Mika and the three others, Dada included, had relaxed completely and begun talking when Mika suddenly remembered something important.

“Oh, right. I really do want to help you, but… I’m actually working right now.”

She had to gather four cardboard boxes’ worth of antiques and clean up the black demons—monsters—that kept spawning here.

Hearing this, Dada made a suggestion.

“In that case, how about we collect the treasures in this dungeon and put them in these boxes? We’ll also take care of the monsters that appear here, so please, come with us to exterminate them.”

“Hmm… I don’t have much time left today, and I only come here about four or five hours a week. I don’t think we can manage in such a short time.”

“No, with Mika’s destructive power, four hours should be enough to achieve significant results.”

“But wouldn’t it take too long just to get to the monster spawn points?”

“Ah, but about that…”

Zurah glanced at Mika’s pocket.

“Mika, you have a teleportation magic tool with you, don’t you? With that, you could travel to most monster spawning areas and back in less than an hour.”

“A magic tool?”

“Yes, the one in your pocket.”

It was the key with a green ribbon that the store manager had entrusted to her.

“Oh!”

“There are teleportation devices called Doors all over the world. With that magic tool, you can teleport to any Door you remember. If we scout out the Doors near the monster spawn points in advance, you can warp there instantly.”

So the key she borrowed from the manager was a magic tool.

Mika nodded in her usual easygoing manner. “Makes sense.”

“Then… will you help us?”

“Sure, as long as it’s within my limits.”

The moment Mika agreed, a thin, invisible bond formed between her and Dada.

Perhaps… Dada had tamed the ogre Mika.