However, Gauss had consistently maintained an attitude of polite refusal.
It wasn't that he didn't even have the time for a meal; he just didn't want to open the floodgates. Accepting one invitation would only lead to an endless stream of others.
Refusing them at that point would only end up offending people.
It was better to treat everyone equally from the start and reject all attempts to curry favor.
At worst, people might say he was pretending to be aloof, but seeing him refuse others' invitations just the same, they wouldn't feel too resentful.
He left the Red Dragon Team camp.
Gauss flew to an empty clearing outside the city walls. He calmly dispatched the wandering monsters in the vicinity before summoning the Red Dragon Hephaestus.
"Let's start practicing."
It wasn't just him who needed to practice sixth-ring Spells; Hephaestus needed to practice as well.
It had already learned third-ring Magic.
