107 103 The choice between necessity and necessity is up to the individual (1/2)

Tanaka Jiro, 28 years old, with a girlfriend

Her Suela Hendelberg

Memory Tris

Occupation Dungeon Tester (full-time)

Magical aptitude nine (quasi-magical grade)

Post Warriors

”Well!　I'll be keeping an eye on your next game!　Dark Elf Cayley will do the commentary!　Watch it or bet on it!　We're all going to have fun!

With the familiar voice by my side amidst the cheers, the only word that can describe my feelings right now is this.

I'm sleepy.

Repeated day after day, if not all-nighters, close to it, will naturally make you sleep-deprived.

Under the bright sun, under a tent with a white roof at a field day in the sunshine, I lean back in my pipe chair.

The end result of a week of voluntarily taking on other tasks in addition to dungeon conquest.

Even a body bolstered by magic crests is tough.

Since I entered the workforce, I've often heard the phrase ”taking care of your health is your responsibility.

You've got a lot of time to prepare for the event, but now that the opening ceremony is over and the event is going on smoothly, you can finally close your eyes for a moment.

There are members sitting in chairs just like me, running the event.

Unfortunately, Suela, Memoria and the other members of the party, who are familiar with the event, are not here because they are not running it, but participating in it.

So you'll be working alone on your day off.

But even if a potion can keep you awake, it doesn't make you any less sleepy.

You rub your fingertips a couple of times around your eyes, and as you open your eyes, the sight you see is subtly captured through your heavy eyelids.

The fantasy employees are surrounded by a huge projection screen with drinks and snacks in their hands.

In the vicinity, food stalls run by employees of various underground facilities are lined up.

Under the tent labeled ”Operation”, I can see from a distance that the place is quite busy.

Even the testers on the other side of the picture, who showed some initial disapproval at first, seem to be enjoying themselves now.

”It's going well, isn't it?

”Supervisor.

As I was looking at the results of my work, the management quickly appeared behind me without a trace.

The old me would have panicked, but I'm used to it now.

You'll be able to sit up and face Superintendent Evvia without panicking.

”The banquet you planned for us seems to be going well.

It was also because of the assistance of the instructors and supervisors.

You put it together. You should be proud of that.

”Yes.

It all started about a month ago.

With Amelia's advice, I reviewed the event's contents, wrote up a proposal, and brought it to the lab first.

It was what I would call a liaison.

When I went to the lab as a tester, they looked at me suspiciously, but as soon as they saw the contents of my proposal, their eyes changed.

From then on, the conversation in the lab proceeded with a bang, and the proposal was completed with further improvements.

I think that's pretty interesting. A banquet to test demons in a part of the dungeon to be renovated? To add to the excitement, the company will reward testers with a variety of armor for their use. We will have the information of actual battle data of the prototype monster.

I remember walking up to the supervisor with it in hand.

The supervisor looks at the screen as if impressed, and I follow him to the screen.

At the end of the screen is the coliseum.

On a circular stone stage, like in Rome, testers are fighting on a stone stage.

Some are one-on-one, some one-on-one.

If you win, you will receive points and a higher reward than usual.

However, your opponents will be a new type of demon invented by the laboratory and selected from the army held by your instructors and the general.

It's not a simple matter to defeat them.

You have to think carefully about each and every battle, sometimes you have to be bold and fight through it, or you will be easily defeated and injured.

But this is just a party (event).

We've taken all the necessary medical precautions to avoid shirking.

But it's even more popular than I expected.

Since the game is based on some dragon hunting style, it is easy for the testers to become familiar with the game.

It's a great way to train the testers, and it's a great attraction for them to have fun, and it's a great way for our employees to relax and kill three birds with one stone.

You even give them a glimpse of motivational bait. Well thought out.

”This is a banquet (event), it's supposed to be fun,

”Kuku, I bet.

The prize armor is naturally lavish, but the rewards are not the only ones.

I figured that the testers, who are earthlings, would not be interested in armor alone.

So we'll hang the bait.

But I didn't think you'd actually have it all.

”It's cheap compared to a magic sword or a god's potion.

A red carpeted platform has been set up next to the tent labeled ”Operation”.

You're going to be able to find a lot of prizes, from expensive luxury cars to cheap branded bags, all of which were submitted by me in response to a questionnaire about what the testers currently want.

You'll be able to find out what you want from the testers' point of view, rather than armor such as magic swords.

The company provided me with a questionnaire that asked me to fill out and submit what I wanted without setting a monetary limit.

The testers at the time were skeptical, but the sight of the actual product piled up in front of them was a sight to behold.

Just thinking about how much money this company was getting from this pile of prizes alone was enough to make me feel poor.

I can't help but feel that I am overdoing it, as I know the actual prices.

That's how much the items are all there that are a little too expensive to justify such an easy price tag.

And they won't have all of this in their hands.

Yes, though.

Things are not as they seem.

I watch and listen to the supervisor's words and demeanor and inwardly agree with him.

Watching the supervisor patting the hood of the luxury car as if to tell you that it's already mine, you are convinced that some of the giveaway items in this pile of prizes are not in the hands of the testers.

To the fantasy employees of this company, all of the earth-grown substitutes are unknown to them.

Even a single cake is quite delightful and you are less hesitant to buy it.

It's quite a show. It's also been fun for us.

”It's better than anything else.

In addition, in this event the torso is also out of the company's official gambling.

With a tablet in the hands of the employees who are watching the game without fighting, bets will be placed on whether the tester will win or the monster will win.

There are also bets on how many minutes it will take to beat the monster.

Personally, I'd prefer to see things work out the way I want them to.

”Hm, do you worry about the feckless ones?