I headed to the gate with a slow pace because of the hunger, while Furry was dozing off on top of my head.

“Stop!”

A guard who saw me heading towards the gate raised his weapon, namely a spear, and pointed it in my direction. The other guards who noticed this readied their guards in case of an attack.

“Who are you?”

The closest guard came near me with his spear raised up. He asked me in a low voice filled with suspicion. His eyes narrowed on the furball that was atop of my head.

“Please let me through… I came from the lower floors and just barely made it back here.”

I spouted out a lie so that I can get into the settlement.

“Then, is that your pet?”

The guard pointed his spear at the furball.

“Yes. It is my pet. Its name is Furry. I found him in the lower floors and I picked him up.”

The guard was raising an eyebrow to my statements. He backed off and informed another guard. That must be the higher up in charge of the gate. The guard came back with his spear still raised up.

“I understand… Then show me your guild card.”

“I’m sorry, but I lost the card when I was running away from a horde of golems.”

The guard slowly lowered his spear and beckoned me to come with him. I was taken to a room inside a wooden tower. I was told to sit down on a chair and wait for their commander.

The door swinged open and a huge man entered. He was covered in full plate armor and stood about 1.87 meters. He sat down across me and began the interview.

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“Om nom… Om nom… Glug glug glug… Puhaaa… I’m revived!”

An hour later, I was given identification papers and was told to go to the adventurer’s guild. I arrived after a 10-minute walk and went inside. What greeted me were a few adventurers who were going about their business, not paying me any attention. As expected by an adventurer’s guild in a settlement inside a dungeon.

The receptionist was a beautiful blond-haired elf onee-san, can’t say anything about the chest though. My guild card was reissued after paying a gold coin. The coin was subtracted from my earnings by selling the monster cores. Also, the receptionist paid more attention to Furry than me and the others. Just how rare is its species.

After reissuing my guild card, I was introduced to a nice inn by the elf onee-san. The price was cheap and it was run by an adventurer couple. They also had a cute 14-year old daughter… Actually scratch that, he’s a trap! A bishounen! I was tricked thinking he was a girl until their parents corrected that.

I mean what the heck!? Seriously!? Acts like a girl, talks like a girl, sounds lik a girl, and looks like a girl! He ain’t gay, but just does that to prank other people. Furry, who was on my head, was showered with attention in the inn. Female adventurers came in droves to meet Furry. I placed him on a table while Furry had teary-eyes. Sorry because I can’t take it anymore. If I get interrupted while I eat, I just might lose consciousness because of the lack of food. Just how many days did I spend sleeping on the 50th floor?

And now, I am eating to my heart’s content. I have the money to splurge since I made enough money to live for a year, but I still need to earn more money as an apology to Kayaka for leaving her.

“Gochisousama!”

I finished eating, went to the crowded table where Furry was being molested by the female adventurers, picked him up, and went to my room.

“Pupuu!!!”

Furry who I left behind to get assaulted by women was pouting on top of the bed. Seriously, whatever he does, it always seems cute.

“Sorry about that, Furry. I needed to eat in peace otherwise, will you carry me to bed and feed me?”

“Pu—puu~…”

Furry calmed down and lied down on the bed. It looks like a circle-shaped furry pillow when lying down and sleeping. I got on the bed, brought Furry closer to my side and hugged him.

“Good night…”

“Puu~…”

Furry responded with a cute sound and fell asleep. I also followed suit after a few seconds.

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*Click* *Clack*

I woke up to the sound of the lock of my door opening. I readied my sword that was beside my bed and woke Furry up to warn it about danger. Furry instantly woke up and positioned itself on top of my head so that if we need to run, we can easily get out without worries about leaving each other behind.

The door swings open and a silhouette of a small human appeared. I can’t see well in the dark so I can’t see his face. He slowly approaches my bed and in his hand, something hard and blunt can be seen. He raised it up, and the cue for me to move has come.

I got out of my bed, and swung my sword at the silhouette and stop it before it reaches. The reason? Because the intruder was the ‘trap’ earlier, the bishounen. He was smiling while cold sweat ran down his back. If I look closely, that blunt thing was a scratching post. That reminds me, the female adventurers said earlier that fluffballs love scratching posts. I narrowed my eyes at the ‘trap’ and asked him a question.

“What are you doing here?”

The ‘trap’s’ eyes were swimming around the room, searching for an excuse. Let me guess…

“You wanted to kidnap Furry by giving him a scratching post, am I right?”

The ‘trap’s’ body went stiff for a moment before going limp.

“Y- yes…”

“And? What were you going to do with him?”

The ‘trap’ hesitated for a while before speaking.

“I was going to sell it to gain money so that I can buy the medicine my mother needs. Otherwise, she will die in a few days.”

I didn’t expect it to go this dark. But I still need to lecture him about his wrongdoings.

“Bonds aren’t that fragile. You shouldn’t underestimate the bond of frienship.”

I sheathed my weapon and Furry went down my head and into the scratching post after feeling that the bad aura was gone.

“…What am I supposed to do, nii-san?”

“Did you ask for help?”

“Yes, but no one volunteered.”

Hmm… That just goes to show how expensive this medicine is.

“Incidentally… What is the reason your mom is dying.”

“I heard that it was a disease called [Mana Defeciency]. If it was just that, then we could have cured it at once, but because of the rapid decrease of mana in the body, normal potions are not able to recover a lot at once to repel the disease.”

So… It is a disease where if you don’t recover enough mana within the allotted time, your mana keeps on decreasing until you die.

“I might be able to help you-”

“Really!? Nii-san!?”

He really is desperate to accept even a stranger’s help.

“I won’t promise you anything, but I will help you.”

“Ah… Thank you… Thank you…”

Tears fell down his face. It could be one thing if it was a girl, but a boy? No… Send this to the back of my head. Forget about this scene. I ain’t a shotacon.

Come to think of it, I didn’t hear about his name or his parents names.

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I was guided to the room of his parents. Apparently, his name was Alexis. Why a girl’s name, why? This just adds to his girlishness.

A few minutes of walking and we arrived at his parent’s room. Alexis opened the door and introduced me to his parents.

“Aren’t you the fuffball’s owner?”

The father of Alexis was the one who asked his question.

“Greetings. My name is Kouta. I heard from your son that your wife is suffering from a disease and I may be able to help you.”

I gave a small bow and looked at the woman lying down on the bed. Her breathing was ragged and her face was red. She was sweating bullets while having a pained expression. The husband was grasping her frail hand as he looked worried about his wife. This is a good family, I thought.

Name: Maya

Level: 78

Skills:

[White Magic 5]

[Support Magic 4]

[Staff Technique 4]

Titles:

[Inn Keeper of an Inn in a Dungeon]

[Kindhearted]

Debuffs:

[Mana Deficiency 8]

I used [Appraisal] to view her status, and I was shocked to see that debuff status. It was high, no wonder ordinary potions can’t cure it.

“If you can, please! I don’t care how much! Just please cure her!”

The man got up from his seat and did a 90 degree bow. Since he did this much, there’s no way I can back off now.

“Leave it to me.”

I activated my [Dota 2 Skill Set] skill and selected a support type hero that can recover mana points.

Hero skill set changed from [Sven] to [Keeper of the Light]

[Keeper of the Light]

[Illuminate] – Channels light energy, building power the longer it's channeled. Once released, a wave is sent forth that deals damage. The longer it is channeled, the more damage is dealt. [Mana Leak] – Weakens a target’s magical essence, causing them to lose mana as they move. [Chakra Magic] - Restores mana to the target unit and increases its mana capacity temporarily. [Spirit Form] - Temporarily turns your body luminescent, gaining various abilities. Illuminate is now channeled by a separate spirit, and gains the Blinding Light and Recall abilities.

I cast [Chakra Magic] on the woman in hopes of curing her from her disease. When I casted it once, the pained expression and the ragged breathing of the woman lessens. After a few seconds, I casted another one, and the woman returned to sleeping peacefully. I used appraisal once again to check her status.

Name: Maya

Level: 78

Skills:

[White Magic 5]

[Support Magic 4]

[Staff Technique 4]

Titles:

[Inn Keeper of an Inn in a Dungeon]

[Kindhearted]

Buffs:

[Increased Mana Capacity 3]

Looks like she was cured from the disease.

“Ohh. Thank you… Really thank you…”

“Nii-san… Thank you!”

The parent and child duo thanked me the whole time I was there until the wife woke up. There was no need to say it, I left the family alone for the night to give them some family bonding time. Something tells me that tomorrow will be a long day.

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~ Third Person POV ~

Inside a dark room were two silhouettes. Both of them had the shape of a human, except for the extra parts. They had wings, extra legs, and antennas on their heads.

“Tomorrow is the day the world fears the Demon Lord once again right?”

“Ahh of course… The first target of our attack will be the Dungeon Town Fault. Isn’t that right? Veda?”

“Fufufu… Ahhh… I can’t wait to meet those sweet little heroes of another world. I wonder how would they react when they find themselves with no way to escape. Will they fight back? Or… Fufufu… Thinking about it makes me excited.”

“Kekeke… I wonder how their screams of despair will sound? I’m looking forward to it.”

The day the world fears the Demon Lord once again will start soon.