"Master of the house?"
Clearly, even the mushrooms did not know much about their master, and their answers came haltingly.
"What do you want to know?"
"A lot. For example, what he looks like, what kind of person he is, how he 'separated' you from the rest, and why he raised you here.
"Oh, right. I heard that you came to the dungeon a few months ago. Where did you grow before that? And why did you appear in the dungeon?
"If possible, I'd also trouble you to explain how you managed to cover my companion's body with mushrooms in such a short time. This is very important for me to record the story..."
No wonder Tang Qi's questions came like a rapid-fire barrage of "bang, bang."
He genuinely wanted to learn more details—
Actually, as far as the [Journal] was concerned, a "personal experience" was enough to guarantee the minimum reward.
Take the Dawn Temple, for example. Whether Tang Qi chose to protect Catherine or accept Dawn made no difference to the Journal itself.
So if he was only pursuing the guaranteed reward, he did not necessarily need to understand every matter in detail.
But Tang Qi had already tasted the benefits of complicated events—
His [Bearing: Commoner Hero], [Concentric Ring], entire set of martial skills, and even the crucial [Poet's Inspiration] had all been exceptionally valuable rewards, and they had all come from the same complicated event.
If he had chosen to flee with Melard when the Beastfolk attacked, or simply found somewhere to hide until the danger passed, his gains would certainly not have been so generous.
The mushrooms before him had clearly been "separated" from the dungeon. If he could uncover the reason behind it, he might even become involved in an even greater event.
Besides,