Seeker 64

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Chapter 64. The Rotating Sushi Conference

We're in a chain sushi restaurant near the station.

It's almost dinner time, and customers are beginning to arrive here and there.

Kodachi-san, Yuzuki, and I settled down at one of the tables and placed our sushi order on the touch panel.

After pouring tea into the teacups for the three of us, we begin our meeting as we have done for some time now.

"Well, today's agenda is - what to do with the ridiculous items that our party has acquired. There are two major options."

I look at Kodachi-san and Yuzuki in turn.

Then I held up my index finger at them.

"Option number one, sell them off at auction or something. According to Oyaji-san's estimation, we could sell the skill scrolls of [Triple Strikes] and Black Clothes for tens of millions of yen to over a hundred million yen. If we sell these, hopefully, we could get FIRE."

FIRE, in this case, stands for Financial Independence, Retire Early, a term that means financial independence and early retirement.

In other words, the idea is to earn the money you need for life early and then live a comfortable life without having to work hard, invest, and so on.

A quick search of the article revealed that if you have 75 million yen, you can live on 3 million yen a year, assuming a 4% annual return on investment.

If the two items sell for a hundred million yen, there is a good chance that the three of us would get that amount of money, even after dividing it equally among us and counting income tax and other expenses.

For us small citizens, this is a very attractive proposition.

After all, you can live by practicing "I don't want to work! I don't want to work!"

We don't have to fight against unreasonable reality.

It would be hard to find a sweeter temptation than this.

But.

I hold up my middle finger as if to make a peace and present the next option.

"Option number two, we use these items ourselves. We will continue to dive into the dungeon and live as seekers, and with the help of S-class items, we might have an advantage over the average seeker."

"Hmmm... ...... that's a difficult question... ......"

After seeing the three plates of salmon ordered, Kodachi-san took a plate and placed one in front of each of us.

The three of us said "Itadakimasu", and began to eat our salmon.

It was delicious.

The sweetness of the melted fat was so good that it was a delight to the taste buds.

After quickly devouring two pieces of salmon on one plate, the engawa I had ordered came down the line at the right moment.

As I took it and placed it in front of me, Yuzuki, who had also finished her salmon, opened her mouth.

"Well, I don't know if I'm correct, but can I give you my honest opinion?"

"Well, let's hear it first."

"Yes. I don't know how to say this, but isn't it boring to sell the super item we got and make money?

""Ah.""

Hearing Yuzuki's opinion, Kodachi-san and I both chimed in with sympathy.

"I understand that very much, Hotaru-chan. If I think about it in terms of profit and loss, maybe it would be better to sell it off. ......"

"Yeah, that. I understand that too. I think it would be wise to sell it, but my heart resists it. I don't know if you're okay with that."

"I don't know. You three are the same, aren't you?"

"Well, I guess. I don't think it's rational.

Even if the items were to successfully sell at a high enough price to get FIRE, imagining what would happen next would leave a gaping hole in my heart.

Would that be the end of my time diving in the dungeon with Kodachi-san and Yuzuki?

That would be so boring.

Yuzuki is right.

I want to keep diving into the dungeon and go as far as I can.

With the three of us.

That's what I think.

Of course, there is always the option of selling off those items and continuing the dungeon exploration, but...

"...... Don't you want to use them on us?"

Those words leaked out of my mouth.

Then the same words leaked out of Kodachi-san's and Yuzuki's mouths.

"...... Yes."

"I think that black outfit looks really good on Kazane-san."

"Then [Triple Strikes] is for Musou-san? The black attire looks good on you.

"Then I guess I'll get the magic seed. It's not as good as the others.

The flow of the conversation was solidified before I knew it.

"There will be something on the 9th floor, too. If there's something useful for Yuzuki, we'll give it to her."

"It's a bit of a trick."

"Hahaha. We're getting pretty fluffy, aren't we? Can I order a fresh one now, while we're at it?"

"Well, I guess the meeting is over. But just one drink."

"Yes."

Kodachi-san was excited and started to order a draft beer.

I watched the scene with a wry smile, and Yuzuki stared at me, though I don't know what it was.

I enjoy the time we spend like this.

I wish this kind of time could go on forever.

I was thinking of something like a flag, while I was carrying the engawa, which had been a little too long, in my mouth.