Lucas returned back to the elven city on the correct day. The gates had just opened, so the streets were mostly empty.
There was no way that Lucas would want to experience that crowd of people again, so he quickly made his way back to the open market.
They had lost a lot of supplies when the ape beast attacked, so Lucas wanted to stock up on the basics.
If the weather was already this cold, then they would need to make sure they could travel even in the snow. It would also help to have a few extra towels and such because they dried so slowly in cold weather.
This wouldn't pose a problem for him, as he was used to those conditions. However, he did worry about Eva and whether or not she could handle such harsh conditions.
So he bought up cloth, processed furs, and other such items to make travel in the winter easier. He stopped at a counter that held different types of hair cleansers.
