Waking up in the morning in the new house I had bought yesterday, I had a strong desire to not get out of bed because this bed was just too comfortable not to.

Maybe I should sleep in for the day. Yeah… that sounds like a great idea.

Choosing to sleep in the quiet, peaceful morning, I finally got up when my stomach grumbled. I went to the office where I dumped most of my stuff; I took out some rations that I hadn’t touched for a while.

It didn't look moldy and smelled fine, so I decided to eat it as lunch since it was already noon while drinking some tea. It’s better to finish it than let it go bad.

I should buy some groceries since I have a small cellar now to store some food.

Speaking of it, should I change into a new set of clothes? Since I ran away, I have been wearing the same set of clothes without changing them for days at a time since I’m now living as a commoner, who generally doesn’t have a lot of clothes to change. In addition to that, I also have to do my laundry in secret because I don’t want people to figure out my identity or think I’m a creep for wearing girl's underwear.

At first, I was pretty grossed out by having to wear the same sets of clothes for days at a time, which I had to get used to, but now I have a house where I can wash my clothes more frequently, so why not?

Rummaging around the corner of the office where I threw all my stuff, I noticed I didn’t have any more clean clothes left. I had 4 sets of clothes when I came to Acton, but now I have 3 after fighting the Owlbear.

I am not about to put on some dirty clothes because I find it even more disgusting than wearing the same clothes for days at a time.

Didn’t Hutch say he can deliver if I ask? Yeah, I should write a letter to him because I desperately need some new clothes. Guess I have to do laundry today.

I should go to the Adventurer Guild first to send the letter, then go grocery shopping, and start moving my things from my room at the inn I was staying at to my house again.

Looking around the office, I eventually found a stack of papers and a pen to write with. I took one blank sheet of paper and began writing on it, starting with saying hi to Hutch, then how I had been, and telling him I needed new clothes, preferably quickly.

After writing that, which was brief, I wrote down what I wanted to buy from him, which was a new set of clothes, specifically ones that are slightly bigger than the ones I currently have since I might be in my growth spurt.

I wonder how many I should buy. Looking through my coin pouch, I went through the coins I had, and eventually, I pulled out a gold coin.

I think this should do. I went back to writing and said to give me how many sets of clothes a gold coin would buy me, including other fees since I’m asking him to make it a rush order, then keep the rest as thanks.

After writing the letter and putting it in an envelope with a gold coin and the name of the shop I was sending it to, I thought to myself that since I had already written a letter, I should write one to Rain as well to give her an update.

I did just that, writing about what was going on with my life to her, minus Alice since that was a secret and the house I just bought.

Finishing writing that letter and sealing it up in an envelope with the letter addressed to Rain, I made my way to the adventurer guild.

At the doors to the adventurer guild, I went in and saw that Iris was here today as usual, so I went to her line and waited.

Once it was my turn, I walked up to her counter.

“Hi Iris, I’m here to send 2 letters to Farsbarow.”

Iris asked who I was sending the letter to, seeming mildly interested.

“Oh, one of them is for a friend, and another is for a shop I want to order from.”

“I see. The letter will be delivered in around a week or so.”

I asked, handing over the letters after showing each of them to her.

“Is there any way to send them fast?”

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“Yes, we offer express delivery for 2 bronze coins, which would take around 2 days to get to Farsbarow.”

Taking a bronze coin from my coin pouch, I gave it to her.

“We’ll have it sent right away then.”

I said thanks to her and walked away. Outside the adventurer guild, I began heading in the direction of the city’s market, which was the first time I was actually going there since I never actually had a reason to go there.

As I began walking, I coincidentally saw Alex’s party heading in my direction.

We see each other and walk to greet each other, except for Lucia, who for some reason just bolted away in the opposite direction.

I wonder what that was all about. I was going to ask her to duel with me since we’re close to the guild.

I wondered why she ran, and I wasn’t the only one who thought about it since Alice, Maria, and Chelsie had expressions saying the same thing, except for Alex and Wendy.

“Didn’t expect to see you here today.”

Alex said hi with a wry smile, which I said.

“Yeah, good to see you all, but what was that all about?”

Alex looked back, then with a troubled look like he knew something I didn’t, to not worry about it, while Wendy had her tail tucked between her legs and ears down, looking meek next to him.

“So, what are you doing right now?”

“Doing some errands; how about you?”

“We’re looking for a specific herb that Maria needs. We already looked through several alchemy shops but had no luck.”

“I see. I hope you find it.”

As I was about to leave, a thought came up in my mind: Lucia, for some reason, ran away. Why don’t I spar with Alex instead, since we’re close to the guild, and I want to see how strong I have gotten and Alex as well?

“By the way, do you want to spar?”

Hearing my request, Alex looked really startled, then deeply afraid for some reason.

“Sorry, nope, we have to get going; the next shop is going to close soon.”

As he said that, Maria, who heard what Alex said, said.

“But—”

As Maria was going to say something, which I’m getting the feeling like she was correcting him, Alex covered Maria’s mouth and said.

“We better get going.”

Alex held Maria’s hand and started to walk off really fast.

I gave everyone a confused look; they also looked equally confused, except for Wendy, who ran after them.

Seeing Wendy run, Chelsie said.

“Sorry, I guess we are going now. Bye, it’s good to see you today.”

As Chelsie began running to catch up with everyone, which left Alice, she looked back.

“Hey Alice, are you coming?”

“Just give me a minute to talk to Nyx.”

Now looking at me, I wonder what she wanted to talk about.

Whispering, she asks.

“Can I use your place?”

Hearing her, she whispered that she wanted to use my bathroom, to which I whispered back a yes, making her really happy.

Not whispering anymore, she said thanks and began running to catch up to everyone else.

Going to the city market now, which was around an hour of walking.

My first impression of the market was exactly what I expected an open-air market would be in a fantasy world, crowded with people and vendors showing off their goods.

Looking through the vendors, I bought some fruits and vegetables, then some preserved meat like ham and bacon wrapped up in paper, and I put all of them into my backpack.

Additionally, I didn’t just buy meat and vegetables but also some tea leaves and tea snacks from a tea shop.

Going back home, I put away the stuff I bought and looked at the sun outside the window; it was about to set. Maybe I should go back to the room at the inn since I probably have enough time to make a trip.

Doing just that, I was walking back home with more books and stuff inside my backpack when I saw Alice outside my house with a backpack.

Seeing me, she waved and said.

“Oh hi Nyx, I was waiting for you.”

“Hi as well, you can come in.”

Opening the door, I let her in, and she thanked me again for letting her use my bathroom.

Going upstairs, I went to my office and dumped my book in there, then locked the doors to the office since I didn’t want Alice to see what I was working on and my clothes, especially my underwear.

Hearing the water running, I went downstairs and began boiling some water on the stove to prepare the new tea leaves I’d just bought.

When the water boiled, I steeped the tea in the teapot and took out the tea snacks I bought from the teashop. They were scones, biscuits, and a jar of fruit jam. Putting everything on a tray, I moved everything to the living room.

Pouring a cup of tea, I smelled the aroma, which was slightly different from how I remembered it to be, but it was to be expected since the tea I used to drink was on the very high-end side.

I sipped it, which I was satisfied with, though it did not compare to the teas I used to drink. Then I began taking a bite from some scones with some jam I put on it.

Seeing Alice coming down the stairs with her hair wet and in a new set of clothes, I offered her some tea since it was freshly steeped and the tea snack as well.

She gladly accepted, and we sipped our teas and ate our tea snack.

When it was dark, Alice was about to leave. I offered to escort her back to her inn since it was dark, and she agreed.

At her inn, she thanked me again, and I went back home to do some laundry and take a bath, then headed straight to bed.