While we're puttering around with no sense of urgency, did I ever tell you about my childhood friend, what's-her-name? Ho ho, I bet she's enjoying a nice slice-of-life moment right now, too, just like us, with all the life she has and is living!
Edit: Read the other comments, this is an x.5 side story. No further complaints your honor. Below is my original gripe. I mean, I normally don't mind character and relationship building chapters, but this feels so disconnected from the last chapter that it feels like a X.5 side-story. Author should have put this before the last chapter and the serious talk with the Slave Advisor. Lighthearted Fluff -> Serious Plot feels way more natural than Serious Plot -> Lighthearted Fluff -> Serious Plot.