Dungeon's Final Boss: Banished by My Boss, the Goddess, to Earth—So I'll Continue My Past Life - 40

Chapter 40: Piroane Saito’s Recent Situation

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As an S-rank Awakened, my daily life hadn’t changed much since then.

I still responded to the emergency calls to eliminate dungeons at the request of the D-Ministry, restock inventory at the dungeon convenience store, and participate in recordings with the D-Tuber Mimimi Amanogawa. That was my daily life so far. Now then, shall we take a look at one change that had happened since then?

Yes, the goddess Piroane. It seemed she had lost her divine powers, but since she still possessed strength on par with an S-rank Awakened, she obtained Japanese citizenship and started living in this apartment.

Why this apartment? Well, because I was saddled with the role of her guardian—or rather, her watchdog. Right now, Piroane was showing off her nails produly to me.

No, more precisely, she was showing them to the camera I was holding. Yeah. That was what she was doing right now. 

“Well? Aren’t they beautiful?”

Today was her livestream day and it was a job she had received from an actual company.  The client was a certain telecommunications company. Because the official dungeon record for the Kichijoji Dungeon was broken, they decided to install relay devices to expand the communication area. They requested Piroane to guard the construction work.

Livestreaming the process would also serve as a communication test at the same time. The reason they chose Piroane was probably because she was the one who broke the record. And the reason I was stuck as the cameraman was simply that I was the only one who could keep up with her movements. The company’s technicians were visibly shaken when they saw me, probably worrying about the cost of my involvement, but I decided to let things slide… For now.

“Just this once. Make sure you don’t forget that.”

I made sure to emphasize it. I didn’t have any intention to disrupt the remuneration system for Awakened ones or the D-Tuber industry in general.  I also made sure to remind Piroane.

“Don’t think I’m going to be your cameraman forever.”

“Eh?! But isn’t it the drone’s fault for not being able to keep up with my movements?”

“Then why don’t you learn how to position yourself better for the camera drone?”

“Why should I have to—”

“…You… Do you ever stop to think before you act?”

“Uh… Huh?”

“Your problem is that you assume things will work out even when you don’t think them through.”

“Huh? Oh, but I’m more of an instinct-based fighter, you know?”

“That doesn’t excuse everything you do.”

“Ah, uh, uhh…”

“Do you understand now?”

“I’ll do my best…”

After applying the necessary pressure to Piroane, the recording began. Which brought us back to the nail flaunting scene.

“Recently, Mimimi has been doing my nails and this is the result! What do you all think? Aren’t they beautiful?”

She boasted to the camera. Meanwhile, I wore a blank expression on my face. I had given strict orders to her: “Do not talk to me.”

Let’s see how well she follow that.

: Ohh, beautiful.

: As expected of Piroane-sama, you’re stunning!

: Wait, Mimimi? As in Mimimi Amanogawa?

: Mimimi?! Why Mimimi?!

: Oh, but isn’t Dungeon Ojisan is Piroane-sama’s cameraman?

: Ah, so that’s the connection between them. Makes sense.

: Jiro-san, are you here today too~?

“Hey, Jiro. They’re calling for you.”

Twitch.

“Ah! No, no! Jiro isn’t here! I swear!”

: Is she afraid of Dungeon Oji-san? 

: I knew it. Dungeon Oji-san is the strongest after all.

“Enough! Today’s stream is a job from the telecommunications company!”

Piroane forcibly steered the conversation back on track.

“Anyway! Once this construction is complete, the Kichijoji Dungeon will have communication coverage up to the 50th floor! D-Tubers, you should all be grateful to me!”

: Thank you, Piroane-sama.

: Thank you.

: Thank you.

: Thank you, Dungeon Oji-san.

: Thanks, Oji-san!

: Nice one, Oji-san!

“You lot! That’s not the point here!”

For some reason, the comments had shifted to thanking me, and Piroane cried out in frustration. It seemed this person had been accepted by the society as a real D-Tuber too, huh?

“Alright, let’s move out!”

The technicians had already finished preparing. At Piroane’s words, the group started moving. The technicians entering the dungeon were technically Awakened as well, but they were mostly D or E-rank. We had discussed this during preparations, but now that the camera was rolling, they followed in silence.

I cast a light support spell on Piroane, linking our experience points. Since I wasn’t taking any payment, I figured I should at least get something out of it. Piroane’s combat style was unexpected for her appearance—she was a close-quarters fighter. She conjured a pair of magic-enhanced brass knuckles.

The sharp spikes were coated in a blue magical aura, and any monster she punched was torn apart and vanished into nothingness. The magic stones that dropped were automatically absorbed into her item box, making the whole scene look like something out of a video game.

She could use both physical combat and magic, but whether she should be considered a magic fighter who could use magic or a battle mage who could throw punches… I wasn’t sure. She kept glancing at me, which meant she at least remembered the purpose of this job. She systematically punched every monster to death on the way to the 50th floor, ensuring the technicians could complete their work safely. The stream ended without a hitch.

“Hey, hey, I did a good job today, didn’t I?”

“Well… I suppose you did.”

She only slipped up once, after all.

“Then! Then! Let’s go to that place! That Western-style izakaya we went to first!”

“You really like that place, huh? Fine.”

“Yes! Then let’s invite Mimimi too!”

Watching Piroane excitedly pull out her phone to contact Mimimi, I couldn’t help but be impressed at how well she was adapting to this world.

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