"We are going to live inside of it."

The words hung in the air like a bad fart in a closed room.

"HEHHH?!!"

All four women—Helena, Mira, Kaida, and Bella—stared at Viktor like he'd just announced he was going to fuck the tower itself.

Though given how shameless he was, they hardly doubted even that was not possible.

Elara, who'd been standing awkwardly near the doorway trying to process everything she'd witnessed in the last hour, felt her brain short-circuit for the third time that morning.

Living... 'inside' that thing?

"Young Master," Helena began, her voice strained as her massive breasts heaved with each breath. After taking a bath, she left a soft fragrance that pulled his attention faster than her words. "How... how exactly are we supposed to—I mean, the Tower is—it's floating in the—"

"In the sky," Kaida finished flatly, crossing her arms beneath her modest chest. Her red eyes narrowed. "Unless you've suddenly learned to fly, bastard, I don't see how—"

"We just walk in," Viktor interrupted with a shrug, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Silence.

"...Walk in," Mira repeated slowly, her green eyes narrowing. "Husband, the Tower is miles away. And it's in the 'sky'."

"No it's not," Viktor said, then paused. "Wait, is it?"

More silence.

It was not that he forgot, but it was so silly that he forgot to ask the system the way to live inside of it.

Bella's cat ears flattened against her silver hair. Her golden eyes darted between Viktor and the distant Tower, which was still pulsing with that eerie purple-pink glow. "Young Lord... I don't understand..."

Viktor scratched the back of the head, suddenly looking less confident. 'Uh. System?'

A familiar mechanical voice echoed in his mind.

[Host requires guidance on spatial relocation within Dungeon Tower infrastructure.]

Viktor blinked. "What?"

[Inquire with Dungeon Cores for assistance.]

"...What the fuck does that mean?"

[Inquire. With. Dungeon. Cores.]

The system's tone was somehow both emotionless and deeply condescending.

Viktor's eye twitched. "You useless piece of—" He stopped, took a breath, then muttered, "Fine. Rusty!"

A beat of silence.

Then—

"Kyuuu~!"

The sound came from 'everywhere'. The walls. The floor. The air itself seemed to vibrate with that high-pitched, almost musical noise.

Bella squeaked, her tail puffing up. She seemed to have developed some silent kind of trauma from that cute purple blob after her consecutive two times being declared as prey. Her lips muttered softly, again proving she seemed to become more open even in fear. "Here we go..."

A purple blob—about the size of a melon—materialized in the center of the room with a soft 'pop'.

It was gelatinous. Translucent. And wearing tiny goggles that reflected the morning light.

Rusty.

"Kyu?" The slime tilted—or what Viktor assumed was its head—toward him. Its goggles glinted.

"Rusty," Viktor said, gesturing broadly at the women, "we need to move into the Tower. How do we get there?"

"Kyu kyu!"

Rusty bounced once. Twice. Then—without warning—it launched itself into the air and 'slammed' into the wooden floor with a wet 'SPLAT'.

Everyone stared.

The slime peeled itself off the floor, shook (somehow), then did it again.

Like mud splattering on the ground then again while excited.

'SPLAT.'

And again.

'SPLAT.'

"Uh..." Viktor squinted. "What are you—"

"Kyu kyu kyu!" Rusty bounced 'harder' this time, slamming into the floor with enough force to rattle the furniture.

Then it started moving—hopping around the room in erratic circles, occasionally 'phasing' slightly into the floor before popping back up.

Jump. Slam. Phase. Jump. Slam. Phase.

"What the hell is it doing?" Kaida muttered, watching the slime with a mixture of confusion and irritation.

Viktor's eyes blinked. "Oh. 'Oh'." His mouth twitched, understanding the slime's words easily, making him want to punch it but still he acted calm and translated. "So, you mean we jump 'into' the ground and—"

"Kyu!" Rusty bounced enthusiastically, goggles somehow conveying excitement.

'You punk.' Viktor knew this guy was useless but proved that it was dumb too.

"Sigh." He paused, massaging the bridge of his nose between his eyes, trying to calm himself. "So... how do we reach the 'upper floors' by going underground, Mister Genius?"

Rusty stopped mid-bounce.

Its gelatinous body quivered. Then, slowly, it turned what Viktor assumed was its "face" toward him.

"Kyu."

Just... 'kyu'.

A single, helpless syllable.

Nope, this time even Viktor heard it: Kyu... no meaning.

"You punk!" Viktor shouted, throwing his hands up. "Don't just 'kyu' me, you useless blob! What the hell does 'kyu' mean?!"

"Kyu kyu kyu!" Rusty bounced defensively—I'm literally not saying anything, just like a dog barking—as it seemed to have just short-circuited its brain, goggles fogging up slightly.

"I don't speak slime!"

Um, technically he does, but just right now, Rusty had gotten overwhelmed from a shocking realization.

Mira pinched the bridge of her nose. "Husband... I think it's saying it doesn't know."

Viktor froze. He could guess that much, but it was just he was frustrated when he was about to impress his wives and give them a good place to live in this broken renovated manor. "I know, I was just..."

As what? Viktor recalled, last time to reach the place which Rusty built like fake forest and such, they fell there through a tree gap, inside an entrance. It was 'underground'.

Now it's in the 'sky'.

Viktor stared at Rusty.

Rusty stared back.

"...kyu."

"No, it's fine buddy?!" Viktor calmly ruffled his hair, thinking as he can't just blame Rusty if it wasn't able to pull that off. Still added, "You're a Dungeon Core, punk, at least you're supposed to 'know' some way."

Yet Viktor did not expect anything as he saw how Rustina seemed to have arrived jumping, hugging Rusty as it quivered, clearly disappointed.

"Kyuu~~, Kyuu~~!" Seeing how the pink slime was trying to calm the purple one, Viktor just can't be mad around, so he became silent and focused on finding a way.

"I will find a way, don't make your wives worry." Viktor just added.

Rusty quivered again, this time looking like it wanted to cry—if slimes could cry.

Everything seemed to have become silent, though there was one person who did not react to the room.

The arch enemy of Rusty.

"Hehh." Kaida let out a sharp, humorless laugh. "I 'knew' it. I knew this useless thing couldn't help us."

"KYU?!"

Rusty's goggles snapped toward Kaida, and if a slime could look offended, it absolutely did.

"What?" Kaida smirked, leaning against the wall. "It's true. You're useless."

"KYU KYU KYU!" Rusty started bouncing angrily, its purple gelatinous body jiggling with indignation.

"Oh, did I hurt your feelings?" Kaida's smirk widened. "Maybe if you weren't such a 'useless blob', we wouldn't be stuck here—"

"KYUUUUUUUUU!"

Rusty 'launched' itself at Kaida, but Viktor caught it mid-air with one hand.

"Enough!" Viktor growled, holding the wriggling slime at arm's length. "Both of you, don't be childish."

"Am I... interrupting something?"

Every head turned.

Elara stood in the doorway, her amber eyes wide as she took in the scene—Viktor holding a furious, jiggling slime, Kaida smirking like a cat that ate a canary, and the other women looking various shades of exasperated.

"What..." Elara began slowly, "did you mean by 'living' in that place?"

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