Chapter 023
Leaving the main house, I head towards the red torii gate. The sight of several bright red torii gates lined up creates a sacred atmosphere, and I intuitively understand that this is part of the sanctuary.
I walk along the edge of the path led by the line of torii gates and approach the shrine. I read somewhere that in my previous life, the center of the approach to the shrine was the path for gods and Buddhas. I don't know if it's the same in this world, but even if it's different, it won't be a loss.
There were no bells or offering boxes at the small shrine. I just put my hands together and prayed.
[Well done, It's me here. This is like an answering machine, a one-sided message from here. I want you to use the power I've given you to conquer dungeons. You can use the things in the lost house and the fields as you like. Crops grow quickly after harvesting. I have high hopes for you.]
A message echoed in my head in a female voice. It was probably the goddess-sama who had asked for help to the world I was in.
[That's right, turning you into a woman is not my hobby. There wasn't enough soul capacity to give spatial skills to any other means except turning you into a fox spirit and using the lost house. Turning into a woman and then into a fox spirit was a desperate measure.]
... Just when I thought it was over, there was an additional message. Maybe she thought that I had misunderstood that TS and the fox maiden part were the goddess-sama's hobby.
When explaining oneself like that, I can't help but suspect that she had that kind of hobby, but maybe it's just because I have a bad personality.
Anyway, I have permission to use the things in this space freely, so I can use them without hesitation. I picked a bright red tomato from the field behind. I went inside the main house, washed it lightly, and took a bite.
The sweet and sour juice overflowed into my mouth. It was delicious enough to just bite into, so I ate the whole tomato in one go.
"If I stock up on rice and seasonings, and also meat from the first floor, I can stay here for quite some time."
I felt both happy and confused at the fact that the lost house is more comfortable than I had expected. I guess I'll just have to contact the country's top brass and leave the decision on how and when to make the announcement about it.
There will likely be considerations with America, Europe, and China, so rather than racking my brains as an amateur, it's probably better to leave it to the professionals.
The problem is how to get in touch with the top brass, but if I give a glimpse of the existence of a fox beastman, a rare or perhaps the first example in the world, they will surely come looking for me.
Even if I do decide to make the announcement, it's better to prove that I have a high level of ability, so I need to dive to a certain depth. When you dive into the dungeon, a second screen of status is added and the achievements are recorded there. There is no way to fake it, so displaying that screen is what is used to prove the maximum floor reached by each country.
The screen would display "XXXth dungeon, XXth floor," which is how it was possible to determine which dungeon was which number.
There are over 10,000 dungeons in the world. The numbers of all the dungeons found around the world were recorded and cross-referenced, and when there were no missing numbers it was determined that all the dungeons had been discovered.
I left the Lost House and turned back into a man, then hunted some charging pigs and sold some magic stones before heading home. Tomorrow I'd try the second floor.
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