Everyone finished their food, but it seemed that after that it was time to part ways again for the time being. As Josie, now clearly the 'leader' of this little group, spoke up. "Once again I'd like to thank you, both for helping us and for the food. But it's time for us to continue levelling." The other two nodded in agreement. "We're not quite ready for the dungeon yet after all. Our plan was to go tomorrow. And if you two do decide to join us, we have to be high enough level right?" Alakai smiled, giving them a small nod back. "It would be great if we could indeed go tomorrow. The faster we can do the dungeon, the less my levelling plans are messed up." "Ah, though we're going to another area for now...I'd rather not have a repeat of today." Josie added, which Alakai silently agreed with. "Hey, I told you already! I could have taken those monsters!" Joan complained, though an angry glare from both Josie and June quickly shut him up again. "If you want a tip, there's an area with ants just on the other side of the dunes over there." Alakai commented, pointing towards where he meant. "It's boring to grind them, and they swarm like the crabs. But if you pull a few away from the main area each time it's great exp."

Josie smiled, nodding in agreement. "Sounds like it's at least worth checking out. Thanks for the tip. Hopefully we'll see you this evening~" And with that the trio left. It was only when they were completely out of sight that Alakai realised something. "Huh...that's the first time I only felt a little awkward in a group of people..." He mused, being quite surprised about it himself. "Well, apart from June constantly teasing me...that was pretty uncomfortable..." The man wouldn't notice someone flirting with him even if his life depended on it. After all, his self-image was still that of an unattractive, undesirable shut-in gamer. And who would ever be interested in a person like that right? "Well, either way...I think we can decide on whether we'll visit their guild hall once we go back to the city. No need to ponder about it too much."