“It looks like there might be a demand for paralysis treatment drugs now.”
“Just like how you can’t handle things by only selling what you have, adding monsters is pretty ruthless.”
“Boosts are important, so I understand the need for balancing adjustments. But if you overdo it, the strategy itself might become something we can’t even hope to complete, so I’ll keep it moderate.”
“Even so, the store is doing unexpectedly well. If only we could buy resurrection potions with that profit… No, better yet, if we could use it on the treasure chest magic.”
“It seems Lady Fiona is thinking some catastrophic thoughts again today.”
“Speaking of which, if a payment element was added to the treasure chest gacha, Primilla would probably get really angry, so please don’t do that.”
“Resurrection potions… are they still not circulating in the market?”
“Very rarely, they are released for an extremely high price, but generally, the government holds onto them.”
“Well, that makes sense. Since even the Four Heavenly Kings can be revived, they would want to keep some in stock for emergencies, and there wouldn’t be anyone selling them.”
“Also, even if they were on the market, it’s impossible for us demons to buy them.”
“Primilla added that detail, but it makes sense.”
“If that weren’t the case, there would have been no need to hire Tokito and Kito as store employees.”
“Then, how about buying an item to recover Lady Fiona’s magic?”
“The Demon Lord’s magic is far higher than that of an ordinary person, so there isn’t any item that can fully restore it. That’s what the throne’s magic was supposed to be for, but…”
“What!? Didn’t we already inject magic!? Rey, you shouldn’t be saying unnecessary things!”
“Ah, so that was meant as a substitute for recovery items. In that case, Fiona’s magic can only be recovered either with emergency magic or through natural recovery; there’s no other option.”
“Well, I can understand why Primilla would get angry.”
“Well, well, eventually Rey will get strong enough to inject magic instead of the Demon Lord, right?”
“It’s not just me. We’d need about a hundred Pilkaya…”
“Really…? Wow, as expected of the Demon Lord.”
“And even with Lady Fiona continuously injecting magic, the fact that it’s still so hard to obtain shows just how rare resurrection potions are.”
“If this were a game, I wish they’d just make them easy to buy…”
“Maybe in battle, you can’t be revived, but you revive with 1 HP after the battle. Was that the system?”
“Not to say it’s at the level of the Demon Lord, but Rey, aren’t you getting stronger now?”
“Well, a little bit.”
“Not only from the shop’s sales, but the traps and monsters are also giving me decent experience.”
“Izumi Reiko – Magic: 36, Strength: 16, Skill: 24, Toughness: 23, Agility: 17.”
“It’s great that my magic has increased again. I feel like the other stats aren’t improving much, but as long as my magic keeps growing, I’ll manage somehow.”
“My stats are growing as usual, so there’s no problem.”
“The issue lies with the dungeon menu.”
“No, it’s not that there’s no progress. In fact, a new menu option has appeared…”
“Create Inn: Consumes 15 Magic.”
“What kind of dungeon is the Dungeon Master making me create?”
“Is the final goal just to create a comfortable space for the shop to settle in?”
“Well, I guess I’ll make it anyway.”
“Wow!”
“Pilkaya shouted in surprise, and Tokito, who had been looking in the same direction, had wide eyes as well.”
“The inn suddenly appeared, and it seems like they were quite shocked.”
“…Rey, what is that?”
“That’s an inn.”
“After a textbook-like exchange, Lady Fiona ended up holding her head.”
“This isn’t the kind of dungeon I know…”
“Yeah, it’s not the kind of dungeon I know either.”
“So, I built it, but just like with the shop, there are no employees. However, the facilities are perfect. With this, the visitors should be satisfied.”
“…If only I could prepare a reception desk.”
“Um, how are we supposed to manage this? That beastman is already overwhelmed at the shop. It would be difficult for them to do both jobs.”
“Yeah… What should we do?”
“Weren’t you thinking this through!? …Rey, wasting magic is not good, you know?”
“Lady Fiona, you’re no different.”
“Oops! I let that slip…”
“I didn’t expect to hear this from Fiona, but to Primilla , it seems like it’s the same for both of us.”
“Well, but my magic usage is for developing the dungeon, so it’s more like a necessary expense.”
“As for me, it’s to revive the Demon Lord’s army, so it’s more like a necessary expense too…”
“Ah, this Demon Lord… she’s trying to save herself and leave me behind.”
“Both are the same.”
“In the end, neither I nor Lady Fiona could escape Primilla ’s lecture.”
“Lady Fiona… You made the decision to revive Primilla first. I wonder why you were so sure of your decision?”
“Or was it that you didn’t have confidence in your own judgment and just needed someone as a safety net?”
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“Um… something like an inn has suddenly appeared from the side.”
“Yes, that will be the workplace of someone who will eventually become your colleague.”
“I-I see… So, does that mean there are others who, like me, were granted by the Demon Lord?”
“That is still just a plan.”
“I-I see…”
For now, everyone goes to see the inn.
The Demon Lord and two of the Four Heavenly Kings appeared all at once, and Tokito looked like he was preparing for death.
Lady Fiona, still in her Demon Lord mode, is interacting with Tokito, but it seems like her disguise is slowly peeling away, or maybe it’s because of my influence that she’s making some blunders. Tokito seems troubled by how to handle it.
“Tokito, do you have anyone in mind who might be suitable to work at this inn?”
“Eh… Well, as for beastmen who are running away from battles, I’m about the only one… The people running the shop are all capable of fighting if they want to, so I’ve been treated like the coward…”
With a despondent look in his eyes, Tokito answered hesitantly.
“If I hadn’t used the option in the first place, I might have trusted my own power and would have ended up easily dying without realizing how terrifying this world really is…”
“What kind of option did you choose?”
“My future course of action… Even if I chose to fight the Demon Lord or level up to fight the Demon Lord, I was faced with the result of dying.”
Ah, so that’s what happened.
Before using the option, Tokito must have been just like the others I first spoke about.
Suddenly, he was granted power by the Goddess, and was told to defeat the Demon Lord without explanation, so he was just following orders, thinking he could defeat the Demon Lord and return.
Since he had the Goddess’s power, he must have overestimated how easily he could defeat the boss of this game-like world.
Surely, everyone must have tried out the power granted by the Goddess in the beginning.
But it seems Tokito learned through the power of options that this world couldn’t be so easily conquered.
“Hmm… The power of options. It seems quite useful.”
“Lady Fiona?”
Lady Fiona seems to be pondering something.
Did she come up with a good way to use Tokito’s power?
“By the way, there’s a treasure chest here.”
“Why is it here…?”
Lady Fiona showed Tokito the familiar treasure chest gacha.
“Please check the options and see what happens if you open this.”
“Eh, eeh… Okay. Um, it looks like I’ll get a really strong sword if I open it… But if I don’t open it, the contents of the treasure chest will improve…”
“I see.”
Upon hearing those words, Lady Fiona imbued the treasure chest with magic.
“Please try again.”
“Y-Yes. This time… it’s a resurrection potion.”
“Now!”
“Y-Yes!”
Pushed by her intense momentum, I opened the treasure chest as ordered.
Inside, there was indeed a bottle of resurrection potion…
“How is it!? This is my achievement!”
“C-Congratulations…”
Ah, it’s already too late.
Lady Fiona completely turned into a mess, forgetting that Tokito was even there.
Well, she’s happy about it, so maybe it’s okay for her to be rewarded like this once in a while.
A new resurrection potion. That means I can resurrect another one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
Lady Fiona will likely choose who to bring back, but I wonder which demon we’ll meet next.
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“Tokito! Next!”
“Yes! It’s not a resurrection potion!”
“Ugh… Next!”
“Still not it!”
“…Next?”
“Not it…”
It seems like these two are having fun, happily making noise inside the shop.
“What’s going on over there?”
“It looks like they’re trying to get a resurrection potion while constantly infusing magic. Well, as you can see, the result…”
“Doesn’t seem like it’s working.”
“Yeah. It’s not just about the amount of magic; luck seems to be needed, so even if you time it perfectly, you can’t be sure of getting it.”
It’s not that easy, huh.
Lady Fiona’s expression gradually turned dissatisfied, and she shouted with a tone of resignation.
“It’s just a guaranteed result that was added, isn’t it~!!”
Well, life isn’t that easy.
