Dear Diary,


    With David gone, things are more peaceful in the dungeon and I no longer feel stressed. However, I can''t help but anticipate some new issues that will crop up. Despite adventurers and locals no longer avoiding my dungeon, the traffic also isn''t that great due to the winter weather. I still have Avorn and Camellia who make the trek to my dungeon each day and camp out in one of the rooms each night. The tributes they pay as rent ensure I don''t have to worry about resources too much, but it''s still not sustainable the way things are.


    In order to help reduce my expenditures without lowering my pixies quality of life, I''ve decided to turn one of the challenge rooms into a tea party. The dungeon will now reset the spread on the table, ensuring there is always fresh tea and sweets to consume. It''s unfortunate that I don''t yet have a source of fire as I can''t make hot tea. I just have to depend on the tea steeping in its pot and being warmed by the artificial sun. Otherwise, the setup is nice and my pixies seem to enjoy it quite a bit.


    Part of the reason I''m worrying about all of this, even though things should pick up when the winter season ends, is because I want to help the locals. If I''m going to be spending my resources on providing things like firewood and shelf-stable foods, then I won''t have as many resources to use on other things. I can''t just neglect the dungeon itself, though. Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings.


    I don''t even have proper defenses set up to protect the dungeon yet. The first floor doesn''t have any traps and I''m still getting the hang of adding them to the second floor. I don''t actually have anything super lethal right now, just things like briar patches and tripwires. On one hand, I''m fine with that because I don''t want to have people dying unnecessary deaths in my dungeon. On the other hand, though, leaving things too much up to fate is a good way to end up dying should wild monsters invade the dungeon.


    I''m glad that I won''t have to worry about undead monsters attacking the dungeon now that the necromancer who was sending them is dead. However, I also had a group of goblins attack the dungeon once in the first few weeks after I reincarnated here. I know Theodore had reassured me that, while the threats do exist, they are supposed to be rare and scale with my dungeon. The dungeon core will grow stronger in some way as I unlock new floors and that will, in turn, draw more powerful monsters to the dungeon. Right now, though, it should just be beginner monsters and adventurers visiting the dungeon, so I don''t have to worry too much. It''s just that I''m sure there will be some risks once the spring arrives and the cold snow is no longer keeping everyone hidden away.


    I''ll have to get back to work soon enough. I suppose I should go relax while I still have the opportunity to.


    -Violet