-Still from Rose's point of view.
-The cheat student's name is Aketora or something like that, and the young man with name is named Thaddeus.
-Rose's apron pocket has space enlargement using the same principle as a magic item bag. She keeps her giant ass axe in there.
-Thaddeus comes off as very friendly and simply wants to know what's going on with the other students because of his partner.
-Aketora gets annoyed at Thaddeus and how Takahiro is flaunting off a woman (Rose) like a trophy. But all he does is storm off in the end.
-Thaddeus apologizes for his partner's behavior and runs off to catch up to him because apparently he can't use a translation stone.
-Rose also carries her own translation stone and knows how to use it, and Mana apparently is close to apparently memorizing how to work one herself.
-Protag finds it odd because Aketora was perfectly fine on his own in the inn the day before.
-He's also curious how either of them obtained one since they're basically only used to communicate with people who were transported over from Earth. Kind of limited use and limited supply.
-That said, he has no interest in satisfying his curiosity on this. So they resume the date.
-They go around all sorts of shops where Rose learns quite a few things as a craftsman.
-Rose realizes she got a little overzealous in learning and that she had been half-pulling Takahiro around by the arm. She gets a little depressed at herself.
-He reassures her that he's plenty enjoying seeing Rose enjoying herself like a kid and they resume with Rose glad that she can't blush.
-They buy some necessities and some books for Lily at her request. It turns out Miho is a very avid reader. Apparently the author was dropping hints at this very early on as well, it just wasn't outright said until now.
-Protag thinks he caught Shiran in the corner of his eye, but writes it off.
-Before they get to the inn, Rose gives Takahiro surprise presents.
-The first are black gauntlets called the Asarina Gauntlets each with different decorations, left being blue and yellow, right being red and green.
-These were apparently made from some advice Mikihiko gave Rose, and because of Asarina's new ability. The left one has a design so that the back of the hand can open, as well as other gimmicks she'll explain later.
-The second is a dagger apparently tougher than the Fake Damascus Steel they've been using so far, made out of a material Rose couldn't get enough of to make it longer. She calls it the Rose Dagger (Rose's name is the English word for Rose, but the dagger uses the Japanese word for rose, "Bara").
-Apparently the dagger is made out of herself (specifically the lower half of her cut off by Takaya), but she doesn't tell Takahiro this. It was also Mana's idea, since she crafts from wood and puppets are also made of wood. She also failed multiple times in making it, but considers the result worth it.
-Rose is now determined to go beyond hugging with the protag, but isn't sure what that is or how to do it still.
-The next day they uneventfully leave the town and start working on regrouping with the others.
-Chapter ends with Rose basically spoiling they cross paths with Aketora again sometime in the future, and even before that they run into something they were warned about but forgot about (probably the fucking dragon, m8).