“Hello all,” Narias greeted everyone.
“Hi,” Growly was with him as well.
“Yo’ partner. Hey Growly,” Flavia was happy to see him.
“Hello to you both. How did it go?” Ileena wanted to know.
“We’ve managed to register our group for the dungeon run, but…” Narias rubbed the back of his head.
“But what, partner?” Flavia was curious.
“The date is Monday next week,” he told them.
“Wow, next week?” Nicky was surprised.
“That’s… unexpected,” Ileena commented, being surprised about it as well.
“Why is that, Ileena?” Emilia wondered.
“I was surprised they didn’t give us an earlier date,” Ileena said.
“That’s the thing. Monday was the earliest available day,” Narias explained.
“Really? I wonder why?” Ileena couldn’t believe it.
“Apparently, there were three other exploration groups registered already. That’s why all the days for this week were booked,” Narias told her.
“Three other exploration groups?” Ileena looked at him, eyes full of surprise.
“Wow, that’s unexpected,” Nicky added.
“Oh, well. That just means we will have more time to prepare,” Ileena finally let it go.
“Definitely. Let’s go all out. I’m feeling pumped today. I’ll train till I drop all week and then we’ll go defeat the Fanged Whitemane Wolf on Monday,” Flavia was on fire.
“About that, we’ll be doing Game of Tag training today, Flavia,” Narias announced with a smile.
“Game of Tag? Bring it on, partner,” his bunny girlfriend was looking forward to it.
“But it will be Growly and I against you. And you’ll be the one we’ll try to tag,” he explained.
“Wha… The two of you against me? But…” Suddenly, Flavia’s confidence was cut in half.
“You want us to go beat the Fanged Whitemane Wolf again, right?” Narias had an unusual, intimidating smile on his face.
“S… sure. Bring it on, partner. I… I’ll take all of you on,” Flavia tried to put on an act.
“Really? Maybe Ileena or Emilia would like to join us as well. Three versus one sounds like fun,” Narias added in a serious, thoughtful tone.
“Eek…” Flavia became really worried this time.
“I’m sure Narias was joking. Two versus one will be hard enough as it is. Emilia, would you like to train together with me today?” Ileena asked.
“Yes. I’d love to,” Emilia answered.
“Am I being left by myself today?” Nicky commented half-jokingly.
“Vivia should be here soon. You can train together with her,” Ileena told her.
“Of course,” Nicky probably knew that.
The weekdays were passing by slowly, with the Magic Research club members training their hardest every day, including Saturday. Narias delivered on his promise when he said Flavia will be doing Game of Tag training for a whole week. If it wasn’t him and Growly, it were some other two club members versus the energetic half beast bunny girl. Energetic until Saturday, that is, because at the end of week’s training, Flavia could barely stand on her feet.
“Oof… Huff… I… I can still go on,” Flavia managed to pick herself up one more time.
“You can barely stand, Flavia. I think that’s enough for the day,” Ileena adjusted her glasses, not feeling tired at all.
“Hey, I… Woah,” Flavia fell on the ground on her bum. “Yikes…”
“Besides, we will need to have some proper rest before going into the dungeon on Monday. So, no training tomorrow,” the club’s manager said.
“Right, phew. I’d love to have some rest,” Nicky was happy to hear it.
“I must say, you take your training very seriously,” Vivia, who wasn’t as tired as Flavia or Nicky was, was still glad there won’t be any training tomorrow.
“You’ve done quite well, Vivia. Your magic is really strong,” Ileena commented.
“Why thank you, Ileena. But I’m afraid I’m still no match for you or Miss Emilia,” Vivia was being humble about it.
“Ok, time to hit the bath. Narias and Growly should be done by now,” said Ileena.
“Hey, maybe they’re still in the gym,” Flavia was feeling hopeful.
“They said… they’ll finish early today,” Ileena adjusted her glasses, catching a mild blush on her face too.
“Hah, let’s not waste the time then,” Flavia sprung to her feet, forgetting about her sore muscles.
“Guess Flavia wasn’t as tired as she looked,” Nicky chuckled, seeing her rush towards the club’s building.
“Sigh…” Ileena simply shook her head. All other girls walked back to the club as well.
“Hey, Oh, you’re… already done. Bummer…” Flavia frowned, seeing Narias and Growly sitting at one of the main room’s tables studying.
“Oh, hi Flavia. Are you done with your training?” Narias lifted his eyes from the book he was reading.
“Yes. It was… really intense. I can barely walk,” Flavia suddenly remembered she was tired.
“And yet you were the first to come back, Flavia,” Nicky commented behind her.
“Well, I wanted to…” Flavia was poking her fingers at each other, her face flushing.
“Come on, let’s go get ourselves washed. Unless you’d like to smell like dirt and sweat, Flavia,” Ileena teased her.
“Hey,” Flavia threw a cute frown at her, which made the other girls chuckle as well.
“By the way, the workers were here a moment ago. Apparently, the kitchen renovation works have been completed yesterday. They came to pick up the rest of their tools and such,” Narias told the girls.
“Wow, really? Have you seen the kitchen yet, partner?” The news got Flavia excited.
“Ah, no. The workers showed up when we were working out, but then we went to wash ourselves and I sort of forgot,” he admitted.
“Is the kitchen open, Narias?” Ileena asked.
“I think so,” he said.
“Let’s see how it… Whoahhh, look at that,” Flavia gasped as soon as she opened the doors to the kitchen.
“Wow, amazing,” Nicky was impressed.
“What a nice kitchen,” Emilia commented.
“Your club must be the first one to have a kitchen,” added Vivia.
“You mean, our club, Vivia?” Ileena pointed out.
“That’s right. Sorry, I don’t know why I said it that way,” Vivia said with a smile.
“Nice, it is a big kitchen. And they got us a new table and chairs as well,” Narias came in to check it out as well.
“Cool,” was all Growly said.
“Hey, let’s cook some food,” Flavia was ready to go.
“What will you cook, Flavia?” Ileena asked in a somewhat sarcastic manner.
“What do you mean ‘what’? I’ll cook…” Flavia was about to tell her, but then had to stop and think. She grinned wide, throwing one of her hands behind her head. “Aah… I’ll have to… buy some ingredients first.”
“We need some pots for that as well,” Ileena pointed out the obvious.
“And some plates and cutlery too,” Nicky added with a chuckle.
“We’ll just go and buy some,” Flavia saw no problem with that.
“It will be evening soon. By the time we get everything it will be so late. Besides, I still need to take a bath,” Ileena knew she wasn’t the only one who needed to take a bath, of course.
“No fun,” Flavia became slightly upset.
“Hey, tomorrow is our rest day. So, how about we do that tomorrow? You know, cook some food, eat and relax? We could also review the information about the monsters inside the Magic Dungeon. As well as, go over our strategies, check what supplies we need and so on?” Narias suggested.
“That’s a great idea, partner,” Flavia was instantly in favor for it.
“Sounds like fun,” Nicky clapped her hands excitedly.
“That would be lovely,” Emilia agreed.
“That is… a very reasonable idea. Reviewing and planning for our dungeon exploration, that is,” Ileena tried to make it sound the fun part was less important to her.
“How exciting. I’m not much of a cook, but I’ll do my best,” Vivia joined in.
“Can I cook too?” Growly was probably thinking about his favorite food.
“Of course. We’ll show em’ how it’s done, Growly,” Flavia grinned wide.
“Ok, have fun. I’ll go take a bath,” Ileena turned to go.
“Oh, right. I need to take a bath as well,” Nicky commented with a chuckle.
“I’ll go too,” Emilia left the kitchen after.
“If you excuse me,” with Vivia following the girls.
“Hey, don’t leave me behind,” Flavia felt she was being left out.
Hah. Narias chuckled to himself. But wow, they definitely did an amazing work here. This kitchen could fit a lot of people in. Miss Sweetbell was certainly generous to have it renovated to such high standards. I’ll have to thank her the next time I see her.
Sunday was filled with a lot of fun for the Magic Research student club members. The kitchen needed to be filled with pots, plates, cutlery and the like. But since everyone was short on money, they had to improvise. As such, somebody brought a pot from their dorm room, somebody brought some plates, another one brought some cutlery and so on. In the end, they had almost everything they needed to cook and serve the food in without spending too much money on it. They also had to buy supplies to take with them to the Magic Dungeon on Monday, and that’s where most of their money went into.
“Alright, let’s start cooking,” Flavia was eager to start after placing the bags with the food ingredients on the kitchen table.
“I’ll prepare the meat,” Growly offered.
“Sure. I’ll ready the pot and the pan. We’ll have some stir fried meat with veggies and mushroom sauce today,” Flavia already knew what she wanted to cook.
“Can I help?” Nicky asked.
“Sure. How about you wash and peel the veggies, Nicky?” Flavia told her.
“Ok,” she smiled.
“What about me?” Vivia wanted to help as well.
“Right, we need to fill the pot with water and put it to boil,” Flavia was dishing out instructions.
“I don’t have too much experience cooking, but… I’d like to help as well,” Emilia approached them.
“Yes, I’d like to help too,” Ileena was there as well.
“Oh, wow. It might get too crowded,” Flavia suddenly realized there might not be enough space for all of them. “I know. How about you two get the table ready?”
“Right, ok,” Ileena agreed.
Sigh… I kinda feel useless here. Narias didn’t want to interfere, but at the same time, was feeling guilty he wasn’t doing anything.
The kitchen was bustling with action. Flavia and Growly were the ones doing the cooking, but everyone helped with something as well. Well, almost everyone. There was on person who, even when he asked if he could help with something, was told there was nothing for him to do. So, being a good boy as he was, Narias picked up a book to read, so he wouldn’t get in the way at the very least. The food was ready sooner than everyone thought, or so it seemed due to everyone being involved.
“Oh, wow. So good,” Nicky exclaimed after putting the first bite in her mouth.
“Right?” Flavia grinned, feeling happy about the compliment.
“The meat is so tender and has such deep, delicious taste,” Emilia touched her cheek with one hand, enjoying the taste.
“I like meat,” Growly commented, probably being happy to hear Emilia’s compliment as well, because he was the one who cooked the meat.
“The mushroom sauce has such rich flavour too. I’ve never tasted anything like it before,” admitted Vivia.
“Yes. And the vegetables are soft, but not saggy at all,” Ileena had another bite.
“Thank you for such a delicious meal,” Narias could add nothing else but express his thanks.
“You’re welcome, partner,” Flavia was happy to hear it.
“Big kitchen is good,” Growly was happy as well.
“Who could’ve thought?” Nicky laughed.
“Yes, it’s… very nice,” Ileena got the hint.
The food was so good, everyone wanted seconds. Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough for everyone to have seconds. But nobody complained. After the food was eaten and the dishes were done, the students sat down to discuss their plan what they want to achieve when they go to the Magic Dungeon tomorrow.
The main goal was exploration and treasure hunting. Obviously, if they were to beat the Fanged Whitemane Wolf, it could drop better loot and they could sell it for more money. But that wasn’t the main goal right now. But the Centurian Conquerors team, they agreed to keep the same team’s name, weren’t planning to go down to the second floor of the Magic Dungeon just yet. With some discussion among themselves, they decided that exploring the dungeon looking for treasure might yield them more loot than simply going for the dungeon boss monster. Besides, after the Magic Dungeon Reset Cycle completes the layout of the dungeon might change too, which meant going the same path they went last time might not lead them to the boss monster’s lair.
“Ok, I think that’s all,” Ileena finished the meeting.
“Aargh… I can’t wait to go to the dungeon again,” Flavia couldn’t sit still.
“Make sure you get a proper rest tomorrow, Flavia,” Ileena reminded her.
“Yes, I know. Jeez…” the bunny girl frowned.
“I think I’ll go to bed early today,” said Narias.
“That’s right, don’t forget to put on your Whitemane Leather Armor tomorrow, partner,” Flavia’s eyes sparkled.
“Ah, yeah,” Narias smiled.
“Whitemane Leather Armor?” Vivia had a curious expression on her face.
“It’s a leather armor made from the Fanged Whitemane Wolf’s Fur. Narias looks really hot in it,” Flavia explained.
“Flavia…” Ileena commented with a blush.
“Ah… hah…” Narias tried to laugh off his embarrassment. “I guess… I’ll be going now.”
“Ok, goodnight, Narias,” Ileena was the first one to kiss him.
“I’ll see you tomorrow, partner,” Flavia was next.
“Goodbye, Narias,” and Emilia left her frosty glimmer on Narias’s lips as usual.
This is… Sigh… I still can’t get used to it. Narias was burning from inside.
“Wow…” Vivia gasped.
“You’ll have to stand in line, Vivia,” Nicky whispered to her with a chuckle.
“Ah… No, no. I… think I’m fine,” Vivia said, adding an awkward smile.
“Bye,” Growly wished everyone goodnight as well.
“Bye, Growly,” Nicky waved.
Everyone left the Magic Research student club to have a well needed rest.
{the next day}
“Good morning, Growly,” Narias greeted his friend as soon as he stepped out of his dorm building.
“Hi. Looks good,” Growly complimented Narias.
“Ah, thanks,” Narias was wearing the Whitemane Leather Armor on top of his normal clothes. “Shall we go?”
“Yes,” Growly agreed.
The group’s guide was Ranga Dreknor this time and they were to meet him at the academy’s arena where they’d usually have a class with him. But since they were going to the Magic Dungeon, Narias’s class will have a joint training with another class, supervised by another teacher.
Huh? Why do I feel like everyone is staring at me? Narias felt intense stares the instant he stepped inside the arena.
There was a good reason for it. After all, it was the first time other students saw him wear the Whitemane Leather Armor. And it definitely stood out.
“No way! Where did you get that, buddy?” Stefan was very loud.
“Ahh… Hi Stefan. That’s just a Whitemane Leather Armor,” Narias tried to sound casual.
“What do you mean just? This looks awesome. Where can I get one?” Stefan wanted to know.
“Well… it was made from the Fanged Whitemane Wolf’s Fur, which was dropped by the boss monster inside the Magic Dungeon,” Narias explained.
“Cool. I want one as well,” Stefan’s eyes were almost glued inspecting the armor Narias was wearing.
Good luck…I guess. Narias rubbed the back of his head.
“Hey, look. That’s the armor made from the Fanged Whitemane Wolf’s Fur. Wow, looks amazing. He got it from the Magic Dungeon? Maybe I should go explore the dungeon as well?” All these and similar comments were heard from the other students gathered at the arena who, for better or worse, were gathering around Narias to catch a closer glimpse of how the armor looked.
“Yo’ Growly, how’s it going?” Flavia greeted the furry bear boy.
“Hi,” Growly greeted her back.
“Hi Growly,” Nicky showed up as well.
“Say, where’s Narias?” Flavia was looking around.
“There,” Growly pointed with his finger at a crowd of students.
“Huh? Where?” The bunny girl couldn’t see her boyfriend.
“Inside the crowd,” Growly explained.
“Whaaat?!” Flavia exclaimed.
“As loud as ever I see. Good morning,” Ileena greeted everyone.
“Hi Ileena,” Nicky greeted her.
“Hello all,” Vivia showed up next.
“Good morning, everyone,” with Emilia arriving soon after.
“What’s with the huge crowd over there?” Ileena wanted to know.
“Apparently Narias is becoming popular,” Nicky said half-jokingly.
“What?!” Ileena gasped.
“Heh, who’s loud now?” Flavia crossed her arms, throwing a stare at Ileena.
“Ahem…” Ileena pretended like it wasn’t a big deal.
“Alright, gather up!” Suddenly, a loud voice echoed through the arena, catching the attention of everyone present. The students quickly rushed to gather next to the big black tiger-looking teacher. “The class is about to start, so here’s what you’ll be doing today.”
Instructor Dreknor went to explain that they’ll have a joint class with Estella Alifur today since he is about to leave for the Magic Dungeon exploration. He made sure to tell the students not to slack of or else he’ll have them do double the training when he gets back. Everyone knew he was dead serious about it.
“That’s all. Estella Alifur and her class will be here any minute. Go do some warmup in the meantime,” Ranga instructed.
“Yes, sir,” the class responded.
“Hello little hatchlings. Oh, looking good, grrr,” Ranga threw a glance at Narias when he came to say hello to the group he will be escorting to the dungeon.
“Hello Instructor Dreknor,” Narias greeted the teacher.
“Yo’ coach,” Flavia was happy to see him.
The rest of the students greeted the teacher as well.
“I see you are well prepared. Hah, I made sure to bring enough food to last me for two days at the very least,” Ranga grinned, showing off his big, sharp teeth.
“We’re not planning to stay in the dungeon for that long, sir,” Ileena commented before adjusting her glasses.
“Ahahaha,” which made Instructor Dreknor laugh. “Well, just to make sure.”
“It shouldn’t take us that long to reach the Fanged Whitemane Wolf’s lair,” Flavia was still set on beating the boss monster on the first floor.
“We shall see,” Ranga smirked. “Oh, Estella is here. I’ll go say hello and then we can move out.”
“Ok, sir,” said Ileena.
“Hey, everything ok?” Ranga asked after meeting up with Estella.
“Yeah. Say, that’s a big bag,” she instantly commented about his backpack.
“I’m a big boy you know, grrr…” Ranga grinned somewhat cheekily.
“Tch… you planning a week’s trip or something?” Estella waved with her hand, throwing a quick smirk too.
“Hah. I’m not gonna risk getting hungry going with them,” he responded.
“Yeah, they sure look prepared. Huh? Wait, is that?” Estella’s eyes got fixated on a student wearing a magic armor.
“You noticed, eh? Whitemane Leather Armor. Looks good on him, doesn’t it?” Ranga rubbed his chin with one hand.
“Looks… ok, I guess,” Estella averted her eyes to the side.
“Eh? What’s with the look?” the big tiger teacher raised an eyebrow.
“Nothing. Isn’t it the time for you to go?” The cat woman teacher turned her back to him.
“Huh? It is… it is indeed. Grrr,” Ranga grinned to himself, noticing something curious. But Estella was right, it was time to go. “Well, have fun. Don’t run them to the ground, they still have classes after this one.”
“Hah, I’ll be the one to decide on that,” Estella commented with a smirk to which Ranga simply laughed.
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“Hello all,” Narias greeted everyone.
“Hi,” Growly was with him as well.
“Yo’ partner. Hey Growly,” Flavia was happy to see him.
“Hello to you both. How did it go?” Ileena wanted to know.
“We’ve managed to register our group for the dungeon run, but…” Narias rubbed the back of his head.
“But what, partner?” Flavia was curious.
“The date is Monday next week,” he told them.
“Wow, next week?” Nicky was surprised.
“That’s… unexpected,” Ileena commented, being surprised about it as well.
“Why is that, Ileena?” Emilia wondered.
“I was surprised they didn’t give us an earlier date,” Ileena said.
“That’s the thing. Monday was the earliest available day,” Narias explained.
“Really? I wonder why?” Ileena couldn’t believe it.
“Apparently, there were three other exploration groups registered already. That’s why all the days for this week were booked,” Narias told her.
“Three other exploration groups?” Ileena looked at him, eyes full of surprise.
“Wow, that’s unexpected,” Nicky added.
“Oh, well. That just means we will have more time to prepare,” Ileena finally let it go.
“Definitely. Let’s go all out. I’m feeling pumped today. I’ll train till I drop all week and then we’ll go defeat the Fanged Whitemane Wolf on Monday,” Flavia was on fire.
“About that, we’ll be doing Game of Tag training today, Flavia,” Narias announced with a smile.
“Game of Tag? Bring it on, partner,” his bunny girlfriend was looking forward to it.
“But it will be Growly and I against you. And you’ll be the one we’ll try to tag,” he explained.
“Wha… The two of you against me? But…” Suddenly, Flavia’s confidence was cut in half.
“You want us to go beat the Fanged Whitemane Wolf again, right?” Narias had an unusual, intimidating smile on his face.
“S… sure. Bring it on, partner. I… I’ll take all of you on,” Flavia tried to put on an act.
“Really? Maybe Ileena or Emilia would like to join us as well. Three versus one sounds like fun,” Narias added in a serious, thoughtful tone.
“Eek…” Flavia became really worried this time.
“I’m sure Narias was joking. Two versus one will be hard enough as it is. Emilia, would you like to train together with me today?” Ileena asked.
“Yes. I’d love to,” Emilia answered.
“Am I being left by myself today?” Nicky commented half-jokingly.
“Vivia should be here soon. You can train together with her,” Ileena told her.
“Of course,” Nicky probably knew that.
The weekdays were passing by slowly, with the Magic Research club members training their hardest every day, including Saturday. Narias delivered on his promise when he said Flavia will be doing Game of Tag training for a whole week. If it wasn’t him and Growly, it were some other two club members versus the energetic half beast bunny girl. Energetic until Saturday, that is, because at the end of week’s training, Flavia could barely stand on her feet.
“Oof… Huff… I… I can still go on,” Flavia managed to pick herself up one more time.
“You can barely stand, Flavia. I think that’s enough for the day,” Ileena adjusted her glasses, not feeling tired at all.
“Hey, I… Woah,” Flavia fell on the ground on her bum. “Yikes…”
“Besides, we will need to have some proper rest before going into the dungeon on Monday. So, no training tomorrow,” the club’s manager said.
“Right, phew. I’d love to have some rest,” Nicky was happy to hear it.
“I must say, you take your training very seriously,” Vivia, who wasn’t as tired as Flavia or Nicky was, was still glad there won’t be any training tomorrow.
“You’ve done quite well, Vivia. Your magic is really strong,” Ileena commented.
“Why thank you, Ileena. But I’m afraid I’m still no match for you or Miss Emilia,” Vivia was being humble about it.
“Ok, time to hit the bath. Narias and Growly should be done by now,” said Ileena.
“Hey, maybe they’re still in the gym,” Flavia was feeling hopeful.
“They said… they’ll finish early today,” Ileena adjusted her glasses, catching a mild blush on her face too.
“Hah, let’s not waste the time then,” Flavia sprung to her feet, forgetting about her sore muscles.
“Guess Flavia wasn’t as tired as she looked,” Nicky chuckled, seeing her rush towards the club’s building.
“Sigh…” Ileena simply shook her head. All other girls walked back to the club as well.
“Hey, Oh, you’re… already done. Bummer…” Flavia frowned, seeing Narias and Growly sitting at one of the main room’s tables studying.
“Oh, hi Flavia. Are you done with your training?” Narias lifted his eyes from the book he was reading.
“Yes. It was… really intense. I can barely walk,” Flavia suddenly remembered she was tired.
“And yet you were the first to come back, Flavia,” Nicky commented behind her.
“Well, I wanted to…” Flavia was poking her fingers at each other, her face flushing.
“Come on, let’s go get ourselves washed. Unless you’d like to smell like dirt and sweat, Flavia,” Ileena teased her.
“Hey,” Flavia threw a cute frown at her, which made the other girls chuckle as well.
“By the way, the workers were here a moment ago. Apparently, the kitchen renovation works have been completed yesterday. They came to pick up the rest of their tools and such,” Narias told the girls.
“Wow, really? Have you seen the kitchen yet, partner?” The news got Flavia excited.
“Ah, no. The workers showed up when we were working out, but then we went to wash ourselves and I sort of forgot,” he admitted.
“Is the kitchen open, Narias?” Ileena asked.
“I think so,” he said.
“Let’s see how it… Whoahhh, look at that,” Flavia gasped as soon as she opened the doors to the kitchen.
“Wow, amazing,” Nicky was impressed.
“What a nice kitchen,” Emilia commented.
“Your club must be the first one to have a kitchen,” added Vivia.
“You mean, our club, Vivia?” Ileena pointed out.
“That’s right. Sorry, I don’t know why I said it that way,” Vivia said with a smile.
“Nice, it is a big kitchen. And they got us a new table and chairs as well,” Narias came in to check it out as well.
“Cool,” was all Growly said.
“Hey, let’s cook some food,” Flavia was ready to go.
“What will you cook, Flavia?” Ileena asked in a somewhat sarcastic manner.
“What do you mean ‘what’? I’ll cook…” Flavia was about to tell her, but then had to stop and think. She grinned wide, throwing one of her hands behind her head. “Aah… I’ll have to… buy some ingredients first.”
“We need some pots for that as well,” Ileena pointed out the obvious.
“And some plates and cutlery too,” Nicky added with a chuckle.
“We’ll just go and buy some,” Flavia saw no problem with that.
“It will be evening soon. By the time we get everything it will be so late. Besides, I still need to take a bath,” Ileena knew she wasn’t the only one who needed to take a bath, of course.
“No fun,” Flavia became slightly upset.
“Hey, tomorrow is our rest day. So, how about we do that tomorrow? You know, cook some food, eat and relax? We could also review the information about the monsters inside the Magic Dungeon. As well as, go over our strategies, check what supplies we need and so on?” Narias suggested.
“That’s a great idea, partner,” Flavia was instantly in favor for it.
“Sounds like fun,” Nicky clapped her hands excitedly.
“That would be lovely,” Emilia agreed.
“That is… a very reasonable idea. Reviewing and planning for our dungeon exploration, that is,” Ileena tried to make it sound the fun part was less important to her.
“How exciting. I’m not much of a cook, but I’ll do my best,” Vivia joined in.
“Can I cook too?” Growly was probably thinking about his favorite food.
“Of course. We’ll show em’ how it’s done, Growly,” Flavia grinned wide.
“Ok, have fun. I’ll go take a bath,” Ileena turned to go.
“Oh, right. I need to take a bath as well,” Nicky commented with a chuckle.
“I’ll go too,” Emilia left the kitchen after.
“If you excuse me,” with Vivia following the girls.
“Hey, don’t leave me behind,” Flavia felt she was being left out.
Hah. Narias chuckled to himself. But wow, they definitely did an amazing work here. This kitchen could fit a lot of people in. Miss Sweetbell was certainly generous to have it renovated to such high standards. I’ll have to thank her the next time I see her.
Sunday was filled with a lot of fun for the Magic Research student club members. The kitchen needed to be filled with pots, plates, cutlery and the like. But since everyone was short on money, they had to improvise. As such, somebody brought a pot from their dorm room, somebody brought some plates, another one brought some cutlery and so on. In the end, they had almost everything they needed to cook and serve the food in without spending too much money on it. They also had to buy supplies to take with them to the Magic Dungeon on Monday, and that’s where most of their money went into.
“Alright, let’s start cooking,” Flavia was eager to start after placing the bags with the food ingredients on the kitchen table.
“I’ll prepare the meat,” Growly offered.
“Sure. I’ll ready the pot and the pan. We’ll have some stir fried meat with veggies and mushroom sauce today,” Flavia already knew what she wanted to cook.
“Can I help?” Nicky asked.
“Sure. How about you wash and peel the veggies, Nicky?” Flavia told her.
“Ok,” she smiled.
“What about me?” Vivia wanted to help as well.
“Right, we need to fill the pot with water and put it to boil,” Flavia was dishing out instructions.
“I don’t have too much experience cooking, but… I’d like to help as well,” Emilia approached them.
“Yes, I’d like to help too,” Ileena was there as well.
“Oh, wow. It might get too crowded,” Flavia suddenly realized there might not be enough space for all of them. “I know. How about you two get the table ready?”
“Right, ok,” Ileena agreed.
Sigh… I kinda feel useless here. Narias didn’t want to interfere, but at the same time, was feeling guilty he wasn’t doing anything.
The kitchen was bustling with action. Flavia and Growly were the ones doing the cooking, but everyone helped with something as well. Well, almost everyone. There was on person who, even when he asked if he could help with something, was told there was nothing for him to do. So, being a good boy as he was, Narias picked up a book to read, so he wouldn’t get in the way at the very least. The food was ready sooner than everyone thought, or so it seemed due to everyone being involved.
“Oh, wow. So good,” Nicky exclaimed after putting the first bite in her mouth.
“Right?” Flavia grinned, feeling happy about the compliment.
“The meat is so tender and has such deep, delicious taste,” Emilia touched her cheek with one hand, enjoying the taste.
“I like meat,” Growly commented, probably being happy to hear Emilia’s compliment as well, because he was the one who cooked the meat.
“The mushroom sauce has such rich flavour too. I’ve never tasted anything like it before,” admitted Vivia.
“Yes. And the vegetables are soft, but not saggy at all,” Ileena had another bite.
“Thank you for such a delicious meal,” Narias could add nothing else but express his thanks.
“You’re welcome, partner,” Flavia was happy to hear it.
“Big kitchen is good,” Growly was happy as well.
“Who could’ve thought?” Nicky laughed.
“Yes, it’s… very nice,” Ileena got the hint.
The food was so good, everyone wanted seconds. Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough for everyone to have seconds. But nobody complained. After the food was eaten and the dishes were done, the students sat down to discuss their plan what they want to achieve when they go to the Magic Dungeon tomorrow.
The main goal was exploration and treasure hunting. Obviously, if they were to beat the Fanged Whitemane Wolf, it could drop better loot and they could sell it for more money. But that wasn’t the main goal right now. But the Centurian Conquerors team, they agreed to keep the same team’s name, weren’t planning to go down to the second floor of the Magic Dungeon just yet. With some discussion among themselves, they decided that exploring the dungeon looking for treasure might yield them more loot than simply going for the dungeon boss monster. Besides, after the Magic Dungeon Reset Cycle completes the layout of the dungeon might change too, which meant going the same path they went last time might not lead them to the boss monster’s lair.
“Ok, I think that’s all,” Ileena finished the meeting.
“Aargh… I can’t wait to go to the dungeon again,” Flavia couldn’t sit still.
“Make sure you get a proper rest tomorrow, Flavia,” Ileena reminded her.
“Yes, I know. Jeez…” the bunny girl frowned.
“I think I’ll go to bed early today,” said Narias.
“That’s right, don’t forget to put on your Whitemane Leather Armor tomorrow, partner,” Flavia’s eyes sparkled.
“Ah, yeah,” Narias smiled.
“Whitemane Leather Armor?” Vivia had a curious expression on her face.
“It’s a leather armor made from the Fanged Whitemane Wolf’s Fur. Narias looks really hot in it,” Flavia explained.
“Flavia…” Ileena commented with a blush.
“Ah… hah…” Narias tried to laugh off his embarrassment. “I guess… I’ll be going now.”
“Ok, goodnight, Narias,” Ileena was the first one to kiss him.
“I’ll see you tomorrow, partner,” Flavia was next.
“Goodbye, Narias,” and Emilia left her frosty glimmer on Narias’s lips as usual.
This is… Sigh… I still can’t get used to it. Narias was burning from inside.
“Wow…” Vivia gasped.
“You’ll have to stand in line, Vivia,” Nicky whispered to her with a chuckle.
“Ah… No, no. I… think I’m fine,” Vivia said, adding an awkward smile.
“Bye,” Growly wished everyone goodnight as well.
“Bye, Growly,” Nicky waved.
Everyone left the Magic Research student club to have a well needed rest.
{the next day}
“Good morning, Growly,” Narias greeted his friend as soon as he stepped out of his dorm building.
“Hi. Looks good,” Growly complimented Narias.
“Ah, thanks,” Narias was wearing the Whitemane Leather Armor on top of his normal clothes. “Shall we go?”
“Yes,” Growly agreed.
The group’s guide was Ranga Dreknor this time and they were to meet him at the academy’s arena where they’d usually have a class with him. But since they were going to the Magic Dungeon, Narias’s class will have a joint training with another class, supervised by another teacher.
Huh? Why do I feel like everyone is staring at me? Narias felt intense stares the instant he stepped inside the arena.
There was a good reason for it. After all, it was the first time other students saw him wear the Whitemane Leather Armor. And it definitely stood out.
“No way! Where did you get that, buddy?” Stefan was very loud.
“Ahh… Hi Stefan. That’s just a Whitemane Leather Armor,” Narias tried to sound casual.
“What do you mean just? This looks awesome. Where can I get one?” Stefan wanted to know.
“Well… it was made from the Fanged Whitemane Wolf’s Fur, which was dropped by the boss monster inside the Magic Dungeon,” Narias explained.
“Cool. I want one as well,” Stefan’s eyes were almost glued inspecting the armor Narias was wearing.
Good luck…I guess. Narias rubbed the back of his head.
“Hey, look. That’s the armor made from the Fanged Whitemane Wolf’s Fur. Wow, looks amazing. He got it from the Magic Dungeon? Maybe I should go explore the dungeon as well?” All these and similar comments were heard from the other students gathered at the arena who, for better or worse, were gathering around Narias to catch a closer glimpse of how the armor looked.
“Yo’ Growly, how’s it going?” Flavia greeted the furry bear boy.
“Hi,” Growly greeted her back.
“Hi Growly,” Nicky showed up as well.
“Say, where’s Narias?” Flavia was looking around.
“There,” Growly pointed with his finger at a crowd of students.
“Huh? Where?” The bunny girl couldn’t see her boyfriend.
“Inside the crowd,” Growly explained.
“Whaaat?!” Flavia exclaimed.
“As loud as ever I see. Good morning,” Ileena greeted everyone.
“Hi Ileena,” Nicky greeted her.
“Hello all,” Vivia showed up next.
“Good morning, everyone,” with Emilia arriving soon after.
“What’s with the huge crowd over there?” Ileena wanted to know.
“Apparently Narias is becoming popular,” Nicky said half-jokingly.
“What?!” Ileena gasped.
“Heh, who’s loud now?” Flavia crossed her arms, throwing a stare at Ileena.
“Ahem…” Ileena pretended like it wasn’t a big deal.
“Alright, gather up!” Suddenly, a loud voice echoed through the arena, catching the attention of everyone present. The students quickly rushed to gather next to the big black tiger-looking teacher. “The class is about to start, so here’s what you’ll be doing today.”
Instructor Dreknor went to explain that they’ll have a joint class with Estella Alifur today since he is about to leave for the Magic Dungeon exploration. He made sure to tell the students not to slack of or else he’ll have them do double the training when he gets back. Everyone knew he was dead serious about it.
“That’s all. Estella Alifur and her class will be here any minute. Go do some warmup in the meantime,” Ranga instructed.
“Yes, sir,” the class responded.
“Hello little hatchlings. Oh, looking good, grrr,” Ranga threw a glance at Narias when he came to say hello to the group he will be escorting to the dungeon.
“Hello Instructor Dreknor,” Narias greeted the teacher.
“Yo’ coach,” Flavia was happy to see him.
The rest of the students greeted the teacher as well.
“I see you are well prepared. Hah, I made sure to bring enough food to last me for two days at the very least,” Ranga grinned, showing off his big, sharp teeth.
“We’re not planning to stay in the dungeon for that long, sir,” Ileena commented before adjusting her glasses.
“Ahahaha,” which made Instructor Dreknor laugh. “Well, just to make sure.”
“It shouldn’t take us that long to reach the Fanged Whitemane Wolf’s lair,” Flavia was still set on beating the boss monster on the first floor.
“We shall see,” Ranga smirked. “Oh, Estella is here. I’ll go say hello and then we can move out.”
“Ok, sir,” said Ileena.
“Hey, everything ok?” Ranga asked after meeting up with Estella.
“Yeah. Say, that’s a big bag,” she instantly commented about his backpack.
“I’m a big boy you know, grrr…” Ranga grinned somewhat cheekily.
“Tch… you planning a week’s trip or something?” Estella waved with her hand, throwing a quick smirk too.
“Hah. I’m not gonna risk getting hungry going with them,” he responded.
“Yeah, they sure look prepared. Huh? Wait, is that?” Estella’s eyes got fixated on a student wearing a magic armor.
“You noticed, eh? Whitemane Leather Armor. Looks good on him, doesn’t it?” Ranga rubbed his chin with one hand.
“Looks… ok, I guess,” Estella averted her eyes to the side.
“Eh? What’s with the look?” the big tiger teacher raised an eyebrow.
“Nothing. Isn’t it the time for you to go?” The cat woman teacher turned her back to him.
“Huh? It is… it is indeed. Grrr,” Ranga grinned to himself, noticing something curious. But Estella was right, it was time to go. “Well, have fun. Don’t run them to the ground, they still have classes after this one.”
“Hah, I’ll be the one to decide on that,” Estella commented with a smirk to which Ranga simply laughed.
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