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In the city of Mirfak, the VIP room of a certain casino before it opened.

Standing alone there was the owner in a suit with long permed hair.

“Fufufufu. Human dreams are truly sweet ……. The dream they were supposed to see cannot be seen, and they finally die, experiencing the pain of not even being able to sleep. Unlike the demons who don’t need to sleep, humans are truly vulnerable.”

The owner, who is evidently a human being, smiles wryly as he lifts his sunglasses.

“…… Oh, my. This dream …… The hero? Hahahah! I didn’t know you were in this town! For the sake of the Demon King, I, Hamaru, the “Dream Eater,” will lead you ……! Let’s give her the pain of insomnia, and then slowly torment her. ……”

Hamaru, mimicking a human, moved his mouth as if chewing.

Then he would go about his business as a casino owner until the time came.

◇ ◇ ◇

The city of Mirfak.

This is a town where the nightlife is so active that it is said to be the town that never sleeps.

There are show pubs, casinos, bars, and regular bars where dancers show off their dance moves.

“Wow! What a glittering city!”

 
Maybella exclaimed with a twinkle in her eye.

After recovering from the paralyzing poison, she was back to her normal state of health and vigor.

“Ah, that’s the kind of town this is. But it’s only noon. The real work is just beginning.”

“Then let’s get a place to stay first.”

“I guess so. –How about you, Castor sama?”

“Of course. There are some things I need to check. ……”

“?”

I made Atria and Estelle look strange with my words, but I decided to take action after getting a hotel for the time being.

◇ ◇ ◇

“Castor-sama, if you don’t mind, why don’t you come with me to the blacksmith shop? I wanted to take care of my weapons once ……”

“Good. I have something I want to check out as well.”

“Thank you!”

Estelle turns to me with sparkling eyes.

She is a little excited.

“What about Atria and Maybella?”

“Hmmm, we’ll explore the city at our leisure in the meantime.”

“I understand. Okay, we’ll meet up in two hours.”

“Okay.”

Me and Estelle separated from Atria and Maybella and went our separate ways for a while.

Then we arrived at the blacksmith’s shop.

In “Ascue 7,” you can sharpen weapons and maintain armor at the blacksmith’s. It costs money, but you can get some offensive power and armor. It costs money, but it is a mechanism that improves attack and defense power to a certain extent.

“Leave it to a silverscale rapier and a steel sword ……. Come back in an hour.”

I showed our weapons to the thick, muscular man and he took care of sharpening them for us.

But he had dark circles in his eyes. He looked as if he hadn’t slept for days.

“Are you okay? you look pale.”

“Yeah, I haven’t been able to sleep these days. ……”

“I see. Take it easy.”

After worrying about the old man at the arms shop, we left the store.

Until then, we had some free time, so we decided to explore the city together.

“Estelle, there’s a place I’d like to go, if that’s all right.”

“Anywhere Castor sama goes!”

“Oh, that would be great.”

Estelle usually doesn’t reject my opinion. But it would be polite to ask her if it was okay or not.

“And keep this with you, just in case.”

“What is that, a …… shortsword?”

“I’m leaving my weapon with you. If something happens, at least you’ll be able to defend yourself.”

“T-Thank you very much! I’ll accept it gratefully!”

The shortsword on my waist was lent to Estelle.

I have another shortsword, by the way. Just in case something really happens.

I took Estelle to a crepe shop.

Although it was not my original purpose, I have yet to repay Estelle for taking care of me. Just because I saved her life doesn’t mean I’m going to be in her debt forever.

“Look, which one do you want? I’ll buy it.”

“Eh …… is it okay? If so, then that strawberry-machashimashi-banana-mashimashi-choco-doka-gake crepe …… would be good?

“………… Estelle likes sweets, doesn’t she?”

“Yes!”

The crepe that Estelle chose is a super huge crepe.

It is a crepe with a ridiculous amount of strawberries, bananas, and chocolate sauce. It took me quite a while to reach the whipped cream underneath because it was too far out of the crust.

I ordered a regular size chocolate banana crepe.

Compared to Estelle’s, it was about one-fifth the size.

The crepe store clerk’s eyes were also very dark.

I asked her to show me how she was making them, but her hands looked like they were shaking.

“so good. ……”

“Yes! It’s delicious!”

This was the first crepe I had ever eaten in this world.

It was as good as when I was in Japan. It is indeed a game made by Japanese people. The level of reproduction is high.

“Oh, ……”

“What’s wrong?”

Then Estelle stared at me.

“You have cream on your face.”

“Eh…..”

“Fufu. I ate it.”

“!?”

Then Estelle scooped up the cream on the edge of my mouth with her finger and put it in her own mouth.

As expected, I was also a little embarrassed.

Estelle ate the giant crepe with a bite.

The next stop was the casino.

The casino is open from noon to night.

It is not open in the morning, but we could go in now.

“Wow….I’ve never been to a casino before!”

“I see. Then I will teach Estelle how to have fun.”

If I’m right, you can do the same thing with the game strategy.

I withdraw the money I received from Arquez from the bank installed in the casino.

Then, with a large sum of money in my hand, I headed for one of the slots.

If this is the first slot, it is …………2……3…………7. Here it is.

This seventh slot machine was set up to be the easiest to hit, and the system was such that you could win the jackpot just by spending some time on it. So as long as you have some money, you can make a lot of coins.

However, there were three rates: 100gare, 1,000gare, and 10,000gare, and it cost a lot of money just to make one rotation. And at the rate of 10,000 galleys per rotation, the return is that much greater. What I have on hand now is 500,000 galleys. That means I can spin at least 50 times.

Frankly, that’s enough.

“All right, Estelle. You sit here. I want you to press the three buttons in sequence as I tell you.”

“Y-Yes. ……”

Estelle was a little nervous as she sat down in front of the slot machine.

“Let’s do it with 100 galleys until you get used to it. I’ll push from behind at first, and you watch.”

“Okay, okay ……, but, it’s close…..”

“Hmm, what did you say?”

“No,…… nothing!”

I was concerned that Estelle’s face was red, but I reached out from behind her and pressed three buttons.

Then I could see the patterns and numbers lining up.

I told Estelle to aim only for the three sevens, then raised the rate to 10,000 galleys and left the place for a while.

I headed for the prize exchange.

My goal was to get a prize. If it is the same as the game, of course there should be …….

There was ………….

The list of the prize exchange.

Three of them: “Hikane no Tsurugi”, “Thorn Metal Rapier”, and “Platinum Blade”.

In the game, if you are able to conquer this casino, even though it is early in the adventure, you will suddenly have a weapon that will boost your attack power.

However, this is the action that users who have saved up without spending money from the beginning of the game can take. The only thing left to do is to earn money by steadily defeating demons and exchanging it for cash.

The “hikane no tsurugi” is a sword made of the hardest metal known as hihirokane. And “Thorn Metal Rapier” is a rapier made of metal as hard as “Thorn Metal”. The game does not explain what kind of metal it is.

In this world, “Thorn Metal” disappears when it is defeated, so we know that it is not made of demon material.

Incidentally, I am planning to present this “Hikane no Tsurugi” to the heroes later.

I don’t want them to die before they eventually get their hands on the legendary weapon.

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaa~!?”

Then a scream came from somewhere in the casino.

Normally, you would think someone was in danger.

But this voice was Estelle.

There was no way she could have easily been hit at that level.

In other words, there was only one reason why Estelle screamed.

I went back to Estelle.

“Castor-sama! Castor-sama! What shall we do?!”

“Estelle, calm down. I brought a box, let’s move it over here.”

At the seventh slot machine where Estelle was sitting, a large number of coins were coming out of the coin outlet.

The box had been placed as a receptacle, but the coins had leaked out of it and had spread out on the ground.

“Oh, Onee chan, that’s one hell of a hit!”

“I’ve never seen a hit this big before. ……”

“Hey, hey, isn’t that the best you’ve got? There’s more coins coming out of the ground. ……”

The surrounding customers gathered around and praised Estelle.

I guess they think it’s beginner’s luck.

And coins were still coming out of the coin exit.

And so it goes. The rate is the biggest jackpot I’ve ever seen in 10,000 galleys.

That’s a hell of a lot of coins.

“Estelle. Keep playing with the coins that keep coming out.”

“Oh, you’re still going to do that?”

“We’ve been here less than twenty minutes. I’m going to do it thoroughly until we get back to the arms store.”

“H-Hee~~~!”

After this, Estelle hit the jackpot three times.

She succeeded in getting “Hikane no Tsurugi,” “Thorn Metal Rapier,” and “Platinum Blade,” and still had quite a few coins left over, so she exchanged them for four “Ransom Bracelets” that could bring her back from death only once, several “Earrings of Reparation” that could avoid curses, and other appropriate items, and cashed in the rest. The rest was to be exchanged for cash.

However, when I saw the number of prizes in stock, I realized

–I realized that the heroes had yet to do anything in this town.

The strategy for this town. It is to get at least one “earring to ward off evil” at the casino.

It doesn’t require that many coins, but just by having it, you can avoid the “insomnia” that plagues the city of Millefac.

And, since a while ago, everyone I met had bloodshot and dark circles in their eyes.

It was the work of Hamaru, the “Dream Eater,” the boss of the city.

There was still an hour left when I went to the blacksmith to retrieve my weapon.

I decided to look around for the heroes, as they must be somewhere around here.

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