**Day 40 Morning White Weirdo Pervert**
I step out of the room and notice other doors cracked open slightly. Through the gaps… jito eyes are staring?
Wait—what is this? The entire hallway is lined with jito eyes? Did the inn start a "Morning Jito-Eye Service" or something!? How much is the monthly fee!? Yeah, I'm fine with annual contracts or three-year lock-ins!! Anyway, let's start with greetings?
"Good morning? Kinda? Uh… what?"
""""Good morning! You had fun last night, didn't you? (Slam!)""""
All the doors shut at once. Yep—busted.
Wait… Armor Committee Chair still can't speak properly, so her voice is very faint. Yeah, that voice too. But how? Wait—don't tell me all the girls were using "Presence Detection" to peek!? It can't see or hear, but it reads presences… that's a privacy violation! Hey, that's bad manners! I have "Rōjin Eye" too, but I didn't peek in the bath! Yeah, I've been suffering in agony holding back the whole time?
Well, since we came out of the same room, it was obvious anyway? Yeah, I wasn't even trying to hide it? But explaining the current situation is super awkward.
Anyway, Armor Committee Chair's opinion: she refuses to release the employment. Absolutely hates it. And she insists she's just a servant, not a girlfriend… but also says it's not because she's a servant? She said "like" in a tiny voice. She definitely said it!!
But she keeps saying something about status or position being different. Status? I'm an unemployed NEET hikikomori loner, and she's a former Labyrinth Emperor. Yeah, no way she's the one who should be employed, right? Normally?
But she seems to be claiming concubine-like status. Yeah, I've never had a girlfriend before—why does she jump straight to concubine!? But she says she'll stay with me forever, serve for life… a NEET?
Well, conversation is still shaky, so discussions drag on and end up unresolved. No way to explain the situation properly right now?
Anyway, if we're together forever, I guess anything's fine? But public favorability-wise, this is a huge problem. Yeah, especially opposite-sex favorability probably took a fatal wound! When I heard it, I took a fatal wound to the heart too—especially the "not a girlfriend" part was a critical hit, overkill corpse-kicking state!!
Well, we had fun, so no objections. No objections left at all—thoroughly enjoyed it! Yeah, got yelled at at the end.
And with everyone giving jito eyes, Armor Committee Chair looks troubled and fidgety. Bullying incident brewing? How do you even bully the strongest former Labyrinth Emperor? You don't often hear about the bullied kid beating everyone up with a sword. In this otherworld, do bullied kids go sword-unlimited? Feels like the otakus are heading that way too… while being bullied?
Wait—the dining hall air is heavy! But it's breakfast time—so breakfast! Yes—countermeasure against jito eyes: grilled fish set meal from morning. Looks like they don't have energy left for jito stares. Grilled fish with soy sauce over white rice—while young people supposedly hate rice, they're devouring it in this otherworld. No sign of rice avoidance. Now I want miso soup too?
After all, classmates are earning tons in the dungeon—daily meal costs are huge profits. We've stockpiled ingredients, so costs are dirt-cheap. And "Grasp" magic makes cooking for large groups quick and effortless. Yeah—price gouging?
"So anyway, I'm thinking of heading to the dungeon? Wanna come? You can stay if you want—big dungeon probably doesn't have great memories? Long stairs too?"
I asked, but looks like she's coming anyway. I don't think that darkness will appear anymore, but I want to confirm. If it looks bad, I'll send Armor Committee Chair back alone.
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Great Dungeon… Armor Committee Chair is staring at the entrance with jito eyes? I was pretty proud of it—does she like it?
"No, since it's stair access anyway, I went for depth, spatial connection feel? Yeah—this high-low contrast with expansive, dignified stair-entrance vibe—pretty good, right?"
Huh—doesn't seem good. Response is jito eyes? Probably mad I remodeled without permission. But first floor should be fine, right? Her post was 100F?
We descend to monster-free 30th floor and probe deeper presences. Nothing?
"Talk was monsters remained from 30F to 46F… but nothing?"
(Nod nod)
Presence Search finds no presences below. Someone already cleared it? Well, adventurers come to farm too. They're after treasure chests, so no monsters isn't a problem. 30F had a hidden room, but the chest contained "Profession Medal: [Job Trait Up]"… both of us are jobless! Job trait up for jobless—what even is a jobless trait!? Probably just makes us more lazy and slovenly? Yeah—let's go deeper.
36F also has a hidden room. Seems almost no hidden rooms discovered yet. Other chests had consumables like potions and gold coins—no rares. Hidden rooms are the real targets. 36F hidden room—no traps, no locks. Inside: "Demon Ring: [Employ Demons (3)]"… already killed them!
Reading the story flow, you're supposed to equip this ring, employ Swordmaster-san, and fight! That's the foreshadowing—too late!! Flag snapped before it could stand. Don't drop people if you don't want this!!
If we'd gone top-down, story would connect, but falling in and climbing back snapped flags left and right. Yeah—proper route: employ Swordmaster with this ring, receive divine sword, fight. Instead: attacked by Swordmaster with divine sword, beat her up, then get the ring—huge sense of too-late! Yeah—ruined?
Since unsure if usable, maybe skip compound? But "Soul Shackle Ring" still has 7 empty slots, and only useless "Trap Ring: [Auto-Disarm Traps]" inside. If unneeded, can remove. More importantly, storing it means I'll forget. Let's compound for now.
So far nothing Armor Committee Chair (Greed Apostle) wants. If nothing else, buy something in town on the way back.
41F: another meh "Blade Shield – Attack Correction (Small) Defense Correction (Small) Magic Defense (Small) Shield Bash + ATT". Effects decent, but all (Small). Shield Bash + ATT probably lets shield bash slash or pierce—blades on surface and edge. Wants to defend or attack? Yeah—sell this.
Last one—45F: "Temptation Shirt – Temptation Effect (Large)"… shame, but this is bad. Criminal-tier. Definitely in charm/puppetry family. Pheromones alone were plenty, but went overboard into crime. Just raising favorability is enough— this probably lowers it? Might make you popular, but sealed. Selling would be dangerous.
"So no monsters after all? Wanna go to 100F? For old times' sake?"
Doesn't seem interested. Makes sense—dark place like that holds no good memories. Maybe remodeling into underground grand bath wouldn't have angered her?
From here, no darkness—labyrinth feels completely dead. No presence, no breath. Yeah—if that darkness is gone, that's good.
No great finds, but sellable. "Temptation Shirt" unsellable, but medal and shield are good. If not for sword-god and wooden-staff jobless combo, this would be jackpot?
No harvest for Armor Committee Chair, so let's shop in town on return. Probably a bit past noon—how does everyone know the time?
We wander the lively town, buying daily goods and miscellany for Armor Committee Chair. Stop by Adventurers' Guild—yesterday and today adventurers and soldiers swept the dungeon confirming death. No wonder nothing but hidden rooms. Made it easy—good.
While there, ask about nearby other dungeons. Adventurer-only, but they told me. Probably fruitcake bribe worked. Asked the loose-lipped appraiser instead of tight-lipped receptionist chair. Yeah—will probably get yelled at later, but she looks happy now… wait—she's right behind me?
Wander and shop, return to inn—everyone's there. Show "Profession Medal: [Job Trait Up]" and "Blade Shield – Attack Correction (Small) Defense Correction (Small) Magic Defense (Small) Shield Bash + ATT". Ask if anyone wants. Surprisingly popular. Especially medal—[Job Trait Up] is super rare. Hey—told to jobless, not interested in jobless trait up!
"Then auction time～? Kinda? Starting bid 1,000 ele?"
"3,000! 5,000 6,000 9,000! 10,000 12,000 1…5,000 Damn, 20,000!!…"
Everyone tricked by auction mood—even shield-non-users raising hands? Wait—aren't you two-hander? And you're dual-wielder, right?
"100,500 110,000! 120,000! 125,000… 140,000! 155,000…5,000 200,000!!"
Weird… otakus are quiet. Weapon maniacs not participating. Making "grrr" faces but held back by others?
"250,000! 260,000. 280,000. Ugh, 290,000! 295,000…5,000 300,000!" Grr!
Result—volleyball girls (twin telephone poles) won bid. Oh right—she's shield-swing girl. Perfect fit. But shield alone for 320,000 ele—huge profit. They pooled everything. Add a bonus.
Medal—otakus went serious. Started at 1,000 ele, instant 1,000,000 ele bid. No one else could join. All four pooled cash. Purpose: give to guardian or mage for head defense. Need to think up new techniques again!