After delivering the new volumes to Elma, she asked me about the wedding that still hadn't happened. I explained that I had postponed things a bit, even though the venue was already prepared.
She asked me why, and the only answer I could give was, "I guess it's not the right time yet."
After getting involved with Freya, Loki, Ais, Tiona, and Tione, I started reconsidering the whole marriage idea. I wonder if I should just marry Hestia, Lili, and Mikoto—or wait and try to convince all of them to marry me.
Doing something like that would be crazy, wouldn't it?
Just imagine marrying nearly ten women at the same time. I think it would cause such a huge commotion that it'd actually be entertaining.
But I'm sure Hestia wouldn't accept that, even if she's not acting the same way as before.
"So it's not the right time yet, huh? But you seemed pretty excited before. Won't Goddess Hestia be upset?"
"To be honest, she doesn't even seem to remember the wedding. It's been a while since we last talked about it."
"Hmmm… She might be suffering in silence. You should talk to her about it."
Suffering in silence? Honestly, she seems better than ever after that conversation we had. Ever since I made it clear that she's my number one, she's been really happy—nothing seems to affect her.
Maybe when she thinks about the wedding, she goes, 'I'm already his number one, so the wedding doesn't really matter.' Well, I don't know exactly what she's thinking, but it could be something like that.
"I'm sure she's doing just fine, Elma, don't worry. Oh, and I'll be taking a break from writing for a while."
"How long are you planning to take a break?" Elma didn't seem nervous, since I had just handed her a complete series. That would keep her profits high for a long time.
She hasn't even released new volumes of Re:Zero and Overlord in a while—she still has a backlog from what I gave her.
"I'm not sure yet, but probably a few months. I want to focus on something else for now."
Elma looked confused and asked, "Something else? Are you going to start acting or something? With your looks, I wouldn't be surprised…"
Acting? Is there even a theater in this world?
"No, it's nothing like that. I'm going to explore the dungeon over the next few months. My goal is to conquer it."
"..." Hearing that, Elma froze, unable to process what I had just said. After a few seconds of silence, she spoke. "Did I hear that right? I'm not going crazy, am I?"
"You heard correctly. I plan to conquer the dungeon."
"What? Have you lost your mind?"
"I'm strong enough to do something simple like that. Don't worry."
"Simple? You've definitely gone crazy!"
"You have no idea how strong I am, Elma." I laughed. "It'll be fine. Besides, I can escape whenever I want—you know about my teleportation ability, right?"
"Can you teleport out from very deep floors?"
"Well, if not, I can just teleport to higher floors. Since it's an ability I can use multiple times, I'm not going to die or anything."
"But even so… why did you suddenly decide to do this?"
"I was getting a bit bored and thought it would be fun to try. It's a huge challenge, right? It'll definitely be exciting. I'm also curious about what's on the final floor."
"You really have gone crazy…"
"Hahaha." I laughed. "I'm not crazy—I just want to have a little fun."
After saying that, I teleported back to the mansion.
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As soon as I arrived, I ran into Hestia sitting in the living room. As I approached her, she asked, "Where are the last two volumes of that story? You haven't finished it yet?"
Hearing her question, I realized I had messed up.
I hadn't let Hestia read them before giving them to Elma.
"I'm sorry," I said immediately.
"Hm? Why?"
"I just delivered all the volumes to Elma. I should've let you read them first, but I forgot."
"..." Hestia stared at me for a few seconds, and then tears appeared in the corners of her eyes. "But I really wanted to read them… The story was getting so good! Volume eight ended at the best part!"
"If you want, I can go back there and get the last two volumes for you to read. Do you want me to?"
"No, it's fine. I'll wait until they're officially released."
"It might take a while." I smiled and sat down beside her.
"I'll probably go crazy from the anticipation, but there's nothing I can do. I'm sure it'll be worth the wait."
"Well, I'm giving you the option not to wait. Are you sure you don't want me to get them for you?"
After thinking for a moment, Hestia replied while looking at me:
"Please, go get them."
I couldn't hold back my laughter.
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After retrieving the two volumes and giving them to Hestia, she ran off to her room to read, and I went to mine.
As soon as I entered my room, I took the "Black Dragon" sword out of my inventory.
"Hey, are you ready for an adventure?" I asked, looking at the sword.
[I heard everything. Do you really think you can conquer the dungeon?]
"Do you know the dungeon?"
[Honestly? Not much. I wasn't born in this world, after all. But I'm sure it will be very difficult. I can sense extremely powerful presences in that place.]
"Are there monsters stronger than you in there?"
[Yes, definitely.]
"And how strong are you?"
[Stronger than you can imagine.]
That… makes me a little uneasy for some reason.
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