Underground Doctor Chapter 24: Alicia Awakening part 3

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~Alicia’s Perspective~

　Kaoru went into the general store with Alicia.

　The interior is small and cozy.

　The place has the same size and layout as the clinic.

　There is a girl with small cat ears who is sitting on the desk.

　Her name is Nike.

　A cute little girl with red hair and a tanned complexion.

“Welcome.” (Nike)

“I’m thinking of going into the labyrinth, but which items would people normally need?”

“Huh? That’s unusual. Are you going to enter the labyrinth, Kaoru-san?” (Nike)

“Yes. So? What should I buy?”

“That’s right. HP recovery medicine and MP recovery medicine… usually.” (Nike)

“Oh, are all of you harassing me?”

“No, that’s not the case. I’m scared that you can say that with a smile.” (Nike)

“I understand, yeah. I want to say I don’t need that.”

“Hahaha…” (Nike)

　The cat-eared girl says this while scratching her head.

　She looked bashful somehow.

　Seeing her tail twisting, makes me want to touch it if only I wasn’t annoyed.

　She’s a little annoying.

“Then, I’ll get five of each.”

“Got it. It’s 800 lira for everything.” (Nike)

　Kaoru-sama paid her and receive the goods.

　Then he put it all in his item box.

“By the way, Kaoru-san, how did you make the food last time?” (Nike)

“Oh, did you like it?”

“That was excellent. I want to know how to make it. I think you must be quite the talented cook to take that helpless clay fish and make it taste so good.” (Nike)

“I like to cook, you see. If I can make it taste good, I will.”

“So it’s hard to do.” (Nike)

“I’ll teach you next time.”

“Yes, I’d like to, when having some free time.” (Nike)

　She flicked her tail and patted Kaoru-sama’s hand as she said this.

　She must have liked it a lot.

　Is it because she is a cat? Kaoru-sama looked a little annoyed when he turned to me.

　I wondered what was going on, and when I looked back at my own behavior, I thought, “I see.”

“Are you jealous?” (Nike)

“That’s not the case!” (Alicia)

“Alicia’s feelings are showing on her face. It’s cute and I can’t help it.” (Nike)

“Don’t tease her too much”

“I’ll do it in moderation. I’m sorry, Alicia.” (Nike)

　Nike winks while apologizing lightly.

　I can’t say anything but giggle at her carefree attitude.

　We parted ways with Nike while she was giggling.

　I was in quite a bad mood, I also warned Nike.

　I said that if she did it again in the future, she would be sentenced to be fluffed up.

　With the preparations finished, Kaoru took Alicia to the clinic.

　When he told her that there was a new grimoire on the desk, her eyes sparkled and her earlier grumpiness disappeared.

　Alicia said that she would do her best to read it by the time she came back, and Alicia skipped along towards the treatment center.

　After seeing Alicia off, Kaoru headed straight for the village exit.

~Kaoru’s Perspective~

“Oh! You came.” (Bud)

“Sorry, did I make you wait?”

“It’s okay. You’re here now.” (Bud)

“Should we go now?”

　We immediately head for the labyrinth.

　Along the coast, a little away from the village, there was a shrine with something like a torii gate. [T/N: Torii gates are structures you find in most temple entrances in manga, anime, and real-life Japan. These structures symbolize the transition from the mundane to the sacred. Google-sensei has pics and better descriptions.]

　My first impression from what I saw was that it looked like a shrine from Japan.

“How many levels can we go to today?”

“We can do some mapping, so let’s go up to the 10th floor for the time being.” (Bud)

“Hmm, so you need to map too.”

“It’s natural. Otherwise it will be troublesome when you go deeper.” (Bud)

“It will take time, but it will be useful later.” (Carl)

“And it’s pretty good money, you know?” (Tryst)

　Everyone replied with a nice smile.

　Apparently, mapping becomes more difficult as you go deeper into the labyrinth.

　Therefore, the value of maps jumps as you go deeper.

　The mapping value of the current deepest level of the Grand Palace Labyrinth is 1 million lira.

　You’ll be quite happy to make some.

“I’m so excited~” (Tryst)

“” Oh “” (Bud & Carl)

　I follow the three while scratching my head.

　As we entered the first floor, the floor is suddenly sand.