Dear Diary,

I had a very productive conversation with Theodore and am excited about starting work on my third floor. Since I'll be using traps now and have some new monsters unlocked, I'm hoping that I can make my second floor strong enough that I can relax the defenses on the first floor some. It'll, essentially, allow me to enjoy the best of both worlds with wanting my dungeon to be useful to the general public while also ensuring the dungeon core is properly protected.

Theodore gave me some good advice on which rooms might be too difficult for the first floor, but will serve as good time wasters for the adventurers who make it to the second floor. He also had a very good point about how children might not enjoy eating floral flavors, making my challenge rewards like lavender meringues and chamomile shortbread more suitable for the second floor where I plan to theme things around my new pixie monsters. I definitely don't want another floor where nearly every reward is something edible, though. It would be nice to include things like tie-dye scarves or other colorful souvenirs for the adventurers to enjoy.

There is some bad news, though. It's, apparently, common for dungeon masters to grow stronger when they unlock a new floor in the dungeon. That didn't happen for me, instead I got a new skill called 'guest list' that allows me to view information on non-dungeon entities that enter my dungeon. The skill has already proven itself useful since I was able to react in a timely manner when some necromancer tried to attack the dungeon just a short while ago, but it's still disappointing to be stuck the way I am. Other humans who become dungeon masters have classes that they get to keep when they bond with a dungeon, but I wasn't born in this world, so that doesn't apply to me. Now I have lost my last chance to grow strong enough to protect my dungeon from intruders and I will have to almost entirely rely on my monsters and other defenses to protect it.

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It's a bit funny, though, since I didn't know it was a possibility, I had been content with making due with what little strength I did have. Every day I practiced swordsmanship with David, even despite how cold and unfriendly he tends to be. The bruises and scrapes from combat would persist for several hours, as new ones continued to appear, and could only fully heal after half the night had passed. Most of the pain would be gone before then, but their faint outline would remain for a bit longer than that. Considering it would take weeks to heal from such a thing, normally, I suppose it's hard to complain about a few hours. Still, it would have been nice if I could stand on equal footing with David and actually had a chance to overpower him, one day, rather than having to completely depend on my own wits and mastering the sword the old-fashioned way.

-Violet

End Of Book One