Our shopping date goes well.
Kaelin, wrapped tightly around my arms, takes me to a number of different small stalls selling lots of different types of food.
First, we go to a meat skewer stand. An older gentleman stands over a small charcoal grill, set on some kind of wooden cart. He has many different types of meat and fish, and when we arrive I can hear them sizzling over the hot charcoal underneat.
I ask him for 2 of everything, and he happily obliges. Me and Kaelin walk away from the stall each with one meat skewer in our mouths, and another 6 in my storage ring.
Second, twirly bread on a stick. It sounds a little funny, but instead of baking the bread into a loaf, the dough is rolled out long and thin, and then wrapped around a stick. The stick goes into an oven, where the leavening makes it grow, creating a sort of spiral curly bread.
There are more than a few variations of savoury and sweet. I get 2 of each of the meat bits, cheese, plain, herb, sugared, and caramel breadsticks. I leave there with a meat bits breadstick sticking out of my mouth, more than happy with what we purchased.
We then stop at some kind of streetside bakery. They are selling something similar to what I loved back on Earth. A large piece of meat is spit-roasted, and the chef cuts off strands of the meat into a flatbread. He then fills the rest of the space with fresh vegetables and some kind of sauce. It is just like a doner kebab, so naturally I get two of those each for us as well.
The final food item we get is some kind of pancake. I get a set of savoury pancakes containing cheeses, meats, and some kind of green sauce, and some sweet ones with fruit and sugar. Everything goes into my storage ring ready for tonight.
Finally, Kaelin takes me to a place that seems to sell lots of types of alcohol, and we buy a type of fruit wine that is only available in the sky city of Nimbastra. I will make a note of this, perhaps filling the cargo hold with this wine would be good for us to trade at a different port.
We arrive home as the sun is beginning to set, and along the way we meet the gentleman from the ship merchant who is working on the safe and armament upgrades for the skyrunner.
He explains that they are ahead of schedule and might even be able to finish a day earlier than expected. I thank him, and we make our way inside.
After arriving, I withdraw all of the morning shopping of clothes and bedding from the ring and hand Kaelin her items. I make my way to my room and take a long shower to wash off the blood and grime from today's dungeon dive.
After drying myself and dressing in some comfortable clothes, I make my way to the galley and begin setting things up on the table for our dinner and drinking.
I place to plates and ups on either side of the table, and when I hear Kaelin's cabin door opening and closing, I start pulling the food and drink out of my ring and setting it on the table.
Kaelin walks in wearing some of the comfortable clothes she bought herself earlier today, and I must say, she is so sexy right now. Her slightly damp hair clings to her shoulders, which are exposed because of the sleeveless shirt she is wearing.
The sleeveless shirt clings to her body, accentuating her feminine curves, and making my heart beat faster.
She catches me looking pretty easily when she enters the galley, well, not like I was trying to hide it anyway.
"Captain, is this some kind of sexual harassment?" She teases. "You are undressing me with your eyes, aren't you? Well, I suppose as long as you don't try to undress me with your hands, that's fine. Look all you like!" She gives me a little twirl and a wink.
"Don't worry, your contract protects you from that kind of thing, plus, why would I undress you myself when I can have you do it for me in the future?"
"Tehehe, don't be naughty, Captain. That's rude at the dinner table."
The flirty banter continues while we eat, and we savour the tastes of the city's offerings. Kaelin is very happy that she gets to try so many of the foods she could only buy once a month, all at one time, and the topics we discuss are all light-hearted.
After we finish eating, we clean up the plates and are left with the wine.
"Ok, Kaelin, so let's talk. I imagine you have some questions."
"Too many! How did you level up so fast? What is this [Sky Captain] class? Why did I get some of your experience?"
"Let's start from the beginning I guess ..."
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"So basically, you woke up in this ship 2 days ago, away from your original world. You are a sky-sovereign and have an exclusive class for that race, which lets you build a crew and grow stronger together? You get 3 times more EXP than anyone else, and you can use 2 extra classes on top of your [Sky Captain] class?"
"Basically yes!"
"I don't believe you! That is just too far-fetched. It is too much! That sounds like the powers of a god! Wait, you are a sovereign, so I guess that makes you some kind of king! If you want me to start calling you your grace or something, you can think again! Captain is the best I can do right now!"
"Hahahahaha." She is taking it better than I imagined. She is basically accepting it and denying it all at the same time. I must say, I feel relieved now that I have told her.
"Would you like to see my status screen to confirm it for yourself?"
"So you can do that too? I mean, I don't know anybody else who can do it, but, unless I see for myself, I won't be able to believe it."
I push my chair out from under the table and open my legs a little. I then start tapping my left thigh, indicating for Kaelin to come and sit there.
She stares at me for a moment and then walks over. 'Even now, you are looking for an excuse to flirt, huh? Totally shameless.'
She sits herself on my leg, and I wrap my arm around her waist. I feel her tense up slightly, but then she melts into my embrace, resting her head on my shoulder while sipping from her wine.