Serena and the Mysterious Labyrinth - Chapter 110

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110. Maintenance (1)

Surprisingly, the price of the flush toilet was 3 shop coins.

For Serena, it was a facility she had purchased with great resolve, feeling sorry for the prince.

‘Why is a toilet so expensive?’

Serena speculated on her own that toilets in the labyrinth were luxury items that weren’t necessary but made one feel good when available, which was why they were expensive.

Isn’t the hot spring more of a luxury item?

No. Hot springs are necessary for hygiene. An unclean body causes various diseases and wound deterioration.

But a toilet?

This is a labyrinth. Even if it feels disgusting, if you relieve yourself anywhere, the waste automatically disappears due to the labyrinth’s restorative power.

That’s why toilets were luxury items.

Fortunately, the toilet came with a bonus.

Prince, who approached the toilet first since it was a gift he received, was the first to notice.

“There’s toilet paper!”

A roll of toilet paper came as a set with the toilet. Prince Willow pulled the paper as a test.

Even when he kept pulling the paper, the thickness of the roll didn’t decrease. It was unlimited toilet paper.

“Clean toilet paper that’s infinite! My goodness!”

“Oh my. The Labyrinth God has given Your Highness such a precious gift!”

Toilet paper – something you don’t appreciate when you have it, but miss when you don’t. At the appearance of infinite toilet paper, Lavenda and Philia’s eyes lit up.

“The Labyrinth God wouldn’t have sent down toilets and toilet paper thinking only of me. This belongs to all of us. Isn’t that right, Your Highness Serena?”

“Mm. I agree.”

Count Randy used wood to build a partition wall around the toilet, just like with the hot spring.

Thus, a restroom was created in the lobby of the 1st floor of Heuji’s Labyrinth.

Prince Willow gained the honor of being the first to use the toilet bestowed by God, and as soon as he entered the restroom and closed the door.

“Pfft! God! A toilet!”

He crouched in front of the toilet and laughed. He had already laughed once, but the more he thought about it, the more absurd and funny it became, and he couldn’t bear it.

“Haha…”

What if father’s love leaves because he can’t enter the labyrinth? What if grandfather is disappointed because he can’t seduce the princess?

All the attendants must have been consumed by the labyrinth too, but are those people okay? If there are casualties, how should he face the bereaved families?

As the 5th Prince of the Empire, he always seemed relaxed and light-hearted while smiling, but he felt like he would be crushed to death by invisible weight.

‘It was more comfortable when I was buried underground.’

All of that flew away when he saw the toilet bestowed by God.

‘There’s no point worrying about future matters. First, I need to get out of the labyrinth.’

Prince Willow decided to forget the worries that made him nauseous just thinking about them, and focus only on survival until the rescue team arrives.

‘Since I can’t leave the lobby. I should work hard even at menial tasks.’

Now is not the time to be greedy. Now is the time to bow down. Now is the time to focus on the present, not the future.

The prince sat on the toilet and established his future code of conduct.

Let’s try not to be treated like royalty who only consumes luggage and food.

The newcomer desperately realized who the real owner of the lobby was through this initiation.

‘I absolutely must not upset the princess!’

Prince Willow thought carefully.

‘It would be better to keep secret that I met Duke Oren before falling into the labyrinth.’

It wasn’t because of Duke Oren, but because of his status before returning to the Heuji Royal Family, but he had to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

Having finished organizing his thoughts, Prince Willow came out of the restroom with a refreshed expression.

“Hey, grandfather also suffers from all three – hemorrhoids, anal fissures, and anal fistulas – aren’t you sitting in the bathroom too long? Huh? You’re still young, but what’s with this already?”

He became the Guide’s target for teasing.

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‘This leaves me with 11 shop coins.’

The 3-coin expenditure was significant. Still, Serena consoled herself that it wasn’t a loss since she got the unexpected bonus of infinite toilet paper.

The days of crouching in the grass to hastily relieve herself were now over.

Olive, having finished gleefully teasing the prince, bounced over to Serena.

“Princess!”

“What is it.”

“The Labyrinth God didn’t just talk about the prince’s curse, right? He also gave information about the next floor, right? Right?”

Olive put her hands together under her chin and looked up at Serena cutely.

“I was just about to tell you about the 6th floor.”

“Kyaah, exciting! Everyone gather!”

At the Guide’s assembly signal, the assault team gathered in front of Serena. Philia deliberately positioned herself next to Serena, not wanting to give up her spot to anyone else, and Grey participated to get information even though he wasn’t part of the assault team.

“The 6th floor has a sewer structure with sewage flowing. Monsters that hide in the water and bite people to drag them underwater will appear.”

“Ugh, I hate dirty and humid places.”

“Just from hearing about it, it seems much more dangerous than the 5th floor.”

“Sewage…”

“Do you really have to go to such an unsanitary place? Can’t you skip it this time?”

At the mention of it being dirty, Philia desperately pleaded with her master not to go.

Serena let herself be swayed as Philia shook her, grumbling inwardly.

‘I don’t want to go either.’

But it was more comfortable for Serena to move directly rather than sending only the assault team and worrying anxiously.

“Lady Serena. Do you also know how dirty the water is?”

“It will be very dirty. Think of it as the dirtiest water the Count can imagine, concentrated.”

The princess’s prediction cast a shadow over the alchemist’s face.

“I think I need to see it directly.”

“Let’s go after breakfast. No, an empty stomach would be better. Let’s move right now.”

Serena was confident she would vomit the moment she reached the 6th floor if her stomach was full.

When the princess stood up, the assault team immediately moved.

While Serena was changing clothes with Philia’s assistance, Grey approached with shoes.

“Your Highness Princess. These are Prince Willow’s boots with waterproof and purification magic. They won’t fit Your Highness’s feet, but if you wear several layers of socks and then put them on, they should be reasonably okay.”

“Can’t you ask Mark to reduce the size?”

Philia asked as if the ownership of the boots had already transferred to Serena.

Grey admired the Countess’s shamelessness and explained why that wasn’t possible.

“If you use alchemy on magical tools, there’s a high chance the enchanted magic will disappear. If Your Highness leaves your shoes behind, I’ll see if I can enchant them with magic.”

Serena put on several layers of thick socks and slipped her feet into the prince’s boots. The toe area was loose, but not so much that they would slip off.

‘This is fine.’

With this, the princess’s feet could maintain dryness and cleanliness even in the sewage of the 6th floor.

Although they were only going to obtain sewage samples, this was a labyrinth where anything could happen. Carelessness was forbidden.

Having experience with the 5th floor, the assault team except Serena entered the teleportation room with extreme tension.

Upon arriving at the 5th floor, the Guide confirmed the gimmick was disabled by just sticking out a foot, as Serena remembered.

“Oh! Everyone’s fine and well! Since we’re already on the 5th floor, should we collect some honey too? Huh?”

“Let’s go to the 6th floor first as planned.”

“Yes.”

The princess and her party went down the stairs right next to the teleportation room and arrived at the 21st floor of the 6th layer of Heuji’s Labyrinth.

“Ugh. The smell is terrible.”

“Bleh. It’s killing my appetite.”

“This is serious.”

“…Gag.”

The party frowned at the intensifying stench as they went down the stairs, and upon reaching the 6th floor and seeing the sewage splashing on the floor and the foam and garbage floating on top, they covered their noses.

Even the Taciturn Archer expressed the 6th floor’s stench through dry heaving.

Count Randy tearfully collected sewage in a glass bottle. When the sewage touched his fingers while scooping the water, all his hair stood on end like a cat touched by water.

“Sample collected. Let’s go up quickly.”

Right at that moment. There was a long snout targeting the alchemist’s million-gold hand that was reaching out to collect water.

Olive pushed the alchemist back and threw a dagger at the snout. The labyrinth alligator’s tough hide deflected the dagger thrown by the guide.

“What kind of monster jumps out right in front of the stairs!”

Kraaaang!

The labyrinth alligator that failed to bite the alchemist and drag him into the water splashed sewage and disappeared into the water.

The assault team, who got drenched in filthy water without even entering the sewer, trembled.

Olive gave up searching for the dagger that bounced off the alligator hide and disappeared into the water. The angry guide kicked the ground.

“Damn it, I lost my dagger. What a waste. And it stinks. Disgusting!”

“We got the sample, so let’s quickly go back up to the 5th floor.”

At the princess’s suggestion, the party fled from the sewer without hesitation.

Upon reaching the 5th floor, Olive ran out faster than anyone and buried her face in flowers.

“Ahhh! I feel alive! It felt like my nose, throat, and lungs were rotting!”

“I once accidentally left a towel used to wipe baby vomit and found it two weeks later, but this smells worse! Ueeek!”

“I really don’t want to conquer this. If I put my foot in there, it’ll rot.”

Olive and Ralph rubbed their bodies against the fresh floor and walls of the 5th floor to erase the stench of the 6th floor.

Ying also stayed still for a moment, then suddenly lay down and rolled around on the grass. The archer said quietly with vacant eyes.

“Ugh.”

Serena, who was less shocked having experienced it once before, stood calmly and observed the party’s condition.

During the previous conquest they were fine, but this time the guide’s dramatics were severe.

‘What’s the difference? The prince being absent?’

Could it be that she pretended to be fine because she didn’t want to show weakness in front of the prince?

As Serena observed the guide picking flower petals and rubbing them all over her body, Count Randy approached.

“Lady Serena, the contamination level is more serious than expected. The stench might be bearable once our sense of smell dulls, but.”

“It’s not bearable!”

The count ignored the guide’s protest and continued speaking.

“The water is too dirty and will cause disease. Disease is difficult to cure with potions, and even external wounds won’t heal well with potions if sewage touches the affected area.”

“Then what should we do?”

“Purification magic is essential. Lady Serena should learn purification magic from Grey. I’ll analyze the sewage components and create purified water that can counter them. We should also fix the party’s shoes.”

“Will it take long?”

“It won’t be finished in just a day or two.”

“I understand.”

“Hey! We need to fix our weapons too! Did you see how the alligator deflected my dagger earlier? The knight’s magic sword works, but our weapons won’t penetrate well.”

The now-deceased One in Ten Thousand Man once heard from an Imperial Knight and spread the rumor that Imperial Knights could easily handle up to the 20th floor of the labyrinth alone.

Actually, it wasn’t a complete rumor and had a reason. Monsters that appear from the 20th floor and above of the labyrinth are difficult to face with ordinary weapons.

“If I had my original dagger, I would have pierced right through that alligator’s snout~”

Olive, who had been rubbing her body on the ground, grabbed handfuls of grass and pretended to cry.

“I’ll work hard!”

Ralph declared his resolve to fight alone like he did on the 4th floor.

“The knight will have to take off his armor.”

“Everything except the magic-enchanted shield will corrode.”

“Huh. Do I have to take off my armor?”

I’ll fight alone.

Full-body armor that blocked enemy attacks was a knight’s greatest weapon. Ralph was shocked to hear he had to take it off.

“Since the 6th floor’s environment is what it is, it would be better to replace it with leather armor, but we don’t have leather armor. Hmm~ There are many unexplored areas on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors, so should we aim for treasure chests there?”

“There’s leather.”

“Really, Zero. Where is there leather? Should we open that locked treasure chest on the 5th floor that we couldn’t open before we go?”

The archer lying on the grass floor with an expressionless face pointed to the ground with her hand.

“Saw leather.”

“Do you mean the labyrinth alligator we just saw? The hide is excellent, but is there a way to catch it without damaging the leather?”

When Serena asked, Ying drew a dagger from her waist and threw it to Olive.

Olive caught the flying dagger in mid-air and got angry.

“Hey! Don’t throw it at people’s faces!”

“You caught it.”

“Of course I caught it!”

Olive protested loudly while playing with the dagger in her hand.

The sharp blade of the dagger moving dazzlingly in the guide’s hand glinted. Count Randy’s eyes also became sharp upon seeing the dagger’s keen edge.

“That’s right! Ying’s dagger was a very good item. With that, we could pierce through the labyrinth alligator’s hide.”

“What? This was such a good item? I did think it cut pretty well when we were skinning the Minotaur hide.”

“It’s iron imbued with cold magic power. It doesn’t have magic enchantments so no magical attacks are added, but it’s sturdier and sharper than ordinary iron.”

“Ah~ I should have just kept it! I shouldn’t have given it back!”

“It’s expensive.”

‘To think she tried to trade that expensive thing for arrows.’

Anyway, with this they could now catch the labyrinth alligator while minimizing damage to the hide.

The party reluctantly went back down to the 6th floor.

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