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You know Godou, I'm really happy that we decided to do this."
"You mean, you're really happy that you decided to do this."
"I just feel we haven't been talking much lately. It's almost like you've been hiding from me!"
"Loki, I've been at the Hostess every day for the past week."
"And sometimes it just feels like you're not interested in what I have to say, Godou."
"By the way, Loki—"
"But now that you've joined our Expedition, I feel that we can really take this chance to get to know each other more!"
"Loki—"
"And I think things between us will only get better from here."
"Loki—"
"Stop interrupting me, Godou! Can't you see we're having a moment?" Loki stopped walking and gestured all around. "It's our first time in the Dungeon together!"
Godou sighed. "That's the problem, Loki. We're in the Dungeon."
"Yeah, so?"
"Gods aren't allowed in the Dungeon."
Loki scoffed. "That's just a guideline. And I didn't see you leaving that Lancelot girl outside before coming in."
"That's different."
"Different, how?"
"Different in the sense that she's technically a part of me."
Loki winced. "Well, if she's already going to be in the Dungeon, then it doesn't matter that I decided to tag along, right? One, two goddesses, what's the difference?"
"What's the difference, she says?" Finn said, mockingly, trotting beside them. "I'll tell you the difference, Loki. Three kilograms of food, five liters of water, and an extra body we need to look out for."
"It's alright, Finn. Godou will protect me," Loki said confidently.
Godou raised an eyebrow. Well, of course he would. But why bring it up so happily in the first place? Loki was a God. He would've thought Gods didn't like admitting they needed mortals' help.
Then she tapped her satchel. It clunked and swished, and Godou felt his cheek twitch at the familiar sound.
"And don't worry, I brought my own supplies!"
Finn looked skeptical. He flipped her bag open and fished something out.
"This is a bottle of wine, Loki."
"Yeah, of course! There's no booze in the Dungeon, right?"
"Did you bring anything other than booze?" the Pallum asked.
"Nope."
Finn slumped his shoulders. He gave Godou a sympathetic look. "A word of warning, it's not going to be easy getting used to her."
Godou groaned. He turned around and saw the rest of the advance party more than a few paces behind, watching him from afar with curious and—in the case of Bete Loga—wary eyes. Everyone in Loki's Familia had come under the impression that the two of them were now a couple. For some reason, they all knew about the kiss, and the wide berth they were giving him hadn't provided him much of a chance to defend himself.
And Loki's attitude wasn't helping in the slightest. She latched onto his arm and pressed it against her body as she purred, "Godou's already used to me."
He yanked his hand away.
Even if she was a God of mischief, this was taking it a little too far, wasn't it?
He turned back to Finn. "You shouldn't have let her come," he said accusatorily.
The Pallum shrugged in resignation. "You talk as if she listens to me."
"I do listen to you, Finn!" Loki said.
"Yeah, sure," Finn said. "But I'm serious about what I said earlier. If two Black Goliath's drop on our heads while we're in Rivira, you're going home straight away."
"Fine," Loki said, crossing her arms. "But I'm sure that won't be a problem. We haven't come across a single monster at all!"
They were still in the Upper Floors, and Godou remembered that the last time he'd come to the Dungeon with Shakti, something like this had happened as well. Not a single monster had approached them so far, though occasionally, Godou could hear the sound of scampering footsteps.
He caught Finn staring at him.
"What?" he asked.
"Nothing," the Pallum replied. "Just wondering how much money you could make if you marketed yourself as Monster repellent."
He smiled. He liked Finn. The fact that the Pallum was accompanying him instead of leaving him to be alone with Loki was already a priceless favor. He was sharp, easy and straightforward to talk to, but also managed to maintain a comfortable distance between the two of them. He was sure that if Loki wasn't walking with them, he'd come to like the Pallum even more after a few conversations.
"Still though," Loki said, raising her arms and putting them behind her head. "It's kind of boring considering this is my first time here."
"We're going to the Fifty-Ninth Floor," Finn said. "It hardly gets more exciting than that."
"Yeah, but that's so far away! Why can't something exciting happen now?" Loki whined.
They stopped in their tracks when a bloodied young girl, wearing a hooded cloak stained with her blood,
streaks of it still dripping down her cheeks, burst out of the darkness and sunk to her knees.
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