A week pa.s.sed . A week pa.s.sed . It bears repeating . Romancing with Daniela had made the time fly by really quickly . We lived off of the money I had made from Lord Wyvern, and then the week was over before we knew it . As for specifics, it will be omitted here, as it is private . What I will say, is that Daniela was very cute . That is all .

Well, perhaps a week full of romancing was enough to help Daniela calm down . Because we no longer moved arm in arm all around town, and she no longer refused to leave my room after returning to the inn . We were now used to the reality, I guess . I tended to feel bashful at times, so a little distance made me feel better . I suppose she must have been very lonely all those years by herself . I understood that feeling too, to an extent . Working at night put you in contact with lots of customers, but your interactions were only on the surface . I would smile good-naturedly to complaints and give the answers written in the manual . And I could only bow and apologize to customers who were drunk and angry . Even my interactions with the other workers there were just ‘good morning’ and ‘goodbye . ’ There wasn’t much opportunity to make friends when you woke up at night and slept during the day . Ultimately, what I had met was store robber and that was it . It made me wonder who was really the happier during this past week .

But, just thinking about the happy days ahead of us brought a smile to my face . It made me want to bury my face into the pillow and flail my legs . I consider doing just that, as my buried face smells the scent of her hair . I really couldn’t help how it had an effect on me .

“Hah… . ha…

I would lose myself in that scent . The scent of someone you loved .

And so it also couldn’t be helped that I didn’t notice that I was late in meeting up with Daniela for a trip to the armor store .

I didn’t even realize that the door had opened .

“Ahh, ahh, Daniela…”

“Um…Asagi . ”

“Ah, ahhh…!”

The sudden voice forced me to pull my face out of the pillow . Daniela was standing in front of me with a forced smile .

“Le-let me explain…”

“That is not necessary . I know . I know . ”

“Listen!”

“I will give you ten more minutes…no, you will likely only need five . Meet me in front of the inn in five minutes . ”

“Wait! Daniela!”

I could not persuade her, and Daniela shut the door and left . But what did she mean by five minutes? In any case, I better get dressed and go after her…

I got dressed in five minutes and left the room .

“Hmm, right on time . ”

“Um, Miss Daniela . ”

“Let us go then . ”

Apparently, she was not going to listen to me today, and no matter what subject I brought up on our way to the store, she brushed them aside . Just when I was feeling incredibly defeated, we arrived at the Paw Armor Shop . We went inside and down to the back . We were now very familiar with the place .

“h.e.l.lo . ”

“Ahh, Asagi . It is ready for you . ”

We were led to a room in the farthest back . And there, in a security case, was my lovely set or armor .

“Yes…fantastic . ”

The hooded poncho made of magical fibers from a green wind dragon . The trousers . The waist mantle . The chest armor made of platinum scales and black iron from an ice dragon . The gauntlets . Leg guards . It was a beauty .

“A set worthy of the name ‘Silvergreen’!”

It was true . Ultimately, this set had those very colors in them . Though, it was a complete coincidence .

“Will you try it on here?”

“Of course . ”

And so I borrowed the changing room and put on the new set of armor . The leather armor had served me well for a long time . It was a pre-owned set that had been sold at an armor shop . Leather really was quite durable . It had sentimental value to me, so I decided to keep it in the hollow bag for now . This was part of my origin . Even my old iron sword was kept in there . And though I had lost the tip of the steel sword, I kept the blade and the sheath . I just found it difficult to throw things away .

Now it was done . I opened the curtains and stepped outside . Daniela’s eyes were sparkling, the clerk a.s.sessed me with folded arms, some other female clerk sighed . Who was she?

“I knew it, it is so much better with the waist mantle…”

“Ah, are you from the clothes store then?”

“Oh, yes! And as you can see, I was not wrong with my judgment!”

She gave me a thumbs up . You could tell that she really took her craft seriously . In fact, she must have been incredibly talented, as she had finished this embroidered mantle in one night . It was hardly believable . I remembered that my friend Yasuda had said ‘the difference between professionals and amateurs is speed . ’ Anything could be made well with enough time . It was pros that did it quickly .

“I like it very much . Thank you . ”

“Do not mention it! I just did it because I wanted to . It was nothing!”

What a generous person . I thought, just as Daniela stepped forward . She looked at me hard before nodding with a big smile .

“Very das.h.i.+ng! I am smitten all over again!”

She was nice enough to say . That made me happy . It was a great smile that almost made me forget about the incident this morning . I wanted so bad to hug her then, but I had to control myself . I would be able to do that as much as I wanted come nightfall . Cough-cough .

“Hmm, maybe I’ll do a little questing now . ”

I say, allowing myself to get carried away in the moment . Knowing when to do this was the trick to living while having fun doing it .

“Then I will escort you outside . ”

The male clerk said, and so he went with us to the entrance . On the way, I saw a certain empty case . I was sure it was the case that had contained the AGI x 2 t-s.h.i.+rt .

“Ahh, the s.h.i.+rt you are thinking of was put on auction . And it was a great success . It sold for one thousand gold pieces . ”

Wasn’t a wyvern only about a hundred gold with all materials from it combined? So that’s the equivalent of ten wyverns… You wouldn’t be able to make that kind of money unless you raided a nest of them… It was not a sum I would have any time soon . Well, I wasn’t confident in my ability to use it well, anyway . With the s.h.i.+rt, plus the AGI enhancements from the wind dragon materials, and ‘Legs of the Forest Wolf’ on top of it all, I was sure I could break the sound barrier . But that would likely result in my body exploding in all directions

“Most of it went to the enchanter, but I received some as a commission as well . Indeed, things have been going very well for me of late . I could not be happier . ”

I had a feeling something horrible would happen to him soon, but I wouldn’t mention it . We continued to walk until we were out of the store . Several pa.s.sersby looked at me . It was slightly embarra.s.sing, but I couldn’t exactly hide .

“Thank you for your purchase . It was great doing business with you!”

“It’s I who should thank you . And I’m sure that your store will be even more successful after it is advertised across the land . ”

“Thank you for your purchase . It was great doing business with you!”

“It’s I who should thank you . And I’m sure that your store will be even more successful after it is advertised across the land . ”

“Oh, I do indeed hope so!”

We firmly shook hands and parted . The way that he waved until we had turned the corner reminded me of my grandmother who lived in the countryside .

The city was as lively as ever . Everyone who walked the streets seemed to be smiling and enjoying the peace here . The smells from the street stalls whetted your appet.i.te . You could hear the loud cries from merchants as they competed on the main road . I saw a young boy running with a wooden stick, saying ‘I am Silvergreen!” While another shouted, ‘No, I’m Silvergreen!’ . d.a.m.n it . I was very susceptible to verbal a.s.saults .

“It sure is peaceful here…”

“It is… The city is alive . The food is delicious . And I have you by my side, Asagi . ”

She wrapped herself tightly around my arm . She seemed very happy as she then leaned her head against my shoulder . While she had calmed down now, she would sometimes almost convulsively cling to me . I could feel eyes being drawn towards us, but it couldn’t be helped . She was so adorable . There was a lot I would forgive .

“Peace is good Asagi, but I wish to go on an adventure . ”

“Haha . Right . We are Adventurers, after all . ”

She declares, then tangles herself in me even further . It was an almost impossible feat to remove yourself from those plant-like arms . I could not do it .

Walking the streets with Daniela was always fun, regardless of where we were . Even when we were headed for the Adventurer’s Guild, it was at least fun until we reached it . The closer we got, the more Adventurers appeared around us, and their stares sometimes felt like daggers . But I couldn’t be bothered by them . And so we entered the guild . And then the most dangerous stare of the day caught me .

“Asagi, it has been a while . ”

Fiona stood with her hands on her hips . Her face had the biggest smile, but it did little to hide the blue veins that were popping out of her forehead .