She only felt that once Gauss put on this robe, he seemed like an entirely different person.
Although she thought the man before her was already impeccable in appearance on their way here, she now realized her previous opinion was somewhat biased.
This was the first time in her life she had met such a charming human.
Gauss shifted his focus away from the panel and realized the three people in the reception hall were all staring at him.
However, he didn’t say anything.
"Can we leave now?"
"Of course, you can." The staff member snapped back to her senses and quickly replied.
Under her lead, Gauss began to retrace their steps back.
On the way back, Gauss casually asked about the Lake God’s blessing.
Upon learning that the ritual for the Lake God’s blessing wasn’t ready yet and that they needed to wait for the Guild to notify them of the specific time, he didn’t say much more.
The two of them finally returned to the square.
"Thank you for your help."
"It was my pleasure."
Until Gauss’s figure disappeared at the end of the street, she felt a sudden emptiness in her heart, as if she had lost something.
...
"Gauss, is this the robe you redeemed?" Aaliyah circled around Gauss twice, studying him intently for quite a while.
Regarding Gauss looking even more handsome.
Though the few companions kept observing him, they didn’t have the same obvious reaction as the few people in the reception hall earlier.
On one hand, as adventurers their "resistance" to such things was naturally much stronger than ordinary people, and they weren’t easily "charmed," at most they viewed the attractiveness of others with an appreciative eye.
On the other hand, they had spent enough time with Gauss, gaining a certain level of adaptability.
Of course, except for Albena. Albena’s reaction was no less than that of the staff responsible for reception earlier, and her cheeks were now flushed red, her head in a dizzy daze.
"How is it?"
"It looks great." Aaliyah nodded zealously like a little squirrel.
This moon-white robe simply grew on her aesthetic.
"Can I try it on?" Seeing that it looked so good on Gauss, she couldn’t help but ask softly.
"Hmm, I’ll let you try it sometime."
Gauss wasn’t stingy.
After all, it was an outer robe, not any intimate garment, so there was no inconvenience.
If she wants to wear it, so be it.
"Yay!"
Ying blinked her bright eyes at Gauss.
Serdur just felt that Gauss’s dragon-like aura was getting stronger.
He thought that if their captain appeared in his original tribe, many half-snake men might even bow down and worship him.
The captain’s oppressive aura on reptilian-blooded creatures was growing stronger.
Fortunately, this aura could be governed by subjective control, because he was a teammate, he didn’t suffer any mental oppression, otherwise staying by Gauss’s side, his own abilities would likely be severely diminished.
Albena spent quite some time finally calming her thumping heart.
It was quite a thrill.
Being teammates with Lord Gauss places quite a burden on the heart.
After adjusting, she shifted her attention back to the equipment itself and swallowed as she inquired.
Besides beautiful men, her second love was various types of equipment and curiosities.
"Lord Gauss, this must be an excellent quality robe, right?"
Albena was indeed an expert, although unlike Gauss she couldn’t use the Identification Technique, she could still determine the quality of the equipment at first glance.
Gauss nodded.
"Luckily, it was the only excellent quality reward."
"Oh, and I also redeemed a pot."
"A pot?"
Aaliyah, initially still absorbed in the beautiful robe, couldn’t help but feel a bit curious when Gauss mentioned this.
Why exchange for a pot?
It would be better to exchange for something more practical like a weapon.
"It’s a magic pot; it can cook magical dishes. It can not only handle a wider range of ingredients, but the food it makes also has special effects, truly a wonderful curiosity."
"In the future, when we adventure outside, we can have a delicious meal."
"..."
Hearing this, Aaliyah glanced at him, then exchanged looks with the others, expressing everything without words.
Gauss is indeed a foodie, isn’t he?
As a long-standing member of the team, she was, of course, well aware that Gauss never gave up on the idea of searching for unique ingredients and cooking more delicious food.
It’s just that the demons he defeats are mostly goblins or kobolds, not normal ingredients, so the idea was shelved.
But not long ago, after having an extremely delicious crab feast, a veritable Feast at Lakeside Town, his craving was reignited.
"Just so we’re clear, I won’t eat goblins or kobolds, even with this magic pot cooking them, I still won’t eat them." Aaliyah said warily.
Although currently, these two are mostly handled by the dragon beast Hephaestus, who knows if Gauss will have a flash of inspiration and want to try something new after getting a new tool?
"Uh..."
"Say it, you don’t have that kind of thought, right?"
Gauss’s pause gave Aaliyah an inexplicable bad feeling.
"Rest assured, I’m definitely not interested in goblins," Gauss said with a guilty conscience.
Goblin meat smells bad, and they look like ugly, deformed green-skinned humans.
But kobolds are fundamentally closer in bloodline to reptiles like lizards.
He wasn’t too interested in ordinary kobolds, but if in the future he encountered some more special individuals, perhaps they’d have a unique flavor, much like the giant crab leader before?
From what he understood, the life forms of powerful kobold individuals gradually evolved towards dragon-like forms.