(I....I.... I can’t believe it....) – thought Thauma as it observed the two women through its scout golem.

(Is it really her?!)

(NO! IT IS HER!)

(ARIAVA?!)

(It.... Has been... Years... But... I can never forget her.)

(I will never forget her.)

(She... I would had died a "dog’s death" if it wasn’t for her.)

(She saved me twice.)

(She saved me when adventurers defeated me.)

(And the saved me by teaching me.)

(If.... If it wasn’t for her, I would had stopped existing long time ago.)

(She did said that she would come back one day.... But.... But....)

(I’ve....)

"..."

(I’ve thought that she would never come back.)

(Fight after fight.)

(Fear.)

(Death.)

(It always appeared.... Yet she didn’t saved me.)

(I’ve accepted the fact that I’m alone.)

(But.... I still can’t believe it.... This isn’t trick!)

(SHE IS REALLY HERE!)

(I... I really....) – the golem was in the state of.... Many things really.

Shock.

Confusion.

Surprise.

Joy.

Relive.

And.... ’attachment.’

Right now, Thauma is acting like a child that haven’t seen her mother for long time.

He missed Ariva and couldn’t even properly express itself, not knowing what to write or think about.

It was just... Confused.

...

But at the same time.

It was beyond filled with joy, upon finally once again seeing its "parent".

"Hey Thauma. Ready for the meeting?" – asked Ariva as she started walking through the silent golems alongside the vampire.

"Ah, don’t worry about her. She is with me."

(....This is strange.... Really strange.) – thought Porai as she and Ariava headed straight towards the dungeon, while the army of golems which just few moments ago was dead set on murdering the two, were now instead obediently moving aside and just standing, not even daring to lift a finger on them.

(Son. Mother. Teacher. Mentor.) – thought Porai as the two women entered the construction side where the golems were working at.

(This dungeon... It was always "her" property?!)

(Not only that... I haven’t received any news regarding "construction".)

(These golems are making something?) – thought the vampire as the duo finally reached the dungeon entrance, which to interested of Ariava was no longer what appears to be a cave, but more like a solid construct made out of bricks.

Ariava and Porai entered the dungeon and began exploring it.

"Huh... It really looks different." – said Ariava.

"Before it was just random ass cave, but now it looks like a structure. Still, why is it not fully covered in bricks?"

"It does looks bit weird... It must be intentional."

"..."

"By the way... What about that golem?" – asked Porai as the monkey golem was fallowing the two girls from behind.

"Hm..."

"Hey, Thauma. Can you raise the arms of this golem if can hear me." - said Ariava as she stopped and turned towards the golem, who in response fallowed the order and raised both of its arms.

"Okay. We can use it to somewhat communicate using this golem."

"Next question."

"Is there some sort of shortcut we can use to get to the dungeon end as fast as possible?"

The golem began swinging around its arms, giving the two women signal to fallow after it.

The duo fallowed the monkey like golem through the dungeon, which was filled to the brim with countless dungeon monsters.

"..."

"Question... These monsters... Are they really dungeon monsters? Like they were created by dungeon?" – asked Porai.

"Yeb. They are." – replied Ariva.

"They are not like produced by something, no. They are directly made by the dungeon itself."

"Although, this is my knowledge before I left that place."

"But still, I saw the power of dungeon giving birth to this golems."

(...So, it is real.) – thought Porai.

(This dungeon is really producing golems.)

(But.... How does that work?)

(The way these golems moved.)

(The way they fought.)

(The equipment parts that were part of their bodies.)

(This is all done by HAND!)

(Can the dungeon really do that?!)

(I need to know!)

(I need to know the bottom of this!)

(What exactly is the dungeon master?!)

(What sort of being is it?)

(And.... Is by any chance, is it also a golem?) – thought the vampire who wanted to hide her excited smile, not only because she wanted to keep her calm, but she was also still extremely wary of Ariava.

The scout golem led the two woman through the dungeon, arriving at the gate which was opened for them by the golems.

Inside, the two women found a four-armed boss monster, accompanied by the several knight golems.

However, the two women didn’t stayed long in the room as they marched forward, entering the second floor of the dungeon.

"Huh.... The space change." – said Ariava as the duo continue traversing, ended up in the spot where there were 3 roads split.

The scout golem took the left path and the two women fallowed behind.

"?"

"Dead end." – said Porai as the after walking long amount of time, the two women ended up receiving the dead end.

However, in the next moment, the bricks on the wall started moving away, before moments later a sound of gears and chains could be heard, fallowed up with the hidden path way being revealed to the group.

"..."

"I didn’t sensed magic.... This bastard is smart." – said excited Ariva.

"Did he made it to avoid magic detection?"

"Either way, looks fun." – said Ariva as she tried enter alongside Porai, only for the scout golem to get in their way.

"?"

"What? Can’t we go this way?" – asked Ariva.

"..."

"I think he wants us to wait?" – said Porai as the two-woman decided to wait for some time.... Before moments later several knight golems walked out from the hidden path.

After the group of knight golems left the room, the scout golems quickly began once again leading the way, into the same path that the golems just emerged out from.

(...It is quiet far.... But I can sense it.) – thought Ariva as she could sense numerous mana sources from ahead.

(Long corridor.... Mechanical entrance.)

(Yes... He was really trying to counter magic detection.)

(From experience maybe?) – thought Ariva as she and Porai arrived at the room filled to the brim with golems.

The golems stepped aside, allowing the two women pass... To yet another dead end.

However, few moments later, the wall opened up again, revealing yet another long path way... That led the group straight to the massive staircase.

"Huh. Interesting." – said Ariva.

(This entire path, the room.... It is large enough for some of this big earth golems to go through.) – thought Ariva.

(This is fully intentional.)

"Sorry Thauma. I’m grabbing your golem for a bit." – said Ariva as she took the scout golems in her hands, before hen walking towards the edge of massive spiral staircase.

"Common. We go down." – said Ariva as she jumped down, fallowed up quickly by Porai who without hesitation fallowed after the woman.

The duo quickly reached the bottom of the staircase, where they were then led through another yet another long path that revealed the same kind of monster filled room, which was connected to also yet another hidden path that led the two women right back into the dungeon, reaching quickly and safely the final floor with ease.

The two women traversed the final floor of the dungeon, reaching the gate leading towards the boss room, which was guarded by the duo of two four-armed boss golems, who just let the two women pass, entering the completely empty boss room.

Ariva quickly grabbed the scout golem once again and quickly flew across the room alongside Porai, reaching the other side of the room where the second gate was located.

However, before they approached the gate, it opened by itself.

"..."

"Long time no see." – said Ariva.

"Thauma." – said Ariva as from the other side of the gate, Thauma in its working golem body walked out.

"..."

["Ariava."] - Thauma took out a set of pieces of paper and pen, before then writing down on it.

"Yeb. It’s me." – said Ariva while smiling.

"I said that I may come back here one day... And here I’m!"

"It truly has been long time, hasn’t it, Thauma?"

"..."

"..."

"Ah. Right." – said Ariva.

"Let me make some proper introductions right now."

"Thauma."

"Meet Porai Kuris."

"She is a gal I picked up recently."

"Porai Kuris, the pure-blooded vampire which I recently ’befriended’."

(More like kidnapped and enslaved.) – thought Porai.

"Porai."

"Meet my child and student." – said Ariava as she turned towards the vampire.

"Thauma."

"The dungeon master of the golem dungeon."

"..."

Thauma and Porai stared at each other, conducing their own inspection with their gazes.

"..." – The golem turned towards its parent before then trying to write something.... But not being able to write anything, which was instantly noticed by the two women.

(I......I....I can’t believe it.) – thought Thauma who couldn’t think what to write.

Thauma’s mind was filled with countless questions it wanted to write.

It wanted to know many things.

It wanted to see, hear, look through Ariava eyes.

It wanted to know how things were going with "Ariava".

However, the golem at the same time was straight up still in spiral of emotions, straight up causing the golem to start writing questions left and right, only to not finish them and instead start writing a new ones over and over again.

"..."

"Take your time." – said Ariava with a smile as she put her hand gently on one of the Thauma’s legs, causing the golem to finally stop writing.

"..."

"..."

["Ariva."] – the golem finally ’spoke’ after extremely long pause.

["I missed you."] – as simple message, an innocent message. That was Thauma response. Not a question, but instead a greeting.

"Oh... So, I missed you too, sweetheart." – replied Ariva with a smile.

(Fuck me.) – thought Porai as she couldn’t hide her excited face upon seeing Thauma.

(That THING! It is really dungeon master?!)

(A golem dungeon master?!)

(HOW?!)

(Golems are constructs! They are not living beings!)

(And yet! AND YET! THIS ISN’T REACTIONS BETWEEN INTELIGENT AND UNINTELIGENT BEINGS!)

(THAT THING CAN THINK?!)

(It is not a living being inside of a golem, this thing IS THE GOLEM!)

(Not only that... What is this mana?)

(It isn’t something that the golems should usually have...)

(Oh.... Fuck me properly!)

(I want to know!)

(I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS THIS THING!)- thought the vampire as the golem suddenly looked directly at the vampire, causing the woman to somewhat snap herself back to normal in an instant while Ariva looked towards the woman with a smile.

(Interesting.) – thought Ariva as she then turned towards Thauma.

"..."

["I really missed you..."]

["I was starting to think I would never see you again."]

["I was scared."]

"..."

"You have all rights to be." – replied Ariva.

"Heck. You have all rights to not be scared, but more like feel hatred towards me, for straight up abandoning you."

(...Hatred ....) – thought Thauma, causing the golem to stop writing for several seconds, before then starting to write once again.

["No."]

["I don’t hate you."]

(No... I can never hate her.) – thought Thauma as it wondered what to write.

(She raised me.)

(As her "child".)

(She told me the "truth".)

(And she didn’t enslaved me or anything.)

(She....What was that emotion.... Yes.... Yes.... I believe it was-)

["Love."]

["I love you."]

["I will always love you."]

"..."

"Heh.... What are you? Trying to pick me up?" – asked Ariva as she chuckled a little.

"Still... Love.... Huh..."

"Well, we maybe not blood related or anything like that."

"But you are really my child."

"And I’m truly your mother."

"If we consider our relationship."

"And our history."

"So..."

"I’m back."

"My child."