It is the same posture. However, for you to still not believe my apology is sincere despite me going this far I am saddened.

N-no, its not that this one doesnt believe you

I wonder if hanging my head and looking at my hands was a bit much? I decided to show her some charades, but that red dragon reacted like she did something bad to me. As expected of Stupimanders Oku-sama huh.

Is that sooo, so if you really believe me in truth, I dug this tunnel so that we could pass through the mountain from our side, is there any way we could work something out?

Not possible!

Oh Oku-sama, so in other words you dont believe me

No! Thats not it! Mmm, Tsuia Mountain is mostly this ones dungeon to begin with! You cant open a path through it!

The red dragon looked flustered when she refused. Hey, wait a second, what did she just say?

What do you mean by Tsuia Mountain being mostly your dungeon?

The mountain. Its all this ones dungeon!

By that, I guess she means all of it is the [Flame Cavern]?

I cant picture it too well so lets make a model. Taking out some leftovers from when I made the clay golems, I formed it into the rough shape of Tsuia Mountain while referring to the map.

Oh? Thats Tsuia Mountain! Youre good with your hands!

Thanks. Lets see, so if this is Tsuia Mountain, how much is the [Flame Cavern]?

About this much!

About eighty percent of what the clay represented. Half of a little less than the twenty percent remaining was the size of our dungeon right now. It really is just the edge of Tsuia Mountain.

[Flame Cavern] is pretty huge. It wouldve been hard to dig a tunnel without knocking into it.

Or rather, how long have you been making a dungeon in our mountain!?

Oooh, thats a question for our dungeon core Rokuko, how long~?

[Eh? I dont know exactly, but I think its somewhere around ten years?]

She replied back. Ten years huh~

Since around ten years ago.

Weve been here for around five hundred years! We were here first!

Well, thats why shes No. 695 ah? Now that I think about it, No. 695 wasnt that one a human type?

Ontentoo was thinking about something that seemed trivial Setting Stupimander aside, lets try some negotiations.

Oh fellow master of negotiations show me your skills!

Theres no way I could pass a tunnel through?

No, it looks like you extended the cave this far by chance, but any farther is impossible! This one wont let a single rat pass through her dungeon!

Could you part with just a little so that I could build the tunnel? Id be fine paying in DP.

Ou, 500,000 DP for it then! That much because there are things to move if you extended this cave straight ahead!

500,000 DP well, I dont think itd cost that much to move things around. Also, overwriting territory, wouldnt that have to be payed for as well? In other words, shes overcharging me?

So brazen despite being Stupiwife!

Even so, I cant hand over 500,000 DP.

That so? Though its coming from this one, its a pretty great price!

Hmm, that might not be the market price for exchanging territory, but I dont know. I probably wouldnt learn even if I asked Rokuko, so its impossible to say if paying 500,000 DP for it is actually an unreasonable amount of DP.

Although I want to drive down the price, this red dragon seems like an honest person. It might actually be a reasonable offer.

Oh, come to think of it I just got a few gold coins huh?

Would fifty gold coins work?

What use are gold coins? Youre stupid huh, it cant be used if its not DP!

The red dragon refused with a smile.

So its no good huh. It wouldve been great if I could pay in gold.

No, wait a second. Dragons should love shiny things, lets try actually showing it off.

I took out a single shining gold coin and held it in my right hand to show it off to the red dragon.

Hahaha, 10,000 DP for a single gold coin such a was O-oooh its this awesome!?

Hook, line and sinker~~~! When I slowly moved my hand back and forth, the red dragon followed it with her eyes. She looked to the right when I moved right and to the left when I moved left. Shes completely captivated by it.

Ah, still though. My opponents still not sold on it huh?

I took out a silver coin and polished it till it shined and held it in my left hand.

Ill give one silver coin for every ten gold coins if you sell now.

Wha! T-thats, heeeh, really!?

Really! I would never lie!

Moving the silver coin in my left hand in a circle while I said that, the red dragons whole face followed it.

Alright time for one last push.

B-but, hmmm?

Oh, Oku-sama, are you still not satisfied? Thats fine, then as a one day special, today only, I will add this service! Today! Right here! Only if you agree to accept the fifty gold coins as 500,000 DP! In addition to the extra silver coins, you will receive as a present this crystal knight figurine!

Uoooh!?

The moment I put the transparent and shining crystal knight figurine on the table, the red dragons eyes opened wide. [1]

The crystal knight figurine was twenty centimeters tall. I made it with mana potion bottles.

T-this is its like it could move at any moment! Wonderful!

It really could move if I wanted it to. Its a golem after all. It sparkles and reflects a ridiculous amount of light since it was something made for a dragons interests. The red dragons eyes were sparkling so much that they wouldnt lose to it though.

This offer only stands only if you give an agreeable response right now.

A-alright! Isnt it great 112!?

As though she were a child pleading for a shiny toy, she clapped her hands against Ontentoo, who was thinking about something in a daze.

Aah? Wait, right now, feels like I forgot something serious.

Muuu, hurry up! This one cant get that figurine if we dont answer right now!

Aaah, cant be helped huh. Ah. I remembered!!

Ontentoo suddenly raised his voice to a roar.

No. 695 is that No. 89 the [Betrayer]s comrade isnt sheeeee!!!

Roar! Fire expelled from his mouth.

Haku-san, this dungeon core is calling you a [Betrayer]. Well, you do hunt other dungeon cores I guess.

Footnotes:

To be sure, the table referenced is figurative. Hes referring to [The Offer].