“Phew, we’re finally back,” Nicky let out a deep sigh when the group has finally reached the exit from the Magic Dungeon.

“I’m sorry for not taking more breaks on the way, Nicky,” Narias apologized.

“No, no. It’s ok. I’m simply glad we’re back. Even if it is not that strenuous, walking takes its toll on me,” Nicky explained to him with a cheerful smile on her face.

“I wonder what time of the day it is,” Ileena wondered out loud.

“I am not exactly certain, but from how many long breaks we had taken, I’d say we’ve spent four whole days inside the dungeon,” Narias speculated.

“Four whole days? That means today should be Friday,” Flavia said, holding her right hand’s index finger to her lips.

“Friday? That means tomorrow will be Saturday. That means tomorrow we are going to the Scarlet Sunset Hot Springs, right?” Flamiris used the opportunity to ask about it before anyone else could suggested doing anything else.

“Tomorrow?” Narias wondered. “But… we’ve basically just came back from the dungeon and you all know the next day after people come back from the Magic Dungeon should be their rest day.”

“Well, yeah, doh,” Flamiris said, rolling her eyes. “What would be better than having our rest at the hot springs? Among… doing some other things.” Flamiris said the last part in a very quiet voice while averting her face away, so nobody could actually hear her say that.

“I agree with Flamiris. The hot springs would definitely help our bodies recover faster and it would help restore our fatigue quicker too,” added Ileena, making it sound it was all about health benefits.

“Yeah, I guess,” Narias saw some truth in that.

“Yay! We’re going to the Scarlet Sunset Hot Springs tomorrow,” Flavia cheered excitedly.

“Hold on. We still don’t know if I am correct about what day it is today,” Narias didn’t want to commit until he knew what day of the week it was for sure.

“What are we waiting for then? Let’s go outside and check,” Flavia declared, picking up her pace.

“Hot springs bath… That sounds so lovely,” Nicky commented, her dreamy face showing she was imagining being there herself right now.

“You want to go?” Growly asked her.

“Ah, yes, but… I heard it’s really expensive,” Nicky definitely wanted to go, but also didn’t want to pressure her boyfriend.

“It’s ok. I found lots of ore, so after I sell it to my dad, I can use the money for us to go to the hot springs as well,” Growly said, knowing Nicky would love to go and he probably would’ve loved to go himself too.

“Really? In that case, I will chip in with whatever I will earn from selling my portion of the Magic Crystals too,” Nicky offered, a very happy smile showing on her face.

After that short talk, the group rushed to get out of the dungeon faster, wanting to learn what day of the week it was. The huge metal gates screeched upon opening, a bright light outside revealing it was the middle of the day right now.

“Oh, welcome back. Glad to see your group has come back safe and sound,” one of the guards greeted the group before speaking directly to Narias.

“Thank you, Samuel,” Narias said.

“How far did you go into the dungeon this time, if you don’t mind me asking that is?” Samuel was curious to know.

“We’ve gone as far as to the third floor of the dungeon. We’ve reached one of the Supply Point rooms where we have left some food for us to use the next time we go into the Magic Dungeon again. We plan to explore deeper parts of the third floor on our next run and hopefully find the boss monster there as well,” Narias shared his plans with the man.

“Third floor of the dungeon, eh? Must be a little scary fighting those massive Pincer Ants?” Samuel asked a bit worriedly.

“No, not really. We’re just taking it slow for now,” Narias told him with a smile.

“Hah, I see,” Samuel laughed.

“By the way, Samuel, what day of the week is it now?” Narias wanted to know.

“It’s Friday and it’s just past midday. Why?” Samuel was curious.

“Yes! We’re going!” Flamiris declared in a loud voice when she heard that, almost startling Samuel and another guard who was stationed there.

“Ahahaha! I guess you have plans for today already?” Samuel said, not exactly asking a question there.

“Ah, not today, but yeah,” Narias said, rubbing the back of his head and smiling sillily.

“In any case, remember to file in the report about your dungeon run to the academy as well, ok?” Samuel reminded him.

“Yes, will do. Thank you, Samuel,” Narias said before turning to go to where his friends were.

“Hey, I didn’t know the students were allowed to go into the Magic Dungeon by themselves,” another guard who was standing some distance away came to talk to his colleague after Narias walked away.

“Oh, right. You you’re new here, Weston, so you wouldn’t know. The student that I spoke to, Narias Talrone, is an official Magic Dungeon Exploration Guide. He can take other students to the dungeon himself,” Samuel explained.

“What? That student is an official Guide?” Weston gasped before rubbing the side of his head. “Well, he looks older than the rest, so I guess he’s a third-year student already.”

“Nope, he’s only a second-year student,” Samuel told him.

“A second-year? But… he looks to be at least twenty years of age,” Weston couldn’t believe him.

“Yes, he probably does. Well, there was an incident that happened to him a few months ago. It’s not exactly a secret, but nobody likes talking about it too much. I don’t know the details, but Narias Talrone was trapped inside the Magic Dungeon for almost a month. They say he had fought and defeated a red Crystal Hornhead, and had to eat its meat to stay alive before coming back. Must’ve been a terrifying experience for him. Really glad he made it back in the end,” Samuel told his colleague about what happened.

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“He beat a red Crystal Hornhead on his own? Holy damn, he must be really strong,” Weston was impressed after hearing it.

“He sure is. Not to mention, he has more than a few girlfriends too,” Samuel added his last comment with a bit of a smirk, probably to tease his colleague.

“Wow, really? He must be from some upstart family to be doing so well?” Weston asked, clearly feeling jealous about it.

“Nope. As far as I know, Narias Talrone comes from a Tier Four Rank family,” Samuel told him.

“What?! But then how is he…” Weston exclaimed, feeling perplexed.

“Beats me. I’m just happy to have a single wife myself,” Samuel added, sounding he was pretty content with it too.

“At least you have a wife…” Weston dropped his head, sounding and looking depressed.

“Ahahaha!” Samuel laughed out loud. “You’re still young, Weston. So, if you work hard, you will find yourself a wife too.”

“Yeah, thanks…” Weston mumbled, not looking like Samuel’s words made him feel any better.

{where Narias and his girlfriends were}

“I suppose you’ve already heard it is Friday today. There’s half a day left for us to do whatever we want, but I’d rather have everyone get a proper rest. I know some of you are quite tired too.”

“Yes, I think that would be a reasonable thing to do,” Ileena agreed with Narias.

“Will you be going to your dorm now, partner?” Flavia asked him.

“No. I still need to file a report about our dungeon exploration and I am thinking of going to El’Roonst after that. I need to talk to Growly’s dad about something and I could sell all the materials that we’ve got from our exploration too.” Narias shared his plans for the day.

“Hey, I could go to El’Roonst together with you. You know, only to keep you company, so you’re not all alone,” Flamiris offered a seemingly innocent suggestion.

“That’s not fair, Flamiris. You just want to go on a date with Narias. Well, if you’re going, I’m going too,” Flavia declared, pointing her finger at Flamiris.

“Now, now, please stop,” Narias intervened, not wanting for the argument to escalate. “We’ve already agreed we will go to the Scarlet Sunset Hot Springs tomorrow and all of you need to have a good rest, especially you, Flamiris. In addition, I would like you to visit the infirmary to have yourself checked by Milenna too.”

“No, I don’t. I feel… perfectly fine. Humph,” Flamiris wanted to refuse, crossing her arms in front of her and averting her face away.

“If you say so, but I would hate if you couldn’t enjoy the hot springs bath to the fullest due to some injury that you don’t have,” Narias played his sly card, knowing full well Flamiris would take the bait.

“What? Why you…” Flamiris pouted her cheeks which became slightly red too. “Ok, fine, I’ll go to the infirmary right away, but I expect us to enjoy our time at the Scarlet Sunset Hot Springs to the very fullest, you… Mastermind Pervert.” Flamiris declared, being very intense with her words.

“Now that I think about it… I will go see Miss Veila together with Flamiris too. You know, just in case…” Flavia said, rolling her eyes and wearing an innocent girl’s facial expression on her face.

“Yes, that was a good suggestion on your part, Narias. I think I will go see Miss Veila too,” Ileena joined in while adjusting her glasses.

At least they will have their health checked. Narias spoke to himself in his head, also having a hunch what the main reason for his girlfriends wanting to go see Milenna was.

“Ok, great. I’ll see you all tomorrow then. Oh, and about the time we will meet, how about we get together for an early lunch at Sally’s Magic Diner before going?” Narias made another suggestion.

“Yes, ok,” Ileena agreed, with Flavia and Flamiris confirming it was a good idea too.

“Hey, may we join you for lunch as well?” Nicky asked.

“Yes, of course,” Narias didn’t mind.

“Cool,” said Growly.

“Ok then, I’ll go to the academy to make a report now. Enjoy the rest of your day everyone,” Narias wished his friends, turning to leave.

“Ahem, aren’t you forgetting something, Mister Mastermind Boyfriend?” But Flamiris stopped him, tapping her right foot at the ground a few times.

“Oh, ah, yes. Sorry,” Narias became embarrassed for forgetting such an important thing. He went to give kisses to his girlfriends before he actually left to go to the academy.

{after a short while}

Ok, so we have killed Fanged Whitemane Wolf and Sabertooth Rhabitspine. We’ve got a Bone Fang and a Crystalized Iron Ore as drops from the boss monsters… Narias was filling out a report at the Magic Dungeon Exploration Office at the academy. Hmm… The chunk of the Crystalized Iron Ore that we’ve got is rather big. I wonder what could be made out of it? Narias took a moment to think about it, but then resumed filling out the report again.

“Why hello there, my Dream Guy. What a pleasant surprise seeing you here,” Narias’s meticulous report writing was interrupted by a familiar female voice.

“Oh, hello Belinda,” Narias said after lifting his head up from the table.

“Hello indeed. Welcome back,” Belinda said, not being shy about giving him a kiss too.

“Thank you,” Narias smiled at her. “Are you here to file a report as well, Belinda?”

“No, I am here to check on the Magic Dungeon exploration schedule. I have a dungeon run on Monday. The first-year students are starting to go into the dungeon now. What a pain,” Belinda didn’t hide the fact she wasn’t exactly happy about it.

“You shouldn’t talk about your students like that,” Narias said, showing a smile.

“You’re the one to talk. Now that you’re an official Guide yourself, I can’t go to the dungeon together with you. Who’s gonna share their blanket with me now, eh?” Belinda complained, pouting her lips.

“Ah, sorry,” Narias said with a bit of a laugh.

“Sigh… Anyway, how did it go for you?” Belinda wanted to know.

“It was ok. We’ve went as far as to the third floor of the dungeon. I wanted to check if that Supply Point room that I’ve discovered was still there which fortunately was. We have left as much food in it as we could, planning to use the same Supply Point room as our starting point to explore more of the third floor of the dungeon when we go there again,” Narias told her a little bit about their exploration.

“I see. Found any good treasure?” Belinda asked, mainly to keep the conversation going.

“Just the usual stuff. Although, Sabertooth Rhabitspine has dropped an item I haven’t seen before. It was a Crystalized Iron Ore,” Narias said.

“Oh, that’s a nice one. I heard it could be used to make both armor and weapons. Well, depending on how big of a chunk you’ve got of course,” Belinda shared what she knew about it.

“Yeah, probably. I plan to visit Growly’s dad in El’Roonst today to ask him about it and to sell all the other materials that we’ve found inside the Magic Dungeon,” Narias revealed his plans for the day.

“Today? Shouldn’t you guys be resting today, considering you’ve just came back from the dungeon?” Belinda asked, furrowing her eyebrows.

“Ah, yes, of course. Everyone else will be resting. I plan to go to El’Roonst by myself. I’m not that tired, really,” Narias confessed. He might’ve been a little tired, but he was feeling ok for the most part.

“You are… going to El’Roonst by yourself?” Belinda asked, this time her eyes catching a gleeful glow.

“Yes,” Narias confirmed it.

“Oh? Well, you know… I was planning to go to El’Roonst too. To do some… shopping and stuff…” Belinda suddenly told him, looking a little bashful.

“Really? I still need to finish filling out this report and I would need to go back to my dorm to wash and change, but we could go to El’Roonst together, unless you’re going right now, that is?” Narias offered.

“No, not… right now. I was just thinking of going… today,” Belinda told him while looking away for some reason.

“Ok, great. I could keep you company depending on where you plan to go in El’Roonst,” Narias said.

“Well, I haven’t exactly decided what kind of shopping I want to do yet. I was just… thinking of going,” Belinda added, glancing at Narias and away back, and forth.

“Oh, I see,” Narias said, it finally dawning on him. “In that case, would you like to go on a date with me, Belinda?”

“Humph, yes, I would,” Belinda said, her happy smirk showing she was waiting for him to ask her that.

“Sorry for being so dense,” Narias added with an awkward smile on his face.

“Don’t worry, I wouldn’t have let you off the hook anyway,” Belinda declared, sounding very pleased about it. “So, when are we going?” And she wanted to get to the specifics right away.

“Ah, like I said, I still need to finish this report and I need to go back to my dorm to get changed, so… in about an hour? Well, maybe slightly longer than an hour,” Narias wasn’t sure about it and he didn’t want to promise he can make it in such a short amount of time.

“I’ll see in an hour at the campus gates then,” Belinda said before leaning to give him another kiss, her eyes sparkling passionately when Narias gazed into them from up close. “Don’t be late, my Dream Guy.”

“Huh? Ah, ok. I’ll try,” Narias said, Belinda throwing him an impish glance before leaving him be, so he could finish writing his report.

Right, I better get it done sooner rather than later. Narias turned his attention on the half-finished report in front of him.