My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1154-1156

Chapter 1154

As I walked out of the alley, heading in the opposite direction that the brother had fled, I was deep in thought. Just what was Elaya trying to show me? It seemed like the more I saw, the less I understood about her life. There was something unique about Elaya. Did that pass on to her children? Was this some deep secret about the Prince of Aberis? I had reminded myself Elaya wasn’t related to Eliana. That meant that whatever this was, it wouldn’t affect my child.

The alley went on and on. There was no way a building would have been large enough for me to still be in the alley. Yet, it stretched on just like when I was on the cobblestone path. However, this time, there wasn’t some pleasant scenery. It was just the walls of the building adjacent. Occasionally, I would walk by the door.

I was just thinking there would be nothing to see when one of the doors burst open and a woman stumbled out. She looked in both directions and then started running away from my direction. Three men began to chase her. The girl was the same girl I had been chasing up until now, and those men looked to be up to no good. She was wearing a maid outfit once again, and she had a basket filled with food. Some of it had fallen to the ground as she stumbled, but she ignored it and kept running.

I started moving as well, chasing after the group of them. The alley that had been nothing but a straight run for miles suddenly had an intersection, and Fifi turned into one such section. However, as luck would have it, this intersection went to a dead-end, trapping her. The men managed to block her off, and she started to back up, fearfully.

I reached the intersection. I half-expected myself to be unable to move down this particular alley. Was this a situation where I participated or watched? This dungeon was extremely good at catching me off guard every time. I didn’t immediately attack the men. I was trying to figure out what was going on, so I listened instead.

“Leave me alone!” She cried out.

“Come on… don’t be like that.” One of the men responded teasingly.

“We’ll show you a good time.”

“I’ve never been with your type before.”

The men were getting closer and closer, and Fifi had run out of space. I knew I’d be annoyed if I tried to help and found myself unable to, but I still put out my hand anyway. However, just as I was about to touch the invisible wall, a person leaped down from the top of the roof. A scuffle broke out, but it was clear he was a higher-level person. He quickly defeated the three men and then turned to Fifi.

She still held her hands up defensively, shaking in fear over the appearance of the masked man. He pulled off his mask, revealing his face. Fifi let out a gasp, her hands finding her mouth.

“Hello, sister.”

It was her brother. So, he was alive in this story. Did that mean I changed the story, or was I fulfilling the roles of random strangers?

“Brother, I thought you were dead!”  She gasped.

He shook his head. “No. I was resurrected by a passing stranger. My mentor.”

I raised an eyebrow. I’m his mentor now?

Chapter 1155

The two of them left the alley way without seeing me at all. I followed after them, and soon we were all walking down a road outside of town. It was Fifi and her brother, and I had a feeling that it had only been a few minutes later, rather than years like in the previous jumps. The maid was walking alongside her brother, who had put his mask back on, giving him a strange and mysterious look.

I was following alongside them, but I was a ghost at this point, unable to interact with them at all.

“It’s been five years. What happened to you? Why did you never come?” Fifi asked.

“I wanted to at first, but my mentor said he wouldn’t let me. He said that I wasn’t ready.”

“Mentor… are you an apprentice?”

“My mentor is a he…” He hesitated for a moment and then sighed. “He’s a Dungeon Diver. He’s teaching me to be a Dungeon Diver as well.”

I was pretty sure he meant to say that his mentor was a Hero. He was training to be a Hero as well. I had never heard of people training to be heroes before. You could gain the token from a town that you need some noble act for, but other than that you were either a Hero or you were not. The only way to become a True Hero that I was aware of was to defeat a Demon Lord.

Fifi’s face went white as she heard what he had been doing. Dungeon diving was an extremely dangerous job.

“Who would make one of us a Dungeon Diver? Isn’t that shameless?” She asked irritably.

Her brother chuckled. “My life was already sacrificed, remember? Where were their thoughts of maintaining our bloodline when they hung me?”

There was anger and emotion in his voice. He was still furious at being killed back then. Fifi continued to walk by his side, silently watching him. They walked in silence for some time. After the history they had shared, was it a surprise that it was difficult for them to talk? Fifi finally slowed her step to a stop and turned to him. She gestured to a small mansion in the distance.

“This is the mansion of my new master. It’s best if you don’t approach.”

Her brother made a face. “I will free you from slavery. I’m saving up money to buy you.”

“Don’t.”

The only part of him that was visible past his mask was his eyes, which flashed in shock. “What do you mean? They never should have enslaved you!”

“I volunteered for this.” Fifi declared. “It was the only way to protect me.”

“That… even so… I have the strength to protect you now!”

“And what about mother?” Fifi demanded. “Our Master was kind enough to buy her as well.

He looked away, a tinge of pain in his eyes. “Has she… forgiven me?”

“She’s… done her best to forget…” Fifi responded, her voice filled with sadness. “You won’t change your mind?”

“Heh… the man you give yourself to is a man who should love you completely.” He responded. “My heart always belonged to another. I wasn’t strong enough to protect her back then. I am strong enough to protect you now.”

“We don’t need protecting!” She yelled back suddenly.

“That…” Her brother looked away guiltily.

“You shouldn’t have come back! You shouldn’t make this any harder on mom… or me!” She spun away and started running toward the mansion.

The bother watched her run away, a helpless look on his face. Then, he turned to me.

“Would you have done things differently?”

Chapter 1156

I raised an eyebrow. “You can see me?”

He nodded. “Of course.”

“… I’m not your mentor…”

“You’re not!”

“Ahem… right… are you the Dungeon Master?”

“I am.”

“I see…”

So, ultimately, it was the brother who was running the dungeon. That was somewhat surprising. Is that why Elaya was able to come to meet me? Wait, he was meeting me now. Was this the final level? As I was glancing around in confusion, the other man was watching me.

“You should have taken better care of my sister.” His voice was cold.

The words he said struck me hard. His sister had ended up killing herself, believing she was alone. I had acted too recklessly with my life, and the result was that I had abandoned those that depended on me. It wasn’t just Elaya or Astria. It was all of them. Lydia, Terra, Eliana, Shao, Celeste, Raissa… I had abandoned them all and more besides. At the time, it seemed that I had only done what I thought was the best decision at the time. Perhaps, I was a bit cocky and sure I could handle anything. The result was still the same. To the world, I had died, and to my girls, they were left with the pieces.

Is that why this dungeon was created? Was this brother of Fifi watching over her, and I was found wanting? I felt like the puzzle that was this dungeon was getting closer to the truth. There was still a piece that was missing though. I felt like it was on the cusp of being understood, but I wasn’t quite there yet.

“Are we going to fight?” I asked, looking down at the mansion, where Fifi was entering the front door now.

“Heh… you’re not ready yet.” He responded. “Why don’t you stay here a while. Maybe you’ll learn something.”

I didn’t bother to turn back, as I was pretty sure he was already gone. I hadn’t noticed it until he started talking to me, but I had a feeling of danger from him. That kind of feeling I only got when I was facing those that were stronger than me. If I had to guess, I’d say he was at a level similar to Xin. That would be the level of a hero, huh?

I had been given a Hero token from Chalm, and very early on I had been given the Hero job. Later, after defeating Shao, I had also unlocked True Hero. However, I had encountered various Heroes at this point. Besides their strange connections to curses, heroes were also extremely powerful. Elaya, Xin, King Edward Aberis I, these were all heroes. I had defeated them, but those had always been in special circumstances. They were all on a completely different level than me.

Furthermore, they all seemed to have specialized names. The Hero King, the Maid Hero, the Hero Princess, the Bandit Hero, the Slave Hero, the Harem Hero… were these all just names, or were they titles? It seemed like, throughout history, multiple people could have the same Hero title. What did that mean?

“Just what does it mean to be a hero?” I asked out loud.

“Do you want to know?” A voice next to me asked.

Where her brother had previously been was Elaya standing there.

“Is that why you’re putting me through this? To learn what it means to be a hero?” I asked.

“Maybe.” She responded nonchalantly. “Although this dungeon may have another lesson for you to learn.”