Fate Dungeon Myth (EN)

by Lier6492

Alternative version. Yes, this is a story about an alternate version of Shirou Emiya who reincarnated into an alternate version of the world of Danmachi. This is just a story from a world where gods descend to the mortal world.

11. Chapter 11

Hey readers!! Please pay attention a moment!! OK!

1. I'm not a writer with good English skills so hope it's understanding ok!!

2. This is just for entertainment ok!!!

Thank you for your attention!!!!

And enjoy reading my simple fanfic story!!!

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Chapter 11: Just stories for the rest of the day

"GIIiii..ii..."

Screams of pain filled the pale green room before slowly fading away indicating the death of the quenn killer ant whose head had been crushed.

"Haaah... I hope it's the last one.." Shirou complained as he started to dissect the giant ant's body that he had just trampled on the head to death.

After taking the magic stone from the ant, he turned to dissecting it and took the magic stone from another killer ant he had killed.

"Haaaah..." Shirou sighed when he saw the many corpses of giant ants lying on the ground.

Currently Shirou is on the 7th floor of the Dungeon and he is currently collecting magic stones from a bunch of killer ants that he has killed.

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Study session with Eina-sensei.

"Since they're basically ants... does that mean they also have a queen?" Sarah asked while studying the monsters upstairs.

"Yes you are right, but the queen killer ant is rarely seen but when you see it you better run because according to reports the queen killer ant is always protected by dozens of normal killer ant." Answered Eina.

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This is Shirou's third time exploring dungeons, different from before where his aim was to get as many magic stones as he could exchange with Valis.

Of course right now Hestia Familia also needs a lot of valis considering they have a big new base, a pet, a short goddess who loves snacking a lot, a captain who wants to experiment with various materials from the Dungeon, and... ok, for the vice captain it's still unknown what her wish is...

But for this time he aims to get as much excelia as possible, especially to increase the parameters of Strength and Endurance. Therefore he will try not to use Reinforcement and not to use any of his homemade weapons or any of the top class weapons that legacy from Shirou Emiya, his past life self.

He would only use martial arts and guild's knife, and a hammer for now.

Oh by the way, it's not an ordinary hammer but it's Shirou's favorite hammer. It was the hammer he used when forging a weapon.

The hammer was just hard and hard, nothing special about it. Just a hammer hard, nothing more and nothing less.

Shirou also aims to go to the middle floors today because there are monsters he wants to fight.

But too bad he was trapped by a swarm of ants just now.

"Phew.. well it's time to go to the next floor." Shirou said after he finished collecting all the magic stones from the corpses of the ants.

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Dungeoun 11th floor.

"NGROOOOO!!!!"

With a loud scream, an orc swung its club towards Shirou's head.

And Shirou prepared himself by raising his left hand which now had an normal round shield above his head to block the orc's attack head on.

Clanks!!!

"...it's heavy but still too slow!" Shirou said as he resisted the swing of the orc club in front of him which made his knees bend slightly.

With one breath, Shirou pushed the club back over his head and as soon as he was free from the club. Shirou immediately took off while swinging his right hand that was holding the hammer and slammed the hammer into the orc's left knee hard.

Craack..

The horrible sound of a bone cracking reached Shirou's ears.

"Ngrooh!!" The orc now fell to its knees after its left knee was smashed by Shirou.

Shirou had been in a one-on-one duel with the orc for five minutes but Shirou was basically just trying to block the orc's attacks using his round shield.

Seeing the fallen orc, Shirou then stepped towards the front and as soon as he reached orc left side..

Craack..

"Ngroo-" craack.. "Ngro-" craack.. "Ngr-" craack...

The orc has now met its end after Shirou repeatedly attacked the orc's head with his hammer.

Pieces of green flesh and blood were seen splattered in the grass and some had also stained Shirou's clothes and added to the variety of monster blood that stuck to him today.

Of course there was some blood stuck to his face.

"Ngrooh!" "Ngrooh!" "Ngrooh!" "Ngrooh!" "Ngrooh!" "Ngrooh!"

Not far from where he stood, six orcs were running towards Shirou to avenge the death of their friend, maybe?

Four with club and two unarmed.

Be it orcs A,B,C,D,E,F.

After stuffing his favorite hammer into his backpack, Shirou then twisted his upper body and assumed a discus throwing stance.

As soon as the six orcs were within eleven meters he immediately twisted his upper body and threw his round shield with a bang.

The shield flew in a sharp arc through the air and ended up lodged in one of orc B's heads.

"Ngrooh!!" The orc which now had a round shield stuck to its head screamed in pain and began to move erratically so that it also waved the club in its hand incoherently.

Thump..! "Ngrooh!"

The swing accidentally hit orc A and the orc that was hit by the swing responded by counterattacking orc B while the other orcs were now watching their two friends hitting each other.

Then what about Shirou?

He was currently running while carrying the club of the first orc by taking advantage of the orcs' laziness. He was now right next to one of the orcs and then he swung the club up diagonally while rotating his body to increase the attack power.

The end of the club which was made of wooden sticks managed to hit the head of one of the orcs and made the orc fall to the side. Shirou wasted no time, he immediately jumped on top of the orc with a second swing that had much more force towards the poor orc's head.

Craacks!!!

The log shattered as did the head of the orc F that was targeted.

Shirou then rolled to the right to avoid the grip of orc C, then he jumped backwards to avoid the club being swung by orc D.

With a swift leap forward, Shirou was now on the right side of orc D while embracing the orc's left leg and with a powerful scream...

"Hoorrraaaa!" Shirou pulled orc D's left leg and made orc D fall backwards and at that moment Shirou jumped backwards once again to avoid the grip of the large hands of orc C and orc E.

Having had enough and remembering that he also has to rush to the middle floors to get his hunted monsters, Shirou then traces a black bow legacy from Shirou Emiya and shoots three normal swords from the steel-stringed black bow.

All of the blades hit orcs E, C, and D square in the head.

Now Shirou looked at the state of the room he was in. He could see orc A harassing orc B who still had the round shield on its head, in the distance three hard armored ones were watching by the door leading to the 12th floor of the Dungeon, and five imps lurking from behind where he was stand.

"There aren't any other adventurers around... meaning I'll have to fight them."

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Study session with Eina-sensei.

"So can you guess Sarah-san, what ia weakness?" Asked Eina-sensei

"Em.. I feel it's stomach.." Guessed Sarah with a little hesitation.

"Yeah you're right again, a hard armarod is simply a giant armadillo that has a hard shell on its upper body that a level 1 can't possibly break but it has a soft part on its belly but I didn't expect you could shoot it properly.. I'm so happy to have such a smart student like you." Eina complimented the white-haired girl before her.

"Hehehe.. thank you."

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Wasting no time, Shirou pulled back on the steel rope which made a threatening sound when it was pulled hard by Shirou.

Three normal swords that had changed their shape to be more aerodynamic appeared and were attached to steel ropes and flanked by Shirou's fingers.

As soon as Shirou released the grip on his fingers the three swords flew towards the three hard armored ones at an absurd speed and created large holes in the bodies of the three giant armadillos which were their causes of death.

The hard shell that is famous for not being able to be destroyed by level 1 was easily destroyed by Shirou

Shirou then removes his bow and instead he now wields a jet black katana which he created for the sole purpose of killing.

Yorushiki, is the name of that katana. A katana that has caused many deaths and always requires its user to kill when used.

It was a katana with a black hilt and blade, the main materials of the katana were the ten fangs of the dark wolf and the three fiery horns of the devil hound. It is part of the two monsters that live in the Gensokyo Forest.

One in five places in the world that have not been explored and still contain a mystery or that is known by the public.

For Shirou, Gensokyo Forest is a place where two different sides of the world overlap one another, making it possible to cross over to the other side of the world.

Or simply Gensokyo Forest is one of the entrances to the Riverside of the World.

We'll talk about Riverside of the World some other time okay!!

Back to the main story.

Shirou was now running towards the five imps that had been stalking him. Seeing Shirou approach the five imps also decided to move but...

Their bodies froze...

Why?

It's because of the terror that the yorushiki sends to its target. For weak souls they will lose control of their body and five senses.

With a series of quick slashes, Shirou managed to kill the five little demons.

"Now just take care of them both..." Shirou said as he started walking towards orc A who was still beating up orc B who seemed to have resigned himself to his fate.

In one perfect swing orc A's head fell to the ground and after another five seconds passed orc A's headless body fell on top of orc B.

Shirou then walked towards the dying orc B and stuck his katana into the head of orc B.

"I think I can use this katana for the next floor, I hope this doesn't reduce the excelia I might get. Alright, let's doing the most tiring part again..." And with that Shirou started dissecting the bodies of the monsters he had killed once again.

It was a katana that Shirou made when he was 10 years old and it was also one of the weapons Shirou used when he went to war for and committed his first kill when he was 11 years old.

The quality of the katana is actually at the 2nd level, it's just that what makes it special is the terror that it always emits and the effect that always requires the user to kill one life when using it.

The real yorushiki is actually gone, the katana was destroyed when Shirou, who was then 13 years old, was involved in a deadly duel with one of the level 4 assassins hired by his uncle to kill his mother.

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At this time, a group of adventurers was seen walking into one of the rooms on the floor that was covered in fog.

A group of six people who are of different races and look like they belong to the same familia?

Four men consisting of three humans (Jensen, Velev, Kral) and one cat person (Rob).

Two women consisting of one cat people (Tasya) and one elf (Aura).

They wore the same uniform a mix of purple and yellow except for the elf woman, maybe it was because she was their leader that she had a different appearance.

She wore a red and black dress suit.

"Strange.. it's too quiet." muttered the beautiful elf leading the group.

"Ah! You're right Aura-san, there's no sign of any monsters around here...?" Kral said as he looked around.

"P-perhaps another adventurer has cleared this room?" Tasya said nervously.

"That's the best possibility for now but I need you guys to stay alert and not let your guard down. We're still going to the 15th floor like we originally planned. Do you understand!?" Aura said firmly.

"Yes, Aura-san." And the five colleagues answered in unison.

The six of them cautiously made their way across the mist-shrouded meadow.

Then where is Shirou?

Ah, he's not too far from the group. It's just that the fog made the group not realize it yet.

"..! an adventurer group huh.." Shirou said then took another bite of his lunch. The lunch menu is the same as the breakfast menu, a sandwich.

Yes, he is currently sitting cross-legged while leaning his body against the wall of one of the rooms on the 12th floor. Beside him was a backpack and a bottle of water that he had prepared before going into the Dungeon.

Ah! Of course Shirou has washed his hands before eating ok!!!

Shirou wasn't the only one who was aware of the existence of other adventurers. Aura also noticed the presence of other adventurers, maybe not as fast as Shirou but finally the elf girl noticed Shirou who was sitting eating his lunch.

'...Hm, just by himself? I don't see any other adventurers..? A solo adventurer?' Aura mused as she walked leading her group while looking at Shirou.

Surely the rest of the group also looked at Shirou after they followed their leader's gaze.

Realizing that he was also being stared at, Shirou then gave a light nod while smiling as a form of politeness.

That action certainly made Aura raise her eyebrows for a moment upon discovering such an adventurer.

And following her elf blood who has high pride, Aura then returned Shirou's greeting by giving a nod and a beautiful smile.

And of course the rest of the group follow the example of their leader.

After that brief moment the group of six continued on their way towards the next floor.

'Dionysus Familia huh.. aside from their eccentric god, it's a good familia even though they have issues with their captain..' Shirou mused as he munched on his lunch. He managed to find out information about the group from their equipment especially the staff belonging to Aura, the vice-captain of the Dionysus Familia.

After finishing eating his lunch and resting for fifteen minutes, Shirou got up and continued his way to the next floor.

But while heading towards the passage that leads to the 13th floor...

Shirou again tracked down the yorushiki on his right hand and wandered slightly off course.

Why? It was because there was now a hapless dragon who was about to meet his end.

Feeling the terror from Shirou's katana.

The dragon then rushed towards Shirou desperately but Shirou also ran towards it and with one swing, the dragon's head was separated from its body.

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Study session with Eina-sensei.

"Before we end our class today do you have any questions Sarah?" asked Eina who had been giving guidance to Sarah for the first day.

"E..em, I'm still curious..it says here that the infant dragon can also be said to be a Monster Rex but..according to the official records of the guild, it's not categorized as a Monster Rex but only a level 2 monster. Is it because the guild doesn't consider the infant dragon as a monster strong enough to be categorized as a Monster Rex?" Sarah said while comparing Eina's personal records about dungeons and the guild's official records about dungeons.

"Yeah, that's because an infant dragon isn't strong enough to be categorized as a Monster Rex. It's just that it's the only level 2 monster that appears on floors 11 and 12 with such rare intensity that many level 1s consider it a Monster Rex because for a level 1 adventurer it takes an experienced and strong party to defeat the infant dragon." Eina-sensei explained.

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Dungeon 14th floor.

Shirou was standing still now while looking at the object lying in front of him very seriously.

He was contemplating whether he should take it or not.

What did he see?

It's a horn.

A few minutes ago Shirou was surrounded by eleven white rabbit monsters with horns, almiraj.

They were agile but still not a threat to Shirou but the problem was that one of the almiraj he killed left a drop item, a horn.

With one breath Shirou then took the horn and put it into his backpack.

After that he resumed his journey.

"The first drop item huh.. I hope this doesn't lead to anything bad." And with that Shirou returned to continue his steps towards the next floor.

But it's not without reason that Shirou thinks that way because there is one adventurer myth that is quite famous.

[Never take the first drop item you get because it will bring you bad luck.]

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Dungeon 15th floor.

Finally Shirou arrived at the floor that was his destination.

As he walked along the long passage that connected to one of the rooms on the fifteenth floor and like the previous two floors Shirou also found several large holes in the ground near a gray wall.

The hole was part of the Dungeon's trap as it led directly to the lower floors and combined with the threat of monster attacks and poor visibility resulted in many adventurers falling into the hole.

When Shirou arrived in one of the rooms, he was greeted by the hustle and bustle of the battle that took place on several sides of the room.

He can see several adventurous parties from various families fighting the monsters there, one of which is a party led by a beautiful white-haired elf from the Dionysus Familia.

It was a large room to house all the adventurers and monsters they were fighting.

There are all kinds of monsters in that room.

First is hellhond, these dog-like monsters are also known as baskervilles. It's not really strong, it's just that the dangerous thing about Hellhond is the ability to shoot fire from its mouth.

The second is the crystal mantis, it is a grasshopper monster whose body, as the name suggests, is completely a very hard crystal.

And lastly is the minotaur, a humanoid monster with the head of a bull which is the main scourge of the middle level, surpassing the rex monster.

Remember Monsters Rex cannot leave the floor they appear on (under normal conditions).

Shirou then tracked down a two meter long dark purple spear with a golden spearhead that was flat like a fifteen centimeter long dagger made of twenty claws of the Tiger Blade condensed together.

Just like yorushiki, this is also one of his homemade weapons that he uses in battle.

The spear's name was Tigerra. A spear that carries the ferocity of the king of the jungle that will not let go of its prey and is able to tear armor easily with its claws.

But, it's different with yorushiki. The real Tigerra is still there, Shirou gives the spear to one of his friends.

Shirou then started walking forward to join the melee.

And the monster that was the target was the most dangerous one, the minotaur.

Step, step, step..

With quiet footsteps Shirou walked towards a pair of minotaurs who seemed to be lurking from afar and didn't want to get involved in the melee. They were clearly waiting for their prey to be caught off guard and exhausted.

Who are their prey?

Adventurers and other monsters.

Shirou ignored the adventurers and monsters around him and continued walking towards the two minotaurs who were now also paying attention to him.

Yes, it is minotaur A and B.

In their hands was a stone axe. A gift they got from their "mother", Dungeon.

Shirou began to quicken his pace towards the two huge bull humanoid monsters.

The two minotaurs also started moving towards Shirou.

"Mmrooooh!" The chorus of the two minotaurs had evidently created a moment of silence in the room as the other occupants heard the sound that would have crushed their guts.

The other adventurers nor the monsters stopped their fighting and looked at the source of the sound for a moment.

Before finally the ground began to shake as the two minotaurs started to run and gouged the ground with every step of their feet.

Shirou calmly tightened his grip on Tigerra preparing to take the first strike.

With a swing filled with power, minotaur A attempted to slice Shirou in half from top to bottom with his stone axe.

Clank!!

The loud sound of steel and stone weapons clashing resounded in the room.

'Damn.. its attack power is way stronger than an orc's." Shirou could only grit his teeth while holding the minotaur's ax strike above his head waiting for the center of his spear.

His knees buckled and one of them hit the ground. His hands shook as he tried to hold back the minotaur's ax that kept being pushed to split it.

Shirou was practically being forced to his knees right now.

To escape from that cornered position, Shirou tilted his spear to the side to divert the axe.

The attempt was successful but...

Swing... clank!

From his right came a swing of minotaur B's axe, the attack itself wasn't a problem as Shirou managed to block it again only that the problem was that the swing's power surpassed Shirou's physical strength.

The attack sent Shirou seven meters away, causing his body to hit the ground and roll several times.

Shirou is now trying to stand against the pain he feels. He still held Tigerra firmly in his right hand.

He noticed his left hand was experiencing a slight numbness. Shirou then looked at the two minotaurs in front of him, it was strange that they didn't immediately approach and only watched from afar.

After taking a few breaths, Shirou returned to adjusting his grip on his spear.

"I think I made the right decision by coming to this floor..." If the other adventurers in the room saw Shirou's current face, they would find a small smirk on the red-haired adventurer's face.

"Okay big bull..." Shirou then shot forward very quickly.

Seeing Shirou approaching, minotaur A swung his ax over his head.

Shirou didn't stop at all he just shifted his posture while raising his spear at an angle.

The attack was deflected by Shirou and Shirou immediately counterattacked by striking the bottom of his spear into minotaur A's chin with all his strength. That strike had caused the minotaur to fall backwards and fall from a loss of balance.

Shirou didn't stop, he turned his body clockwise as he swung his spear towards Minotaur B's leg and knocked him down.

Shirou took a few steps back to allow the two minotaurs to come back ready.

"Quickly get ready big bull because our dance is just about to start."

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West Main

"Tsk, this still doesn't match the taste of the cooking.. exactly what is missing from my cooking?" A groan sounded in the Hostess of Fertility's kitchen.

Syr who had just arrived at the pub watched from a distance with several other waitress as they witnessed how Mama Mia kept complaining about her cooking results.

Syr then asked the shotacon cat beside her.

"What's wrong with Mama Mia? She seems to be in a bad mood?"

"I don't know either but Mama Mia has been like this since this morning nya." Said the shotacon cat.

"From morning?" Syr repeated while tilting her head.

"It seems that Mama Mia wanted to make the same food that Shirou made yesterday nya but it didn't work out well and Mama Mia keeps having her failures nya." Said Anya who was also there.

"The food that Shirou makes...? Oh! That martabak!" Syr exclaimed after remembering the maratabak that Anya brought home yesterday after the party.

"Mama Mia is trying to make martabak Syr but it seems the taste of the martabak isn't quite what she wants." This time it was Ryu who replied.

"Does Mama Mia's martabak taste bad?"

"Mmm.. it actually tastes good! But... Shirou's martabak it's still much better than Mama Mia's martabak nya." Anya said with passion that turned into a whisper at the end.

"Hey I'm not paying you guys to stand there and watch me! Hurry up and get to work!" Mama Mia snapped which immediately made the girls run away from there.

And that was the atmosphere of the Hostess of Fertility that afternoon.

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North Main

"Hmm.. hmm.. hmm.." A divine hum sounded from one of the small stall located on the edge of North Main Street.

It was the voice of Hestia who was currently frying the customer's ordered jamamarukun. Seeing the three jagamarukuns that were already golden-brown in color floating, Hestia then picked them up and drained them for a while. After feeling that the oil in the jagamarukun had reduced, Hestia then put the three jagamarukun into the paper container that had been prepared.

"Here it is! Three jagamarukun filled with warm red bean paste is ready, a total of one hundred and eighty Valis!" Hestia said to a beautiful shoulder-length black haired girl with glasses.

The girl then handed the requested money over to the counter while giving a "thank you" and a sweet smile which was returned with a "you're welcome" and a heavenly smile from Hestia.

"How were today's sales Hestia?" Said a thirty-one year old woman cat people who came from behind.

She was Gram Holeva, she was the woman who had given Hestia a job as a jagamarukun seller four months ago.

"Gram you're back! The sales here are good and I'm about to run out of ingredients to make jagamarukun, look!" Hestia said while showing the few jagamarukun dough left but maybe it can still be made into twelve more jagamarukun.

"Good I'm glad to hear that." Seeing that made Gram smile with satisfaction.

Gram was one of the people Hestia liked, because she was a really nice woman. Hestia had also invited her yesterday to the party but she turned it down because she already had an promise with her daughter.

"How are the stalls near the square?" Hestia asked about the condition of her old stall.

This morning, Hestia was assigned by Gram to look after the main stall, while the old stall was guarded by a new employee.

Gram is one of the successful jagamarukun entrepreneurs and has many branches in several places in Orario.

"Good and no problem, he can work well." Hestia then nodded after hearing that.

After that they were engrossed in chatting about a few topics and Hestia didn't know that not far from the stall where she worked there was a certain red-haired goddess accompanied by a black cat girl who was also in charge of guarding her goddess.

They were walking towards her stall to buy some jagamarukun for a certain blonde haired girl.

"Excuse me we want to buy ten jagamarukun." Said the pretty cat girl.

"Yes! We want to buy ten jagamarukun!" Said the red-haired goddess.

"Yes! Please wait a moment." Hestia said as she headed to the counter to greet her customers.

Then the gazes of the two goddesses met each other.

"Lokii!!!" "Itty-Bittyyy!!!"

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Dungeon 17th floor.

Crack..crack..crack..crack..

A cracking sound began to be heard filling the entire spacious room leading to the 18th floor.

The room was rectangular in shape and was 200 meters long, 100 meters wide and 20 meters high.

Both the walls and the roof are a composite of various stone shapes of different sizes, except for one colossal wall with a flat surface like it was made by the finest craftsmen. A wall that stretches from one side to the other.

Cracks started to spread from the top to the bottom of the colossal wall.

Crack.. crack.. BOOM..!!

Cracking sounds ending in explosions filled the widest room in the entire intermediate level signaling the rebirth of the lord of the 17th floor.

With the destruction of the colossal wall, a gigantic figure had appeared to show its existence.

It's too big to be real. Thick neck, shoulders, arms, legs. It looks almost human. It was hard to tell in the dark, but skin looked a tawny brown. The height itself reaches more than seven meters.

It black, greasy hair that comes from the back of head which is long enough to reach shoulder blades.

"Ooooooo!!"

A roar that crushed the guts of any feeble soul that heard it was released from the 17th floor lord's throat.

Monster Rex, Goliath.

But the monster is not alone there, in front of Goliath can be seen a group of beautiful elven adventurers known as the fairy forces of the Loki familia led by the high elf princess.

"Everyone get ready! The vanguards are advancing! The rearguards are starting to chant your magic spells!" Riveria's firm order echoed within the girls' minds.

"Yes Riveria-sama!" With an unanimous answer, the elven girls started doing as they were told.

Of course not all the adventurers in the room were elves. Riveria was capable enough to defeat the Goliath alone but as insurance she also took Aiz with her.

The girl now swiftly watched over everyone in the room and was ready to move whenever her strength was needed.

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Dungeon 15th Floor.

"Ooooooo!!"

"..! What sound is that!?" Rob said while looking right and left.

"Aura-san.. do you know what that sound is..?" Said Tasya who couldn't hide her fear due to the roar full of terror.

"If my guess is correct it must be Goliath." Answer their leader.

"Go-goliath!" Jensen, Velev and Oral said together.

"But it's on the 17th floor right..? We don't need to worry then." Rob said.

Currently the six of them were watching a dance of death performed by a red-haired adventurer with seven minotaurs.

Yes, after they defeated their previous opponent and collected the magic stones. Aura decided that her group would stay there and learn the fighting ways of the red-haired adventurer who she assumed was a top tier adventurer.

At first it was only two minotaurs and then it grew to three, and finally to seven.

But they weren't the only adventurer party there as there were two more parties watching the dance of death as well.

They were clearly in awe of him. Every swing of the minotaur's stone ax he would always succeed in turning, every grip of the minotaur's large hand he would always avoid, and every chance he got he would definitely hit, stab, and tear the minotaur's body with his spear.

But..

Right now every party leader was thinking the same thing.

"We'll be back!" Aura ordered her five comrades.

"Back.. why?" Ask Tasha.

"Oooooooooo..!!"

Before Aura could answer the girl's question, another roar sounded in their eardrums.

'Obviously there's an adventurer party battling Goliath right now' Aura thought

"Each Monster Rex has different abilities but they all have two things in common, namely their passive ability. The first is to summon reinforcements from other monsters and the second is to increase the ferocity of the monsters, be it on the floor where they appear or around them." Aura paused for a moment and looked to see if her five comrades had understood her explanation.

"Right now there's clearly a party of adventurers fighting Goliath, we can ignore the ability of the first but for the second…" Aura and the others watched in horror as the ferocity of the attacks of the seven minotaurs increased and pushed the red haired adventurer under pressure.

"It's obvious that the ability's effect reaches this floor then we should leave before it's too late." Aura said.

"W-wait a minute are we going to let that red-haired adventurer face the seven minotaurs alone?" Velev asked nervously.

"We have to help her Aura-san!" Tasya said pleadingly to her leader.

"But except for Aura-san, we're all just adventurers who only reached Level 2 not too long ago. There's no way we can help her." Jensen said.

"Yes! And stealing another adventurer's target is against the rules." Kral also makes his point here.

"We have two magic swords right? We might be weak but I'm sure with Aura-san's magic sword and magic, we can help that adventurer." Tasya tries to give ideas that they might use.

"Magic swords are expensive! What are you thinking!" Kral snapped.

"He could die if we don't help him!" Tasya snapped at Kral.

"You two calm down don't fight!" Rob tried to separate his two friends.

'Should I leave that adventurer or should I help him but.. can I help him? ..Despite the experience advantage I have, I'm only a level 2… Aaaaa! Even though I hate her, sometimes I wish that I was as strong as Filvis." The Dionysus Familia vice-captain mused.

While they were arguing the other two parties had already left the room and headed for the higher floors.

Shirou was forced here because of the increasing ferocity of the minotaur's attacks, making him have to try desperately not to be split in two by the stone ax attacks of the seven minotaurs.

"Tasya, Kral! Calm down both of you, listen! The five of you will stay here and only I will help that adventurer, understand?

"Aura-san..." Tasya wanted to say something but stopped it after seeing the seriousness of her leader.

"Yes, we understand!"

After hearing that Aura prepared to move closer to where Shirou was but before he could take the first step... Aura could feel a tug on the sleeve of her robe and when she saw who it was, she caught the gaze of a cat girl belonging to Tasya.

"Aura-san please be careful..."

In return she just patted the cute cat girl's head while giving her a beautiful smile.

Crack.. crack..

Without them noticing, a crack began to form on the wall of the room indicating a new monster that would be born soon.

'Why did they suddenly become more ferocious? Maybe I better end this game soon.' thought Shirou.

With a tight spin, Shirou hit the tip of his spear into the horn of one of the minotaurs and managed to break it.

"Mrooo.."

As he was about to deliver the finishing blow he immediately changed his stance to nullify the finishing attack and used his spear to block another minotaur's ax swing.

Clanks!

The powerful attack he parried but the force of the attack sent him back several meters.

"Hey you!" A fairy melody sounded from his left.

When Shirou glanced at the source of the voice, he instead found a beautiful elf with white hair and a pair of violet eyes.

"I will help you defeat the minotaurs using my magic, so I need you to distract them while I cast a spell!" Aura shouted her plan loudly from where she stood.

Shirou then nodded in response and started running towards the seven minotaurs.

pop..

Aura opened the bottle of mental energy recovery potion, due to the previous battle di had almost reached her true limit so she had to drink the expensive potion but obviously the price was not a problem as saving lives was far more important.

After finishing the contents of the bottle and throwing it carelessly instead of in the trash (don't copy it).

Aura brought her staff forward using both hands and was preparing to cast one of the two magics she had.

It was hers trump card, a large-scale magic that covered a wide area though it would only drain her mental energy enormously after using it.

Now Aura could only hope that the magic was strong enough to annihilate the minotaur herd and she also hoped that the red-haired adventurer would be able to evade his magic once it was released.

"With the blessing that I have, I will bring white calamity on this land.

The west wind brings ice and water from the sky and the north wind brings snow and ice from the sky."

Shirou raised his spear at an angle to the right to deflect one of the minotaur's ax attacks.

"A white catastrophe that lulled all fauna and froze all flora.

The dancing white grains followed the white calamity orchestra that filled the sky.

Fear, Tremble, Crouch O you sinners of the world..

I pray to the highest and mighty power of nature!"

The two minotaurs behind him tried to attack Shirou simultaneously. Shirou then turned around and just in time to hit the side of one of the minotaur's axes to buy it towards the other ax so that the two axes collided and missed Shirou.

"Color on this land with the white mist of judgment... Vent de la mort gelé!!"

A wave of white mist rushed swiftly towards Shirou and the seven nearby minotaurs.

Every area where the mist had passed had been turned to ice.

Luckily Shirou always activates his clairvoyance so he can dodge the ice magic before it hits him by jumping aside, away from the group of minotaurs.

Within two seconds the wave of mist had passed where Shirou had been standing earlier and the seven minotaurs had been swallowed up by the white mist.

After a few seconds passed, the mist cleared and revealed an icy path that started from where Aura was standing and started to widen towards the seven frozen minotaur statues.

Because the price for using this magic was very high, Aura rarely used it.

"Hah.. hah.. I.. hah.. succeeded.." Said Aura who was so exhausted after using the magic earlier that she had to use the help of her magic wand just to stand up, it was clear from the way she stood the same completely devoid of the usual value of elegance attached to it.

The seven minotaurs had no sign of life anymore or in other words, died.

Her posture started to lean to the side as she could no longer defend herself due to using hee trump card and the exhaustion from the previous battle.

Aura closed her eyes preparing to hit the ground but it never happened because instead of feeling the hardness of the ground, she felt a soft embrace and the smell of monster's blood.

Out of curiosity Aura then opened her eyes only to find a pair of golden brown eyes of the mysterious red-haired adventurer.

'So this is how it feels to be hugged by a man.. it feels really good...'

"Hey miss are you okay?" asked the red-haired adventurer.

Aura then blinked, blinked, blinked and finally opened her eyes wide.

"Hey what are you doing.. quickly let go of me!" Aura shouted with a feeble intensity.

"You've clearly reached your limit if I let you go you'll only fall" Shirou replied while looking at the elf girl in his arms.

"Just let go already.. don't touch me!" Aura protested with her troublesome elven pride.

Shirou could only sigh and let her go.

When Aura was freed from Shirou's embrace, she tried to stand up but she failed and almost fell again if Shirou didn't catch her again.

"You understand now? So just be quiet for now and let me help you as a form of repay for helping me earlier." Said Shirou with a friendly smile.

"Let me go!" Obviously Shirou just ignored the screams from the beautiful elf.

Shirou then noticed five members of the Dionysus Familia running towards him. The look on their faces clearly showed that they were very worried about their leader's condition.

That made Shirou smile because from this it was very clear that they were good people regardless of the uniqueness of each individual.

"Aura-san!" "Aura-san are you alright!?" "Aura-san are you hurt!?" "Aura-san!" "Aura-san don't faint!" "Aura-san can you hear me!?"

A series of questions rained down on Aura at the same time but she didn't have time to answer because someone else had pushed her.

"You guys calm down, your leader is fine she's just tired so there's no need to worry." Said Shirou in a friendly manner which was greeted with a sigh of relief from them.

"Thank goodness.." Said the cat girl, Tasya.

Crack..crack..crack..crack..crack..crack..

Crack after crack started to fill the walls and monsters started to come out of the cracks.

"Ah damn they have started to be reborn." Rob said with frustration.

"There are too many cracks, we have to get out of here if we don't want to be surrounded by monsters." Shirou said while looking around.

"He's right.. we need to get out of here soon, with our current condition it would be too dangerous, if we forced ourselves to defend and fight them." Add Aura.

"Can you guys still run?" Shirou asked the five people in front of him and they answered him with "Yes" while nodding.

Shirou then gives Aura's magic staff to the cat girl for her to look after.

So..

"Kyaaa.. what are you doing!" "Let's go now! Keep running try to avoid the monsters and only get involved if it's not possible to avoid them!"

And with that Shirou started running with the group and with Aura in his arms.

Yes, the red-haired prince was holding Aura in a bridal style.

He could probably stay and finish off the monsters easily if he was serious but Shirou decided that his time in the Dungeon today would be enough. So, he decided to go home.

Because he fought relying mostly on pure physical strength and had minimized the use of Reinforcement to a very small extent. Shirou is now in a state of exhaustion and covered in wounds.

Some of his bones may be dislocated, fractured, or even broken. Shirou doesn't want to take any risks so he only has one goal now "Get out of the Dungeon".

"Hey put it down you dirty human! I can run alone!" And yes.. Aura kept protesting against Shirou who was holding her.

"I just want to repay you for helping me earlier so calm down and let me get you out of here!" Shirou shouted back at her.

"I don't need your help! Quickly just put me down!"

"Stop being stubborn, you clearly can't stand up let alone run!"

The five comrades were not worried about Shirou carrying Aura and believed in him. The charisma of a prince, maybe?

"Is it alright to let Aura-san be with him?" Kral asked his four friends.

"No problem," answered Tasya.

"How can you be sure like that?" This time it was Rob who asked.

"Mmm.. my female intuition tells me so." Tasya answered with a cheerful smile.

"What kind of answer is that!" Velev protests.

"Never mind Velev, accept it. Remember women are always right." Jensen said behind him.

"Yes! Women are always right!" Answer Tasya with enthusiasm.

Obviously they are in much better shape than before.

The group formation itself had accidentally been split into three.

In the front are Velev and Rob, in the middle are Tasya, Jensen, and Kral, and in the back are Shirou and Aura.

Since Shirou was only a level 1 he was at the very back of the group even though he was only three meters away from the main group, it was because of his pure physical strength that he was already strong even before receiving the fall.

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Dungeon 13th floor.

While they were still running through one of the maze passages from the 13th floor.

"Hey.. listen to me! You must just want to take advantage of this situation to touch my body right!? You dirty human!" Aura shouted weakly.

"Of course not, you're not my type anyway." Answered Shirou who kept running following the five people in front of him.

Meanwhile, Aura.

"W-what's the meaning of that!? Do you think I'm ugly!?" Aura snapped while glaring at Shirou from his arms.

"Not really.. you have a beautiful face and beautiful eyes, em.. your body is also good. But I'm not interested in an old woman like you."

"O-old? You say I'm old!?"

"You're an elf and elves are a long-lived race and you age must be in nineties or even hundreds because you know.. your hair is all white." Shirou finished giving his answer.

".."

"..."

"..."

"I AM NOT AN OLD!!!!!" Aura shouted so loudly that Shirou was shocked and almost fell.

"How dare you call me old! Listen up! I'm only 20 years old and I've had this white hair since I was born, I'm a Snow Elf! Do you understand you bastards! And you five stop laughing!" Aura shouted while pulling Shirou's ear with her left hand.

"Ouch ouch.. ok ok, I'm sorry! So stop pulling my ear!" Shirou protested in pain because his ear was pulled by Aura.

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Dungeon 12th floor.

"Hey you bastard, put me down!"

"Don't ignore me! Hey!"

"Are you deaf!? Hey put me down!"

Driven by emotion, Shirou decides that he must take one decisive action to keep Aura quiet.

Because Shirou can't stand Aura anymore. Shirou tightened his grip on Aura's body and brought his face closer to the girl's.

Their faces were practically seven centimeters apart now.

"Listen I said that I will return the favor to you so I will get you out of here and I know that you are still weak so stop being so stubborn. If you are still going to shout to protest against me just because of your stupid elf pride then I will take strict measures to shut you up. Understood?" Shirou said while looking at Aura intensely.

"Ooh.. and what are you going to do to shut me up? Just so you know that nothing is going to work and I'll keep on protesting until you put me down. Do you understand humans?" Said Aura who also stared at Shirou intensely.

"I will kiss you to silence you." Shirou replied loudly.

"W-what! What's the meaning of that!?" Aura snapped with a blushing face.

Shirou didn't give a verbal answer to that but he did take direct action as proof that he was serious.

He then moved his head to close the distance with Aura's head and brushed his forehead and the tip of his nose against the snow elf girl's forehead and tip of nose.

"...! Wh-why are you so close.. you pervert! You-" Aura couldn't finish her sentence because Shirou finally kissed her but it was just a kiss on the forehead.

"The next protest will end with a kiss on the lips. If you don't want that to happen then kept calm. Do you understand?" Shirou said as he glared at Aura.

"Ehm.." Aura could only nod weakly as a sign that she understood. Her face was clearly blushing red.

"Kyaaa! This is what they call the romance behind the terror of the Dungeon!" Tasya shouted with joy as she peeked at the interaction between Aura and Shirou over her shoulder.

Meanwhile, the other four men could only open their eyes and mouth wide to see the vice-captain of their familia, who was famous for being elegant and cool, becoming like an ordinary girl.

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The group kept running, running, walking, running, sneaking, and running. When they encounter a monster they will avoid it and if it is not possible to avoid it the five members of the Dionysus Familia will face the monster.

And finally they reached the surface now.

"P-please put me down... I can stand up by myself now..." Aura said while averting her blushing face so as not to meet Shirou's gaze.

"Ah yes.." Shirou gently set her down and helped her up, after making sure that Aura could stand up on her own, he let go of her hand and started to move away from her.

Shirou then looked at the group as a whole.

"Since we're here, I think it's time for us to say goodbye... thank you for helping me earlier. I'll always remember that." Shirou said to Dionysus Familia kindly.

"Ah no no, it's only natural to help each other, right Aura-san..eh? Aura-san are you okay?" Tasya asked the leader who was behaving strangely.

"Y-yes I'm fine.." Aura said, still trying to hide the blush on her cheeks.

That obviously made his five comrades giggle.

"Okay then I'll go first, see you later guys." Shirou said as he walked backwards while waving his hand before finally turning around and going to the exchange in the Tower of Babel.

"See you again!" Said Dionysius Familia.

"Aaaa I forgot to ask his name and familia!" Tasya shouted dramatically.

"Ah you're right we haven't even introduced ourselves." Jensen added.

"Looks like he's heading to the exchange in the Tower of Babel, so we can still go there and ask him." Said Velev who had guessed what place Shirou was headed

"You're right Velev." Kral said while slapping his back.

"Then let's what are we waiting for? We should also exchange our loot." Rob added.

"I'm not going with you guys, who exchange it. I'll just go home and rest." And with that Aura started to walk away leaving the five comrades behind.

"Eh, what's wrong with Aura-san?" Ask Rob.

"Hm?..! Ah I see! You don't need to worry I'm sure Aura-san will be fine, she just needs some time alone. So let's go to the exchange and meet the red-haired adventurer just now." Tasya said as she started to walk after Shirou.

"How can you be sure of that?" Velev asked skeptically.

"Isn't it obvious, Tasya must have used her skills." Said Kral While embracing Jensen.

"Skills?" Said Velev who was still curious.

"Yep, Female Intuition! A skill that every woman has!" Said Jensen who started walking after Tasya while Velev could only sigh with that answer.

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Everlasting Flame Residence.

"I'm home! Shirou-kun, Sarah-kun are you at home!" Hestia shouted as she entered her residence.

Her call was only answered with silence...

"Hm? No answer..." Hestia muttered as she walked down the hall of her house.

When she arrived at the main room she was greeted with silence, no one was there.

"There's nothing here either.. Maybe in the backyard..."

Not finding any of her children in the main room she went to check the backyard.

And as she was walking down the hall that led to the backyard, Hestia heard a sweet song.

"The life, it's not for comparing things.

So I hold both of light and shadow.

The rays of stars will bring me to you.

Through the dark nights, I see the way to be shining."

'Eh, that sound..? Sarah-kun is singing!' Hestia shouted in her heart.

Hestia walked towards the source of the singing and sure enough, she saw Sarah folding clothes singing a song.

The girl was sitting on the wooden floor of the room connected to the backyard, the evening light shining on the girl to add to her beauty as she deftly folded the dry clothes she had picked up from the clothesline.

On the right is a pile of clothes that have been neatly folded and on the left is a basket filled with clothes and some cloth waiting for them to be folded by the girl with the white ponytail.

"I don't know what's right for our lives.

But I know the truth of my love."

From behind one of the walls, a short stature goddess was seen hiding and enjoying her daughter's melodious voice with a smile.

"The way, if it's all predetermined.

And the way I should go all my life.

I swear to go whatever will be.

Thus the grace I would have will always be in my heart.

Thus the grace I would have had will always be in my heart."

Clap clap clap..

"Wuhuu your singing is really good Sarah-kun !!" Hestia shouted while clapping her hands excitedly as she walked over to her daughter.

Sarah gasped when she realized that her goddess had been watching her sing all along.

"He-Hestia-sama! You're home already!?" Sarah said as she asked a question that had an obvious answer.

"Em! I just arrived earlier, I called you and Shirou-kun but no one answered so I checked the backyard and found you singing!" Obviously Hestia was so cheerful.

"So you heard me sing... I'm embarrassed." Said Sarah who returned to continue her activities folding clothes with a face that was now blushing.

"Eeh! Why should I be embarrassed!? Your voice is beautiful and your singing earlier was great! I bet that many people will become your fans if you decide to become a professional singer! And of course I will be your number one fan!" Hestia said proudly to her daughter while placing her hands on her hips.

"I-Is that so.. hehe.. thank you Hestia-sama." Sarah replied whose face was getting red now.

"That was really a good song, where did you learn that? Oh! Could it be a song of your own making, Sarah-kun!?" Hestia asked as she sat down next to Sarah who was skillfully folding other clothes with her hands.

And Hestia was just watching and not helping Sarah.

But don't get wrong just yet.

It's not that she didn't want to help but the reason Hestia didn't help was because all the clothes had been neatly folded by Sarah.

"No, it's not a song I made. It's a song I heard when I was little and if I'm not mistaken... that was when I was 9 years old. At that time there was a merchant caravan that stopped by my village.. the owner of the caravan was a a high elf woman named Mona, ...at that time I accidentally heard her sing this song when she was resting on the bank of a river near my village. At that time I was so fascinated by her singing voice and also her song. After that the next day I approached her and asked her for teaching me this song!" Sarah said while looking at the evening sky with a nostalgic feeling and Hestia calmly listened to her daughter's story.

"Yes, that's how it goes... then I'll excuse myself Hestia-sama." Sarah said as she stood up carrying a basket that already contained clothes and some cloth that had been neatly folded

"Eh? Where are you going Sarah?" Hestia asked as she looked up to see her daughter.

"I want to go inside to put this." Sarah answered while patting the basket she was carrying.

"Then let me help you." Hestia said which Sarah answered with a nod.

With that the goddess and daughter pair walked inside.

They started from the nearest room to the farthest room.

Their first destination was Sarah's room, then Hestia's room, after that the main room, and finally the farthest room, Shirou's room.

creak..

"Phew it's finally done." Sarah said after closing the wardrobe in Shirou's room.

Sarah then turned around and found her goddess sullen.

"Why are you sullen Hestia-sama?" Sarah asked Hestia who was currently sitting cross-legged on the floor of Shirou's room, crossing her arms under her breasts and obviously pursing her lips as well.

In front of her was Shirou's work table and above the three objects on the table. Ok that's actually more than three but what sticks out the most is just three.

First there was a book with a dark blue cover. Second, there is a photo showing a picture of Shirou with his mother and sister. And the last one is a white dress that is clearly a woman's clothes.

It's not like Shirou kept a woman's clothes or anything like that. Because it was Sarah who put the clothes on Shirou's desk earlier.

But she wondered whose clothes it was because from what Hestia could tell it definitely wasn't the type of clothes Sarah would wear and it definitely wasn't hers either. So whose clothes are they?

"Sarah-kun, whose clothes are those? It's obviously women's clothes and it's neither yours nor mine so whose is it? And why was it put in Shirou's room?" Hestia asked firmly.

"Huh… oh that! It belongs to Aiz-san." Sarah answered while taking a sitting position beside her goddess.

"Aiz..? You mean Kenki!?" Asked Hestia a who quickly turned around to face her daughter.

"Yes, I found it during the laundry this morning and it looks like Aiz-san accidentally left her clothes here... well as for why I left them here... it's because Captain told me to do that." Sarah answered casually.

"Shirou-kun ordered you! What does he want with Kenki's clothes!?" Hestia snapped, this time standing up.

"Please don't misunderstand Hestia-sama, Captain told me to put it here because tonight Captain plans to deliver it to Aiz-san." Sarah said while raising her right hand towards her goddess as a gesture to stop her goddess from misunderstandings.

"Tsk.. You and Shirou-kun are too good. We should just throw those clothes away.. after all it's her own fault for being careless." Said Hestia who took a sitting position again but was still jealous.

"Come on Hestia-sama, you can't be like that. There's no harm in helping each other out?" Sarah said softly.

"... haaaah... Alright I understand but I still don't like anything related to Loki."

"You really don't like her, do you?"

"Of course, I'd rather join hands with Aphrodite than with Loki. Did you know that I met her earlier at my work, and she insulted Shirou-kun and said that Shirou-kun is a perverted bastard who likes playing women! Ok I know that Shirou-kun is annoying and because of his kindness many women have fallen in love with him..not even some goddesses have fallen in love with him.. but he's not a perverted bastard who likes to play women! And you know Sarah-kun!? Loki didn't just insult Shirou-kun but she also insulted all of us! She said that a lousy and poor little Familia! How could I not hate her! I know that this familia of mine is a small and poor familia but does she need to insult me to that extent! Haah.. haah.. haah.." Hestia finally let out all the anger she had been harboring for so long.

Beside her Sarah sat and listened to her goddess pour out.

Not only did she sit and listen, but she also thought about what her goddess was talking about.

'Small and poor huh ..' thought Sarah.

She then took Hestia's hands gently and offered a passionate smile to the Goddess of the Hearth.

"Don't worry Hestia-sama. Our Familia is small but we are not a weak and poor familia. You will see! Captain and I will definitely make our Familia the most respected familia in Orario! So please have faith in us both, ok!?" Sarah said with a smile full of life.

"Ehm! I believe in you two." Hestia replied with a hopeful nod.

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West Main

Currently there were many adventurers of various familia and races strolling the West Main Street. They were adventurers who had completed their exploration of the Dungeon.

And one of them is our current main character, Shirou Kenshin.

He was one of the hundreds of adventurers walking the West Main Street right now.

He was currently walking while thinking or in other words he wasn't paying attention at all to what was in front of him. Maybe?

'Hmm I've been cooking meat for the past few days so it's likely going to be a boring menu. If buying fish... I don't think it's good because it's already evening, so the fish isn't fresh anymore...'

Yes, right now he is thinking about what dinner menu to make.

"Thank you very much." Said Syr to one of the customers who had visited the Hostess of Fertility.

Then as she was about to re-enter the pub, she saw a red-haired adventurer she knew well walking past her workplace.

And at that moment her eyes were even more filled with life and a beautiful smile appeared on her pretty face.

"Shirou!" Greet Syr excitedly.

The person whose name was called automatically looked at the source of the voice that called his name.

"Syr" replied Shirou.

"Please stop by for a moment! I need your help!" Hearing his friend need help from him makes Shirou walk over to the Hostess of Fertility.

"What's wrong?" Shirou asked the girl.

"Erm.. please just come with me." Without waiting for his approval, Syr grabbed his hand and pulled him into the pub.

When he entered the pub or maybe more accurately dragged into the pub. Shirou immediately became the center of attention and it was clear he was getting a lot of envious glances from the many male adventurers in the pub. But still Shirou will not be affected by something like that.

Because it was late afternoon so many adventurers had come here.

"Hey Syr, what exactly do you want me to help you with?" Asked Shirou who gave up when he let the girl touch him.

"Just follow me. You'll understand when you see it for yourself."

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The two of them continued walking through the dining room and straight to the kitchen and during the trip Shirou also did not forget to return the greetings of the waiters who were working at that time.

"Mama Mia look who I brought!" Syr said as she entered the kitchen with Shirou who she dragged along.

"Hm.. ha good I'm glad to see you here kid, good job Syr." Mia said loudly which Syr replied with a thumbs up and left Shirou in confusion now.

"What's going on? Syr, you said you needed my help... Why did you bring me to Mia-san? Hey I'm talking to you young lady!" Shirou asked the girl who was looking the other way.

"Hurry up here kid! We don't have much time because I have to get back to work soon!" Mia said as she grabbed his right arm and led him to a corner of the kitchen. And there are already many ingredients waiting to be processed into delicious food. Oh there is also a tray filled with martabak from Mia's previous cooking.

Shirou can only surrender as he is dragged down once again and he certainly can't stand against the raw power of one of the strongest level 6 adventurers in the world. He was pretty sure that if he used Reinforcement, he would be able to escape Mia's clutches but Shirou didn't dare to do that because he believed that if he did he would end up in an even worse situation.

And of course this will be a spectacle ingredients for the kitchen staff and waiters who flock to watch it.

"Here try one kid and tell me honestly how it feels." Mia said while giving her a piece of martabak she made.

After blinking several times, Shirou then took the martabak that was offered and ate it.

Shirou chewed it slowly to feel the texture, doneness, and taste of Mia's martabak.

After a few moments he then swallowed the food he had already chewed and already knew what to say.

"How?" Mia pressed.

"It's delicious, it has a crunchy texture for the skin and it's soft for the filling. It's also perfectly cooked and has the perfect blend of savory and spicy flavors. So basically it's delicious." Shirou said as he gave his assessment

"I see.. but this still doesn't reach the same level as your martabak right?"

"Of course." Shirou replied casually.

"Could you share the recipe with me?" Ask Mia.

"The martabak recipe I use is no different from yours, all the ingredients are the same and I'm sure the cooking method is the same." Shirou answered while looking at the martabak ingredients on the table.

"So you're basically saying that you're better than me at cooking?" Mia asked with narrowed eyes.

"Isn't that obvious." Shirou answered confidently.

And now they stared at each other and made the atmosphere tense.

Meanwhile, not far from them, the audience could only see Shirou in awe and horror.

Amazed because they rarely see someone who can act so confident after knowing who Mama Mia really is.

Horrified because from where they stood they could feel the tension that was going on between the two chefs.

"Nyaaa.. what are you doing Shirou! Don't challenge Mama Mia nya!" a certain bakaneko shouted.

"Hayaah.. Shirou-chi is finished." Said a certain blonde twintail.

"Shirou sure is brave!" Said the bluish gray haired waitress who was the cause of trouble.

Ok back to the two great chefs again.

"Then try to prove your point and make that meal right now." Challenge Mia while crossing her arms and appearing confident.

"Sorry I really want to prove my ability but right now I can't." Shirou replied while scratching the back of his hair.

"Oo.. want to run away from your lies huh.."

"What? No, I have to go home soon because I still have to go to the market to buy ingredients for my familia dinner. And I also just came back from the Dungeon, my whole body is still dirty and still covered with wounds." Shirou gives clear reasons here why he can't accept the challenge.

Now that Mia thought about it as much as she wanted to find out the secret behind Shirou's delicious food, she also wouldn't force him if she couldn't.

But before Mia could give her answer, the trouble waitress spoke up first.

"Shirou! You and your Familia can have dinner here and you don't have to worry about the price because it will be free!" Syr said as she hurriedly approached Mia and whispered something to her.

"You're listening, right? You don't have to worry about the price of the food." Mia said with a clearly forced smile.

"Sorry I still can't, like I said before, my body is still dirty and I'm also full of wounds so-".

"Don't worry Shirou you can take a shower here and about the wound let Ryu heal you!"

"What?" Said Shirou and Ryu at the same time. Ah, Ryu is also watching what happened in the kitchen.

"Ryu can use her healing magic to heal your wounds!" "Wait Syr-"

"Please Ryu.." And to prevent Ryu's protests, Syr used her very famous begging skill.

"Yeah, okay." Ryu replied with a sigh.

"But Syr I-" "Please Shirou." When Shirou was about to protest Syr returned to using her pleading eyes at Shirou.

"Haaah... Alright I'll accept your offer but I won't eat here because I already have a plan beforehand, so I'll just ask for ingredient from here, understand?" Said Shirou while drooping his shoulders limply as a sign of defeat.

"Um, I understand! Come on, Ryu, hurry up and heal Shirou with your magic!" And with the evil words of the bluish-gray haired waitress Ryu then started to cast her healing magic spell on Shirou.

"Noah Heal."

Immediately a green light appeared in Ryu's hand, then moved around Shirou's body.

'It feels cool and braces.. I no longer feel pain from my wounds.'

"How's Shirou?" Syr asked with a serious face.

"I think that's enough." Shirou replied.

"Good! Then, come here! I'll show you where the bathroom is!" And with that Shirou was dragged back by Syr.

After ten minutes, maybe? Shirou comes out with a new look, this time wearing a uniform for the kitchen staff.

"I think you're ready, so hurry up and show me what you're capable of!" Challenge Mia who has been waiting for Shirou's return and of course the many kitchen staff and waitress who are trying to watch Shirou cook.

Don't want to waste any more time because it's getting late. Shirou deftly started the steps in cooking martabak.

Starting from flattening the dough, making the filling, and finally frying the martabak. As soon as the martabak was cooked, Shirou lifted it and drained the oil. After the tourists had finished, Shirou cut the martabak into eight pieces.

"So apart from Mia-san, who else wants to try my martabak?" Said Shirou with a smile full of confidence with the results of his cooking.

And with that the girls immediately scrambled to be the ones to taste it and threw the kitchen into chaos.

"All of you stop right now!" And with Mia's yelling, the chaos was successfully resolved and she was also the one who chose other girls who would taste Shirou's martabak but only three girls she called.

They were Syr, Rosy, and May and together with Mia they would each get two slices of martabak. Leaving the other girls who could only look on in disappointment.

"Eeehmmm.. this is so delicious nya!" Said May with full of energy.

"Yes! It was so very crunchy and very soft!" Rosy added while holding one cheek.

"Yes, this is Shirou's cooking the best!" Syr gave the ultimate point.

"H-how is it possible...the ingredients and the way to make it are the same but how can I lose.." Mia said very frustrated.

"Hey Shirou! No! Master! Please make me your apprentice master nya!" Said May very loudly which was clearly ignored by Shirou who was currently choosing what ingredients he would take.

"Tell me kid.. what did you do to your cooking to get to this level?" Mia asked with a serious look.

"Hm.. I just like to cook and if you ask me what I do then the answer is just.. cooking with all my heart. Um... you know? I really like cooking, it is one of my hobbies and when I see the happy faces of people who have eaten food, you know? That's something I really want to see. Em... Basically I'm just someone who likes to cook and hopes that my cooking can bring a bit of happiness to the people who eat it." Shirou answered while scratching the back of his head.

"Hahahaha... I see, I understand now, hahahaha..! Hey kid what if you work here? Of course you can still work as an adventurer during the day and when the night comes you can work here." Mia said excitedly and she clearly ignored the surprise from her other employees especially from a certain elf.

"Your familia is still new. Surely you need a lot of money now, right? And by working here you can also bring joy to the adventurers who have risked their lives in the Dungeon." Mia added.

The female dwarf could already imagine herself becoming even richer than now if Shirou became a chef at the Hostess of Fertility.

"Ah that's a good idea! Shirou! You want, right!?" Syr asked enthusiastically.

Shirou thought about the offer for a moment.

'If I'm serious I can basically produce a large amount of Valis every day but… I don't want to do that, not yet. I prefer exploring Dungeons with a partner or a party rather than being a solo adventurer. Actually it's a good offer because at night I'm usually idle besides that I can cook and make people happy with the food I cook but... let's play for a while Mia-san.'

"Okay I will accept it but with three conditions from me." Shirou replied by raising three fingers in the air.

"Say what is it?"

"Firstly, I only work part-time at night, five days a week." Shirou gave his first requirement.

"Hm.. well I'm fine with that. I understand, rest is an important right."

"Secondly, I want your girls to be my familia sparring partners." This second requirement had obviously shocked everyone.

"You want your familia to spar with my girls who are just waitress? Are you sane kid?" Mia asked in a more serious tone.

"I know they aren't ordinary waitress Mia-san so it's only natural that I ask for help from great girls like them. Of course it's with the agreement of everyone if they don't agree I won't sue at all." Obviously Shirou was to prevent a scenario where he was bullied by the girls.

"...fine I agree. Then what's the last one?"

"I want to be paid 10,000 Valis per day."

"Are you trying to rob me ha!!"

"Calm down, Mia-san, there's no need to shout like that... I'm just asking for a normal fee for my cooking." Said Shirou with his trademark annoying grin.

What's normal!? Every girl here is paid 3000 Valis per day and just so you know, that's already more than the average salary in Orario! You know what! You seem to be getting a big head just because your cooking is better than mine!" Mia shouted with an aura that really terrorized the whole kitchen even to the room where the customers were eating

"The reason you want to recruit me as your kitchen staff is because you believe that with my cooking you can definitely increase the income of this place, right? So it's normal for me to ask for a salary with the value I mentioned earlier. So what's your decision Mia-san?" Shirou replied with a grin that was far more annoying than usual.

The kitchen was practically silent because of that.

"Tsk.. fine I agree with that. You will work five days a week for 10,000 Valis per day and you can also get my girls to spar with your familia as long as they don't mind. Are you satisfied with that deal? " Mia asked annoyed because she had lost against Shirou in a business battle.

"Yes I'm quite satisfied with the deal, although I would prefer a written agreement but that's enough. Then I'll start work on Monday... See you girls." And with that Shirou left carrying two bags in his hands.

In his right hand is a plastic bag containing his clothes and in his left hand is a plastic bag containing the ingredients he needs.

Meanwhile the girls...

"Oh my! Did you guys see that!?" Syr said very dramatically.

"Ke-kenshin-san managed to beat Mama Mia in an argument…" Ryu said in disbelief.

"Shirou will work here tomorrow... Oh doesn't that mean I'll be his senpai! Get ready Shirou because Anya-senpai will be waiting here only for you, hnyanyanyanyanya..." Anya said, laughing.

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"I'm home!" Shirou said a little loudly so that the other residents of the house could hear him.

"Welcome home!" Shirou could hear the answers from Hestia and Sarah while he was packing his shoes.

Steps, steps, steps...

"Ah Shirou-kun you're finally home too! Finally I can breathe easy, haaah.. you're okay no one's hurt right?" Hestia said with a sigh, then she started checking her son's body to make sure he was in good condition.

"I'm fine Hestia-sama." Shirou said to his little goddess.

"Here captain, just let me carry the groceries." Sarah said as she took the grocery bag from Shirou. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to call it the loot from the Hostess of Fertility.

"Thanks Sarah, I'll go straight to my room to get changed so can you clean the fish too?" Shirou asked who immediately got an understanding nod from his kouhai.

"Em..? Shirou-kun did you buy new clothes?" Asked Hestia who saw Shirou's new appearance wearing a uniform for the kitchen staff of the Hostess of Fertility.

"No, this is the uniform for my part-time job later."

"Uh, you work part time captain?"

"Yes, I will talk about the details after dinner. There are also some things I want to discuss."

And with that the three people started walking towards their respective destination rooms.

After finishing changing clothes, Shirou then continued his activities by cooking for their dinner. Sarah also decided to help her captain. Hestia wanted to help but was immediately rejected by Shirou which made the goddess frown.

In between cooking Sarah raised an important topic to the captain.

"Captain"

"Hmm.. what's wrong"

"I-I already have the answer to your question this morning."

"Is that so..? Have you thought this through carefully?"

"Yeah. I've been thinking about it since morning until I finished taking classes with Eina-sensei. I realized that if I have to become strong to survive as an adventurer, then I have to take all opportunities where I can become strong."

"..Ok, I will prepare what is needed for that. When the preparations are complete I will come to your room 'but Eina-sensei hmm..'."

"Um."

And with that they returned to focus on their cooking again.

The menu for dinner this time was quite simple, it was just fried fish and tofu soup. The three of them ate their food quietly while listening to the sound of the rain. Yes, it's raining outside now.

After they finished their dinner. Now Shirou, Sarah, and Hestia were sitting with french fries along with a cup of coffee and tea.

There is also a notebook and a key on the table.

"Alright, there are a few things I want to talk here so please listen carefully until I finish and save the questions for last. Do you understand?" Shirou asked the two women in front of him.

"Yes captain/Understood Shirou-kun"

"Good. First I want to talk about our Familia's finances. The total money we currently have is 108,200 Valis, that includes the addition from today's Dungeon Exploration."

"Eh!? We have that much money!?" Hestia had her round eyes wide open now that she knew their amount of money.

"Yes, and now I would like to discuss our income and expenses. First. Our financial income is obviously from the Dungeon and the small addition from Hestia-sama's part-time job, whereby the results of the exploration will be divided equally in half. 50% for the explorers and 50% the rest is for the familia. Our monthly income should be up to 300,000 Valis.

Second. Our familia expenditure is relatively real, it is only for consumption, fish feed, and the familia mandatory tax. Our familia tax isn't huge because our familia is at the lowest rank, G rank. So we only need to pay 100,000 Valis per month. So all in all, our expenses in that month were... 180,000 to 200,000 Valis.

So far, what do you understand?"

Hestia was trying to think hard now to make sense of all that

"Erm... does that mean it's safe to assume that we'll only have 100,000 Valis per month? Am I really the captain?"

"Yes, but that number will increase soon after you join me in the dungeon and starting tomorrow, I will also start working part time so our income will increase.

"I understand now... but Shirou-kun, do you really need to work part time to supplement our income? We shouldn't be having financial problems by our calculations right?" Asked Hestia who was confused by her son's decision to choose a part time job.

"Ah, about that. Actually I chose to work part time because I wanted to cook more often, and for the payment I got, i only considered it as a bonus."

Now Hestia understood why her son chose to work part time and that was because cooking was one of his hobbies.

After that they started to continue their discussion with Shirou who assigned Sarah to take care of their familia's financial department, continued the training plan for Sarah, and the conversation ended with a casual talk about their story of the day.

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At that time, the clock hand showed that now, it was already ten o'clock in the night.

For a large city like Orario, ten in the night was definitely still early for the majority of the population even if it was pouring rain like it was today.

But right now there were two girls lying restlessly in their respective rooms, two girls who both had hair as white as snow, but they had different reasons for the anxiety even though it was caused by the same person.

One is a human girl and the other is an elf girl. But for now we will focus on the story of the human girl and for the story of the elf girl we will save it for another time.

Sarah at this time could only lie restlessly hugging her bolster pillow. She was currently extremely nervous for three different but related reasons.

Firstly, because she would allow a man she had known for only four days to see her naked body (only the top and even then only her back).

Second because she would allow him to touch her naked body (only one place on her back).

Thirdly because she would let the boy see her past.

Obviously as a normal teenage girl this made her very nervous.

Knock, knock, knock.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock on het bedroom door

"Ah yes, one moment"

When the door to the room opened, there was already Shirou which meant that the preparations for the ritual had been completed.

"Ca-captain"

"How? Are you ready?

"Um.. uhm.."

"Are you sure..?"

"Yes"

"... Okay then, thank you for trusting me... come with me to the dojo. We'll do it there."

And with that Sarah followed Shirou to the dojo nervously. When they got there, Sarah saw a circle whose edges were intricately arranged strings of runes that had a diameter of about two meters already depicted on the dojo's wooden floor.

It was a bounded field that isolated the inside of the circle from the mana area present in the atmosphere, it would make it easier for Shirou to check the possible magic circuits in Sarah's body.

"Please sit inside the circle and please take off your pajama top, you don't have to worry. I will turning around and closing my eyes. So just calm down ok."

"E-erm.."

The girl then started to untie her pajama top and bra ties nervously, obviously she was blushing a lot now.

'I did, I did, I did..'

After removing all of her top, Sarah then walked towards the center of the circle crossing her arms which were to cover her front body as well as bringing her hair forward over her shoulders giving Shirou full access to her back.

"C-captain I'm done taking off my top"

Hearing that Shirou then turned around to look at the smooth back of the teenage girl, from the way she was sitting, it was obvious that she was very nervous and tense right now.

Shirou couldn't help but smile gently then he joined Sarah in the circle.

Shirou doesn't have dirty thoughts at all, ok he's still a normal and healthy young man, seeing the smooth back of a young girl makes him feel a little something deep inside but it's easy for him to ignore whatever it is.

Now that he has serious things to do, he has no time to deal with his teenage desires.

After all, this wasn't the first time he'd seen the body of a woman his age.

"Are you sure, you want to do this?"

"I-I'm sure, otherwise I wouldn't have stepped here."

"Okay, I'll start now. Try to relax."

"..Ok"

Shirou then placed his left hand on Sarah's back, more precisely where the heart was, so the girl flinched slightly from the touch.

Shirou then begins channeling his prana and applying a structural analysis to Sarah's body to find any possible presence of magic circuits in the girl.

Whereas Sarah only felt the same warm sensation as when receiving falna but it was thinner, it would be hard to notice if you didn't calm down.

Sarah's sea of memories came flooding Shirou's mind in the process. If he could, he didn't want to see all those memories. But structural analysis was the magecraft he was best at so he used this Magecraft to get the highest success rate.

"Haha.."

"C-captain please don't laugh at me.." Shirou's giggle sounded in Sarah's ear.

"Sorry, it's just that I saw something funny."

"W-what.." Sarah blushed even more now she didn't know what embarrassing thing her captain meant and she also didn't want to know what it was.

Finally Shirou found what he was looking for and not only that he also found some interesting things about Sarah.

He then took his hand away from Sarah's back.

"Are you finish..?"

"Yes, the first part is done. I have good news and bad news for you. Which do you want to hear first"

Hearing her captain mention that, he had bad news for her, made her a little worried.

"Please good news first.."

"Well, the good news is that you have magic circuits of pretty good quality that must be due to falna influence considering it was in a closed state until now."

"Eh really!? I have magic circuits!?"

Sarah said happily as she turned around to look at the captain but all she saw was the captain's blushing face and she finally remembered that she was shirtless now and turned around.

"Y-yes you have it and it's all above average"

"I-I see.. how much?"

It was clear they were stuck in the awkwardness now.

"76, you have 76 magic circuits. The average magus only has 40 magic circuits. But here comes the bad news, the process of opening those magic circuits is very painful and I have to open them one by one. So do you want to continue with this? I remind you, being a magus means walking with death."

'If someone like the captain says that it hurts too much, will I be able to handle it. My number of magic circuits is also 76 and they have to be unlocked one by one. But I've come this far if I back down now I'll definitely continue to stay away from this. So...'

She then looked at Shirou from behind her shoulder and offered her usual sweet smile full of confidence but she was still nervous and blushing now.

"Captain, we has come this far there is no way I will back down now and I am an adventurer, captain. Being an adventurer is same with being friends with death."

Shirou could only stare at this girl with open eyes. He knew very well that Sarah was just a normal teenage girl trying to look strong now but the determination she had was real.

'Friends with death huh...'

"Ok. Manage your breath and relax your body I will start the second phase now."

"O-ok!"

He then placed his left palm back.

"Ready?"

"..., Yes"

And with that confirmation, Shirou started channeling his prana again this time with higher intensity and infusing it into Sarah's magic circuit.

Sarah could feel a warmer sensation enter her back towards her heart and start spreading through her body in a pattern she couldn't understand.

Then.

Sarah's body began to react violently to release whatever Shirou put in, it felt so hot, so scorching hot. The girl's eyes opened wide, Tears began to spill from her eyes, her mouth opened to let out a scream full of pain she was feeling.

The process of opening Sarah's magic circuit took two hours, Shirou then put Sarah's clothes back on Sarah. After that he gently carried Sarah back to her room.

After entering the white-haired girl's room. Shirou, gently laid Sarah down on her bed, then he put a blanket on the beautiful girl.

Shirou looked at the girl's face for a while then he used his hand to stroke Sarah's head then it went down to caress the tear marks on her cheeks.

"You've worked hard, now rest my sweet kouhai"

Shirou then walked out of Sarah's room to go to his own.

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This is a discussion session on the contents of this chapter

Oh yes! Actually chapter 11 is a combination of 3 chapters which I combined into 1. Because for me Fate Dungeon Myth with short chapters doesn't fit!!!

Ok continue to the discussion session.

1. First, we see Shirou's actions in the Dungeon, where this time around, Shirou is clearly more self-limited and only fights relying more on pure fighting skills.

Here we also see an interlude from the tutoring class by Eina-sensei.

2. Second, we see two weapons made by Shirou, namely Yoroshiki and Tigerra.

3. Thirdly, we are told that in the eastern continent there is a place that is connected to the Riverside Of The World from the world of Danmachi.

4. Fourth, we see the meeting between Shirou and Dionysus Familia.

5. Fifth, we find a myth about the prohibition of taking the first item drop.

6. Six, the monster that Shirou is aiming for is finally revealed and it is a minotaur. So Shirou begins his death dance with the huge bull.

7. Seven, there is Aura, vice-captain of the Dionysus Familia, who decides to use her strongest spell to help Shirou who is overwhelmed by the seven minotaurs who are going crazy due to the effects of Goliath's battle with Loki Familia.

8. Eight, we see Shirou's interaction with Aura which ends with Shirou getting annoyed and finally kissing Aura's forehead to silence her.

9. Nine, we find Sarah singing the song "Always In My Heart" which is one of the soundtracks from SukaSuka.

10. Ten, We see Syr who has managed to kidnap Shirou and bring him to Mama Mia. Then it ends with Shirou working part time at the Hostess of Fertility with some conditions.

11. Eleven, we have Hestia Familia discussing their finances and Sarah is entrusted by Shirou to take care of their finances.

12. We finally see Shirou unlocking Sarah's 76 magic circuits. Here we also know that the average magic circuit of a person in the world of Danmachi is 40. I already have a plan for what type of magus Sarah will be.

As for the number of Shirou's magic circuits, you can guess for yourself but I've given a lot of clues in the previous chapters.

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Ok everyone, if you don't know yet... the two selected crossover fanfics are Arifureta and Mahoukakou fanfic.

I've released the Arifureta crossover fanfic, if you are interested you can read it yourself.

For the Nasuverse and Mahoukakou fanfic, I plan to release it in the middle of this month.

As for Fate Dungeon Myth itself, I won't ignore it because I plan to finish Fate Dungeon Myth Season 1 before November. And!!! After 2 more chapters, we will come to the Arc Canon that I have been wanting to adapt into Fate Dungeon Myth for a long time!!!!!

I write fanfic just for fun and bring my imagination to reality. But I also have a target to finish the first wave of fanfic this year.

The first wave was...

1. Fate Dungeon Myth S1

2. Fate Lost Class S1

3. Fanfic Nasuverse S1

4. Fanfic Fate/stay night x Mahoukakou S1

Yes! All my fanfics are long term projects!!! And I really enjoy this, wuuhuuuu!!

Oh by the way, my limit is 4 fanfic only so I won't be releasing any new fanfic as long as not one story has been completed among the 4 stories (of course I mean season 1)

Ok that's it thanks for reading to the end!!! Do you want to submit your comments or not. It's up to you guys!!!

See you in the next chapter!!!!