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"Why are you looking at me like that?" Upon leaving the Twilight Pavilion, Ryuu looked at Aston in disbelief, which made Aston feel slightly uncomfortable.
"This is the first time I've seen something that can change a god's body." Ryuu said bluntly.
"I didn't expect it either. I didn't have high hopes." Aston shrugged and replied calmly.
To be honest, Aston had been confident at first, but under Hestia's words, Aston's confidence in his potion was shaken. Even if Ryuu succeeded, Aston was not 100% sure, not even by one level.
I came here this time just like Ryuu said before, with the intention of focusing on Tiona, Loki was just there by the way.
Unexpectedly, it actually worked.
As soon as Aston said this, Ryuu stopped talking and remained silent.
Just at that moment, Ryuu had a thought.
"If it were you, it would be easy for people to accept it." Even though Aston kept insisting that the potion was made by Miach, Ryuu had a hunch in her heart that it was made by Aston himself.
After all, Aston is so mysterious.
After that, they continued chatting.
Most of the time, Aston hinted at how Ryuu knew about his existence.
Even though Ryuu didn't say it explicitly, Aston could feel that Ryuu had no bad intentions towards him and even seemed to see him as a hope.
Aston really wanted to know what was going on.
But no matter how much Aston inquired, Ryuu remained silent.
Out of desperation, Aston had no choice but to give up the idea of inquiring further.
At an intersection, the two separated.
Ryuu returned to the Hostess of Fertility while Aston hurried to the Abandoned Church.
Since he came back too early, Hestia wasn't in the Abandoned Church now.
However, Aston guessed that Hestia should be on her way to buy medicinal seeds by now.
Hestia was not at the house, nor was Aston. He just came back and left the Familia again.
Aston wanted to exchange the remaining magic stones.
Yesterday, because of Eina's presence, I didn't exchange them at the exchange counter, but asked Eina to exchange them.
Even if Eina is there today, Aston will exchange it directly.
I didn't exchange it before because I was afraid that Eina would know I was going to the Middle Floors and be lectured by her.
But now I have a good excuse for it.
If you have a big boss to take care of you, it's no problem.
Although this big boss (Ryuu) can't say it herself, but she's a big boss too, and Eina can't say anything.
But this time, Aston was thinking too much, Eina was not in the forefront, she was busy with other things in the background.
Therefore, Aston didn't call Eina specifically, and came to the exchange counter with a large bag of magic stones.
Since it was past three in the afternoon, there weren't many people in the guild except for the guild staff. There were very few adventurers, and there was not a single adventurer at the exchange counter, so Aston started the exchange right away.
Without hesitation, Aston handed over such a large bag of Valis and the clerk exchanged it for him in a businesslike manner.
The exchange clerk had obviously seen the world.
Soon, the guild staff completed the count, then took out valis of the same value and placed them in front of Aston.
"Thank you." Aston thanked him and left with the valis.
What Aston didn't know was that Eina, the half-elf, was very popular in the guild. She was almost the favorite of the guild, and the guild employee who had just exchanged Valis for Aston was an old fan.
As soon as Aston left the guild, the guild member told Eina that the Valis Aston had exchanged only dropped in the Middle Floors.
Eina was writing a document at the time. After hearing the news, she was obviously stunned. Immediately, Eina rushed out without hesitation.
In a few steps, she arrived behind Aston, who had just left the guild, and grabbed him by the collar.
"Aston, you idiot!!!"
The roar stunned Aston slightly, who let out a silly expression of confusion.
"Huh?"
...
"Fuck, that bastard." Inside the guild, in a small booth in the reception room, Aston obediently listened to Eina's lecture and secretly cursed the guild employee who had exchanged valis for him.
Eina chattered on for half an hour, giving various reminders and bringing up a large number of tragedies caused by adventurers' reckless behavior to warn Aston not to act recklessly.
Eina was really scared. The floors below the middle floor were where the magic stone appeared. Those above the middle floor could only be called magic stone fragments.
And Aston actually took out a magic stones worth 400,000, which means that Aston had already been to the Middle Floors.
Even though Aston returned safely and brought back so many magic stones, Eina was still afraid.
After preaching for half an hour, Eina stopped because her mouth was dry.
Once she stopped, however, she realized that she had overreacted.
Despite being Aston's new advisor, she shouldn't have reacted like this.
Thinking about it, Eina lowered her head and apologized sheepishly: "Sorry, I was too excited."
"But thinking about the possibility that you might die in the end, I can't help it."
"There's nothing to be sorry for."
"Miss Eina is doing this for my own good."
"But Miss Eina, I told you before, I will not joke with my life."
"This time, I only entered this intermediate floor because someone brought me along. She is a first-class adventurer." Aston said with a smile, telling a lie that was neither sincere nor serious.
In front of Hestia, Aston can't lie, so he'll just say that he can't tell anything.
But in front of Eina, he can. Aston feels no guilt for such a white lie.
"Eh? A first-class adventurer is taking you with her!!!" Having heard this, the recently calmed Eina was shocked.
"Uh-huh."
"But I can't say her name." Sorry, Ryuu, it's up to you to handle this responsibility. Starting tomorrow, others will help you bear it.
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