She only felt that after Gauss put on the robe, he seemed like a completely different person.
On the way here, she had already thought the man before her was flawless in appearance. But now she realized her earlier opinion had been somewhat off the mark.
It was the first time in her life she had ever seen a human so charming.
Gauss turned his attention away from the panel and only then noticed that the three people in the reception hall were all staring at him.
He said nothing, though.
"Can we leave now?"
"Of course." The staff member snapped out of it and hurriedly replied.
With her leading the way, Gauss started back along the route they had taken.
On the way back, Gauss took the opportunity to ask about the Lake God's Blessing.
When he learned that preparations for the Lake God's Blessing ceremony would take a while longer and that he would have to wait for the guild to notify him of the exact time, he said no more.
The two of them eventually returned to the square.
"Thank you for your help."
"It was my pleasure."
Only after Gauss disappeared at the end of the street did she feel an emptiness in her heart, as if she had lost something.
"Gauss, is this the robe you exchanged for?" Alya circled around him twice, studying it closely for quite a while.
Though his companions kept looking him over, they didn't react as conspicuously to Gauss's newfound handsomeness as the people in the reception hall had.
For one thing, adventurers were naturally much more "resistant" to this sort of thing than ordinary people, and weren't as easily "charmed." At most, they would admire his looks.
For another, they had been with Gauss for quite a while and