Oneshot (1/2)

Dungeon.

An architectural structure also called as labyrinth or ruins.

Brutal monsters live there, and there are traps and treasure chests.

There are some with complicated maze-like structures, and there are also with simple structures.

Ordinary dungeons are situated outside the town, sometimes it’s in the middle of a steep mountain range, others are in places like wild arctic blizzards that are difficult to reach.

Many explorers challenge in search of treasures and expensive materials harvested from monsters, a place full of romance where only a handful of fortunate can ama.s.s enormous riches, that is a dungeon.

People chasing such romance set feet into a dungeon today as well.

「h.e.l.lo, Mary-chan」

「h.e.l.lo~」

「Hi, Mary-chan. I will try hard today as well」

「Have a safe tri~p」

「Halloo Mary-chan. I’m going to break through the 40th floor today!」

「Do your best~」

Numerous explorers call out and enter the dungeon.

This is a dungeon among countless dungeons that is an exception among exceptions――it’s Mary-chan’s Dungeon.

Not a single dungeon all over the world can exist in a downtown.

But, this Mary-chan’s Dungeon is the only exception, it’s the only dungeon existing in a downtown.

「Gyaba」

「Guae」

「Agiyu~」

「Welcome ba~ck」

While many explorers enter the dungeon while greeting the little girl with glittering silver hair and healthy brown skin, some of them are spat out like rags to the entrance of Mary-chan’s Dungeon from a hole called Emission Mouth.

They are those who entered Mary-chan’s Dungeon in high spirits and were done in by the monsters inside.

This is not the case in normal dungeons.

Being done in by the monsters means death.

When one dies, his/her corpse will be absorbed by the dungeon as nourishment.

But, one can’t be killed by monsters nor absorbed as nourishment in Mary-chan’s Dungeon.

「Darn~…… to think there would be twelve Minotaurs at a place like that~」

「I was done in~ by Mary-chan’s monkey~」

「Ahh~ even though I thought I could have a luxurious dinner tonight~」

「How unfortunate~ Please do your best tomorrow~」

The explorers that are defeated in the dungeon are not killed, instead, all of the harvest they have acquired and some of the money collected on that they are absorbed by the dungeon while they are spat out from the Emission Mouth.

That’s right, instead of killing, Mary-chan’s dungeon absorbs the items and money acquired by the explorers.