Isekai Yururi Kikou ~Raising Children While Being an Adventurer~

Chapter 516:

The Desired Thing (2)

After finishing with the brandy, we swiftly continued on while gathering more Water Bear pelts, and before we knew it, we had reached the 30th floor.

"Alright, this is the final floor~"

"Let’s keep going!"

"Let’s power through!"

After the hidden room with the brandy spring, the kids were even more fired up.

They weren't quite running, but they were briskly walking ahead.

"Oh, it’s a Bubble Archelon!"

"There’s a bunch of them~"

As we continued defeating monsters one after another, we encountered something rare—a group of six Bubble Archelons, which usually don’t appear in such numbers.

"“Waaaah~~~ awawawa~”"

Noticing us, the Bubble Archelons spewed out a massive amount of shock-emitting bubbles as a defense mechanism. With six of them doing it, our entire field of vision was filled with bubbles.

"“Oniichan, hurry up!”"

"Yeah yeah, I got it, so don’t touch them."

I started storing the bubbles in the Infinite Storage.

Even if they’re dangerous to touch, there’s no issue as long as I use Infinite Storage, which doesn’t make contact. The kids, who already knew this, urged me to store them quickly.

"“Water Pillar.”"

Once the bubbles were gone and visibility returned, the kids immediately started toppling the Bubble Archelons one after another with water pillars.

(Ohh~ they’re doing a great job flipping them over~)

(Instead of blasting them upward… they’re rolling them over—means they’re aiming their spells exactly where they want.)

"Yeah, definitely."

Just as Joule and Feat said, they were neatly rolling them over with precision.

“(Ah!)”

(Oh my.)

After flipping over two each, Allen and Elena launched their third targets and sent them flying.

They had improved in aiming, but still lacked control over their output.

"“Messed up, messed up.”"

After finishing off the overturned Bubble Archelons and retrieving the loot, Allen and Elena returned with sheepish smiles.

"You still need to work on control… mastering the strength and power modulation is your next challenge, okay?"

"“Will do our best~”"

They probably got better at aiming during the Golem battles in the Dungeon of Precious Stones.

But they haven’t practiced adjusting spell power. Back then, they were focused on high power to pierce through the enemy.

Well, considering our group’s usual approach is one-hit overkill, it’s no wonder.

Next challenge: mastering control over magic power.

"“Well~ let’s keep going~!”"

We quickly arrived in front of the boss room, ready to take on the Little Kraken.

"Alright, listen—since we want the Little Kraken’s legs, make sure you cut them off before defeating it."

"“((((((Okaaaay))))))”"

Based on our last experience, when we cut off the legs before defeating it, they remained as loot, so I reminded them properly to sever the legs first. 𝙍äΝՕ𝐁ĚŞ

"“Water Jet.”"

The moment we entered the boss room and spotted the Little Kraken, Allen and Elena immediately cast their spells.

"Nice, that’s perfect."

They hit the mark spot-on, each taking off one of the Kraken’s legs.

(Oh, they regrew!)

(Makes you want to see how many times it can regrow, huh.)

As before, the Little Kraken’s legs quickly regenerated.

(Niisama, I’ve brought the severed legs over. If you store them in Infinite Storage, we should be able to secure them, don’t you think?)

Feat used wind to float the Kraken legs bobbing in the water over to us.

There’s always the risk that they’ll vanish as loot after the battle, so storing them now would ensure we keep them.

Since even the normally disappearing Bubble Archelon bubbles don’t vanish once stored in Infinite Storage, it’s definitely worth trying.

(Aniue, looks like they cut more off again.)

(Oh my, then I’ll carry them again~)

"This time it’s Joule, huh? And three legs at once! Nice job!"

We've scored three more Little Kraken legs!

(Looks like we can leave the cutting to Allen, Elena, and Joule!)

(Ughh~ I want to join too, but aiming for the legs is impossible for me~~)

(Radian can’t hit them either~)

Vector and Radian seemed eager to join, but since they couldn’t aim their magic accurately, they were holding themselves back.

"You can join in when it’s time to finish it off."

(That’s it!)

(Radian will join too~)

Since they were restraining themselves to help with leg collection, I told them when their turn would come—and both Vector and Radian were overjoyed.

(Niisama, please store the legs.)

(Even so, it really does keep regrowing, doesn’t it~? Is there no limit?)

Allen, Elena, and Joule kept working hard, cutting off the Little Kraken’s legs one after another. Each time, the Little Kraken regenerated them without fail.

"I think it’s about time."

(Allen, Elena! Time to finish it! I’m joining in too!)

(Joule Onii~chan, Radian is joining too~~~)

Hearing my comment, Vector and Radian ran over to the leg collection team up ahead.

““Oniichan, is that enough?””

(I wanted to test the limit, but it really is taking too much time~)

"Yeah. We’ve got plenty now, so let’s finish it."

““Got it~! —Let’s go on three~””

At Allen and Elena’s signal, they all fired their magic at once, and the Little Kraken was easily defeated.

(Ah, it changed into loot. Niisama, how’s the Infinite Storage inventory?)

"Let’s see… Yep, it’s fine. The legs we collected are still there."

(The one we cut last and hadn’t stored yet is also there.)

With the legs safely confirmed, we headed over to pick up the loot.

““What’s this~?””

"Umm… That’s a squid ear. You know, the triangular part near the head."

““Ohh!””

Among the dropped items was a squid ear about a meter long. There was also a blue mana stone and a bottle of squid ink. Unfortunately, it didn’t drop any body meat this time.

“Squid ink~?”

“We’ve never used that before~”

“Now that you mention it… yeah.”

Squid ink—now that’s an ingredient I’ve never used before. Actually, I can’t think of many dishes that use squid ink. Maybe risotto or pasta?

Come to think of it, I haven’t made any pasta dishes since coming to Aetherdia.

Now that I’ve remembered, I’m suddenly craving them—napolitan, bolognese, seafood, carbonara... I’d love to make cod roe pasta too, but we don’t have cod roe. I wonder how it’s made? Maybe by salting cod ovaries?

Oh, and I can’t forget squid ink pasta. I’m pretty sure I saw something like dried pasta being sold. Once we leave the dungeon, I’ll look for it right away.

"I’ll cook something next time."

““We’re looking forward to it~””

Promising to make pasta and squid ink dishes, we headed toward the innermost chamber.

Unfortunately, there was no treasure chest this time. Maybe the last one was a first-time bonus?

““One more time!””

"… Huh?"

"We’ll even go get the sake."

"Let’s go around one more time!"

"… Hahaha~"

Since we’d gathered everything we needed in such a short time, the kids suggested we run the dungeon one more time.

And they even offered to do the sake collecting that they usually disliked.

"One more time, huh~"

““Please!””

To be honest, we had just gathered plenty of sake, so there was no need to fetch more. But we had finished earlier than planned, so we had the time.

"Well… why not~"

““Yay!!””

And so, we started again from the twenty-first floor.