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Aston was slightly surprised upon meeting the Loki Familia's First-Class Adventurer group on the 17th Floor.
However, thinking about it for a moment, it was no longer surprising. It was absolutely normal.
The expeditions of the Loki Familia are about once every two months.
The time he is currently in is four months before the beginning of the plot. At that time, it'll probably be the end of the next expedition of the Loki Familia.
On the way back from the Loki Familia expedition, Bell happened to join the Hestia Familia, and the plot officially started at that time.
However, despite meeting Finn and others, Aston has no intention of contacting them now.
Although he wanted to entrust them to go to the Lower Floors with him or fight monsters in the Deep Floors, he had not discussed this matter with Hestia, so he couldn't decide casually.
After all, she is the Hestia Familia's Goddess.
Moreover, this matter is not rushed at this moment.
Using Divine Speed, Aston rushed back to the city at around five pm.
Aston, who returned to Orario, went to the guild to exchange valis as usual.
However, this time Aston did not exchange all the valis.
Because he happened to meet Eina upon entering the guild.
If Eina was busy with other work inside like yesterday, then Aston would go to the exchange window directly.
Today, most of his activities were on the Middle Floors, in other words, most of the income is dropped by lv.2 monsters.
The magic stones of the Fire-Breathing Demon and the Unicorn rabbit are okay, they are still in the size of small magic stone, but the magic stones dropped by lv.2 monsters are already half the size of a fist, which is a very clear dividing line. If you look at it, you will know that this is the magic stone of a lv.2 monster.
Although he had demonstrated his fighting skills in front of Eina before made her very reassured about him, he had to deal with level 2 monsters as soon as he became an adventurer. Once Eina knew about this, he will definitely get the same treatment as Bell, being lectured by Eina.
Although this kind of thing is something Eina would do if she cares about you, Aston still doesn't want to be lectured if possible.
"It's amazing, it doubled tenfold."
"Aston, did you go to a deeper floor today?" After counting the magic stone fragments Aston handed over, Eina looked very surprised once she got the number. As she spoke, she observed Aston's body carefully.
"Don't worry, Miss Eina, I'm not injured."
"The Upper Floors can't hurt me yet." Aston naturally knew why Eina was observing him, so he assured her.
However, Eina ignored Aston's assurance and looked his whole body slowly. After confirming that Aston's clothes and armor were only slightly damaged, Eina felt relieved.
In this case, it really doesn't look like the injury is serious, so she can rest assured.
"You are really amazing."
"The harvest has increased so much in just one day. You must have tried your best on today's adventure."
"Don't think I'm nagging you. When venturing in a dungeon, you still have to leave room for various emergencies." Eina didn't look at Aston and began to prepare valis for Aston while chatting.
"Ah, don't worry, I only have one life, and I won't mess with it."
"You saw it the day before yesterday. After there was a problem with the weapon, I came back as soon as possible." Aston responded with a smile.
"Speaking of this, your weapons and armor are quite beautiful. Can you afford this level of armor with your harvest in the past two days?" Eina put enough valis into a bag and left it on the counter. Her eyes fell on Aston again, on Aston's armor and knight's sword, as well as the Excalibur and Avalon, then asked curiously.
"Ah, this, Hestia obtained it from Hephaestus-sama."
"Hestia-sama said it was Hephaestus-sama who promised her that she would provide her with assistance after forming a Familia."
"After my weapons were scrapped the day before yesterday, Hestia went to Hephaestus and asked for a set of weapons."
"Today is the first time I put it on. What do you think? It looks cool." After hearing this, Aston explained and went around asking Eina for her opinion.
"Ah, you're very handsome. This set of armor feels very noble on you, just like a noble knight." Eina was stunned for a moment, her cheeks turned slightly red, then replied calmly.
Aston's current appearance was really to her liking.
He is young, of the same race, handsome, and has a gentle personality. He can easily make people feel protective, which is completely in line with her preferences.
Moreover, wearing such a gorgeous set of armor today gave off a noble temperament, which added a lot of points.
"No, no, Eina, Aston is like you little brother, you can't mess around." Startled by the thoughts coming her mind, Eina quickly shook her head and cleared out the thoughts in her mind. Get rid of.
"What's wrong, Miss Eina?" Looking at Eina who suddenly threw her head up, Aston tilted his head, with question marks on his face.
"Ah, it's nothing, it's nothing, I wasn't thinking about the age issue at al." After being asked by Aston, Eina realized what she had just done and said quickly.
However, as soon as the words were spoken, Eina was stunned. The next moment, Eina's face turned red visibly.
"It's okay."
"In that case, it's time for me to go, Miss Eina, see you next time." Seeing Eina's change, Aston looked strange, but did not explore too much, just nodded gently and picked up valis, saying goodbye.
"Well, goodbye." Eina waved her hand and replied.
Aston also waved his hand, turned around and walked outside.
"Oh, why would I have that thought?" It wasn't until Aston's figure completely left her sight that Eina slowly put down her hand and sighed.
"What are you thinking?" At this moment, a figure suddenly rang in her elf ears, startling her.
"Ah! Misha, you scared me to death!!!"
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