I was tricked by the queen and dumped into the dungeon like garbage.
"Well… damn."
I'm in a cave. A ridiculously huge cave.
The ceiling vanishes into darkness no matter how high I look. The walls glow faintly blue, so at least I'm not blind.
"What am I supposed to do now…?"
I plop down on the cold stone and start stress-eating the mountain of sweet buns I ordered earlier.
They taste exactly like the ones from the convenience store back home. Fresh, soft, perfect.
"This bag… is it literally connected to Japan?"
Curious, I open the bag wide and shove my whole face inside.
…Just the normal cloth bottom. Nothing special.
I pull my head out and try reaching in with my arm instead.
My hand keeps going. And going. Way past where the bottom should be.
"I can't even feel the end… What the hell is this thing?"
So many questions, zero answers.
The queen is probably giving the other three heroes a nice tutorial right now while I'm stuck here.
"I wonder if Iida-san is okay…"
Charao and Shizuka never cared about me, but Iida did.
He was the only one who tried to cheer me up when I pulled the "trash" Sacred Weapon.
With that snake of a queen hanging around him… I'm actually worried.
I have to get out and warn him she's dangerous.
"But how? No map, no money, nothing but this bag…"
Speaking of the bag.
It swallowed an S-rank viper and its acid spit without breaking a sweat.
It lets me order anything from Japan (or it did, until a minute ago).
It even has normal Item Box functions—time doesn't pass inside, no weight, unlimited space.
"If monsters show up I can just vacuum them. Food and water are solved. Honestly… this thing is kind of insane."
Then I remember the newest skill.
[Delivery Bag]
…requires money.
I try again. "Map of this dungeon!"
『Insufficient funds.』
The calm girl-voice in my head is back.
"Wait, what!? But earlier the water and bread were free!"
I try mineral water again.
『Insufficient funds.』
…Oh no.
I frantically check my pockets.
Right pocket: smartphone (no signal, of course).
Left pocket: wallet… completely empty.
The buns and water I ordered earlier automatically deducted every yen I had.
I blew my entire life savings on convenience-store snacks.
"I'm broke. Actually broke in another world."
I have a mountain of bread that'll last me a while, but once it's gone… starvation.
I need money. Fast.
I scan the area and spot something in the shadows.
A human shape?
"Hey! Anyone there!?"
I run over, heart pounding.
It's a corpse. Bleached-white skeleton still wearing tattered clothes and a backpack.
Another hero who got dumped here, probably.
"Sorry, man… I'm really sorry."
I clasp my hands in apology, then start rummaging through the backpack like a grave robber.
No food.
Spare clothes, blanket, rusty knife… and a fat leather pouch.
Jackpot—300,000 gold coins.
"I swear I'll give you a proper burial topside. Just let me borrow this, please."
I turn to the skeleton. Leaving him here feels wrong.
"I'll take you with me."
No way a six-foot corpse fits in a normal school bag, right?
…But it swallowed a twenty-meter snake.
I open the bag as wide as it'll go.
FWOOOOOOOSH!
A familiar gale erupts from inside. The entire skeleton—clothes, backpack, coins, dagger, everything—gets sucked in with a cartoonish slurp.
『Stored the following items:』
・Dagger Hero [Toyooka Mobuo] (deceased)
・300,000 gold coins
・Hero's Dagger
・Blanket (low quality)
・Change of clothes (low quality)
『Corpse storage confirmed. Conditions met.』
『New skills acquired:』
[Mapping]
[Superlative Stealth]
[Superlative Lockpicking]
[Superlative Dismantling]
I stare at the empty spot where the body used to be.
Another dead hero… and his skills just got transferred to me.
A slow grin creeps across my face.
"Okay, Queen."
"You just made the biggest mistake of your life."