Chapter 178: Which Is Stronger, the Star-Shattering King Beetle or the Horned Stag Beetle?

【All done, easy peasy.】

Aventurine succeeds found another puzzle piece on the second floor.

Afterwards, he began heading back to the puzzle.

【The fun trip to the toy city is over, and I'm a little reluctant to leave.】

【Penacony isn't all bad, right?】

【I'll treat this interesting experience as table talk.】

Hook: "Wow, this big sandbox is basically a super amusement park!!"

Hook: "Hook wants to go play too!"

Klee: "Klee wants to go too~"

Klee: "Honorary Knight big sis, can you take Klee to play~"

Lumine: "That... I'm afraid not."

Lumine: "Because I can't go out either....."

Paimon: "That's right... n-n-n-n-no way... g-g-g-going out!"

Arataki Itto: "I-I-I-I-I s-s-s-s-said, f-f-f-flying s-s-s-short g-g-g-gourd melon!"

Arataki Itto: "H-h-h-have y-y-you t-t-too t-t-turned i-i-into an o-o-oak s-s-s-soldier t-t-too?"

Shinobu: "....."

Shinobu: "Boss, speak properly!"

March 7th: "Ah, this... did you two get infected by that weird oak soldier?"

Stelle: "I-I-I-it's n-n-n-not j-j-just t-t-them!"

Stelle: "I-I-I-I g-g-g-got i-i-i-infected t-t-too!"

March 7th: "???"

Silver Wolf: "Aren't you all a bit old for this? Don't you think it's childish?"

Stelle: "I'm only one year old, what's childish about it?"

Paimon: "Um... Paimon has a childlike heart, that doesn't really count as childish, right?"

Paimon: "That guy who herds oxen is already this old and still doing impressions — now THAT'S a real childish brat!"

Arataki Itto: "You're full of it, flying short gourd melon!"

Arataki Itto: "This great lord has even more childlike heart than you!"

Furina: "Speaking of which, what's actually wrong with this oak soldier?"

Furina: "Why does it keep stuttering mid-sentence?"

Sunday: "Apologies, this sandbox has been poorly maintained for some time — it was my oversight in failing to inspect it."

Sunday: "I've made a spectacle of myself in front of everyone."

Sunday: "Once things settle down, I'll send someone to swap in a new batch of oak soldier models."

Aventurine: "Tsk tsk tsk, Mr. Sunday, you really do have a leisurely, refined disposition."

Aventurine: "But if you wanted to see me, why all these roundabout games?"

Aventurine: "I'll admit, this sandbox game was actually pretty fun."

Aventurine: "But fundamentally, it's still a waste of time."

Aventurine: "And as you know, for me, time is money."

Dr. Ratio: "Fool, you seem to have gotten one thing wrong."

Dr. Ratio: "In that video, you were nearly fish on a chopping block."

Dr. Ratio: "Time is no longer yours to command."

Sparkle: "Hehe~ Little Kong Que, you're in quite the rush to go die~"

Sparkle: "Once you're inside, you think that chicken-wing boy will give you a warm welcome?"

Sparkle: "If you ask me~"

Sparkle: "You'd be better off using your shrunken size to crawl into chicken-wing boy's clothes and hide~"

Sparkle: "Who knows, you might actually pick up some unexpected intel that way~"

Aventurine: "I did want to do exactly that."

Aventurine: "But the Professor won't allow it!"

Aventurine: "What a wonderful opportunity that was..... what a pity...."

Lumine: "Hide inside someone's clothes after shrinking?"

Lumine: "Uh.... somehow that feels a bit... off."

Guinaifen: "But what I mean is, what if you accidentally get squished or crushed to death?"

Miss Sushang: "Right!"

Miss Sushang: "Once you're shrunk to the size of a bug, wouldn't you just get flattened at the slightest touch!"

Miss Qingque: "What's there to fear?"

Miss Qingque: "It's a dream anyway — could you really die for real?"

Silver Wolf: "Firefly Robin: You're right, there's no way you can actually die!"

Firefly: "......."

Miss Qingque: "Ahem.... that was an accident!"

Miss Qingque: "At least so far, in a normal dream, it seems no one can just drop dead!"

Diviner Fu Xuan: "Little Qingque has a point. Aventurine already tested this earlier."

Miss Ningguang: "Well, this does highlight just how special that Memorie of the Mysterious Domain is."

Miss Beidou: "Hey, if it's being called 'death,' of course it's special!"

Dr. Ratio: "You gambler are growing more and more foolish."

Dr. Ratio: "I really think you should join the Mediocre Academy — there should be a place there for you."

Aventurine: "What's wrong, Professor?"

Aventurine: "What did I do to upset you this time?"

Dr. Ratio: "Your shrinking trick comes from your family!"

Dr. Ratio: "What makes you think that, just because you've shrunk, Sunday won't notice you?"

Aventurine: "Well, I really didn't think it through that carefully."

Aventurine: "But I was only joking around."

Aventurine: "I refuse to crawl into someone else's clothes like some lowly bug!"

Arataki Itto: "What's wrong with bugs?"

Arataki Itto: "Bugs are pretty fierce too — don't you dare underestimate them!"

Arataki Itto: "I really ought to show you the Hercules beetles I've carefully raised!"

Arataki Itto: "Every single one of them has the mighty power to split mountains and shatter stone!!"

Arataki Itto: "I guarantee it'll open your eyes!!"

Stelle: "Hercules beetle?"