“Why hello there, my Dream Guy,” Belinda greeted Narias the moment he opened his eyes.

“Oh, good morning, my Dream Woman,” Narias played along, showing her a smile.

“It probably is,” said Belinda, showing a sly smile of her own.

“Probably?” Narias asked before sitting up and rubbing his eyes. “Oh, wow, it must be daytime now.”

“Yes, and?” Belinda asked, leaning up on her right elbow, her blanket sliding down her shoulder and revealing her bare chest for Narias to see.

“You’re really naughty, aren’t you?” Narias took the liberty to let his eyes fall down to look at her breasts before lifting them up and leaning forward to give Belinda a kiss.

“Oh my, I can’t even surprise you anymore. You’re no fun,” Belinda said after Narias kissed her, pouting her lips, not that she was upset about it.

“I’m just pretending that you didn’t,” Narias showed a cheeky smile.

“Humph, you think you can sweettalk yourself out of it to make me feel better now, do you?” Belinda asked, squinting her eyes.

“Is it working?” Narias asked.

“I think I will need an extra push…” Belinda said, licking her lips.

“How about a hug and another kiss?” Narias leaned to her before hugging and kissing her again.

“Mhmm… You know, I wish I could have you for myself for the rest of the weekend,” Belinda frowned in a cute manner after they kissed some more.

“Yeah, I must say I would love us to spend more time with you longer as well, but…” Narias admitted, yet not finished his sentence.

“But you have a date with your three other girlfriends at the Scarlet Sunset Hot Springs resort today,” Belinda teased him.

“S… sorry,” which Narias become uncomfortable.

“Hey, I am not complaining. Besides, I had to have you for the whole night last night, and for your information, I loved every second of it,” Belinda told him with a passionate, gleaming look in her eyes.

“I loved it too, Belinda,” Narias said, giving her a kiss again.

“Hmm…” Belinda closed her eyes and purred like a little kitty, hugging Narias tight while he was hugging her himself.

“By the way, regarding the greenhouse,” Narias spoke while they were still hugging each other.

“Oh, that. You really want to build one, don’t you?” Belinda asked after pulling away to look him in the eyes.

“You… don’t want me to?” Narias asked a bit worriedly.

“I did not say that,” Belinda told him with a slight smirk.

“Ok then. I just wanted to get your approval before talking to Growly’s dad about it the next time I see him,” Narias said.

“Alright, you have it,” Belinda gave in to his request, although, she probably didn’t think much of it. “Anyway, your other girlfriends must be waiting for you downstairs, and as much as I don’t want to, I will have to go home too. I have to finish my report on time and deliver it to Jean on Monday before leaving for the Magic Dungeon.”

“Right, be careful out there,” Narias said.

“Are you worried about me?” Belinda asked even though she knew the answer.

“No,” Narias said with a serious expression on his face.

“What?” Belinda exclaimed in surprise.

“Gotcha,” Narias smiled.

“You…” Belinda furrowed her eyebrows before throwing herself on Narias, both of them falling down on the bed, with Belinda ending up on top of him. “You know, I can be quiet if I want to sometimes too.” She added after moving her hips up and down just slightly while her eyes caught a gleeful glow.

“You got me,” Narias smiled wider.

“Oh, I see. Flamiris was right to give you the nickname that she did, after all. It was part of your plan all along,” Belinda said, leaning down to give him a kiss.

“I still love being your Dream Guy,” said Narias, hugging Belinda around her back and pulling her down, so their bodies would touch each other fully.

“And I love being your Dream Woman,” Belinda added before placing her lips on his and not removing them this time.

{after a non-specified amount of time downstairs}

“That was so not fair, Growly. You said you will defend not attack-nya,” Xefys complained, rubbing on his left cheek with his hand when they entered the club building.

“I did not say I will not hit back,” Growly told him with his usual, calm expression on his face.

“That’s…” Xefys wanted to say something back but clicked his tongue instead.

“The gym room is empty now. We can go train,” Growly said after checking inside.

“Aah… you know, my legs hurt a little after our training outside-nya,” Xefys said, averting his face and rubbing the back of his head.

“As you wish, but we’ll be going to the Magic Dungeon next week. It’s better to use the time that we have to train more,” Growly told him.

“Right, yes. The Magic Dungeon. Forget what I said earlier-nya. It is time to train some more,” Growly reminding him of the dungeon run had Xefys switch gears and become motivated to put in some extra training.

“Huh? Hi Narias,” Growly was about to enter the gym room, but saw Narias come out from around the corner where the stairs were.

“Hello Growly,” Narias greeted his friend the moment he saw him. “Oh, hi Xefys.”

“Wow, looking sharp, boss. I didn’t know you were here-nya,” Xefys was quick to greet him too.

“Ah, can you not call me ‘boss’, Xefys?” Narias asked him, his facial expression showing it wasn’t the first time it happened.

“No can do, boss. I’m here because of you, so I could become stronger and beat you some day-nya,” Xefys stated before adding. “Speaking of training, you wanna join us at the gym room, boss?”

“I’m afraid he can’t,” Belinda stated after coming out from around the corner.

“Huuuh? Yikes!” Xefys jumped back to make distance between himself and Belinda.

“Jumpy, aren’t you?” Belinda smirked.

“Ah, no, not really-nya. I just… I mean, good day to you, Miss Salroze,” Xefys remembered to greet the teacher.

“Hello to both of you too,” Belinda greeted the boys.

“Hello, Miss Salroze,” Growly greeted the teacher politely.

“Well then, I’ll go make us some breakfast while you speak to your friends,” Belinda then turned to Narias, giving him a kiss before going to the kitchen.

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“Eh? Breakfast-nya?” Xefys gasped in shock, seeing Narias being kissed by the teacher.

“Aah… yes. We just… got up,” Narias said, rubbing the back of his head and looking away.

“Just got… Nya?!!!” Xefys exclaimed, looking perplexed, his cat ears and tail shooting up.

“A date?” Growly instantly knew what happened, with Narias and Belinda being dressed the way they were probably giving it away too.

“Yeah. We went on a date yesterday,” Narias admitted, looking away and feeling slightly bashful.

“I went on a date with Nicky as well,” Growly told him, probably to help Narias relax.

“Oh, nice. Where did you go?” Narias asked, feeling curious, his awkwardness disappearing too.

“To the Magic Dome,” said Growly.

“Cool. Did you have fun?” said Narias.

“Yes,” Growly said, his happy smile proving he was telling the truth, not that he would lie about it anyway.

“By the way, is there anyone else here?” Narias asked Growly.

“Ileena, Flavia, Flamiris and Sorilani. They were training at the gym room earlier and are probably taking a bath now,” Growly informed.

“Ah, ok. Are you done with your training too?” Narias asked again.

“No, we were about to go train at the gym room ourselves,” Growly said.

“Oh, sorry for keeping you away from your training then,” Narias apologized.

“That’s ok,” Growly didn’t mind.

“Well then, I’ll go eat something now. See you later, ok?” Narias said, turning to go to the kitchen.

“See you,” Growly said, turning to go to the gym room.

“Hey, boss, I look forward to going to the Magic Dungeon with you next week-nya,” Xefys jumped in to tell Narias before he left.

“To the Magic Dungeon?” That was news to Narias.

“Yes, we’re going to the Magic Dungeon next week. Don’t tell me you forgot?” Xefys asked.

“Sorry, I don’t know anything about it,” Narias confessed.

“What-nya?” Xefys exclaimed, looking really surprised about it.

“Are we going to the dungeon next week, Growly?” Narias turned to his friend for an explanation.

“Apparently, yes. Ileena was planning the run, so you will have to ask her for more details,” Growly told him.

“Right, ok. I suppose I will ask her later, or when she comes out from the bathroom,” said Narias. “I’ll go join Belinda in the kitchen now. Have a good training.”

“Thanks,” Growly said.

“Did something happen?” Belinda asked, instantly noticing Narias thinking about something when he showed up.

“Nothing serious. It’s just that they told me Ileena is planning a Magic Dungeon run, but I didn’t know anything about it,” Narias told her.

“Well, now you know,” she said with a bit of smirk. “Have a seat, I’ll have us few sandwiches ready in a minute.”

“Thank you,” said Narias before sitting down at the table.

It didn’t take long for Belinda to prepare some food for both of them. She served some tea and had couple of sandwiches ready in less than ten minutes. Well, more than a couple, actually. After they ate two each, both of them realized they were hungrier than they thought, so Belinda had more prepared for them in no time. They looked to be a very happy couple and Narias appreciated Belinda taking the time to prepare the food for both of them, even though she needed to go home. Before they were finished with the second serving of sandwiches, the doors to the kitchen opened and a party of girls barded into the kitchen.

“Narias! Oh, ah, hello again, Miss Salroze,” obviously Flavia saw Narias first before noticing Belinda being there as well.

“Hello to you all again as well,” Belinda greeted the girls.

“Again?” Sorilani was a little confused.

“That’s right, you weren’t here earlier in the morning, Sorilani,” Belinda remembered it.

“Earlier in the morning? What were you doing here so early, Miss Salroze?” Sorilani asked, feeling curious.

“Just having a snack before going back to bed,” Belinda had no problem telling her that.

“Going back to bed? But…” Belinda’s answer just made Sorilani feel more confused.

“Ah, hello Sorilani,” Narias finally had a chance to greet her.

“Oh, hi Narias. When did you come here?” Sorilani asked after greeting him.

“I came together with Belinda, actually,” he said.

“Together with Miss Salroze?” Sorilani still couldn’t put two and two together.

“Remember we told you earlier that Narias was sleeping and will show up later, Sorilani?” Ileena decided to enlighten her.

“Yes. It sounded strange the way you said it and… Huh? Ooh, I see now. Sorry, that was so silly of me,” Sorilani finally got it, chuckling at herself when she did.

“Yeah, how have you been, Narias?” Sorilani asked, showing a cheerful smile.

“I’ve been… well,” Narias said, procuring a mild smile of his own.

“Of course you would, you Mastermind Pervert,” Flamiris wasn’t shy about calling him that.

“Flamiris,” Narias let out a sigh before stepping away from the table.

“What? I knew what you were- huh? Mmm…” Flamiris was about to add something else, but Narias stopped her by coming closer and kissing her.

“Hi Flamiris. I missed you,” Narias said after the kiss.

“Eh? Why you… Humph, you better and… I missed you too,” as upset or jealous as Flamiris tried to pretend that she was, Narias’s kiss and his words forced her to change from looking grumpy to being happy, and her flushed face showed it. She even forgot to call Narias by the nickname she would always call him.

“Hello Narias,” Ileena wasn’t about to miss the chance of kissing Narias too.

“Hey, I’m here as well,” Flavia wasn’t about to be left behind either.

“Oh my, that makes me feel left out,” Belinda commented before touching her cheek with her right hand that she was leaning with her elbow on the table.

“Miss Salroze!” Ileena, Flavia and Flamiris exclaimed almost at the same time.

“What?” Belinda asked with an innocent expression on her face.

“I am sure you are not,” Narias said before coming over to give her a kiss too.

“Aah, you’re so sweet,” Belinda smiled cheekily.

“I think I feel a little out of place here,” Sorilani who was watching all that kissing drama unfold finally commented.

“Oh, sorry about that, Sorilani,” Narias realized it might’ve been too much at this point. “By the way, Growly and Xefys said you are planning another dungeon run?” He then decided to change the topic to get out of the uncomfortable situation.

“Yes, that is correct,” Ileena said.

“Nice. When are we going?” Narias wanted to know.

“Sorry Narias, but we are planning to go to the Magic Dungeon without you this time,” Ileena told him.

“What? Without me?” Narias was in shock to hear her say that.

“Yes. We decided that we should go into the dungeon without you sometimes too. Besides, Sorilani and Xefys will be going with us too,” Ileena explained.

“Ok, but…” Narias still didn’t understand her reasoning.

“Yes, partner. Flamiris and I won’t be going either,” Flavia added.

“You two aren’t going? Why?” Narias was puzzled.

“Simple, Growly and Nicky will be going in our places instead,” Flavia explained.

“Well, that makes five and you would need a Guide anyway,” Narias reasoned.

“Yes, but we thought going into the dungeon with someone else will help us gain a different kind of experience. Don’t get me wrong, Narias, I’d love to go to the dungeon together with you, but we need to learn to not depend on you all the time,” Ileena tried to explain why they decided to do that.

“You don’t want to… depend on me?” Narias became confused, as well as, slightly sad.

“I think it’s a great idea,” Belinda suddenly said, making Narias turn to face her.

“What do you mean, Belinda?” Narias wanted to understand.

“I think what Ileena meant is that you constantly going into the dungeon together with them prevents your friends from growing stronger. It also stops everyone from learning new tactics how to fight monsters and kill bosses. Don’t get me wrong, you all grow stronger with each dungeon run, but changing your group’s setup now and then would help all of you learn new things faster. I would also add that you, Narias, should register to escort other groups into the dungeon as well. You are an official Guide after all. Going into the dungeon with different groups would help you learn how other students fight monsters too and you will be able to use that knowledge when you go into the dungeon with your own group next time as well,” Belinda added a thorough explanation from her own perspective.

“Thank you, Miss Salroze,” Ileena was grateful for that.

“I see. Yes, that makes sense. I’m sorry for misunderstanding your reasoning earlier, Ileena,” Narias apologized.

“That’s ok. I’m sorry for not being able to explain it to you better,” Ileena apologized in return.

“Anyway, I believe it is time for me to go now. I have a lot of work to do before Monday comes,” Belinda said, standing up to go.

“Oh, let me accompany you to the campus gates, Belinda,” Narias offered.

“Are you sure?” Belinda asked, clearly not expecting him to offer that.

“Of course. Otherwise our date won’t be complete,” said Narias.

“Oh my,” Belinda smiled, her cheeks catching an excited blush.

“Right, before I leave, Ileena, Flavia, Flamiris, what time do we meet to go to the Scarlet Sunset Hot Springs resort?” Narias wanted to check with his other girlfriend.

“Humph, you’re lucky you remembered to ask,” Flamiris said with a bit of a frown.

“You would want for your date to be full and complete too, wouldn’t you, Flamiris?” Ileena asked, understanding where Narias was coming from.

“Huh? Well, yeah, doh,” Flamiris said, rolling her eyes.

“How about two hours from now?” Flavia suggested. “It should be enough time for all of us to prepare, right?”

“Yes, I agree,” Ileena said.

“Fine and you better not make us wait, you hear me?” Flamiris declared, pointing her finger at Narias.

“Yes, I promise I will be on time or… come earlier,” Narias said, raising his hands up in front of him defensively.

“Humph,” Flamiris pursed her lips before averting her face away.

“Goodbye everyone and make sure to enjoy yourselves later on, no matter what you do,” Belinda wished the girls with a cheeky smile on her face.

“I’ll see you later,” Narias said before following Belinda out of the club building.

“You were quite aggressive there, Flamiris,” Ileena commented after Narias and Belinda were gone.

“Yeah, what’s gotten into you all of a sudden?” Flavia was curious too.

“Nothing. I’m just… jealous, that’s all,” Flamiris admitted.

“Jealous?” Flavia gasped.

“Of course. The two of them had spent the whole night and half a day together. I would want to spend that much time with Narias myself too,” Flamiris explained herself.

“Yes, well. We all would,” Ileena said, adjusting her glasses.

“Hey, we’ll be able to spend the whole night together with Narias too, remember?” Flavia reminded them both.

“Ah, yes. That’s true,” Ileena added.

“Wow, I feel jealous of you all myself now,” Sorilani said suddenly.

“Ah, what? Don’t tell me you have fallen for Narias too, Sorilani?” Flamiris asked her, her question sounding almost like a demand.

“I wouldn’t say so. I think I’m just envious that you all have a boyfriend and I don’t,” Sorilani told the girls with a smile.

“Is… that so?” Ileena commented.

“Having boyfriend is awesome. I wish you find someone soon too, Sorilani,” Flavia wished her, adding a cheerful smile.

“Why thank you, Flavia. I hope I will,” Sorilani chuckled, covering her mouth with one hand.