บท 131: Put Your Clothes On Now!

Chapter 131 - Put Your Clothes On Now!

The next morning, in the central courtyard of Twilight Manor.

Whoosh—! Whoosh—!

The sound of the wind echoed through the empty courtyard.

It was early, and the sun had not yet fully risen.

Apart from Luke and Ais, there were no other figures in the central courtyard of the family residence.

The flash of swords passed by as the two engaged in their daily swordsmanship practice.

Morning training had been Luke's habit for a long time.

Ais discovered him practicing alone one morning, and since then, their daily morning training had changed from one person to two.

It wasn't requested by anyone, but rather a means to further hone their swordsmanship.

From the start of that day to today, Ais had never missed a morning practice with Luke whenever they were at the Familia residence.

Luke also occasionally pointed out issues with Ais's swordsmanship.

In truth, for adventurers who benefited from Falna, this kind of study and training of skills could not be compared to leveling up by killing monsters.

Simply entering the dungeon and defeating some monsters would easily surpass the results of training in terms of skill improvement.

Despite this, Luke never slackened in the process of honing his sword skills.

On the lawn in the central courtyard, Ais corrected her own sword-swinging stances by observing Luke's movements.

Luke also corrected Ais's mistakes from time to time due to the differences in their body structure and their preferred choices of weapon.

"That's enough for today."

Looking at the gradually rising sun, Luke sheathed his sword after swinging it one last time.

He turned to Ais and said, "Let's go, time for a bath, breakfast is almost ready."

"Mm."

Ais nodded, sheathed her short sword, and followed Luke back inside the tower.

Since Loki canceled individual bathrooms in favor of using a large bathhouse, bathing had become far less convenient than before.

The design with only one bathhouse required Familia members to strictly adhere to the scheduled times for men and women.

At first, this change made everyone uncomfortable and even led to many jokes.

But after such a long time, everyone had mostly gotten used to it.

After Ais and Luke had finished bathing separately and rested for a while, they headed to the Familia's large dining hall together.

"Yo, you two are as early as ever."

Entering the dining hall, Finn was already there before them.

"Did you also do your morning practice today?"

"Mm, just finished."

Luke nodded to Finn.

It must be said, the dining hall, a new facility, was really very convenient.

At this time, several members responsible for preparing breakfast were busy in the kitchen area.

Although the food they prepared was not as delicious as what Luke, Raul, and Aki had eaten at 'Hostess Of Fertility' the night before, it was still pretty good compared to other places.

Members of Loki Familia came from all over the continent, and some who were skilled in cooking took turns preparing the meals.

Having the chance to taste different flavors from various parts of the world was one of the joys of this dining hall.

It's just that occasionally 'certain people's' whimsical 'masterpieces' mixed in could be a bit worrying.

"By the way, Luke, someone from the Astraea Familia came looking for you last night."

"You were out with Raul and Aki yesterday, so you might need to give them a visit today."

"They mentioned something about the loot from the dungeon; they need you to confirm it in person."

Luke, who had just found a place to sit down, greeted the now somewhat familiar Raul and Aki.

Then he heard what Finn had to say.

"The Astraea Familia? Was it Alise who came?"

After nodding to Finn to acknowledge that he understood, Luke casually asked.

"No, it was an elf girl named Ryuu Lion."

"She originally came with a backpack, but she took it back when she learned you were not present."

"It seems like she wanted to personally give it to you."

"...She actually took it back? That's too rigid."

Hearing Finn's description, Luke was somewhat speechless.

Should he say as expected of an elf? They're too serious.

"Also, if possible, try to come back early when you go to Astraea Familia."

"There's another matter that needs your attention."

"It's about the Vidar Familia.."

...

After breakfast.

Concerned about the news regarding the Vidar Familia that Finn mentioned, and a bit worried about Bete, Luke decided to go early and return early.

He immediately set off for the Astraea Familia residence, 'Stardust Garden.'

The Astraea Familia had only eleven members, so the residence was not too big.

Of course, that was compared to Loki Familia's current residence, Twilight Manor.

Being able to accommodate twelve people, including goddess Astraea herself, Stardust Garden was already quite large as a building.

"Ah, Luke, you're here, come on in."

Alise didn't make Luke wait too long after knocking. She opened the door and led Luke inside.

"You're quite early."

"Did you have breakfast? It's a pity, if you had come a bit earlier, you could have had breakfast with us."

"Do you need me to prepare some snacks?"

"Ah, no need, I've already had breakfast."

Luke declined Alise's kind offer since he had already eaten before.

Even if he hadn't, he would have felt awkward mooching off someone else's Familia, especially since this was only their second meeting.

But judging by Alise's behavior, after their joint operation in the dungeon, she seemed to completely consider Luke as one of their own.

Perhaps, as the captain of the Familia established by a righteous goddess, Astraea, she recognized Luke's righteous and heroic actions in the dungeon.

Entering Stardust Garden, Luke immediately heard two members of Astraea Familia arguing.

"Kaguya! Put your clothes on now!"

Ryuu was yelling at Kaguya, who was only in her underwear.

"Why should I listen to you, stupid elf~"

Kaguya's response truly infuriated the elf girl.

"Don't talk to me in that pretentious tone! Didn't you hear someone knocking? We have a guest, put your clothes back on now!"

Ryuu couldn't believe Kaguya could act so shamelessly when there's a guest coming in.

If it were her, she would feel embarrassed even in front of her own Familia members, let alone a guest.

"Hmph, I don't want to."

"It's so hot and you want me to wear so much clothing, are you insane?"

"It's just a visitor, a look won't take a piece off me."

However, Kaguya didn't care about Ryuu's feelings at all and went about her own business.

"You, you, do you have no sense of shame at all!"

Ryuu was about to explode in rage. As a member of the chaste and dignified elf race, she couldn't accept Kaguya's shameless behavior.

"Be it you or the leader of Hephaestus Familia, are all women from the Far East like this!?"

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