「「Picked up~」」

Allen and Elena collect drop items and run up to me with their small hands full.

They seem to properly remember what I was doing in the seven floors until now.

「Thank you. Are you unhurt?」

I receive the items and pat the two children’s head who nod.

「Oniichan will go and have a talk with these people, can you two go and pick up more in the meantime?」

「「Un!」」

There are still many drop items the two weren’t able to carry so when I request them to pick them up, the two energetically answer me. They look overjoyed. To think they would be so happy just because of my request, these children are seriously cute! I pa.s.s a jute bag to the kids, tell them to put the items in that and send them off.

Then, I turn around and look back at the boys and girls adventurers who were escaping.

「Now then, have you activated a trap?」

「We are terribly sorry!」

They are not prostrating as Syl normally does, but the boys and girls are bowing down enough that their body height halved.

They seem to understand correctly.

The adventurers have unspoken rules.

To explain it simply――

・The monster priority goes to the party/adventurer who attacked it first.

・Drop item belongs to the one who defeats the monster. However, if he leaves it without picking it up, it’s considered as abandoned and other adventurers can pick it up without a complaint.

・Interfering is prohibited unless asked for help.

These are the unspoken rules.

In addition to these, there’s one more important thing. Only this one unlike other is considered a crime.

That is――

・Monster scapegoating act.

It’s considered the most vicious act.

The scapegoating act these boys and girls did――is a crime.

The act of running away from a monster and involving a nearby person on the way happened quite frequently in the past.

That is still not that bad.

What is even worse is, pulling an aggro and deliberately scapegoating another person. The case of where the scapegoat died are many. With the scapegoat dying, they will then defeat the wounded monster themselves.

Because these things occurred so frequently, it’s now being treated as a crime.

「Maa, I understand you didn’t do it on purpose」

These boys and girls probably ran away because they really felt in danger. The monsters weren’t that strong, but these children couldn’t handle it because there were dozens of them.

Besides, I wouldn’t be so forgiving if they escaped after pa.s.sing us, but they properly stopped and told us to run away. That earned them a good evaluation from me.

「…… Yes. There was a hidden room and when we opened it to take a look……」

「Hidden room, huh. That has triggered the defense mechanism… You seem to be reflecting on your mistake, so I won’t pursue this matter anymore. I will overlook it this time, but be more careful in the future, okay?」

It’s not like we suffered any damage, and they seem to be reflecting on it. Therefore I won’t noisily nag them anymore.

At any rate, to think Low-Cla.s.s dungeon also has traps~

We have ignored hidden rooms on the way so far. Bottom floors of Low-Cla.s.s dungeon surely don’t have anything worthwhile, so we went without looking for them.

「「Many~!」」

Just when we finished speaking, Allen and Elena trotted over with bag full of materials.

「Thanks you. Are you not tired?」

「「We al~right」」

I receive the bag full of materials and pat the children’s heads.

「「Ah! There~」」

「N?」

「Uwaaa! A Poison Spider!!」

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Allen and Elena point at the ceiling while having their heads patted.

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