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Volume 12 Chapter 2 Part 4

「We’ve only fought these enemies once, so I’m not going to say anything about this for now. I will say this though: this is the end of fighting on the 45th floor for today, but we’re going to come back here again tomorrow and fight a little bit more, and let’s make it habit t increase the number of battles n this floor little by little in the following days, okay? Our safety is the most important thing here after all.」

「Un, that might be for the best.」

Whoa, my idea has received Roxanne-sensei’s approval!

It doesn’t seem like she’s forcing herself to give it to me as well, and I don’t sense any kind of accumulated dissatisfaction behind her words either.

Well, it’s not like I’m refusing to fight on the 45th floor of the Labyrinth, so it should probably be fine, since she doesn’t have any reason to be dissatisfied in the first place.

The day then ended for us with a round of Floor Boss battles on the 45th floor.

「Today, I’m going to go to a clothing store in the Imperial City on my way home, since I’m sure that Rutina’s clothes should be ready by now.」

「Alright.」

Rutina nodded while being in a seemingly good mood. She didn’t say anything about the maid outfit either. Her measurements were also taken without a hitch, so there should be no problems with making the clothes for her either.

It should be the same for the silk apron as well.

That being said, I still ended up warping to the Adventurers Guild in the Imperial City while feeling a little bit fearful.

No, everything is going to be okay. There won’t be any problems with the order at all, so I can go to the clothing store while retaining my usual calmness.

Or rather, I should be calm now because the maid outfit is going to be completed later.

「I have been waiting for you, sir. The clothes that you have ordered are all ready and waiting for you.」

Can you please not talk about it in such an exaggerated fashion?

Loitering around here with the clothes would probably be dangerous, so I took my order and then hurriedly went back home.

「Let’s go shopping for the ingredients for dinner once we put our luggage down.」

「Ah, yes. I’ll clean it all up right away.」

「It should still be fine for a little while. Look. Here’s your apron. It’s the same as the ones that we’re wearing.」

Roxanne’s words have broken my deceitful momentum, but to be honest, I don’t even know what exactly I wanted to cover up.

I any case, I guess we shall find out about that once we get back home from our shopping trip.

I also don’t have the maid outfit with me.

「And this is…?」

「This is the outfit that you’re going to need in order to perform the waterfall training that’s going to allow you to become a Shrine Maiden.」

It’s not strange that I also bought this outfit for Rutina. Not at all. I want all of the girls to have the Shrine Maiden Job unlocked, since if anything were to ever happen to us, we’re going to have an insurance policy where all of them will be able to heal us if the others were unable to do so.
Also, since a Shrine Maiden is a rearguard position similar to that of the Mage and Wizard, so their movements and behaviors during battle will be similar to my own.

「I was thinking of having Rutina act as our backup Shrine Maiden if necessary. That is what that costume is for. Since it was a great opportunity, I asked the clerk at the clothing store to make this for her. There’s nothing weird about it.」

Since these clothes are all white, then she should have no problems with them, right? At least I don’t think she should have any problems with them.

The clothes themselves are not offensive in any way, and she didn’t voice any complaints so far, so she has to be okay with them.

「Is that so?」

「Umu.」

After I did my best to explain why I also bought the Shrine Maiden training outfit for Rutina, the girls seemed to have understood it.

「Even so, you ordered to have it newly made, just like a nobleman?」

I felt like Rutina’s question was going in a strange direction… but that’s basically how it is, I guess?

Or maybe it’s slightly different?

「I had the opportunity to do so, so why not?」

「is that so?」

「Even if you are not a noble, then as long as you are an influential person, they will make a new one from scratch for you.」

「These clothes are just for the purpose of waterfall training, so normally you should just wear whatever you feel the most comfortable with. After all, it would be a great loss if we couldn’t get a new Job simply because we didn’t have the proper clothing required to do so, right?」

Well, it doesn’t matter if this explanation is right or wrong, but I might as well use Sherry’s words to convince her to believe this story.

「Yes. As expected of Master. Since the process of acquiring the new Jobs is directly linked to fighting against the monsters of the Labyrinth, so we absolutely cannot allow ourselves to skimp on the costs of fighting or buying the proper clothes if we want to continue getting stronger.

Roxanne also soothed Rutina’s worries, even though her own reasoning is more than a little strange.

「Certainly, trying to save money on something as important as the Labyrinth subjugation duty sounds like a bad idea. I understand.」

「In that case, I can take you to perform the training under the waterfall tomorrow if you want.」

Rutina seems to have agreed to train under the waterfall to become a Shrine Maiden, so let’s go to the waterfall with her tomorrow.

I can’t wait to see how is she going to look like when her white clothes are going to be hit with the water pouring down from the top of the waterfall.

This is not for my own pleasure. It is for the purpose of her obtaining the Shrine Maiden Job.

All for the Job. For the exploration of the Labyrinths. For the purpose of living.

Yes, we have to do it in order to live!

「Understood. Also, is this an apron?」

Rutina asks while looking at the silk apron. I want to pretend I didn’t see it. How should I explain it to her?

「This apron is master’s favorite outfit for us. It is a very important one.」

Roxanne, did you really had to say it in such a way? That being said, I won’t deny that I really do love it though.

「He loves this one?」

「Yes. Also, that one is for the exclusive use in the bedroom, not in the kitchen.」

Roxanne, please, no more. Don’t say anything more than that.

「… I think it’s time to go shopping, guys.」

「Since it’s meant for the use in bedroom, it’s made of silk, isn’t it?」

「Yes. That is what makes it so comfortable to wear.」

My suggestion has been completely ignored while everyone’s eyes are focused on Rutina’s outfit.

「It’s not bad as far as clothes go. It’s just that….」

Sherry, wait a minute! You don’t have to say anything more!

「Wear it, desu!」

Nice idea! As expected of Miria!

「Yes. I think that having her try it on tonight might be a good idea.」

Umu. Nice, Roxanne.

I’d rather have her wear it right now than tonight if at all possible though. Also, what about shopping?
「I think that it should be all right.」

「You do? I understand.」

I don’t know how the girls managed that, but apparently they managed to have Rutina accept wearing it.

「Shall we go shopping then?」

「Yes, let’s.」
As you can probably guess from this reply, we ate fish for dinner that day.

If I don’t make sure that we’re going to be eating it often, then it might lead to the misunderstanding with Miria where she’ll think that we can only get fish by advancing to the higher floors.

Well, it’s also not like we can continue to eat fish if we stay on the 44th floor like this either, but I need to find a way to infer that to her properly, especially since the tendency is that the higher we get, the less monsters that leave fish as their Drop Items are going to be showing up.