After exiting Vasiliki's room, Draade his way back to Bahamut's house.
He wao finish his paperwork there befathering the ingredients he would use for Vasiliki's requested meal.
The girls' house kit wasn't really used very often, so it wasn't regurly stocked.
Within an hour, Draco had pleted the necessary paperwork.
With a sigh, he ehe kit to assess the avaible supplies for Vasiliki's meal.
‘Hmm, we're a bit low on a lot of things,’ Draco observed, running his fingers along the nearly bare shelves.
Since Bahamut had taken over cooking duties, he hadn't paid much attention to the kit.
‘Might as well do a bit of shopping now,’ Draco thought, pulling his cloak over his head, grabbing some money and bags before heading for the door.
Cheg up on Vasiliki one more time in the girls' housing, Draco stepped out into the bustling street, making his way towards the market.
He didn't make it far before running into familiar faces.
It was Bahamut, Cir, Eleni, and Dimitra, all carrying peared to be bags filled with groceries.
Eleni was the first to spot Draco, her face immediately lighting up with a bright smile.
"Draii, over here!" she called out, dropping her bags to free up her arm ahusiastically waving him over.
"Stop waving like that, he hear you," Dimitra scolded, her brow furrowed in mild irritation.
"Why?" Eleni asked, her expression puzzled.
Dimitra gnced around at the curious onlookers, not wanting to draw even more attention to their group.
‘Don’t you feel embarrassed drawing even more attention to us like that?’ she wao say, but decided it ointless.
Bahamut had already joined Eleni in waving, her own bags abandoned on the ground.
"Sigh, never mind, you both just do your thing," Dimitra replied, much to Eleni's fusion.
Sensing Draco's hesitation to approach them, Dimitra gently pulled the group to the side of the street, making it easier for him to approabsp;
Seeing Eleni and Bahamut call out to him so fmboyantly, Draco had wao turn around aurn home, but he couldn't ighem now that he had been spotted.
As Draco relutly approached the group, Bahamut immediately began iing him, her hands roaming over his body, cheg for any signs of injury.
“What are doing” Draco asked, a bit startled and perplexed by her as.
“Cheg for injuries” Bahamut replied.
"I am fine, I didn't injure myself this time," Draco replied, clearly embarrassed by Bahamut's overly affeate dispy in public.
“Seems like you are telling the truth” she said, relief evident in her voice.
"Draii, wele back," Dimitra greeted.
“Thanks” Draco replied, before briefly turning his attention to Cir.
Draco's gaze briefly met Cir's, but she quickly looked away, avoiding his eyes. ‘Uandable,’ he thought, knowiill had to make amends with her.
"It’s good that you came ba one piece. You actually listehis time," Bahamut said, pulling Drato a warm hug.
"I'm so gd you're safe." she added.
" we talk at home? It's kind of embarrassing being like this out here," Draco asked, gesturing towards the curious onlookers.
"ht," Bahamut murmured, her face flushing with embarrassment as she became more scious of the onlookers.
"Did something ge between you two?" Eleni asked, her tone slightly suspicious as her instincts alerted her to something differeween Drad Bahamut.
Caught off guard by Eleni's question, Draco quickly grabbed some of the grocery bags from the ground and turo leave.
"Stop wasting time with silly questions and carry the groceries home" he deflected, his pace quiing as he headed back towards Bahamut's house.
Eleni watched Draco's retreat, her eyes narrowed in suspi.
"His reaake it seem awfully suspicious," she muttered, turning her gaze to Bahamut.
Bahamut locked eyes with Eleni, unsure of whether to reveal the ge in her and Draco's retionship.
‘Hmm, should I tell them or not?’ she pondered, chewing on her lower lip as she sidered her options.
It didn't take long for Bahamut to make her decision.
With a resolute expression, she turo Eleni and revealed the truth.
"Don't pester him too much about it. It's just that I fessed my love to him yesterday night, but he was not ready to receive it, so I decided to give him time until he was ready. If there is any ge you notice, it's that he has simply bee aware of my feelings," Bahamut revealed befrabbing some grocery bags and walking off.
Eleni, Dimitra, and Cir stood there in stunned silence, processing the goddess's ued revetion.
"hat did she just say?" the words struggled to escape Eleni's mouth as she stammered.
Dimitra being the first to recover from the shock, g Cir, knowing that the young girl had been grappling with her own feelings for Draco for quite some time now.
"Are you okay?" Dimitra asked gently, pg a f hand on Cir's arm.
Cir took a deep breath, trying to pose her thoughts before responding.
"I holy don't know how I feel right now," she admitted, her brow furrowed in fusion.
"Is that so," Dimitra said, nodding in uanding.
Earlier that day, after Draco had goo the dungeon, Cir had followed Bahamut’s advid gathered everyoo apologize for her behaviour the previous day.
As Bahamut had said, they were all very uanding and fiving.
After the gathering, she had then sought advi a heartfelt girl-talk session with Eleni and Dimitra, sharing her ret worries and dilemmas.
Although Eleni and Dimitra were just as young and inexperienced in matters of the heart, they had advised Cir to tih a "wait and see" approach or seek guidance from their goddess, Bahamut.
But now, the very Bahamut they had suggested sulting had dropped a bombshell, further enhang Cir's fusion.
‘I should be feeling some form of jealousy, anger, or something, but oddly enough, I don't feel a thing – or rather, I'm just fused about what to feel,’ Cir thought, her mind in a whirlwind of emotions.
"Are you going to give up on him if he accepts Bahamut-sama?" Eleni asked, her voice ced with .
Cir paused, sidering the question.
"I don't know. Even if I knew, and I don't give up, I even pete with a goddess?" she replied, her voice tinged with uainty.
"Sigh, let's just go home. My head hurts thinking about it all," Cir said, grabbing her grocery bags and heading towards Bahamut's house, leaving the two girls behind.
"What a mess. Do you think she'll be okay?" Dimitra asked Eleni, worry evident in her expression.
"Probably," Eleni replied, a thoughtful look on her face.
"Your reason being?" Dimitra pressed, curious to hear Eleni's perspective.
"If she decides to give up on Draii, then lucky Michalis. But If she wants to be with him so badly and 't win against Bahamut-sama, then a harem might be a viable solution," Eleni expined, with a thoughtful expression.
Dimitra's eyes wide the mention of a harem.
"Harem, huh? I remember Grandpa Joh about how popur he was and how he almost succeeded iing oil he met Grandma," she said fondly, a nostalgic smile pying on her lips.
"Yeah, and he also used to say that Draii was the most likely to succeed him iing one. I didn't uand what it meant then, but after some research, I realized he was kind ht," Eleni replied, a twinkle in her eye.
"True, he is the only one of his kind right now," Dimitra aowledged, her expression thoughtful.
"Ugh, I sense ining chaos. How will Vasiliki react to this news?" Dimitra suddenly excimed, a cold feeling creeping up her neck.
"As much as I'm ied in her rea, I don't think we should say anything about this until Draii and Bahamut are officially together," Eleni replied, her voice pragmatic.
"True," Dimitra nodded in agreement, the two girls walking home in pensive silence.
The atmosphere was heavy with unspokeions as Cir, Eleni, and Dimitra made their way back to Bahamut's house, each lost in their own thoughts and s.
Cir's heart was in turmoil, unsure of how to process the revetion that the goddess she revered had feelings for the person she herself had developed some-kind of affe for.
‘What does this mean for me?’ Cir wondered, her steps slowing as she pohe implications.
‘ I even hope to pete with a goddess? What do I even want? And what of Draco's feelings – how will he respond to Bahamut-sama’s fession?’ the questions swirled in her mind, leaving her feeling overwhelmed and uain.
