"Haa, I really needed that." Muttered Yuki with a relieved expression as she approached Alexander and Lazuli while dusting her hands off.
With Yuki having just finished dismantling that massive stone golem into nothing but rubble using just her hands, its body collapsed, and just like the rest of the golems, it had a crystal inside of its chest, though its size was propionate to its body, so the crystal was about as large as Yuki's fist.
"Yuki, its crystal!" Stated Alexander calmly as he approached Yuki, who slightly widened her eyes before turning around, only to spot the crystal, prompting her to quickly run toward it.
"Oh, oops, that was close." Said Yuki with a smile as she grabbed the crystal while walking towards Alexander, who gestured to Lazuli, causing her joyful expression to vanish immediately.
Once Yuki gave Lazuli the crystal, she promptly forced the monster's mana out of it and given how it took longer than two seconds, it seemed harder than other crystals, but that only made sense. Still, she managed to purify it of the monster's mana, causing her to hand it to me, which I promptly stored in my space pouch while I jumped into the air and kissed Yuki's cheek, reinvigorating her.
"So, shall we continue deeper into the dungeon or not?" Asked Alexander with a faint smile as he glanced between Yuki and Lazuli, causing the former to rapidly nod.
"Yes! This is a great way for me to blow off some steam!" Stated Yuki with a faint smile as she clenched her fists before stretching her arms, while Lazuli lightly nodded.
"Well, since you both want to continue, let's go then! Next stop, tenth floor!" Remarked Alexander with a smirk as he began walking while pointing one of his greatswords toward the ground, causing Yuki to roar in excitement.
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After our little fun spent in the dungeon, we promptly left it and headed back to the Adventurer guild to sell the spoils we'd acquired from the dungeon, though unfortunately, it seems we arrived at a bad time since the guild was quite busy and I was forced to wait in line before being able to speak with a receptionist, the beautiful demon from before had the shortest line, so I chose her.
'The line had one less person in it than all the others, Master; are you sure you didn't choose it for other reasons?' Asked Zartha blandly as she looked at the ever-clear sky within her small dimensions before glancing at Trina off in the distance.
'Hmph, no, besides, what are you even insinuating, Zartha? If I really wished to stare at her body, could I not just use [Heroes Gaze]? I'll see everything she has to offer.' Remarked Alexander defensively with a frown as he glanced at the hilt of his sword while the purple markings softly glowed.
'You wouldn't ever do such a thing, Master; that's not like you. However, what man would refuse such a welcoming sight if it's there for everyone to see?' Replied Zartha calmly as she inwardly sighed while looking upwards at the clear sky, prompting Alexander to awkwardly cough.
'Well, I mean, if she's purposefully showing her body off, it would indirectly be rude as a man to not appreciate her beauty, would it not?' Said Alexander lightly as he glanced at the receptionist, who happened to turn and bend over, causing him and every other man, whether in line or not, to stare at her exposed body.
While I ogled, I-I mean, appreciated the woman's body from afar, I patiently waited in line, which moved decently fast, and after nearly twenty minutes, it was my turn; while I may have been appreciating her assets, I at least had the respect to stare her in the eyes when speaking to her, though that didn't mean I didn't take a few glances at her cleavage.
"I'd like to sell these crystals we got from the dungeon." Said Alexander with a faint smile as he handed his space pouch to the receptionist, causing her to nod as she grabbed his pouch before standing up.
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"Alright, sir, that will only take a few minutes. Oh, oops." Remarked the receptionist with a smile as she turned and approached the nearby door, only for her to accidentally drop the pouch, causing her to bend over and grab it before continuing toward the door and entering it.
'Okay Zartha, when she does something so blantalty obvious like that, are you still going to get annoyed at me when I look?' Asked Alexander lightly as he folded his arms while glancing at his sword, causing Zartha to slightly sigh while shaking her head, not bothering to open her mouth.
After that happy little mistake the woman made, I only waited for a few minutes, like she said, before returning while handing me my space pouch.
"Your payment is in the pouch, sir." Said the receptionist with a smile as she folded her arms and leaned on them, causing her breasts to be pushed upwards, which was like a magnet to every man's eyes.
"Thank you. Have a nice day, mam." Said Alexander with a smile as he nodded to the woman before turning and leaving the line, causing the next person to enthusiastically take a step forward.
Approaching Yuki and Lazuli sitting at a table, I sat with them while looking through my space pouch, curious how much we earned since I had felt like we acquired a pretty large chunk of crystals; we had over a hundred normal crystals, nearly two hundred, and two large crystals. We had actually cleared all fifteen floors of the dungeon, and to my surprise, every floor was the same as the previous ones; there wasn't any variety in monsters, no guardian, everything was the same, just stronger, which wasn't bad, making it easier for us since we had a pretty easy time killing the golems.
However, we only have two large crystals because when we didn't get to fight the tenth-floor guardian, our timing was unlucky since it seemed like a group of adventurers had just killed the guardian when we arrived at the tenth floor, though the deeper we went into the dungeon, the less people there were so we didn't have a problem killing the final guardian.
"How much money, Alex?" Asked Yuki curiously as she glanced at Alexander, who subconsciously whistled in awe while staring into his space pouch.
"Oh, we made a profit, my dear, Yuki. Look." Said Alexander with a smile as he handed the pouch to Yuki, who eagerly looked inside, only for eyes to slightly widen.
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5… silver coins? I wasn't expecting that much money." Stated Yuki with a large smile as she glanced at Alex, who was smiling as well.
Five silver coins was about all the money we had together, which was almost all from Michelle, so we had just doubled our reserve, which is great since we're going to need to find a place to live when we reach our desired city, we can't stay in Inn's forever, after all, the house Yuki had bought took her over a decade to acquire, and that was only ten gold. Now that we're most likely going to live in a very prominent city, the housing will be more expensive, hopefully not by too much, but we'll need all the money we can acquire.
'I also leveled up, so there's that, though thanks to the enemy's low level, I only got one.' Thought Alexander with a smile as he stood up and exited the building with Yuki and Lazuli.
We had spent a decent amount of time in that dungeon since it was already afternoon, but it was definitely worth it, not only for the money, but it seemed like everything that had been happening had been stressing Yuki out, and this served as a good way for her to vent.
"Did you enjoy that, Lazuli?" Asked Alexander curiously as he glanced at Lazuli, who faintly frowned before nodding.
"Yes, it was enjoyable. What are the silver coins used for?" Replied Lazuli with a nod as she stared at Alexander in confusion, causing him to slightly chuckle.
"I'll tell you later." Said Alexander, causing Lazuli to nod while the three walked back towards the Inn.
Once we arrived at the Inn, I hoped to have some lovey-dovey time with Yuki as that receptionist from before had aroused me quite a bit, though when I noticed Michelle and Chloe were nowhere to be seen, I sighed.
"At least Michelle left a note." Muttered Alexander as he quickly read the note, only to sigh once again.
'Welp, there goes my plans to make love.' Mused Alexander as he brunt the note with his fire mana before glancing at Yuki.
"I'm going to meet up with Michelle and Chloe; try not to fight with Lazuli, please." Said Alexander with a smile as he gave Yuki a passionate kiss before slapping her butt and exiting the room while she nodded.
Michelle had just taken Chloe to the city's park, which was fine, but I wasn't about to let her be out by herself; if something happened, she wouldn't be able to do anything. After several minutes of jogging through the streets, I finally arrived at the park, only to spot Michelle speaking with some women while Chloe played with other children.
"Oh my, do you see him? What a hunk." "My goodness, he is a hunk; I wonder what he's here for. Maybe I should try talking with him?" Remarked two different women speaking with Michelle while they gestured to Alexander, causing everyone else to look in their direction, only to be taken aback when they saw him approaching.
"Michelle…" Said Alexander with a sigh as he stared blankly at Michelle before kissing her on the cheek, causing her to proudly blush while the several women stared at her wide-eyed and mouth agape.