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Chapter 170: Peaceful Moment

〜Aun’s point of view〜

About a month had passed since the Gigantic Centipede was summoned.

Everything has gone smoothly so far. Barbaru also joined in the expansion and renovation of the Plainvelt Dungeon, and he was obsessed with the dungeon’s structure and the placement of monsters.

He is a smart man. From the moment I met him, he was able to read the situation accurately from the limited information available, and was able to quickly select the best option.

He’s just been getting more and more beyond the level of “smart” lately. When it comes to the city’s politics, he gives out precise instructions to his subordinates to solve various problems that arise every day. What I should mention is that it has been less than a year since he became the person in charge of the city.

After starting to build the Phantom Castle, researching and remodeling dungeon became his hobby and he also learned the structure and mechanism from Irs. From that, he was able to break it down in his own way to understand and develop his knowledge.

I’m not saying this to boast, but running a dungeon isn’t that easy.

In order to earn as many dungeon points as possible, we have to control and adjust the sudden accidents and death rate while maintaining the appeal that would naturally make adventurers want to enter the dungeon. From the middle layer of the dungeon onwards, it is also necessary to calculate the risk and reward ratio.

In my case, I do it by instinct, arrange it randomly, and just create floors based on a rhythm…

In short, you need to balance various things simultaneously when it comes to dungeon management.

Barbaru considers all these things at the same time and processes them in parallel at explosive speed. You’d even doubt if he was human. I get goosebumps every time I watch him work.

Despite this, I felt that he still had plenty of room to spare from that smiling expression of his.

According to him, the reason he doesn’t get tired of thinking and processing multiple things at the same time was because he acquired the [High Speed Calculation] and [Parallel Processing] skills.

There shouldn’t be any problems if I leave Plainevelt to Barbaru and Irs from now on. I do feel a little sad, but also reassured to have the help.

「Well, I’ll leave the rest to you. I’m gonna go see Kinu and the egg.」

「Oh, is it already time? Time goes by so fast when you’re having fun!」Barbaru.

「Has Kinu been warming the egg every day since then?」Irs.

「Yeah. The clan members have been helping out recently, so Kinu’s burden has been reduced.」

「She kept warming the egg without sleeping at the start, after all…」Barbaru.

「Yeah… I’m happy about that and can sympathize with it, but she was quite exhausted at the start. Kinu finally agreed on taking care of the egg together with others after we set up a schedule. She has come to leave things up to other members.」

「That’s reassuring to hear.」Irs.

「Indeed! Well, see you guys.」

Saying that, I teleported between labyrinths and moved to the 5th floor of the Phantom Castle.

Kinu, who was warming the egg in her beast form, noticed me and returned to her human form.

「Welcome back, Aun.」

「I’m back! How is the egg?」

「Nn– I don’t know. Try appraising it.」

「Alright! ……Uh-huh. I don’t see any change, but it’s grown much bigger compared to the first day.」

I’ve been appraising the egg every day for the past month, but the information I can see hasn’t changed.

Regarding the size of the egg, however, it was the size of my head at first, but now it’s grown to be as tall as me.

「I seriously wonder what kind of monster will hatch out of it.」

「We will know that answer once it’s born. But no matter what kind of monster, I will give it my maximum affection.」

「Of course! The monster will be our family. Let’s take care of it together.」

「Nn. Aun’s going to be a good dad.」

As usual, Kinu praises me unabashedly.

She lets me do whatever I want, and I also know that she’s always supporting me from behind the scenes as if it’s only natural.

Perhaps because of that, the people around us began to treat us like a married couple. Well, it’s the same for the both of us too…

And this time, the “monster egg” was summoned by random summoning from my and Kinu’s mana. And as a result, it became like a common-law marriage. In any case, I would like to hold something like a wedding ceremony when things have calmed down and make her happy.

(Let’s go big with the ceremony!! But since it will take a considerable amount of time to prepare… Let’s do it after the egg hatches safely.)

The monster that will be born will be part of [Star Supremacy]’s family, and is also like my and Kinu’s child. I want it to know that it was born with love.

Hahaha… This is exactly what you would call a happy problem! Well, there is still time until the Demon King is revived. There’s no rush, so let’s take it slow.

Let’s hope that these peaceful days will continue.

———A few days after, however, the situation within the Arto Kingdom will change dramatically.

In the midst of the Seven Nations Conference being held in the Ibrudia Empire to make up for the Council of Seven Sphin Nations which ended halfway due to the demon attack.

Aiming for the timing when Ruzark was not in the Arto Kingdom, a coup d’état led by Prince Fernando broke out in the royal capital Alraine.