Instead of going to the dungeon for work, I went there looking for a hot spring. It’s nice to do things off the beaten path every once in a while.
We had that supertalented Mister Minerva with us, so I wasn’t scared at all. Yeah, he gets all angry if we get too friendly with Mister Yusuke, shouting that we’re shameless or calling us hussies, but he might normally be a nice person. I mean, he was so considerate of us when we were on B2, walking ahead of us to ensure even my and Mira’s safety. I might’ve been misunderstanding him up until now just because his face and his voice are scary. I think I’ll start making more of an effort to approach him.
The hot spring we found was just gushing with hot water, and it felt amazing! And those Squirt Guns we bought from Mister Yusuke were out of this world! Mira especially looked like she was going to melt. Her shoulders are always so stiff!
I also had Mira squirt my calves, and I felt all that tension in them dissolve away. If this hot spring becomes famous, those Squirt Guns are definitely going to sell like hot cakes! Maybe I’ll buy another one while I still can. I’ll have Mira do the same, and then we’ll use our two Squirt Guns to ease all our stiff muscles!
It’ll make it easier to go exploring if Mister Yusuke opens up his shop at the hot spring. I could stop by to soak in the bath after work and use those Squirt Guns to relieve my fatigue, and then I’d be ready to work hard the next day! Drinking Ramune straight out of the bath just feels amazing, and if I have those lotteries to get all excited about, then I can feel like every day is nothing but fun!
Wait a second. I’m pretty obsessed with Dagashi-ya Yahagi, huh? Well, whatever! What can I say? Dagashi-ya are fun. I think having an oasis for my weary heart down on B2 would be really good for my day-to-day life.
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We got surrounded by Killer Bees today. They’re bee-type monsters only about ten centimeters across, but I think there were at least a hundred of them. They’re weak to fire, so we normally take them down with several fireball shots, but today the mage on our team just had to run out of mana.
Mira can barely use Fire Magic, so we were especially panicked. Those bees and their stingers have neurotoxins in them, so you’ll be paralyzed if you’re stung. In the worst-case scenario, they feast upon you while you’re still alive... It’s so scary, I don’t want to even imagine what that’s like.
We retreated immediately, but those things would not give up on chasing us. That was when I remembered my Bomb Blast Menko. This Menko had one of my favorite adventurers on it—Shooting Star Galaga. I didn’t want to use it because of that, but it wasn’t worth risking my life over. As wasteful as it felt, I threw my Bomb Blast Menko at those Killer Bees.
It was pretty strong. The moment it hit the earth, it let out a huge gust of wind that threw the Killer Bees against the wall or the ground, knocking them all unconscious. Thanks to that, it was easy to subdue them. I’ll remember to buy more of those things tomorrow in case I ever need them.
I wonder, will I ever become an adventurer famous enough to be drawn on a Menko?