Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 4 by Fujino Omori Page B

meant a lot to me.
    Of course, leveling up is important, but the fact that I slew a Minotaur feels heavier somehow.
    “…”
    I reach down beside my hip, grab what I’m looking for, and raise it up to the light.
    A sharp point, its charred surface having a few cracks. It’s a horn that looks a little bit like a long dagger.
    The drop item “Minotaur Horn.”
    Lilly told me that when the Minotaur turned to ash, only the magic stone and this horn remained. She’d already exchanged the magic stone for money, but she held on to the horn for me.
    Holding it under the magic-stone lamp, I scrape off some of the burned surface.
    I watch as the grayish dust falls off the surface, exposing a reddish layer underneath. I wonder if that’s how it originally was or if my magic had something to do with it.
    It’s a very robust horn.
    To think the Minotaur was thrusting it at me right at the very end.
    Somehow, the fearsome roar that has been in the back of my mind since that day a month ago seems distant now.
    All that’s left is the silent horn in my hand, like some sort of parting gift.
    “…Okay.”
    I get off the sofa. My body is surprisingly light.
    I’ve got to pull myself together. Clenching my jaw, I put the horn down out of sight. Enough of this brooding.
    I need to move around. First thing I do is check the clock.
    Actually, I’m going to a party today. It’s at my usual bar and café, The Benevolent Mistress.
    Truthfully, the party is to celebrate my leveling up…
    I told Syr that I’d leveled up this morning, when I went to return a lunch basket, and next thing I knew I was going to a party at The Benevolent Mistress.
    I think she wants to get me to spend money. It does sound like one of her plans, and I don’t really need to hold back…but it just feels strange.
    Would have been nice if the goddess could have come…
    I don’t think she has time. She said that she and some other gods are going to go out for a drinking party of their own. I’m not sure if it’s a Celebration or if they’re trying to cheer somebody up, I just know she’s busy.
    When she came by after the meeting, she told me my title was “Little Rookie.”
    Little Rookie…Hmm. Well, the goddess seemed happy about it. She threw her arms around me and yelled, “This is great, Bell! You got a good one!” So I’m not…disappointed.
    I’ve been alone with my thoughts since then. But now it’s six o’clock in the evening. Time to get a move on.
    I leave the hidden room under the church and make my way outside onto the street.
    The western sky is already turning red. It’s almost night.
    I make my way through the side streets and out onto the busy Main Street.
    “—Thereeeee heeeee iiiiiiis!!!!”
    “Eh?”
    It happens just as I’m about to join the crowd.
    A sudden loud voice fills my ears.
    Wh-what? I don’t even have time to look around before a wave of people surrounds me.
    They’re—gods…?!
    “Couldn’t find the Loli Lady’s home anywhere, and we’ve been lookin’ real hard, too…”
    “But it was worth staking out this area…”
    “Lying in wait is the key to hunting, you know.”
    “So you finally came out of your hole, Li’l Bunny.”
    —I’m scared.
    They’re getting closer, surrounding me. I don’t know why, but alarm bells are going off in my head. Especially that last one. My blood ran cold when he winked at me.
    What the hell is going on?
    What are they doing here, what are they talking about? I’m so confused.
    “First come, first serve! Bell, want to join my
Familia
? If you come with me right now, everyone will greet you with open arms!”
    “Hey, idiot! You sound way too desperate! Wait your turn, why don’t you? That’s why your
Familia
is still so tiny…!”
    “Blabbermouths, out of my way. Bell, come to me! For it is you who has stolen my heart, you naughty bunny!”
    “What do you have in mind for this child?!”
    They’re arguing with one another and coming closer, step by step. I