After leaving the goddess room, Aidan immediately left the manor to go and shop for the various necessities for their trip to the eighteenth floor.

Hearing that Aidan was going to shop, Ais eye’s brightened up, and she immediately decided to accompany him, much to his horror. ​​

This time, Aidan didn’t go to the tower of Babel to shop. Instead, he went on the main street and went to buy the various necessary supplies. The main street had various small buildings with different signs on them. As such, he decided to discover what they all sold without spending too much time in them as Ais had previously done.

Starting to walk on the main road, Aidan looked at the large variety of people. There were some humans, dwarves and pallum, along with some humans with beasts parts such as animal ears, tails and even some with animal claws. However, the most important thing is that there were almost no elves on the street.

After glancing at everyone and making this discovery, he figured he would ask Riviera the reason in the evening.

Arriving near a shop with a tent as the sign, Aidan pushed the door and entered the small building. As he entered, the owner looked up from his work, and after a polite nod, he turned back on his work while both youngsters started to look through the various tents offered.

“We don’t need to worry about the time it takes to build the tent. We only need to be sure to be comfortable enough in it and have everything we want. After all, I can store the already built tent in the storage card, which will save us a lot of time.” Explained Aidan to Ais before he turned to look for one which he liked.

“Won’t we share our tent?” Asked the girl naturally.

“I don’t mind staying in the same tent with you. However, when you are exploring alone with Riviera, you will need your tent.” Explained Aidan as he didn’t want to spend more money than necessary to buy two different tents. “I’ll buy a slightly bigger tent since I won’t have to build it every time I use it, and I can store it already opened in the storage card.”

“Alright.” She answered with a nod of her head as they searched for a tent to accommodate their necessities.

After searching for a bit over five minutes, the shop owner got up and approached them both with a gentle smile on his face. “Hello, can I help you?” He asked as he looked at Aidan, who seemed to be the leader of the two.

“Yes, we are looking for a large tent that can house us both in the dungeon. We will also need a smaller one easy and fast to build.” Explained Aidan as he looked at the gray-haired, middle-aged man.

“I see. I have what you are looking for.” He answered, albeit a bit surprised to know that the two children needed a tent for the dungeon before walking away to get the necessary items.

A few moments later, he called the two children to a different shop section, showing two tents. There was a slightly larger black tent and a smaller white and blue one. Those two tents oddly fit Aidan’s black clothes and Ais’s white and pale blue clothes.

“Those tents can block water from entering, thanks to the fabric. It is also resistant to slight heat and cold, allowing the inside to have a comfortable temperature.” Explained the man as he pointed to the two items.

“Alright, how much for those?” Asked Aidan after he looked at the tent’s interior and confirmed that it was indeed water-resistant by throwing some water on them.

“The bigger one cost 70,000 Valis while the smaller one costs 50,000.” Answered the man as he showed the price tag on both of the tents.

With a nod of his head, Aidan took out the two bags of money, giving back the one belonging to the girl so she could buy her tent and deal with her own money while he paid for his with his own money.

After taking both tents in his storage card, they both left the shop, much to the disappointment of the middle-aged man who didn’t get many customers. They then moved on to the second target of the shopping trip.

“What do we need to buy now?” Asked Ais as she was feeling happy to be able to accompany Aidan in exploring the city.

“We will need to buy dried food and large water pouches to eat and drink in the dungeon. Afterwards, I need to go and buy different clothes. I know that my current clothes are also used as inner armour and have a cleanable function. However, I still feel dirty wearing the same thing every day.” Answered Aidan as he shook his head depressively.

Hearing his words, Ais looked at Aidan before coming closer and sniffing his shirt. “It’s fine. Your clothes don’t smell bad.” She said expressionlessly.

“Thanks for confirming for me, Ais. The cleaning function should clean everything including bad odours.” Answered Aidan to his young partner.

After another hour of shopping, Aidan managed to buy all the necessities, including a small bath he decided to buy for use in the dungeon. After all, he didn’t know if he would have the chance to clean up down there.

“Alright, with everything finished, let’s stop at the potion shop to buy a bit more potions. I heard that there is all kind of weird things in the dungeon, it would be better to be prepared.” Said Aidan before stopping at a shop near the Loki familia manor.

“Welcome; how can I help you?” Asked the cashier as she saw Ais and Aidan enter the shop one after the other.

“Hello, we would need potions, magic potions.” Answered Aidan before seeing some more items. “I’ll also take some flash-bang along with the smoke ball.” He continued as those were all items that could be extremely useful at the right moment.

“I see. The potions cost 500 Valis, the magic potions, 8700 Valis due to the adventurer’s guild discount. Finally, the flash-bang and the smoke ball costs 3000 Valis each.” Answered the cashier before asking. “How much do you want to buy?”

“I’ll take ten of each potion and twenty of the other items.” Answered Aidan. He didn’t need many potions since he had some in his card after the shopping trip with Ais in Babel.

“It will be a total of 212,000 Valis.” She answered while looking at Aidan with a curious look, asking if he had enough money.

“Here.” He replied as he gave the money while taking the sixty bought items and leaving the shop.

“Alright, with this, we are set for the trip to the 18th floor.” Said Aidan as they walked back to the familia manor.

“We have the celebration later.” Said Ais as she saw through the desire of Aidan to go and relax for the rest of the day.

“Well, it’s still in two hours. How about we go and relax a bit?” He asked as he was feeling tired from all the shopping he had done.

“Alright.” She nodded as she wanted to be fully ready for the next day as they would go down thirteen new floors and wanted to be prepared for everything to come.

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A bit before seven in the evening, Aidan and Ais both got up. Indeed, they had completely fallen asleep after their shopping trip.

“Let’s go. We shouldn’t arrive late.” Said Ais as she slowly got up from the bed and slightly brushed her bushy hair to its proper form.

“Right, we should.” Nodded Aidan as he was washing his face to both clean himself and completely wake up.

A few moments later, they both left the room and entered the entrance hall before leaving after seeing that everyone had already left.

With slight jogging to reach them at the right time, Aidan noticed something. “I completely forgot to buy something to calculate the time.”

“Well, now’s not the time.” She answered with a short sentence as she was entirely focused on the goal: Arriving before seven and not be late.

With a glance, they both nodded and accelerated at the same time to reach the Hostess of Fertility. This restaurant was about forty minutes away while walking, and they were about ten minutes before seven, so they sped up not to be late.

—-

As they arrived at the door, they saw their goddess accompanied by their captain and Riviera almost reaching the door.

Hearing the sound behind them, they turned around only to see the two golden-eyed youngsters staring at them.

“At least we aren’t late.” Grinned Aidan as he looked at Ais, who was also panting.

“Let’s not get up late next time.” She answered while her previously heavy breathing was under control once again.

“Yeah, let’s.” He nodded at the girl’s wise words.