Chapter 88: Chapter 86: A Short Break

As it turned out, Alice’s idea of relaxation was to carefully go over her gear and make sure everything was well-maintained. Ker and Jin on the other hand, simply headed to the back of the hoverer and went to go take a nap. That really just left the three younger girls on their own, trying to figure out what they were going to do with their free time.

“I have a handheld, we could set it up on the floor and try and get something going.” Ellie ventured.

“A handheld what?” Maven asked.

“Game console. I…think I have enough extra controllers in my bag for us all to play.”

“I think I will have to decline.” Maven said. “I’m feeling rather tired myself.”

“Well, the back’s always open, if you don’t mind Jin’s snoring.” Alice said, looking up from her sword. “Should be plenty of room back there.”

Maven paused for a moment, then nodded and made her way to the back. As she did, Tess turned to Ellie and gave her a smile. “Want to head back to Mael for a bit?” She asked. “We can have some…alone time.”

“Mael how are we…” Ellie said. “Oh, right, the door in our hoverer. Yeah, that sounds good to me.”

“Make sure you’re not using fertility boosters.” Alice said distractedly, scrubbing hard at a particularly grimy part of her sword.

“Fertil – we’re both girls!” Ellie said, face as red as Tess’s felt. “Those don’t do anything!”

Alice paused, her expression indicating that her brain was catching up with what she had just said. “I keep forgetting you guys are from Mael. Fertility boosters in the wider world most certainly get around the issue of being the same sex. Anyway, you two enjoy, I’ll hit you up if you’re not back before they get here.”

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Still blushing, the two exited the hoverer and set up their own on the other end of the room, then climbed in and went through the door leading to Mael. “I’m kind of surprised Alice picked up on that while she was distracted.”

“You weren’t exactly subtle.” Ellie chuckled. “Not that I don’t share your eagerness. It’s been a while since we’ve had an opportunity like this. So…even if we only have an hour, let’s make the most of it, hm?”

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Unfortunately, Tess and Ellie had to cut their fun a little shorter than they would have liked, as Tess’s phone started to ring only forty five minutes later. The two girls hurriedly disengaged, and Tess grabbed her phone.

After a brief confirmation that it was indeed Alice, Tess answered it. “They’re here already?” She asked, panting slightly.

“Yeah.” Alice said, voice filled with barely repressed mirth. “Fair warning, I wasn’t getting good signal inside the dungeon, what with it being out of control and all, so I had to go in your hoverer and get into your house. So…uh, make sure you’re presentable before you come downstairs.”

“Thanks, Alice.” Tess said. “See you in a minute.”

“See you in a minute.” Alice replied, hanging up the phone.

“So, Alice is downstairs.” Tess said, turning to Ellie. “We should probably try and get a little cleaned up.”

Ellie cast her gaze over to the window, which had its curtains drawn. “Alright, I’m going to try and cast a quick purification slash healing spell.” She said. “I haven’t tried much on Mael, but if I’m willing to spend a fair bit more Mana than usual it should work, right?”

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