Earth With Dungeon: Saving the World With an Economic Boom

exchange them?”

It seemed that exchange was indeed possible.
I turned my face to my wife beside me, who nodded in agreement with an anxious expression, urging me to exchange the cores quickly, as if thinking we might not be able to exchange them if we took too long.

“Yes, please exchange them all!”

It seemed we could exchange them.
With my wife’s consent, I took the cores from my backpack.
The receptionist tilted her head slightly with a smile and swiftly started counting the cores in her hand.

“Let’s see, 122 G-rank cores for 610 yen, and 11 F-rank cores for 330 yen, making it 940 yen.”

She handed me coins with a jingling sound.
One 500 yen coin, four 100 yen coins, and four 10 yen coins.

I take the coins and put them in a small bag.
I had earned a lot of money in the past four days.

I hurriedly accepted the money, flustered at seeing currency after a long time, and put it into a small bag.
It was quite an earning for the past four days.

I tightly held the small bag and hurriedly walked away.

I looked around cautiously so the money wouldn’t get stolen, but I felt relieved seeing many people around me exchanging cores and not paying attention to him.

“What are you going to use it for, dear?”

“Well… what should I use it for?”

If I knew I had money, there was a possibility of it getting stolen.
Should I secretly hide it…

“Daddy, I’m hungry.”

My usually quiet daughter tugs at my sleeve and makes a rare request.
I had instructed her to stay quiet and hide whenever people are around, as it is dangerous.
Yet, she speaks up unexpectedly.

“Daddy, everyone around here is eating something.”

My precious daughter, who has just turned six and is growing up against all odds in this desolate town, looks around with wide eyes and tells me what she sees.

I take another look around.
Perhaps due to my narrowed field of vision, I hadn’t noticed that people were gathering in a slightly distant area.
They all seem to be happily eating something.
It’s not just vegetables being sold there, it seems.

“We have some hot soupy noodles! Only 50 yen for a bowl of hot soupy noodles!”

“We have okonomiyaki! A bit of cabbage, sauce, and one piece of okonomiyaki for 100 yen!”

I see, it’s a shop.
A large pot is simmering with soupy noodles, and on a hot plate, cooked okonomiyaki, wafting the aroma of sauce.
It’s a nostalgic smell I remember from my childhood.

“Dear…”

“Daddy?”

My wife and daughter look at me hopefully, but it’s precious money, so what should I do? I’m torn…

“We’re going on a Rat Extermination Tour! The participation fee is 300 yen.
The reward is 20 cores in a day! You can also pay the participation fee from the cores you earn.
We’ll hunt with 10 people in each area, so it’s safe and secure.
We provide the scent to attract monsters.
The bodyguard will beat the dangerous enemies, so no worries!”

A girl raises her voice, calling out to those around, and a burly man, presumably a bodyguard, flexes his muscles and gives a thumbs-up with a confident and slightly sweaty smile.