S-Class Dungeon’s Mistress - Chapter 148

Adelaide looked around again to make sure that all the demons from Sol Dungeon had left. Most of them had gone through the portals while she was busy doing this and that. Only a few of the demons who were seriously injured were left and were staggering towards the portal.

At that time, the back of a demon who was walking forward while holding onto his stomach came into view.

“You there, stop.”

When Adelaide commanded, the demon walking at a slow speed stopped. His brown curly hair shook slightly. He seemed to have the words ‘Please don’t call me’ written over the back of his head.

‘Is my face like that too?’

She was baffled when she finally realized why the demons surrounding her were aware of her thoughts.

And the skinny demon took advantage of that chance and slowly moved again. With much wider strides than before.

“You there, the skinny demon with curly brown hair! Stop.”

“Can’t you hear me?” Adelaide added irritably. Then the eyes of the demons around them focused on him.

“Do you mean m-me?”

The curly-haired demon slowly turned around. He was the same manager who had given Shavarma advice earlier but was hit in the face and had vomited blood.

The situation was very shameful for him. After fainting for a while and waking up with the help of a healer, the war was over, and most of the demons in Sol Dungeon had withdrawn.

In the case of the manager, he was in a hurry because it was easy to kill him to make an example out of him. He tried to escape, but he ended up getting caught by the owner of Greenville.

“Yes, you. Come here.”

“What’s the matter…….”

The manager of Sol Dungeon, Nut asked, his body trembling. Adelaide responded as if it wasn’t a big deal.

“I have business with you. So you can’t go. Bell, can you catch him and put him in an empty room? I need to ask him something once Lisian comes back.”

“Woof!”

Bell, who had been lying on his stomach near Adelaide, rolled on his side, jumped up and barked. Then, at once, he dashed towards Nut.

“Keuuaa! S‐save me! Demons help!”

Nut shrieked as Bell bit his back and lifted him up. Adelaide frowned and warned.

“I won’t kill you. As long as you stay quiet.”

“If you keep kicking up a fuss, I might kill you.” Nut agreed to the coldly added words, and shut his mouth.

Desperate to live, he was dragged away without uttering a single breath, dangling between Bell’s teeth. The demons of Sol Dungeon who had remained until the end, quickly left after seeing his pitiful appearance.

Adelaide sighed after confirming that everyone had left except for the demons who had signed new contracts with Greenville. Having finished all the work related to the Sol Dungeon, it was time to help the other demons clean up.

And when she saw the countless corpses of demons and sticky blood stains on the floor and walls, she sighed again. She won the war, but her heart wasn’t too happy.

* * *

It took quite a long time to remove all of the corpses and wipe the blood, even with cleaning magic. They couldn’t even try repairing the broken parts. Thankfully, Lisianthus, who had gone to Sol Dungeon, joined them and they were able to finish cleaning in a few hours.

The demons of Greenville Dungeon returned to their accommodations with tired bodies. She too was exhausted, but she couldn’t go to sleep like this. Because if you won a war, you deserved to celebrate.

The chef quickly prepared drinks and food, and Lisianthus was not spared from helping. Thus, there was a proper drinking table in each living space.

“Did you see it? Did you? I stopped that demon’s axe—!”

“I used my arm bone and hit that high-level demon exactly at the forehead,  it felt so good—”

The demons were busy bragging about their sagas.

The Skeletons placed an empty container inside their ribs and drank beer excitedly. They didn’t get drunk but they seemed to want to feel it at least.

Pia, who did not drink alcohol, leaned her head on Raham’s shoulder and was resting. Her sleeping face looked more comfortable than ever.

And Bell, who had secretly drunk behind Adelaide, ran around frantically in the form of a large Cerberus, apparently intoxicated. Then he suddenly whined and wept as he sat in front of Caladium’s door.

“Bell! What a loyal child……!”

“Like you,  I’m sad that Caladium isn’t here!” The Skeleton Captain quickly ran and stroked Bell’s chest fur.

Adelaide sat on the sofa and watched her members drink their glasses. She also drank quite a bit of champagne, so her cheeks were red.

“Adele. When would you like to meet the manager of Sol Dungeon?”

Lisianthus came up to her and handed her a new glass. He didn’t forget to secretly count the number of glasses she drank, as if trying to check Adelaide’s drinking capacity.

“Well. I’ll go tomorrow. There’s no need to interrogate him today, right?”

“Yes, that’s a good idea. By tomorrow, he’ll be even more exhausted.”

“By the way, what happened to the information I asked for earlier?”

Adelaide suddenly raised her head and asked, as she looked at Bell’s back who had started running again.

“I have it ready. Do you want to check right away?”

It was not too long ago since she asked for it, but he had already investigated everything? She was speechless at her manager’s abilities.

“Yes, can you give it to me now? I think I’ll feel better if I check it out soon.”

“Yes.”

Not long after, Lisianthus handed her a thick wad of documents. Adelaide set her glass down and read the papers with a serious face.

As she read the material, her eyes moved from side to side.

“……I knew it, it would be like this.”

Adelaide murmured. There was a slight hint of emotion at the end of her voice.

“Shall we make an appointment?”

“Yes. Please.”

Nodding her head, she clenched her teeth for a moment. It was to contain her rising emotions. She shouldn’t ruin the happy mood.

“By the way, Adela. Isn’t it time for the dungeon to grow?”

There’s no news. Lupinus noticed and changed the subject. Adelaide appreciated his consideration and raised the tone of her voice.

“Right! We won the war against a C-Class dungeon. I think it’s time to move up to B-Class.”

She looked around in search of the dungeon pad.

She clearly remembered that while she was attending the main dungeon meeting and reuniting with Caladium, Greenville Dungeon’s rating was steadily rising. It was thanks to the fact that the number of warriors who came for the purpose of taking the leaves of Bricaber did not stop, and the number of her demons also increased considerably.

“Here you go, Master.”

Lisianthus quickly found the marble pad and handed it to Adelaide, further elaborating.

“The number of warriors killed seems to be satisfactory, but as I mentioned, two additional conditions need to be fulfilled in order to rise to B-Class. The first was to win a war against a C-Class or higher dungeon.”

“Oh right. There were two.”

She had forgotten since the first one was too exciting. Adelaide pouted her lips in regret. She then opened the pad and checked the information.

[Greenville Dungeon]

―Owner: Adelaide

―Class: C-1

―Assets: 444 Alma (NEW!)

―Registered Demons: 37 (NEW!)

―Room Count: 105

―Trap rooms: 2

―Portal Count: 3

Her regret completely vanished. Adelaide opened her mouth wide in amazement.

“A, A, Am I seeing it wrong, right now?”

She seemed to have had a similar reaction in the past. She had made a big deal about the 20 Almas she had received one day, and rubbed her eyes when she had received a reward of 100 Almas on another.

“If you’re talking about the 444 Almas, you’re seeing it right.”

Lisianthus also continued, feeling that his answer was somewhat familiar.

“As ordered, we moved the assets of Sol Dungeon to Greenville. The high-end furniture and gold and silver treasures in the dungeon have not been disposed of yet, so after they are sold, more will come in.”

Adelaide grabbed her chest. It was because she was so happy that it felt like her heart was going to fall.

“Shavarma was this rich……?”

“Well, it’s a dungeon that has been in business for hundreds of years. Even Casa del Sol’s earned quite a lot.”

“Ahem.”

She fiddled with the pad awkwardly. She was embarrassed for being so happy even though she knew how the money was made. Lisianthus added mischievously to cheer her up.

“Nevertheless, it’s funny that it still falls short compared to Master’s debt.”

However, his performance was awful because his sense of humor was not very good. Rather than encouraging her, he only stung her wounds.

“……Well, I’m glad that even Lisian is having fun.”

Adelaide smiled with a sullen face. In just a single sentence, she was once again reminded how much debt she owed.

“When did we reach C-1 again?….”

She looked at each item again and admired them. The number of assets, the number of demons, and the number of rooms all increased. The number of rooms was now over 100. She stared at her screen without moving her eyes.

“So, what are the other conditions for going up to B-Class?”

Lupinus, who was sitting next to Adelaide and watching, interrupted carelessly. He, who had never experienced an F-Class dungeon, did not seem to realize how great a development this was. Because the only demons that knew that this place started with only four rooms were Lisianthus, Caladium, and the Skeletons.

“Um, wait a minute.”

Adelaide scrolled down the screen. And she soon found a button.

[What are the conditions for ‘Greenville Dungeon’ to become B-Class?]

It somehow looked familiar.

“I think it’s similar to the button I pressed when receiving the special reward…….”

“Yes, that’s right. I looked it up and found out that these days, the one remaining condition is set randomly.”

Random again? Adelaide felt her head pounding. Although she had only received good results so far, she was still burdened by the situation where everything was decided by luck.

“Bell-! Come over here! Where did our dungeon cutie go!”

She called out to Bell, recalling that he was the one that had drawn Bricaber. But she never got an answer. Bell, who had been busy running around the living room until before, had already fallen asleep with his stomach overturned. It was so cute to see his pink tongue sticking out.

You can’t wake a sleeping child. Adelaide turned her head.