Violet was extremely relieved when she finally summoned Rosemary and Juniper to the dungeon. Clove was clearly overjoyed as well as they cried in each other's arms. The fact that it had only taken 400 MP to summon the eight pixies was also really good news. It meant that there was still enough time in the night to take care of other pressing issues.

First things first, Violet needed to build some new rooms and hallways! 128 MP had to be spent on four new 16-Units by 16-Units square rooms. 20 MP went towards making four new 5-Units straight hallways to connect the rooms and one of the old 5-Units straight hallways had to be moved. Violet wanted all of the rooms to continue the same pattern she had been using so that adventurers would have to go through all eighteen challenge and [Monster] field rooms before reaching the dungeon core room. With any luck, most adventurers wouldn't be able to clear the floor without spending a few days working at it. That wouldn't exactly get rid of any threats by itself, but the exhaustion they would feel would certainly make accidents more likely.

Since the flower hunt room already had a spawner, only 400 MP had to be spent to get four new spawners to assign all of the new pixies to. That, unfortunately, ended up being the last of the mana Violet could afford to spend for the night. Anything else would be saved up and combined with the 25 MP that regenerated each morning so that she could have some to use the next morning. A few hours was hardly going to make for enough sleep for a normal person, but Violet didn't need sleep anyways, so it was plenty for her. After seeing her pixies back to their respective rooms, she went to sleep.

The next morning, Violet was excited to see Elivyre visiting the dungeon. It seemed like forever since she had last seen her friend, even if it was really more like only a little over a week. Still, she couldn't help but act overdramatic as she hugged her friend and exclaimed

"You're back! I was starting to worry I wasn't going to see you for another few months!"

Elivyre laughed as she patted her on the back good-naturedly. However, she was quick to get down to business as she explained

"I was a bit worried as well, honestly. Several Dungeon Diplomats were in town for an investigation most of the last week. I ended up having to show them my records and answer a bunch of questions, many of which seemed to relate to your dungeon. I'm guessing some idiot ended up causing you enough trouble to warrant all of this?"

Violet offered a half-smile, feeling a bit guilty.

"Yeah, kind of. Although, I think it was more that too many things added up and Theodore was starting to worry. I'm kind of glad, though, since things seem to be improving for the better. It is rather unfortunate that I won't have very many visitors to my dungeon for a while, though."

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Elivyre shook her head as she went to sit down beside some plants, preparing to collect them. Violet did the same, eager to continue talking to her friend. It was quiet for a bit before Elivyre said

"I know I didn't have anything to hide, but it was pretty nerve-wracking being investigated. I don't really do much of anything to warrant being looked into, everything is above board and I'd never do anything against the dungeon accords. I suppose that's probably why the questions stopped being about me and my business pretty quickly. Mostly, I had to give them some information about the adventurers and locals I've interacted with as well as explain how things were going in regards to the town leader.

Now, I guess, I'm being assigned help from some Dungeon Diplomats to do the charity thing you wanted. I was originally told that Theodore you mentioned and another one named Beowulf would be helping me, but I guess they're busy so they're sending someone else. Should be able to pick up the first batch of supplies from you early next week."

Violet nodded, blowing out a breath of air, before she said

"I suppose I'll have to start preparing for that then. Do you think you'd mind visiting me more often so I can get enough mana to cover everything? I'm hoping to get my third floor at the beginning of spring, but I have some things to work on before I can do that. I don't mean to complain about something I suggested, but making the supplies can be costly and I wasn't expecting to have all of my regular visitors disappear."

Elivyre looked thoughtful before replying

"I can see what I can do. It might be good to gather some more herbs for my shop and stock up before spring arrives, especially if I won't be able to visit the dungeon at the start of the season. Unfortunately, until the new noble arrives, we have to follow the rules the town leader set up. I've heard he is going to have to stand trial and face punishment for trying to limit who visits the dungeon, but the politics surrounding everything is too complicated for everything to immediately change. Still, I'll do my best to advertise your dungeon for you while I hand out supplies. Hopefully, the Dungeon Diplomats don't try to investigate me for it."

Elivyre chuckled as she finished speaking. Violet gave her a smile of sympathy, feeling bad that her friend was being scrutinized so much. Hoping to reassure her friend, she said

"Well, if it helps, Theodore, the one assigned to my dungeon, seems to think well of you. I know I've told him I'm happy to have a friend, not many people are willing to look past my status as a Dungeon Master."

"Yeah, but it's kind of understandable. You might not be trying to actively kill everyone who steps foot in your dungeon, but it's hard to give you a chance when everyone else is so problematic. I'm sure people will warm up to you with time, which, luckily, you have plenty of."

Violet knew what her friend was saying was true, still it sucked being judged for the actions of others of her kind.