It is a concerning matter that has come to my attention.

  I raised my hand to catch my severed head and put it back on my body.

  The speed of Vehucas growth has had a massive jump and my own growth slowed down.

  A beam of light shot through me, leaving a hole in my chest which quickly healed.

  The hero beats the villain, you only start to think about how ridiculous that is when you are the villain.

  I retreated as my severed arm hit the ground.

  Why is she alone? She doesn't feel like the girl playing hero anymore. No...

  Darkness latched onto her arms and legs, yet she advanced without halting.

  I'm not sure why now of all times...

  I stepped through the darkness and reappeared in front of the meeting room where that guild lady should be.

  It should take her a moment to find me, if she even was after me in the first place, she might want something from the castle.

  I reached into my flesh wound and pulled out a regrown arm before stepping inside.

  I'm not sure what made the girl grow into a woman, but I can deal with it later.

  I have started selectively growing weeds.

  "What are you doing stone?"

  "Wheat."

  "Why Wheat? There are better crops and isn't it a bit early for a treasure floor?"

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  "It doesn't have to be the best crop, it just has to be the most profitable for me."

  "How so?"

  "I might just put all the things you need to make beer as well, maybe even a written guide on how to brew the stuff."

  "How will beer help you?"

  "The people outside are here for profit, beer was once used to pay workers."

  "You are giving them that because?"

  "If I keep giving them cake they will get rats."

  "What does that mean?"

  "You will see soon enough?"

  "Why don't you take a wheat blueprint from the public archive? You look silly growing weeds like that."

  "I'm banned from the public archive."

  "How the fuck did you get banned from the archive?"

  "Pulled a stunt, they did not like that."

  "What kind of stunt did you pull to get banned from the archive? Didn't you just get here?"

  "I tried to overthrow the government."

  "What does that even mean? How why and when?"

  "So you know the system, right?"

  "No, don't tell me that you tried to fight the system,"

  "Fine, I'm not telling you then."

  "You are such an idiot. How did I end up with you?"

  "Well, you were the one who- oh... aughh... what is happeniiiiing?!"

  My dungeon companion looked confused for a moment before realisation dawned on her.

  "Your core sprouted."

  "What do you mean it sprouted?"

  "Your first floor is a forest, you leave a magic stone in a forest a plant sprouts from it."

  "What? Why?"

  "Plants, they like mana."

  My core started sparking before catching ablaze.

  "... are you okay?"

  The ground crumbled under my core and the pink diamond fell into the second floor.

  "I have plants on the second floor as well. I have to keep my core in a bucket of boiling salt water now."

  "Couldn't you just have it in a bonfire?"

  "I know better than to test if a mere flame can keep nature at bay."

  "You got her an audience with the dark lord?"

  "Yeah? This is no mans land, so by royal law the rightful owner would be the emperor."

  "If she makes it back she will be very pissed off at you, you know that, right?"

  "..."

  "Take your things and leave."

  "What?"

  "If we actually build a guildhall here then she will be forced to stay here. You have better chances trying to make it on your own than whatever she will do. People abandon the guild all the time, they expect you to leave, that is why they send us in bulk."

  "Thanks."

  "Just go."

  I sighed as I imagined the migraine that will befall me when she comes back, why is she in charge?

  "Hey boss?"

  "Yeah?"

  "What if the lady just kills someone else if that guy is gone when she comes back?"

  "Just make sure you aren't the first person she sees after finding that out."

  "Oh... hey boss?"

  "What?"

  "What is it like to be a druid?"

  "A lot more bullshit than you think."

  "Oh, but you can talk to animals?"

  "Not always a good thing."

  "What about plants?"

  "A lot more petty than you imagine."

  "So being a druid isn't a good thing?"

  "It is if you aren't me."