Lets Pay Back the Loan

The number of staff that can manage the dungeon has increased.

That is in other words, the dungeon can be managed without it being unreasonable even if it was larger.

For the time being, lets expand the dungeon towards Sia. The underground can be used for whatever.

Come to think of it, Ive been expanding the dungeons domain above ground, but itll become something hard to deal with if I dont divide it into different floors and an intruder enters.

I didnt split [Great Tsuia Mountain Tunnel] into multiple floors at first, so I wasnt able to remodel anything if there was even a single person inside it. I had to rush and divide it into floors by separating it into several blocks.

Even the plaza in front of where people enter the dungeon that the inn is at is on a different floor from the dungeon.

It seems it can become a floor even if it isnt divided with a staircase, just what is a floor? Ive been trying to figure that out recently.

Furthermore, it takes 5,000 DP to set a floor.

Although we have more income now than we used to its still a pretty big expense. I wonder how much days profit it is?

Adventurers that come here are between E and C-Rank. Thats around 30-80 DP generated per person naturally. Parties are somewhere between two and five people and two or three parties enter at a time.

The amount of DP produced doubles when theyre shut in one of the inns rooms too, and theres also the inns income the calculations are complicated. Should I make an accounting book? Sounds bothersome. Lets hope that Menu-san gets a feature like that sometime.

Also, Haku-san leaves stuff like payments or tips to Rokuko whenever she comes to stay even if we start losing DP, so maybe theres not much of a reason to figure it out? That woman really does spend lavishly.

Cream soda is her favorite so she orders one immediately, one at dinner, one when taking a bath and another when going to bed. She buys each one with a gold coin and even gives Rokuko 5,000 DP tips. She has that kind of condition. Shes too kind to her imouto.

At any rate, I should probably add more floors and move the boss room down.

Although the riddle area still hasnt been captured, Im a bit uneasy that the only things guarding after its broken through are golems.

Lets assume theres an adventurer that specializes in golems. That person would win against golems easily.

If they went beyond the riddle area, our dungeon, [Cave of Desires], would be laid bare.

Golems can only use physical attacks huh At minimum, Id like some guys that could use magic attacks.

For that, itd be necessary to use DP.

Lets raise some money.

Whats the matter, Kehma? Why so sudden? Were getting a lot of money from the inn and toll fee arent we?

Come to think of it, I still havent returned the DP I borrowed from Rokuko for that dungeon battle against [Flame Cavern] huh.

Rather, when I added floors in a rush to to deal with the problem of not being able to remodel the dungeon, I borrowed even more. I handed her gold coins as collateral, but Rokuko couldnt use them herself even if she has the gold coins

I want to return the DP I borrowed from Rokuko.

I dont mind. Kehma and I are partners in body and mind after all.

Its because youre my important partner that I have to do this properly. I dont want anything strange to happen and it get complicated.

If Kehma says so, well lets do it properly then? Fufun, youre my important partner after all! Dont want it to get complicated you know!

Rokuko looks like shes really happy for some reason. After being alone for so many years, shes probably happy that she has someone as a partner I guess.

I opened the menu and checked how much DP I had.

Lets see, youve borrowed 53,000 DP so far? Im holding fifty three gold coins as collateral How much DP does the dungeon have without mine?

Since we summoned those three the other day just short of 9,000 remaining.

I handed her the gold coins as collateral, but since they would be worth 53,000 DP if we used them as is, the loan is exactly zerod out. But it would take an incredible 530,000 DP to get fifty three gold coins.

Since there was a difference in the exchange rates, its best to use money for money and DP for DP.

Its better to earn enough DP to pay it back.

Since were mostly even if I used the collateral, you could just pay it back eventually with the inns business you know? You even have sugar to sell you know?

Even though thats also true, Ive still been anxious about it. I cant sleep calmly when Im anxious.

Now then, I have an idea to make money. Remember the beet-radish field I made before?

Those beet-radishes were finally harvested the other day. Well be making sugar from now on.

Sugar is a treasure so itll definitely become a lot of DP!

Oh, but you got those seeds with DP will it be alright?

Even gold coins bought with DP can turn back into DP, so its theoretically alright The only question is how much DP itll become, I guess.

First I turned one of them into DP as-is it became 5 DP.

Ooh, it went up, it went up!

Since one seed set (5 DP) can be harvested as fifty radishes, even just that is a fifty-fold return.

I wonder if itll be worth even more when its refined into sugar?

Huh? How do you refine it into sugar?

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Even though it was crazy hard, I managed to make some kind of brownish mass of sugar.

Rokuko saved me after I messed up twice by saying, Come to think of it, couldnt you get the recipe with DP? It cost 20 DP to buy.

After I crushed it into small pieces, I put it into hot water to boil it down and dissolve the sugar.

That was very tough.

Yeah, thanks for helping out Kinue-san.

Kinue-san had also helped with the cooking work. I mean, shes really skilled. If Kinue-san didnt help I probably wouldve burned it a few times at the least.

Hey Kehma. Why do you attach [San] to Kinue?

Just because? Well, no, shes turned into something like the dorm mother for the employee dormitory.

She has this gentle atmosphere and loves to clean, so shes overflowing with a motherly feeling.

When I gave her a bamboo broom, shed go outside and sweep on her own volition.

Now then, the sugars brown, but how do you make it white?

Unfortunately, the recipe ended at the point of making the sugar.

For now, I converted one beet-radishs portion into DP.

10 DP huh. It doubled.

Got our moneys worth from the recipe. Guess Ill leave it to golems Kinue-san, please give directions to the golems.

Certainly, master.

Well, with this forty-seven beet-radishes became 470 DP.

With that, 5 DP becomes 500 DP Yep, isnt that awesome? If I sold it to a merchant, itd probably be even more efficient by turning the money into DP.

That means one hundred of them are worth 50,000 DP Maybe I should expand the field? No, couldnt I make a field in the dungeon?

Kukuku, the agricultural king dungeon sounds nice. It really sounds like an idyllic and peaceful dungeon.

But how many days does that take? You said 500 DP, but doesnt locking a human party up in the magic sword test room for even a single day get that a lot faster?

Which reminds me. Theres that aristocrat and his party of followers thats been locked up since yesterday. Theyre giving us 500 DP a day.

Since theyre locked up with a jail door too, with the prison effect (x3) and locked-up effect (x2), were getting six times the normal amount.

Isnt it better to think about another way?

No, well, yeah, I guess

Dammit, even though I thought that Id come up with a perfect strategy

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And so I changed plans, deciding to sell Ontentoo a figurine made with a golem.

It sold.

When I called Ontentoo

Im in possession of a Tsuia Mountain dragon figurine. How about giving it to Redra as a present?

Then, when I showed him the gold-plated dragon figurine

[Heeh, that thing theres nice, Redrad like it.]

He bought it for asking price.

Even though I just started out with 100,000 DP

[Well thats about right yeah? Hahaha.]

He paid it in full with a hearty laugh.

100,000 DP. Thinking about the 5 DP sweet-roll assortment, thatd be worth around 10,000,000 yen.

A ridiculous price! Just what the heck is he doing for income?

And so I obtained 100,000 DP and repaid the loan. It ended so easily its kind of anticlimactic

What was my anxiety for!

But didnt it take you three days to make that gold-plated figurine?

No no, its just comparing these three days income against the laborious agriculture that finally gave 500 DP

You definitely arent suited for agriculture, you know.

Thats right, I am a dungeon master after all. Agriculture is just an extra.

But I can still get fresh vegetables, lets have the golems keep on working the fields from now on. Maybe I should sell the beet-radishes to merchants as sugar?

I-its not like Im attached to it! Its just a side job! And even dust can build up into a mountain you know!?