The Wave Jelly exploded into a bunch of lights, leaving a somewhat big blue elemental gem in its place.
Tizmilly grabbed that with her before she landed on the ground.
"As I said, I could defeat it with no problem!"
She stated while flashing a proud smile toward me.
That's the reason why I recruited you, Tizmilly. Finally!
"Our Miss Villainess is back..." I muttered and wiped a tear from my right eye.
"?" Tizmilly tilted her head, wondering why I was not responding to her.
I smiled toward her after resetting my feelings.
"Let's continue!" I stated.
"Yes, Boss!" She replied cheerfully.
'Eh, Boss?'
Seeing me pause, Tizmilly started fidgeting with her fingers.
"W-was it really that strange for me to use the word?" She asked me with an embarrassed face.
"Well, it's not strange, but why Boss?" I asked her back.
"It's because I wanted to try it after Gerena addressed you with that every day..."
Somehow, I am not that surprised.
Even in the game, Tizmilly indeed has that innocent side in her. She could easily be affected by the people around her.
If I am not wrong, the reason she turned into a really twisted character is that she befriended...
"M-more importantly, let's quickly descend to the 11th floor!"
Maybe because she couldn't hold the embarrassment she felt anymore, Tizmilly hastily tapped the option to descend.
After I came back to reality, she was already gone from the 10th floor, so I immediately descended to follow her.
From the 11th floor, the monsters of this Dungeon began to get stronger, Tizmilly explained to me earlier. However, as we fight those monsters, they aren't that strong. The most time-consuming process is to fulfill our kill quotas since we should wander around for a while before we can find a new monster.
At 14th floor, Tizmilly started to feel tired. Her mana reserve is also beginning to run out.
To avoid an unexpected situation, I stopped her the moment her breathing started to turn haggard.
"Let's rest a bit. We have to fight even more monsters on the next floor and also have to find the item I mentioned before, so we'll need to conserve our stamina and mana."
Although she looked like she still wanted to fight, she obeyed me.
I brought her near the spot where we teleported to this floor before. Most of the monsters around here had already been killed by us, so we could rest with a peace of mind here.
We sat there and drank some water from our respective water bags to rehydrate.
After resting in silence for a while, Tizmilly turned toward me.
"Mister Roost, may I ask what kind of item you wanted to find on the 15th floor?" She asked with a curious tone.
"It's an Aqua Rune," I replied, which shocked her.
"Aq-aqua Rune!? That's a very rare item that hardly drops by the monsters inside water-themed Dungeons like The Bank of Water..."
That's right, the Dungeon's monsters could also drop items, though with an insanely thin chance. Maybe about 1% or less chance. If you were unlucky, you wouldn't even get a single drop item after killing monsters for years.
I myself never got a drop item before I encountered that Irregular that dropped this Boulder Thrust of mine.
Normally, people couldn't get the item they wanted however they wanted it. It's purely by luck, or from the point of view of someone like me, who knows about the truth of the Dungeons, it's luck for the person who gets it + a moment of misfortune for the Dungeon.
"Why are you so sure that we would get it on the 15th floor?" She hastily asked me.
She must've sensed that I know something that she didn't.
If it's Tizmilly, I don't think it would be a problem to tell her, so I opened my mouth.
However, before I could even voice a word, a group of people entered this floor. And not just a random group, but it was them.
The moment our eyes met, they immediately glared at us.
Yes, it's them, they whom I don't want to get involved with the most.
Seeing Tizmilly and me who were sitting relaxedly on the ground, that pinkhead immediately acted like a scared little thing and hid behind the three of them.
And that, of course, agitated them.
"So you're here, Tizmilly, and you! You couldn't escape from us anymore! Quickly apologize to Raffassa, or you won't leave this Dungeon unscathed!" The stupid—I mean, the crown prince—barked at us and unsheathed his sword, which was followed by the other two also entering their fighting stances with their gauntlets and bow.
I exchanged glances with Tizmilly.
Both of us have disgusted expressions on our faces.
'A prince threating random civilian from the Dungeon City... I wonder if I could report it to the guard later?'
I thought of that idly to escape reality, but of course, they wouldn't let me go that easily.
"Do you hear the Prince, you two!?" Lideon hollered in.
"Are you deaf or what?" Reffion asked sarcastically.
I really don't want to get involved with these guys.
"Couldn't you guys go play anywhere else? Just don't bother me."
They were shocked for some reason. Even Tizmilly widened her eyes. Then I realized.
'Ah, I accidentally voiced out my thought.'
The prince's face became red after he heard my words. Seeing him like that, I knew that my peaceful weekend was over.
The prince sheathed his sword while staring a dagger at me. Then he took off his right glove and threw it at me.
The glove hit my chest, then slowly fell to the ground.
"You! I challenge you to a duel!"
Facing him, I couldn't help but think, 'He really likes to challenge people to a duel, huh?'
Even in the game, I always had a hard time whenever a new villain was introduced in a situation where the prince is around Ahlia. He would always challenge the villain to a duel, and since he was... Not too strong at the early game, I always had to save his ass every time.
Tizmilly shook her head, signaling toward me to reject it.
Rejecting it wouldn't be a problem since I don't care about honor or whatever after I know about the ultimate doom waiting for this world in the future, but now that he had already gone this far to bother me, well...