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At the counter of the shop, Naaza was attending it with a sour face. It was still early in the morning and not many adventurers were ready to go in the dungeon at this hour of the day.

Miach was currently away, buying more ingredients for the medicines. Hopefully, he didn't give any free potions to anyone that happened to cross his path. While she could understand the sentiment, money was really important to them with the state of their finance.

It was part of her fault if they were in this situation. Of course, Miach tried to deny it, but Naaza knew better. It actually was all her fault if their familia was now indebted and she felt guilty for it.

'Miach-sama is too kind for his own good.' Was her assessment whenever she thought back on the matter.

"Ah." Her face lightened up a bit upon seeing the door being opened. "Wel – whoa, what happened to you?"

It was Aura accompanied by Bell of the Hestia Familia. While the girl looked fine, the only way to describe the boy was being beaten up all over the place.

"H-Hey there, N-Naaza…" Bell greeted her weakly. "A potion and…something for the bruise."

While she was curious, the Chienthrope decided to take care of the order first. It didn't take long for her to acquire the demanded items. The white-haired adventurer immediately grabbed the potion and drank it while the pale girl remained silently standing beside him.

"Thank you very much!" Bell said, feeling much better.

"So, can you tell me what happened?" The brown-haired woman asked again. "If it's personal then…"

"It's nothing." He assured her. "Miss Fiora was training me before we go in the dungeon again."

Naaza blinked several times before looking at said silver-haired girl, who looked totally uninterested in this conversation.

"She beat you that badly?" The chienthrope asked incredulously.

"Well yeah… I'm just a beginner adventurer after all…" Bell blushed a little as he gave a sheepish smile while scratching the back of his head.

Both teenagers gave Naaza a questioning look seeing that she stared at them in silence for a moment before regaining her cool. "Ah, it's nothing… I didn't think you were that strong, that's all…" She said, looking at Shalltear, who handed over a bag filled with valis for the price of the potions.

"Are you two really going back into the dungeon after all this?" The chienthrope asked, a bit worried that these two kids were doing too much. Though there were no signs of them being strained or anything, they were still children.

"Of course, we are~. It still is early morning~." Shalltear said her first words ever since arriving at the shop, and those words sounded very confident.

Naaza looked at the two kids for a moment. They shared so many similarities that they could easily be confused as siblings. She then gave a huge sigh as though giving up. Kids were kids after all…

"Very well… Do what you want, but don't die, okay?" She asked with seriousness, almost pleading.

""Aye!"" They answered in unison.

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