CH 63.3

「— As expected, there are no water veins.」

Akehi-senpai, who has been shutting her eyes with her hands placed on the ground, shakes her head.

It’s the Akehi-senpai who has newly acquired『Bioengineer (Plant Master)』 on top of『Gardener』.

We are able to voluntarily pull any class through my Interface, so before anything else, everyone ends up choosing a rare class that is normally impossible to change to.

I thought that having niche classes would be harsh, but for some reason, they seem to be handling them normally.

「Well, I suppose that’s to be expected. Let’s utilize the water from the『Aqua』 crystal for both domestic use and drinking.」

「Even if we all use it together, I think it will be enough for a year. Well prepared means no worries, right?」

The tiny-breasted Mikan-senpai is acting big.

What the Senpai sirs have prepared is an『Elemental Crystal』, a pure energy crystalline body.

It seems to be a product made by isolating, extracting, and recrystallizing monster crystals collected from the dungeon.

As it’s mainly separated into the four elements of flame, aqua, wind, and earth, it’s said to have become a very useful catalyst.

The canteen that the Senpais from Black Honey were carrying also used water elemental crystals.

If I remember it correctly, it seems that if you enclose the inside of the canteen with a small barrier and put a water elemental crystal inside, it’ll turn into a system where the canteen will be automatically filled with water.

Midori-sensei said it was a must-have item for expeditions, but it is very expensive and the elemental crystals inside also have to be replenished after each dungeon dive.

The purchasing department also sells all sorts of elemental crystals, but as expected the prices are a rip-off.

Speaking of the water elemental crystals, a crystal as small as the tip of a fingernail can produce about ten liters of water, and it costs about 100,000 sen.

Though, it’s hard to carry that much water, so I guess it could be said to be a must-have item for raid quests like this one where there is no watering place.

It’s such an expensive item, but in fact, Mikan-senpai and the others are secretly mass-producing it at Asagi-sou.

In fact, the technique is open to the public at the academy, but those who try to do it outside of the experiment class are nonexistent.

The reason is that just like monster crystals, the extracted elemental crystals cannot be preserved as is and will end up being reduced to nothing unless it’s stored in a dungeon space.

For some reason, the area around Asagi-sou is dungeon-like, so it’s safe.

Incidentally, it seems that the inside of my Item Box is also dungeon-like.

However, a slight problem has also occurred.

The monster crystals collected from the dungeon are all processed in the hands of Mikan-senpai and the others, so we have no earning as we can’t convert them into sen in the purchasing department.

I’m in the state of having Shizuka pay for my food, so my heart is quite stifled.

I wonder how everyone else is earning sen.

I bet there’s no match-pumping, such as Shizuka actually secretly receiving and managing my portion of the earnings, and even when I asked Seiichi and the others, they just gave me ambiguous smiles and wouldn’t tell me a thing.

「… Now then. It’s about time, I suppose? Touma-kun, that please.」

While I’m in an ennui mood, before I know it, a huge area of land has been cleared.

「I’ve got it. Please stay back, Senpais.」

「Yes~」

I also ask Shizuka, who seems to have gotten satisfied with the absorption of MEnium, to move away and step into the beautifully leveled area.

It’s a bit of a huge item, so I consulted with Yuki-chan beforehand and requested her support.

Nonetheless, there’s no need for any trigger words or cool poses, so I just take it out as is as usual.

The installation is successful without any vibration whatsoever.

I guess I’m going to wash her hair in the bath later, as Yuki-chan requested.

「… As expected with such a size, I suppose I’ll doubt my eyes even if I watch it coming out it with my own eyes.」

「A, ahaha. As expected of Touma-kun, right.」

「Wow… Somehow, rather than a house, a castle has come out, though.」

「I mean, it’s more like a fortress, right….」

Seiichi and the others, who see it for the first time, are stunned as they look up at the interception base the Senpais had built at『Goten no Zakurosan』.

The above ground three story tower is covered in ivy all over, and the ruins-like look has a romance feeling to it.

The rampart surrounding its circumferences seems to have been also moved without destroying the masonry.

Rather than a construction, it feels more like a cut-and-paste with a 3D range.

As for what kind of mechanism is used in taking it in and out along with the space itself, I’ve left the whole matter to Yuki-chan, so it’s unknown.

The well bucket and water well alone are looks alone with nothing underneath, but the main building is just a top building with no foundation since the beginning, so I guess there shouldn’t be any problem.

Seemingly having excess room in the soil they have secured for the foundation, it looks that field can be put into use, too.

It seems that Yuki-chan also sometimes comes to harvest tomatoes, but…. somehow, it has increased like crazy.

Tomatoes that look like basketballs and are equipped with an automatic monster interception function are growing all over the field.

Those things are supposed to shoot tomatoes with the force of a pitching machine set to a powerful arm, but I get the feeling that it’s a bit dangerous.

「Amazing! With this, we won’t lose even against the government army!」

Saki’s excited with sparkling eyes, but I wonder what she is planning to fight against.

「Looks like the first thing to do is a major cleanup, huh. Let’s get it done at once~.」

「Yeah. As expected it looks like renovation is necessary, huh. For the expansion, we’ll need a lodging for the members of Black Honey, and I’d love to have a large bathhouse, too, I suppose」

「Here’s the three-dimensional drawing for an open air bath.」

「I’m going to start the prepping for dinner. Melon, help me. Touma-kun, you go and take out the ingredients I left with you, okay?」

「… Those girls have grown up so admirably.」

I feel bad for Akehi-senpai, who is impressed by the tomatoes, but I’d like it to be thinned out a bit before anyone gets hurt.

「It’s hot here, so I’m going to make a water-cooled air conditioning.」

「There are some leftovers of the wood we secured! With this, I’m going to make beds for Black Honey-san.」

The Senpais began to upgrade the interception base with a creak as well as a clamor.

「I’m going to explore!」

「I’m going with you, too. I’m so excited!」

「I’ll accompany you.」

「Coming.」

Seemingly unable to endure it anymore, Saki and the others head inside.

I hope they won’t get in the way of the Senpais too much.

「… Like, it’s not quite on the same as level as camping anymore, though?」

「No problem.」

「I don’t particularly mind if it means we can live there comfortably, but you see…. There is this thing called limit, you know?」

The reproachful-eyed Mai lets out a sigh and sits down on a chair in the pap tent.

The uprightness of showing no signs of helping out whatsoever from the very beginning.

「I mean, in this kind of work, there’s no room for us combat team, right.」

「Well, you’re right. For the time being, how about we go and take a look for enemies in the surrounding area?」

Nonetheless, it’s a rocky area with a great view.

Except for a demon face cave that appears to be the entrance to a dungeon, it is an empty wasteland.

The fault line where the ground is deeply cut off is probably the end of this raid domain.

It’s narrower than I thought, or perhaps is it stretching deeper downward?

「Then, well. Let’s just obediently guard the luggage, shall we?」

Even if there are no monster attacks, there is still the possibility of plundering done by other students.

The official raid quest『Howling Mine』 seems to have temporarily ceased to be open to the public, but you can still go into it if you want to.

It’s best to be vigilant.

The meeting about the dungeon conquest is to be held after Doggy-senpai and the others return.

Apparently, we are considered to be out of the fighting force.

But perhaps, even if we leave it to the Senpais alone, I have a feeling that we won’t be able to clear this raid.

「So, O Seiichi.」

「Huh?」

「Before you came here, did you meet anyone?」