Chapter 49 - Let’s Explore the Neighborhood Dungeon! (5) (1/2)

“Well then, are you guys ready? Kunpei-kun, father-in-law.”

Wait a minute, Mikuma-san.

For some reason I feel unsettled.

“Hmm, what’s wrong, Kunpei-kun?”

She had a face like it was natural.

“I understand, Kazamachi. That girl has always had a straightforward and crooked personality.”

What kind of wordplay is that?

Saeki patted my shoulder with a happy expression as though she was telling me to just give up.

“Aah, thank you, Yuuno-chan. Hey, rat, didn’t you say that you had something you wanted to hand over?”

“The way your family treats me gets more crude by the day, though I don’t care. Alright, I’ll lend you my treasure.”

Father used his chin to urge Alba Germain, who was sitting on his right shoulder.

When the rat swung his staff, a dazzling flash of light suddenly appeared.

The light disoriented us and we all looked away.

Eventually the light subsided and we returned our line of sight.

“… What is that. An elephant tusk?”

A pure white, elongated, sharp object was floating next to my father.

“That’s a dragon fang. It’s something that was given to me when a powerful dragon died. I’ve been processing it into a sword for a long time, so don’t touch the tip of the sword. Its sharpness is not a laughing matter.”

Is that okay with the Swords and Firearm Control Law?

“Please return it as soon as you return from the dungeon. It’s very valuable.”

Well, let’s borrow it if it is better to have it.

It would be better as a weapon than the metal bat we prepared.

It was dawn.

We were right below『Tusk Crag』dungeon.

We came with Mikuma and Saeki who stayed over yesterday, they came along with us since we were climbing the dungeon.

My father and I are the ones that are going in.

Mikuma and Saeki would go back after we entered.

Shouhei was house-sitting.

Yesterday, we stocked up on a lot of stuff in a hurry, baseball leg guards, ice hockey helmets, a lifeline and harness, a maglite and a headband light with reinforced steel, carabiners and pegs, LED lanterns, Swiss army knife, wet compress and bandages, antiseptic, and a lot of batteries on the outside of the smartphone.

Of course we brought Shouhei’s lunch box and a large-capacity water bottle.

There were other things that we wanted to bring, but at the end of the day it was too heavy for us to carry.

We carefully selected which items to bring.

They were divided into the backpack that my father and I were carrying.

“Then what’s left is just this, I guess.”

“Hm? Is this… an eggshell?”

Alba held out two white fragments that I’ve seen somewhere before.

Maybe, but I think that’s the shells from the eggs that Jaja and Nana came from.

“Yeah, it’s the shell of a dragon egg. Have you heard about it? The dragon’s egg gives one peerless power and eternal longevity.”

Aah, I’ve heard of that from someone…