Dungeon Renovation ch8-1: Fiona's Family!

We're outside!!

...Thank goodness.

We really managed to make it out ali-...
UWOOOOOAH!

This is amazing, Fiona!
The sky is so blue!

I can smell the grass!

I can feel the wind!

The world is so bright...

Praise the sun!
At least let me bask in the moment a little.
I understand how you feel, though.
I'm just so happy!

Even moreso considering how it felt like I'd never get to see you again.
Now that I think about it, you could've just visited me any time, huh, Fiona?
Taha~
I-I was going through a lot back then!

But still...

There really aren't many people around.
It looks like there used to be roads and buildings around, but this kinda kills the buzz of working so hard to get out...
...I guess so. Sorry...
Why are you apologising?

Well, putting that aside, are there any towns around here?
I wanna eat some meat~ Fish and jerky has its limits.
Fufu. I guess so. Follow me!

We're here! This is my town!
Ooh~! Now this feels like an isekai!

It's just the country, though.
No no. It's a relieving sight after being stuck in a dungeon for so long.
It's like finding a human habitat in the demon realm.
Demon realm?

Do we need to check in with a guild or something to report our survival first?
Huh? Did I ever talk about guilds?
No, I just figured there'd be something like that.

I don't think there's any in this town. I'll explain while we walk...
That's right! Our survival!
What's up?

Do you have anything that can hide my face? I've probably been declared dead,
and the people in this town know my face pretty well...
Something like this...
Ah, you think they'll mistake you for a monster or something.

...Pfft.
You're making me angry.
Sorry.

When a dungeon is build, you choose between either "government managed" or "independent".
Guilds are appointed by the governmental administration bureau.
So the fact there isn't one here makes this an independent one, huh?
But it's more complicated than you think...
At least there are places to buy things here, though...
Not in the governmental ones?

Not enough profits. The management fees and dungeon rental fees stack up.
For independent ones, you have to pay a specified amount of magic crystals to the country,
but aside from that, you can keep the rest of the profits to yourself.
Wouldn't that mean there#s no merit in going governmental?
Everyone would just pick independent then.
If that's all it was, they would...

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For governmental dungeons, the administration bureau first sends a powerful party in to assess its difficulty.
From there, it sends in adventurers to nurture it.
That leads to the development of the area around it.

The priest of "Luchnuvis Temple" comes here too.
And what do they do at this Whatchamacallit Temple?
Save?

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They treat poison, remove curses,
and do ressurections and stuff.
Huh~ Ressurections...

Eh? They can bring people back to life!?
That's right.
Oh... Isekai...

Then you can die as much as you want!
As if.

Extinguished!

If the ressurection fails, you wind up as ash, and if it fails again, your soul becomes extinguished completely.
Hmm~ I retract my statement!

Not to mention it's a total rip... I mean, it's very expensive.
They call you an apostate if you don't have enough money.
It's a hard life...

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Well, our family doesn't have much money,
so we can't call a high-ranking priest who can perform ressurections anyway.
That's the real problem...

Ah~ I guess it would be like walking into certain death with no insurance.
As a result, we can't gather people, meaning we can't clear dungeons, meaning we can't get magic crystals...
Aah... A vicious cycle indeed...

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At this rate, our land will be abolished, so I have to do something about it myself...
I'm not an heiress since I'm the third daughter, after all.
Hmm...
...Hm?

Hold up. Those are some curious words you said just now...
Not to mention you've been making it sound like your family's running this land themselves...
Huh? Did I not tell you?
I'm technically a noble who rules over this whole region.

Look. We're here, Maho.
Oh?

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This is my home.
EEEEEH!?

Oh right. I never told you my last name, did I?
Well, it's the name of this land that we've ruled over for generations.

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It's Dahma.
Fiona Lucus Dahma.

Dahma.

It's the same name as the home center
that got transported to this other world with me.

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