Aias: from a world of kaijus to a world of fantasy and magic

Side Story 5

Alex's Party Perspective

As Nyx leaves, Maria says goodbye, and once he leaves, Alex and Wendy sigh in relief.

"Hey Lucia, you can come out now; Nyx is gone."

Alex said it to a hatch on the ground that Wendy and himself were standing behind.

The hatch opens to reveal a fearful Lucia hiding inside.

"Is he really gone?"

"Yes."

Reluctantly, Lucia poked her head out and sighed as she saw Nyx was not inside.

Chelsie, who saw Lucia running straight for the underground food storage cabinet and Alex and Wendy hiding her, now sees Lucia coming out, ask.

"What was that all about?"

Lucia sighed in relief and said.

"I really don't want to duel Nyx."

Chelsie tilted her head in confusion at the answer.

"Didn't you want to fight Nyx and complain nonstop about not dueling him for the last week? What's change?"

"It's hard to describe, but his smile when he was fighting the Owlbear is just terrifying."

Chelsie tilted her head even more confused and asked what she meant by smiling and if she was seeing things, showing her skepticism since Nyx is always expressionless.

"He was; I saw it with my own eyes, and he was even laughing."

Chelsie gave Lucia an even more skeptical look, even more so with what Lucia just said.

"But–."

Putting his hand on Lucia's shoulder, Alex said.

"There is no point."

Alex looked at her with a sympathetic look, and Lucia realized what Alex and Wendy meant by they wouldn't understand when they told her not to bother after the Owlbear boss fight.

"Come on, let's go back to the surface; I'm tired."

Turning to look at Maria and Chelsie, he asks.

"Are you coming with us or are you going to stay here for the night?"

"I'll be staying here; I have a lot of backlog I need to finish."

"I see. How about you, Chelsie?"

"I'm also staying with Maria to help."

Hearing their answer, Alex told them they would be seeing them tomorrow and would bring back materials for Maria's alchemy.

They said goodbye to each other and went back to the surface.

Going to their inn, they washed themselves, got something to eat, and went to bed.

The next day Alex, Wendy, Lucia, and Alice went shopping at an alchemy shop they usually go to.

After talking to the owner and filling up 2 backpacks full of alchemy materials and supplies, they went down to the 19th floor to give them to Maria.

Once they were done, they went outside the village and fought some monsters for the rest of the day.

The next day, Alice surprised Alex, Wendy, and Lucia when she said she couldn't come today because she had something to do with Nyx since he needed her for something, which surprised them, even more, when Alice was wearing her dress when she was running away and asked Lucia to help her put on her makeup since she doesn't know how to do it herself.