Dear Diary,


    My emperor rock slime turned out even better than I had been hoping for! It really feels like a proper boss monster. It not only has a strong layer of stone to protect it, but it can also shoot stone projectiles out at its enemies. It''s almost like having a giant auto turret and its insane how OP it is compared to my other slimes. I just can''t help but feel super excited about finally having a proper monster to protect my dungeon. Maybe I won''t be so alone anymore...


    Tobia''s group, the one mapping out the dungeon, immediately defeated my new dungeon monster, but they''re also fairly strong group. Their navigator, Mirabella, is only a D-rank, but the others are all, at least, C-rank. It''s certainly not the highest rank for an adventurer, but this is also only the first floor of my dungeon and a slime creature still has rather limited potential. So, I''m still hopeful that it will be enough to take care of the undead that regularly attack my dungeon as well as the occasional goblin.


    I''ll admit that it is a little hard to relax when I know there is always the possibility strong adventurers who don''t care what the dungeon accords say will attack my dungeon. Theodore has reassured me that such occasions are rare, but he still seems to want me to be prepared for the worst. I guess it really wouldn''t matter if it was a one-in-a-million chance or whatever the actual stats are, so long as there is a possibility, I have to be prepared for it. Since I''m still weak, though, that leaves me just feeling vulnerable, but I''m hopeful things will get better after I unlock my second floor.


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    In other news, apparently, Matthias, Tobia''s party member, is going home to his family. He gave me a really thoughtful gift before he left today. I was given an iron sword by David since I need it for our swordsmanship practice, but I haven''t had anywhere to store it when its not in use. Matthias must have noticed because he got me a really pretty engraved scabbard and a leather belt for it. Hopefully, this means I will also scare adventurers less since I doubt always having a weapon drawn was helping things any.


    Elivyre has been very kind to me and Tobias''s group has been respectful, but I still feel rather lonely. Elivyre can''t visit very often and Gregory stopped showing up to the dungeon altogether. David insists on keeping me at arm''s length and always glares at me whenever I try to talk to his sweet daughter, Alice. That hurts a lot more than I''d like to admit. I know I''ll never get to have children of my own now that Lee is gone, but I was hopeful that I could help the children of this world. Having a first floor safe enough for them to train and grow strong enough to live long lives as adventurers seemed like a good way to cope with my current circumstances, but no one trusts me around here and it hurts.


    Sorry, I''m getting emotional again. It seems like every day lately the dungeon has to send out calming energy and force me to calm down. I doubt it will fix anything in the long-term, but I suppose I should go work on something else and try to distract myself, for now. Thinking on the bad won''t make the dungeon very happy, after all.


    -Violet