My Refrigerator Turned Into A Dungeon Chapter 23:

I Was Spoken To

Today, I thought of selling so magic stones and diving into other dungeons. My training with the fighting frog grappler frog has improved my skills. I wanted to test the results of my training.

I decided to go to a goblin dungeon where only goblins appeared.

It was the closest place to my house in Tokyo. The dungeon is located right next to the dungeon store with the cute lady shopkeeper. Well, the dungeon is the reason they opened the store there, so I guess the order is reversed.

I have never seen a goblin in the flesh, but I know what they look like and what they are like because I have often seen them on the internet and in the news. It would be nice if I could think of them as violent old n with the child's height.

If I were to describe them in more detail, I would say they have green skin, a pointed nose and ears, and a slit mouth and ears. Their mouth is also slit to the ears. If I unravel the history of fantasy, goblins were classified as evil fairies, but recently there was a tendency to equate goblins with kobolds due to various mix-ups. But nowadays, so people tend to equate goblins with imps.

Well, it is common for interpretations to change over ti.

But now that goblins have appeared in dungeons, a new view of this classification may be born. That is if there is soone who studies goblins.

Anyway, goblins are monsters that appear as small fry in video gas. How strong are they in reality? If you ask how strong they are, I hear that an adult male can beat them in a real fight. If that is the case, it would be about the strength of an upper elentary school student or a junior high school student. However, if I am fighting a junior high school student who is seriously trying to kill with a blade in their hand, they're not an opponent I can take lightly.

However, it would be better to get used to fighting with other opponents than fighting frogs, as well as with the lee combat skills I have developed. That is the reason why we chose the goblin dungeon this ti.

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It was a little after noon.

I arrived at Dungeon Shop Parade, where the goblin dungeon is located nearby. That was the last dungeon shop I visited because we went around in the opposite direction than usual. The streets were empty, but all the stores were reasonably crowded. I wondered why, but today is Sunday. I had already forgotten what day of the week it was since I beca unemployed.

It was interesting for to learn about the people who dive into the dungeon beside . But it's not good to judge based on what I saw today, but overall, the place is not very nice.

Of course, fantasy is a favorite of otaku, and I saw a few of the sa kind of otaku here and there. However, the young people making a lot of noise in the store were the so-called DQN (jocks) type of young people. Indeed, the fighting ability of otaku is generally low, and although I won't delve too deeply into it, their occupations are also generally magic-oriented. At this low level, they had no choice but to give way to the DQNs, who were used to getting into trouble.

When I entered the store, many custors were in the parade today because it was Sunday. It is not surprising since I used to co on weekdays during the dayti.

I waited for my turn at the reception desk and asked a male staff mber to make a purchase.

"Thank you for waiting. Next custor please."

"I'd like to sell sothing, please."

"What? Yes! Please wait a mont!"

But for so reason, the male staff mber who had been serving the custor smoothly until now beca impatient when it was my turn.

Why? I looked around, and my eyes t those of a man standing in line behind to sell his item, and he looked surprised.

I followed his gaze with suspicion. He couldn't hide his surprise at the difference in the number of magic stones I was holding carefully in my hand with a handkerchief.

(Oops! Maybe this is the pattern of Did I do sothing?!)

)I had divided the stones into small portions so as not to be conspicuous and had them purchased at several stores. Even so, the number of small pieces itself seed to be too much. When I understood this, I imdiately followed up with a single comnt.

"No, I worked hard to save up, so I'm looking forward to seeing how much I can get for it."

I acted like I was trying to show I had spent several days collecting the magic stones I had asked to sell. Then the expression on the face of the man in line behind seed to soften sowhat. The male staff mber had gone to the back of the line, so he didn't seem to hear .

And even after my sale was completed, I remained in the store, casually keeping an eye on the sales counter. Today, many custors sell their magic stones. So I wanted to know what kind of drop items were being offered for sale by these people.

So, I glanced around the store in a position where I could see the selling counter and was looking at the displayed products in the store.

"Um, excuse ."

However, when I did that, I was suddenly called out from the side. It was the voice of a pretty woman. However, it's rare for a woman to approach , so I must have gotten in her way of looking at the displayed products.

"Oh, I'm sorry."

I imdiately bowed my head and moved to leave.

"Um, excuse ."

However, the woman followed and called out to . Hmmm, but she was walking around . But what is this relentless pursuit? Why on earth? I turned my head to look at the woman who had approached again, and to my surprise, she was the clerk who had approached .

"Huh?"

But it was understandable that I did not recognize her imdiately. She was not wearing the red polo shirt and red hat that the staff of the store wears today. She was dressed in a very girlish outfit and let down her brightly colored hair.

Illustration (by Mitemin)

"Hi, today is my day off."

She senses the questioning look on my face and speaks cheerfully. I, on the other hand, am thrilled and upset.

It takes a lot of determination for a shy geek to talk to a pretty girl. It's not fair to surprise her! I tried my best to keep my face calm and my surprised expression on my face.

"May I have a mont to talk to you?"

(Talk? What do you an by "ti to talk"? (A young woman and a couple of ladies who ca to my apartnt once talked about God for a long ti.)

"Um we'd like to discuss a few things about the dungeon."

(When I kept quiet, she muttered while looking up and pouting her lips as if she was having difficulty saying it.

(Goha! Damn, she's going for it, isn't she? If she makes a cute gesture like this, she'll win over all the guys. She's probably thinking that. Damn it! She's a total scher!)

But at this point, my dungeon-trained mind regained its composure. I was so relieved. And my dungeon-trained intellect began to spin at high speed.

There was no doubt that she was trying to get in touch with for so purpose. And it seed to be sothing to do with the dungeon. And she knows that I'm getting magic stones from the dungeon. It is only natural since she was the receptionist at the sales counter.

She approached , who was not popular but had money, and when she caught , the scary n appeared. It is possible that she is a beauty pageant that threatens, and offers money and goods.

But would she do such a thing when people already know her workplace? Besides, even if it was a beauty pageant, I would not be an enemy to any number of scary older n who might have appeared, especially if they were in the old days. Even if they threatened with violence, I would use my strength against them.

And even though I am a shy otaku, I have lived a social life as an office worker. Therefore, I can even talk to won in a clerical manner. For example, if I am asked, "Would you like to heat your bento?", I have cultivated the social skills to say "Yes, please.".

After summarizing the above in about seven seconds, I decided to listen to what she wanted to say.