The Dangerously Cute Dungeon Volume Two [A Dungeon Core LitRPG]

2.33 Potion Trade

The next day, Violet was surprised when someone showed up fairly early in the day. When she checked her [Guest List], she saw Elivyre had, finally, returned to the dungeon. Feeling excited, Violet raced through the rooms on the second floor and first floor until she finally reached her friend's side. Of course, this took a while, so Elivyre had already moved quite deep into the dungeon.

Elivyre had started off at the entrance of the dungeon and slowly walked through each of the rooms, one by one, as her raven, Diva, flew overhead. She was happy to see that Violet now had a tribute room, which she had noticed right away thanks to the magic lanterns hanging on the wall of the hallway. The first hallway was the only one with such lights, but it still helped quite a bit.

The tribute room felt much like a very empty store or an oversized storage room of some sort. However, Elivyre still found the decorations quite interesting. The way the sun shone through the cloth material overhead and the grass peeked through the stone brick pathway was interesting. It was more than a little obvious that the room had still been a meadow room before Violet had filled it with items.

Leaving behind her tribute, some dill and 'greek' oregano, Elivyre moved onwards. Of course, Elivyre didn't know that Violet's system would refer to the oregano by such terms. Instead, she knew it by a different name that was unique to the world she lived in. Normally, though, she would just refer to it as the bitter variety of oregano. Neither herb was particularly fancy, but it was something she hadn't brought for Violet quite yet and she wanted to ensure her friend had something nice to celebrate her recent achievement.

Next, Elivyre went through the threshold to the next room where she found the altar to the goddess of love and beauty. She couldn't help but comment

"I always knew Violet was something special, but this is certainly something else. Don't you think so, Diva?"

The bird made a cawing sound in reply, but otherwise seemed quite bored with the room. Unsurprising considering there was nothing of interest for a raven such as itself. The room was quite unique as it was the only room she had seen on this floor that seemed like she was truly indoors. Even the stone hallways were more like she was walking through a strange, carved-out section of a cave.

By the time Violet found Elivyre, she had already managed to make it to the garden meadow room where she chose to stop for a while to collect herbs. While the herbs were definitely needed, she also wanted to stop and wait for Violet, knowing very well that she usually showed up not long after she entered the dungeon.

Violet panted as she sat down on the floor near Elivyre. She just waited patiently for the poor girl to catch her breath. Then, when Violet said

"It's been a while since I've seen you. I was starting to worry."

She chuckled before explaining

"I'm sorry for making you worry so much. Originally, I was planning on popping in as soon as I could. I doubt you or your [Monsters] would harm me, but the town leader has been so antsy about everything. He likely never expected to have to deal with a dungeon showing up. It's been difficult to earn his trust, so I was trying to observe the usual one-month waiting period for when a dungeon upgrades.

Unfortunately, my father sent me a letter not long ago letting me know that he planned to send a wagon out to collect more herbs from me. I've been pretty low on both herbs and potions myself because a minor illness has been passing through the area and this winter has been especially harsh. The sheer lack of firewood, food, and other supplies had been really rough on everyone.

I ended up putting in a job request for the adventurers asking them to collect more of certain herbs so I could purchase them. Then I had to spend some time packaging them up for transport as well as renewing my own stock. A lot of healing potions, antidotes, and cold-resistance potions get used this time of year, unfortunately. Your dungeon has a lot of useful ingredients, but certainly not all of the ones I need. Luckily, my father sent me the others I needed, among other things."