Violet spent most of the week working on decorating her new shop and home space. She had more than enough mana to get it done on the first day, but it just felt easier, mentally, to do things this way. With her extra time, she went down to the second floor to visit her pixies. Well, she only saw the ones who weren't preoccupied by adventurers, but still. Besides the first party that had made it to the second floor, two individuals with noble titles had passed through the area. They had even made it through her second floor boss room by the end of the week, but had immediately turned back around and made their way out of the dungeon. Considering how little time it took them to leave, she knew they had defeated her redcap boss with little to no issues, so she wasn't sure why they hadn't continued pushing forward.
Regardless, Violet had been overjoyed when she noticed just how nice the tributes they had left her were. Their titles hadn't been anything as fancy as a viscount or a prince, so she wasn't sure how they could afford such a generous gift, but she still appreciated it. Besides the repeats, over the course of the week, she had received: cherries, pomegranates, limes, grapefruits, cabbage chowder, grilled venison steak, garnet, amethyst, wild geranium, trout lily, partridge berry, marginal wood fern, bracken fern, an iron rake, an iron hoe, a pair of steel shears, a steel pickaxe, and a steel pitchfork. Most of the tools had been rusty or broken, but that didn't matter to the dungeon system. As for the cabbage chowder, the only things she had unlocked a new [Base Resource] from it for was some coriander seasoning.
Still, she couldn't complain since she was just happy that dungeon traffic was picking up again. For the most part, she was only getting really low-ranking adventurers who were F-rank and D-rank, but that, kind of, made sense. It wasn't like she had even half the maximum number of floors built in her dungeon, why would truly high-level adventurers want to visit her dungeon? Well, the Lord and Lady who had visited were B-rank and A-rank, which likely explained why they had cleared her first two floors so quickly, but they were the only exceptions. Violet was a bit curious as to whether they were the new nobility assigned to the nearby town of Millville or if they had traveled out just to visit her dungeon, but it was hardly as if she had any way to find out without asking them in person, something she wasn't really up for right now.
Violet wandered through her new shop, remembering the many system notifications she had received over the last week.
Would you like to spend 10 DP to research green cotton rug using the [Base Resources] cotton and green dye?
Yes
No
Would you like to spend 100 DP to research magic toilets using the [Base Resources] clay, white dye, water magic, and water magic crystal?
Yes
No
Would you like to spend 150 DP to research a deluxe magic sink using the [Base Resources] clay, white dye, water magic, water magic crystal, fire magic, and fire magic crystal?
Yes
No
Would you like to spend 10 DP to research a wooden bench using the [Base Resources] wood and nails?
Yes
No
Violet had found the specification of the magic sink being a deluxe version strange at first. However, later, she had realized that it was likely because of the use of the fire magic to allow for the sinks to have hot water instead of just room temperature. That was likely also why the sinks cost more than the toilets despite similar materials being used.
The toilets didn't use any pipes and looked more like the idea of a modern toilet with white porcelain. She guessed it was because the water wasn't actually being drawn from pipes, but was magically produced and then the dungeon made the waste and water disappear. Dungeon magic that made rivers flow to nowhere and plumbing function was certainly a strange phenomenon, but not one that she felt the need to think on too much.
Of course, for some privacy, Violet had made toilet stalls with doors. She had even utilized the idea in her own home as it made the space seem fancier as well as keeping the unclean toilet area separate. Her home would likely work the same as the other dungeon rooms, refreshing the important details to keep things clean, but she wasn't certain since she knew her pixies homes seemed to keep their belongings around instead of making them disappear, even despite it being unnecessary for the room's main theme. She had to assume having the theme of her own home being a home and shop would keep her belongings safe, but everything was a bit unclear since this was new territory.
The rug was the only thing in the center entryway that led from the hallway in the main dungeon to her shop. The benches were used as a resting space for the bathroom since only so many stalls could fit in the bathrooms and she knew many adventurer parties could vary from a mixed group to a group of four people of the same gender. She hadn't met very many people, but she had certainly been learning plenty from her observations using her [Guest List] skill over the last week or so.
For the primary shop space, it was mostly just tables and shelving, just like her tribute room on the first floor. It had been tempting to make a counter for a checkout space, but the idea had lost its shine when she figured out that she couldn't actually make a cash register. She didn't know the inner workings of one and the dungeon couldn't piece it together based on this world's own technology level either.
Moving into her own home, she smiled at the sheer amount of purple there was. Her own bedroom had a bed with purple bedding as well as a plush purple armchair. Then, in the living room, there were two huge, plush, purple sofas. She had considered adding a fireplace or something along those lines, but had decided it was, ultimately, unnecessary since this floor of the dungeon wasn't exactly cold, nor did she really seem to feel the temperature changes. A hot, summer-weather room didn't feel any more uncomfortable than a mild, spring-weather room. Violet even got the feeling that a winter storm would feel like a mild inconvenience to her now with next to no chance of her dying from hypothermia, even if she fell asleep in a snowbank.
Once more, Violet reminisced on the many system notifications she had gotten over the last week.
Would you like to spend 10 DP to research wooden bed frames using the [Base Resource] wood?
Yes
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No
Would you like to spend 30 DP to research a padded mattress using the [Base Resources] undyed cotton and undyed thread?
Yes
No
Would you like to spend 10 DP to research goose feather-stuffed pillows using the [Base Resources] goose feathers, undyed cotton, and undyed thread?
Yes
No
Would you like to spend 30 DP to research purple silk sheets using the [Base Resources] undyed silk, undyed thread, and purple dye?
Yes
No
Would you like to spend 20 DP to research purple silk pillowcases using the [Base Resources] undyed silk, undyed thread, and purple dye?
Yes
No
Would you like to spend 20 DP to research purple quilts using the [Base Resources] undyed cotton and purple dye?
Yes
No
Would you like to spend 40 DP to research purple cotton armchairs using the [Base Resources] wood, undyed cotton, and purple dye?
Yes
No
It had taken an entire 120 dungeon points just to make a proper bed in her bedroom. She had also added a rug under her bed and in one corner where she had placed a purple cotton armchair. Another corner of her room had a wooden shelving unit, which was meant to mimic a bookcase, even despite her lack of books to place on it. Due to her wooden signs costing 1 MP / word, she doubted there was any way that she'd ever be able to make a proper book. Even on her twenty fifth floor, she would only have 1,250 MP, at most, which was barely enough for more than books meant for children.
It would be nice if she could get a book as tribute so she could know for sure what the cost might be without having to go through the effort needed to find out for herself. Her memory was more than perfect, so she could easily recall any story she had read before she had died, but it wasn't as simple as just deciding which book she wanted. The system needed to know the exact details of what she wanted and she had to think about what she specifically wanted to remember in order to recall it. So, she'd likely have to create an empty book and write all the words down herself before absorbing it and then trying to recreate it. If she spent the hours needed to manually write the words down just to have it fail, it would be disappointing. As for writing all her books by hand, it just didn't hold the same appeal as printed text.
The walk-in closet had been filled with wardrobes with wooden hangers that could be hung inside of them. With the combination of a dresser on the bottom half and hanging space on top, it had been the perfect compromise. The wooden hangers had run her 2 DP to research while the wooden wardrobe had cost 10 DP. While she could have just used wooden shelving, it just didn't hold the same appeal as the gorgeous medieval-style furniture she was using. They reminded her of the romance manga she used to read, which also led to her wishing she could be the noble daughter of some rich family.
Moving further into her home, she smiled as she took in her kitchen and living room. They had also taken quite a bit of dungeon points to get the furniture unlocked in order to decorate them. Of course, it was really a drop in the bucket compared to how much she was earning now, but it still felt like a lot.
Would you like to spend 20 DP to research purple marble bottom kitchen cabinets using the [Base Resource] wood, nails, marble, purple dye, white dye, and gold?
Yes
No
Would you like to spend 20 DP to research purple marble bottom corner kitchen cabinets using the [Base Resource] wood, nails, marble, purple dye, white dye, and gold?
Yes
No
Would you like to spend 20 DP to research purple marble island kitchen cabinets using the [Base Resources] wood, nails, marble, purple dye, white dye, and gold?
Yes
No
Would you like to spend 16 DP to research upper kitchen glass cabinets using the [Base Resources] wood, nails, and glass?
Yes
No
Would you like to spend 16 DP to research upper corner kitchen glass cabinets using the [Base Resources] wood, nails, and glass?
Yes
No
Would you like to spend 150 DP to research a deluxe magic ice box using the [Base Resources] ice magic, ice magic crystal, light magic, light magic crystal, steel, cork, and glass?
Yes
No
Would you like to spend 150 DP to research a deluxe magic wood stove using the [Base Resources] fire magic, fire magic crystal, light magic, light magic crystal, iron, and coal?
Yes
No
It had taken a lot to get a functional kitchen and she still didn't even have proper dishware, pots, and pans made to fill the cabinets, nor food to fill the fridge. Still, she just loved the gorgeous mix of white, purple, and gold streaks in the marble on her countertops. The glass on the upper cabinets wasn't colored, but she still found it gave a cozy cottage feel and it would be nice to see all the dishware and jars of food organized in them, once she got around to it.
The icebox and stove weren't exactly modern renditions, but Violet had been more surprised it was even possible to make them. It would seem her system was able to take her own references to lights inside the modern fridges and ovens and combine it with the technology of this world to make a more medieval-style appliance that fit the vibes of the rest of her home perfectly.
She already had a round wooden table unlocked from the mad tea party challenge room. However, the velvet dining chairs in that room had been white since she hadn't dyed them, whereas she wanted purple velvet for her home. So she decided to go ahead and research that alongside a coffee table and purple cotton sofas, which perfectly matched the armchair in her bedroom. All of that had cost her another 130 dungeon points, but it was worth it.
The only other room left to decorate was her bathroom, which she already had toilets and sinks unlocked for. So, she just had to spend 150 DP to research a deluxe magic bathtub, which she was more than certain she would enjoy using frequently in the future.