Volume 10 Chapter 2 PaRT 8
「I think she’s going to be fine.」
Everybody insisted that it should be fine for us to continue the way that we are now.
If you are in the Party, the effect of the Job that the party member has will affect not only the member, but he entire Party as well, so I don’t think that Miria changing her Job is going to affect us negatively in any way.
「Un. So nobody has any issues with it?」
「Since the area of effect magic can hit all the members of the Party at once, then it’s not going to matter if she’s in the rearguard or not, so she won’t be able to be at ease. It’s going to be difficult to decide until when she should remain in the rearguard already, so I don’t think there’s going to be any need for us to make things more difficult for ourselves.」
What Sherry said just now is very reasonable for the standards of this world, right? However, since I have a Skill that lets me earn 20x more EXP than normal, then do I really need to judge it from the perspective of levels? Even if I put Miria in the back row, it would probably be only for a day or two.
「Well, okay. I understand. Just make sure to be careful for a while, okay?」
「Yes, desu.」
Just to be on the safe side, it might be good to go back to equipping the Alchemist Job so that I could use 「Plating」on her.
Everyone is unanimously saying that it should be fine to continue the way we were going until now. I also don’t think that we’re going to be in danger of being killed by the enemies in just one shot. We also have our Sacrificial Misangas as an additional safety measure.
Even though I am leveling my Knight Job right now, it might really be a good idea to also add Alchemist to the list of my Active Jobs. And since Miria is going to be leveling the assassin Job now, then I might also add Gambler back in order to help her with it.
No, that’s not overdoing it in the slightest. I just want to use Gambler to see how it’s going to turn out, so that’s totally fine.
I changed Miria’s Job to Assassin Lv.1 and then we continue hunting in the Labyrinth. After the several battles that we fought, there were a few things that I noticed. Maybe it’s just me, but it feel like Miria has gotten weakened.
Now that we were facing against two monsters, Roxanne and Vesta were standing in front of the rest of the Party, focusing their attention o themselves.
That is a very good strategy for our current lineup. Roxanne is the one who continues to guide us and give instructions to the girls, so it was actually very considerate of her to accommodate Miria like that. I should also be partially credited for this, since I decided to openly declare that I want to make her an Assassin.
A little self-praise has never killed anyone, after all.
「Roxanne, thank you.」
「It’s nothing, master.」
I just wanted to thank her, and after I did that, we returned to hunting.
We fought against the monsters a few more times, and I noticed that the number of times when Miria was able to proc petrification has increased?
If it really did, then that is good. Or rather, it is already good, but it might get even better.
One of the Skills possessed by the Assassin Job is 「Status Ailment Probability Up」. That is why when you become an Assassin and realize that suddenly the number of petrifications that you can inflict upon the enemies has increased, then it can be said that 「Status Ailment Probability Up」Skill worked properly.
Even if you become an Assassin and the number of petrifications does not suddenly increase, then it is entirely possible that the chance for the 「Status Ailment Probability Up」Skill to proc is dependent on the level of the Assassin Job.
While the level of the Assassin Job is low, the chance for the 「Status Ailment Probability Up」to proc is small, and once Assassin’s level increases, the chance for the 「Status Ailment Probability Up」Skill to proc also increases.
That is precisely why Miria is going to continue using and leveling the Assassin Job.
Her level is going go up soon as well. If the「Status Ailment Probability Up」 is really level-dependent, then with the higher level it should be possible for Miria to neutralize the enemies with Petrification more often.
I look forward to leveling up her up.
With Miria as the Assassin, we fought the Floor Boss. Boss battles don’t seem to be a problem either. Well, standing in front of the Boss is Roxanne, and Miria will deal with other monsters, so It’s no different than our regular battles.
I’ll keep the fact that I was attacked by a monster as a result of Miria’s attention a secret.
Since I have an Alchemist Job, I should have plated myself as well. It was bad to think that it would be useless if I didn’t get attacked. Anyway, I will recover by using Durandal, so it’s not like it matters that much anyway.
「Did it, desu.」 Miria even petrified the enemies again. I’ll do my best to clean up the monsters, then surround the Boss and defeat it. There was no problem for Miria as long as she joined the boss’s encirclement together with us.
「The Boss battle didn’t seem to be a problem, and I didn’t particularly think that Miria has any problems after switching to Assassin. Should we do it the usual way from now on?」
「Yes, of course. There should be no problem.」
「Yes.」
「Let’s do it, desu.
「I think we’re going to be alright.」
Everyone gave me affirmative answers.
At the same time, the boss battle on the thirty-first floor could not be postponed even due to Miria’s Job change. A moment of reprieve has been denied to me.
Was this also impossible?
It’s impossible to stop Roxanne, so we fought the Boss battle all the way until evening.
「Grill the meat, and then make some vegetable soup.」
「Understood. Sherry and I will make it.」
It seems that Roxanne and Sherry will cook meat and make soup.
「Today we’re only going to eat meat, so let’s have some white meat for dinner tomorrow.」
The strategy to use time to get meat failed, but I’ll give Miria some food as well. I think that full-fledged summer is yet to come, so fried foods should still be okay now.
「Oh. Yes, desu.」
「Miria and Vesta, please make mayonnaise.」
「Mayonnaise, desu.」
「Yes. I think I can do it.」
It’s hard to make mayonnaise by yourself, but with two people it shouldn’t be a problem.
I left the Labyrinth and went shopping. I buy bread, vegetables and eggs and go home. I gave meat and vegetables to Roxanne and Sherry, and eggs and olive oil to Miria and Vesta.
I go and prepare the bath next. You can’t forget the fun that we’re going to have in there. If going up the floors is Roxanne’s pleasure, then I’ll have my own pleasure.
「Mayonnaise, desu.」
「Okay. Then let’s leave it until tomorrow.」
When I prepared the bath and returned to the kitchen, Miria handed me mayonnaise. It seems she and Vesta made it properly.
「We’re making progress here as well.」 The meat is grilled with celery. It smelled delicious.
「Oh. Is this Zabuton?」
Looking at the meat before grilling, the color is quite different depending on the type. The color is different, or rather, it has sashimi.
Beautiful. The other three types were not like that. This was the only one containing a beautiful white sashimi.
This is Zabuton. As a Drop Item, it looks like you can’t tell the difference between Sirloin and Zabuton, but when you look at the way they’re cut, they’re clearly different.
This sashi is Zabuton.
「Can you tell it’s Zabuton?」
「Well, not so much.」
I answered her. I didn’t follow up on the indistinguishability in the Item Box.
「It’s white and it’s a bit disgusting, isn’t it?」 「No, no. That’s where it tastes good.」
Roxanne doesn’t seem to know Sashi. Is it creepy if you don’t know? I think it’s a beautiful marbling.
「Is that so?「
「Huh. Is that what it is?「
Even Sherry didn’t seem to know about it.
Is it going to be alright? In this world, it is said that if there is marbling, the taste will be worse. Well, even so, Zabuton is a rare drop, no, a premium drop. It can’t be bad.
「Serry, can I have some gravy?」
「Yes.」
「Vesta, chop these vegetables into small pieces.」
「I understand.」 Back in the kitchen, I make the sauce too. Normally, just grilling beef with salt and pepper is enough, but this time, it is Boneless Ribs, Triangular Boneless Ribs, Sirloin, and Zabuton.
It’s a lot of quantity because we’re going to compare them. There will be parts that are unsatisfactory just by simply grilling. You can make a simple sauce by adding wine and chopped vegetables to the gravy that comes out of the grill. It’s not going to be on the level of demi-glace sauce or shalyapin sauce, but it should e enough to enhance the taste. I prepare it on a separate plate so that everyone could use it to their liking.
The main dish is just grilled meat, so the dinner was completed quickly.
Over time, the previously baked items will cool down.
It may be better to prepare an iron plate and eat it while grilling. Maybe we’ll do that next time?
This time, I bring it to the table and we eat the meat. I distributed the vegetable soup that Roxanne made to everyone, and thus dinner started.
All the meat was good.
「This Sirloin is so good.」
It wasn’t fine dining at all, because we just ate a lot of meat. 「This Zabuton is exceptional. Thank you for letting us eat such a delicious thing.」
Just as Roxanne said, Zabuton is soft and tastes even better than the Sirloin. It feels like it melts in your mouth. However, it doesn’t mean that the Sirloin is bad. It was great.
「Certainly. I understand that the taste is different, but they are all delicious.」
Sherry also seems to agree with me.
「Delicious, desu.」 「That’s Triangular Boneless Ribs.」
「Triangular, desu.」
Triangular Boneless Ribs are not tender, but they have a rich meaty taste to them. I wonder if Miria liked it as much as she likes the Whole Fish.
Since it’s not a fish, then she might soon forget about it. Come to think of it, since we were going at such a breakneck pace of going up one floor per day, we didn’t have the chance to eat any of the Whole Fish dishes, our staple we used to eat when celebrating breaking through another floor of the Labyrinth, so there’s a risk that she might be most dissatisfied with such a turn of events.
「I think it’s amazing to be able to eat so many different things every single day. Is it really okay for me to be partaking of such luxury?」
「Well, it does not seem like there will be much of it left, so it is just for today.」
The taste of the dish has been positively received by Vesta as well.
「Even the texture of the dishes changes when you put sauces on them.」
「The crunchy texture of the vegetables is also wonderful.」
「it’s delicious, desu.」
「I think this sauce is also amazing.」
Sauces are also pretty popular among them.
As a result, we all enjoyed a delicious dinner.