Dungeon's Final Boss: Banished by My Boss, the Goddess, to Earth—So I'll Continue My Past Life - 75

Chapter 75: Before Going to the Dungeon

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My next destination should have been the dungeon, but before that, I decided to return to the villa and update everyone on the situation. When I told Francia about Claire and the others, she said that if there were no issues, she wanted them to stay put and wait. At the villa, there were two civilians and two awakened miner type and producer type. None of them were suited for combat.

It was probably deemed safer for them to stay at the sturdy old castle that served as the villa, rather than risk them acting recklessly. Even though there were Sahagin-type monsters surrounding the villa, Mio had used the magic stones she had to purchase golems and had them fight, setting up a perfect defense system around the villa.  

Now that I think about it, I forgot to tell Francia and the others that the DC ring could be used here. I wasn’t sure if they even had one, but I wondered how things would have gone if I had mentioned it. They might have grown even more suspicious of me. 

When I arrived at the villa, Mio came running out. It seemed she had been around the entrance, commanding the golems.

“Jiro-san!”

“Mio, are you okay?”

“Yes. Thanks to the golems.”

“That’s good to hear.”

When Claire and the others also showed up, I began explaining the situation outside.

“If Rock and the UN forces are involved, then the situation should be under control. They should be able to hold the monster at bay.”

“Yeah.”

Claire and Heaves nodded in agreement. It seemed like they had a lot of trust in him.

“He’s the worst with women, though.”

“Well…”

That seemed to be the case as well. I felt a little sorry for him, so I decided to share what I had seen earlier. Though I didn’t know the exact details, but I knew the thing that made Rock, Rock Barnhorn, was Francia Jones.

“Francia Jones? Oh, I know her. She’s the awakened soldier, right? Is she the source of Rock’s confidence?”

Claire and Heaves both looked confused. The one who seemed to understand the situation almost immediately was the butler.

“There’s nothing more gratifying than having others acknowledge who you are. For Rock, it’s probably important to have that recognition from Francia-san. That peculiar action might have been necessary as part of some ritual for him.”

The butler tapped his chest with his thumb.

“By the way, wasn’t his harassment issue always focused on the left side of the chest? I heard it was because he was trying to touch the heart side of the woman’s chest.”

In other words, he had been touching the breasts of various women in search of someone to replace Francia. And somehow, Mio had ended up involved in that. …Just remembering it made me want to hit him again. But that was that.

“You really know a lot.”

Maybe because of the emergency, it wasn’t even possible to use the internet right now, yet he still remembered such small details. Had he been following Rock’s news that eagerly?

“I can’t forget even the most trivial things.”

“Does that mean you remember things like a photographic memory?”

“Yeah.”

Oh. It seemed that this unusual memory learning method was really a thing.

“That’s amazing.”

“Is it?”

“It is! I’ve forgotten almost everything about my youth.”

“Re-Really?”

“Yeah.”

“I see. Fufu~”

“”Mmm.””

Claire laughed happily.

“I see, so that’s why… I understand now…”

Claire muttered to herself. She seemed to be in a good mood for some reason, but in contrast, Mio and Heaves were getting more and more annoyed.

I wonder why? I didn’t know, but we couldn’t afford to waste too much time here.

“I’m going to the dungeon soon.”

“We’ll come with you…”

“I’m sorry, but I need to go quickly, so I’ll go alone.”

“I see…”

Though Claire had offered to come, I politely declined. She accepted that without protest, but for some reason, Mio was showing a lot of enthusiasm.

“Jiro-san!”

“Yes?”

“Please train me when you come back so I can fight too!”

“…Huh?”

Why the sudden request? No…

I had been thinking about testing out skill acquisition, status distribution, and revealing the information regarding status in general. This could be a good opportunity to try those things.

I felt a bit hesitant to experiment on my friend Mio, but then again, there wouldn’t be any major issues for her, right? I didn’t see any drawbacks from this experiment.

“Okay.”

“Yay!”

“”Mmm.””

Mio was thrilled, but the other two grew more upset for some reason.

“I… I want to join too!”

“Well, alright.”

Heaves raised their hand. At this point, it didn’t matter how many people were involved. Though, it would be a problem if it got too crowded. In terms of testing skill acquisition, the more samples the better, but I wasn’t exactly thinking of doing this experiment with someone I knew. I regretted that thought. It seemed they were itching to grow too.

“I… I’m probably not allowed to join too, right?”

“You could use Seraphim, right?”

“Huh? Is that okay?”

“Wouldn’t it be worth testing whether someone who isn’t awakened can still grow?”

“An experiment… Hmm, yeah, that could work.”

Claire also smiled happily. Somehow, everyone’s mood had improved, which was a relief to me.

“Well then, everything depends on what happens after we go to the dungeon.”

“Yes! Please, make sure you come back!”

“I believe in you!”

“Please, Jiro.”

“Alright, I’m off.”

“Take care!”

 left the villa, waved off by the three of them and the butler.

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