Chapter 124 - Entertainment

In this way, time quickly passed as, Ethan tried to help her with most of her chores.

"..This should be the last one, right..?"

Saying so, he was about to take the broom before Anya interrupted.

"Ethan-nya! It's almost 9 A.M..."

Her words, brought his eyes to widen as, checking his System's time, he could see it was indeed the case..

Hearing this as well, made Ryuu sigh as she added

"It's fine, I can finish this for myself. You have to go at 9 A.M, right?"

At this question, Ethan replied with a nod as, it was indeed the case, but, he didn't want to make her finish the last few things alone. Seeing that he was troubled to leave, brought Anya immediately come next to him.

"You did your part of the work-nya. There's no need to exaggerate!!"

Saying so, she placed her hands on his back as she lightly pushed him towards the entrance of the Hostess of Fertility to make him understand he had to go..

This action, made him look at Ryuu while the latter just nodded before she added

"Thanks for your help, Hyogumi-san.."

Hearing her calling him by last name again, made him sigh in his mind as, even if it wouldn't have been strange to call him like this normally, the fact she was referring in such a formal way, even though he considered her someone akin a friend, was really awkward for him..

"No need to thank me, I just did my work.."

Saying so, he headed towards the exit as he knew that, right now, he had to focus on his date with Hestia and Lili...

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"He's a good person-nya. I said he had to help you but I never thought he would literally work non-stop just for the fact it was his fault as well-nya"

Saying so, Anya's tail wagged in happiness as, it was really difficult to find someone like Ethan, and this, obviously, made her consideration of him raise as, he was indeed someone she would like to know.

The way she was behaving, made Ryuu sigh as, she could easily understand what she meant by her words, and actions.

"He's the person whom Syr is interested into, so, I will step aside from even thinking about him in that way.."

For Ryuu, Syr was the person who helped her the most, and, this, made her immediately exclude Ethan from the people she would be interested in, even if his qualities and his good actions were something she appreciated, deep in her heart.

But, this feeling, wasn't shared by Anya.

"I can only understand, and say that Syr has indeed good eye for men-nya!"

Saying so, she went to bring the order the chef cooked for the client while Ryuu shook her head as, she knew Anya had no intention to follow her, but, Ryuu knew she wasn't the kind of person who would hinder the relationship between Syr and Ethan in any way...

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After a while that Ethan was waiting for the two to come, he could see the two coming from the distance as he raised his hand to make the two understand he was there.

Approaching him, Ethan saw that both of them were in casual clothes as, he heard Hestia immediately asking him

"..Did you wait for long..?"

Her question, made him think about it as, after checking from the System, he understood that he waited for them only for around a quarter of an hour.

"No, I arrived a few minutes ago as well"

Even though, at first, he just gave the two a glance, Ethan could catch a few important details after looking at the two another time. One of these things, was that Lili's ears and tail, were different from her pallum's appearance..

'I see. she modified her race with [Cinder Ella]'

This thought, made him immediately understand why she did so as, he knew that she didn't want to be recognized by her previous familia.

Deciding to focus on something different, he saw that Hestia's hair, instead of being gathered in two tails, were left loose, and this, for Ethan, was much better. Although he liked Hestia with tails as well, he preferred this version that she had almost never shown...

"..You are both very beautiful today.."

His rather normal comment, brought Lili to nod as, a beautiful smile formed on her face while Hestia gulped. This because, she was really nervous, and, Ethan's comment, only managed to made her more agitated.

Seeing this as well, Ethan sighed as he added

"I know it may sound a little strange, coming from me, but you have to relax, Hestia. I won't do anything to you. We are here to enjoy ourselves, right? Know that after this date, I'll have to work on many things, and this, will make another date be postponed until I will be able to come..I don't want to ruin it with teasing and things like that. Let's just..have fun.."

His words, brought her eyes to widen while Lili, could understand almost immediately the meaning behind his words as, her smile, only grew as her tail started to wag in happiness.

"I see! That means we will have other dates..!!"

The fact she understood what he wanted to say, made Ethan nod as he replied at her smile with one of his own.

Their interaction, made Hestia stare at the two as, the way they interacted, seemed as if it wasn't their first date at all, but, she decided to take Ethan's words to heart as she knew nothing would happen from this date from the start.

"..Then, let's have fun..together"

Her words, made him nod again as he decided to immediately change the topic of the conversation.

"So..where do we go?"

His question, brought Lili to think about it as, she replied

"..Why not going in the shopping area? After that, we can have a rest somewhere to eat.."

Saying so, Lili pointed towards where they would go as Ethan nodded, followed by Hestia as the group quickly decided to go for Lili's idea.

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After an hour or so, the group arrived at the shopping area as, Ethan could see the situation seemed a little off compared to normal.

This was because, the Dungeon situation, didn't hit rather hard only for adventurers. In fact, even if all they seemed to do was enter the dungeon, in reality, they were right at the centre of the economy.

Many high-level adventurers earned enough to be able to afford small houses, only with the daily earnings, and this, obviously influenced the economy a lot, which managed to flow with a monstrous effectiveness compared to all the other countries.

This was the power that Orario had always enjoyed, but, the fact that about 90% of the adventurers were afraid of enter the Dungeon, was bringing negative results to the economy, even if not too excessively, it was still an economic decrease..

"..Let's enter this one"

Saying so, Lili entered a shop as she saw something that interested her while Hestia sighed as she followed her in before Ethan looked at the few clothes that were exposed.

"You should enter as well!"

Hearing this, made him sigh in his mind as she decided to do as he said while the shop assistant glanced at him before saying

"..There's a sofa next to the dressing rooms, you can wait for them there.."

His words, brought Ethan to nod as, he saw that Hestia and Lili were searching between the various clothes that where in the shop.

Seeing Hestia smiling wryly as she found something she wanted to try, Ethan couldn't help but smile a little as, the fact she seemed to be enjoying herself now, even if she was still quite nervous, made him happy...

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After 20 minutes that he was sat on the sofa, Ethan saw as Lili exited from the dressing room as she had a green dress, with 'flowers' drawn on it that covered the whole dress. Although quite simple, it gave her an almost formal look that, even though it seemed a little off for a 'little girl', was still good, as Lili was a pallum.

While he thought about what to say about it, Lili could see he was carefully observing her. This, led her to smile and, instinctively, to pose for him jokingly while asking

"How does this dress look on me, Ethan..?"

Her question, made him look at her as, her playful look, made him chuckle as he replied

"The dress looks good on you, to the point it can enhance your beauty without any visible flaws. The only thing I have to tell you is that I'm not really used to seeing people of your race as I never saw a Pallum before I came in Orario, and this, makes me think the dress sounds too much m.a.t.u.r.e for you, but, other than that, I have nothing else to say.."

His words, brought her eyes to widen as, even though she appreciated the fact he gave her an honest reply, and that he liked how it fit on her, she still felt hit in her pride by his words..

"..Does that mean I should wear children's clothes..?"

Saying so, she looked down while Ethan shook his head.

"I didn't say so. You know--"

Before he was able to continue, he saw that Hestia exited from the dressing room as well as the latter saw that Lili and Ethan were talking as she asked

"..Did something happen?"

Staring at Lili, he immediately answered

"..Yes. Lili is probably misunderstanding my words. As I was saying, I didn't mean you have to wear children's clothes, but that I had to get used to seeing you in these kinds of clothes..that's all.."

Saying so, he approached her before starting to pat her head as, he wanted to focus on Hestia now. Looking at her, Ethan saw that, differently from Lili, Hestia's dress had two different colours. The upper part of her dress, was composed of a light blue colour, with the straps that were very subtle. The lower part instead, was composed of an almost dark green and, as it descended downwards, it went to widen, almost as if it was a skirt...

This vision, enchanted him for a second. This was because, the combination of the dress, plus the fact that she was nervously moving her hands in an attempt to disperse the stress, brought her to a level of beauty that Ethan could not even describe in words, at least for him.

"That dress looks perfect on you. I don't know if it's because of the contrast between the two colours, but, I think you should buy it.."

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(Alternate Titles: "Date: The first part!", "In this chapter, some tail was wagging rather hard..","Anya's interesting in knowing more about Ethan. Ryuu says no, Anya says who cares.")