The first thing he did after entering his room was placing the things he was holding on a small table beside the bed. Then, he looked around the room. Fortunately, it has a bathroom.
He decided to take a bath first. Although he had that spell the sa as Wendy, taking a bath was still better. It gives a refreshing feeling.
Inside the labyrinth, there were places like falls and lakes. But, he couldn't enjoy them because his attention was always around him.
After taking a bath, he wore his newly bought white shirt with x print and paired it with the newly bought pants.
While waiting for his hair to dry, he opened the window and gazed at the sky. The bright blue color it had a mont ago was silently disappearing, turning the sky darker and darker every beat of a second.
Following it, below the dimming sky, the house's lamps or even the street lamps started to light up to bring brightness in their vicinity.
'It was truly the real world, huh,' he thought again. Even until now, it was still hard for him to believe that he was finally outside that place.
It was truly unbelievable. It was a very long journey. He felt like he was fighting for eternity against those creatures.
However, who would think that he would succeed in the end? And to think that it was only four months. Even Jem himself could not believe it.
"What do you think, trader? Does the labyrinth have a different ti flow?"
Jem suddenly opened up the question.
Hearing the trader's reply, Jem surmised that even the trader was not quite sure about it. But, Jem believed that it was the only possible explanation.
As he was gazing outside while pondering, he lost track of ti. He only noticed that it was already ti for dinner when his stomach had made a growling noise.
Jem decided to go down. He would be going to use his free dinner perks.
He went to the restaurant that the counter lady told him about a while ago.
When he entered, he saw rows of tables and seats. So people were occupying most of those. They were happily conversing while having their dinner. So were having their dinner alone.
He went directly to the counter to take his order.
Jem ordered Pressure-Fried Lesser Bear at with sauce, Lesser Beef Soup, bread, and cheese.
It was a random pick.
He went to an available table while waiting for his order to be served. Though, it didn't take long for his order to arrive.
Looking at the food in front of him, Jem could not help but gulp. There was a longing feeling when he was staring at the food in front of him. In his mind, finally, a properly cooked food.
Honestly, he had no particular favorite food, but having been stranded in a place in which he had to devour everything consumables just to quench his hunger, made him crave food that was cooked properly.
He took a fork and knife, then sliced a piece of Pressure-Fried Bear at.
When the taste of at and seasoning entered his mouth, there was no change in his expression. Deep inside, he was disappointed. His expectation shattered to pieces in that instance.
It wasn't because the dish was badly cooked, but because there was no response from his sense of taste.
Even the apple he ate a while ago had the sa blunt taste. His mind was telling him it was sweet, however. In truth, he was just fooling himself. He lost his sense of taste inside the labyrinth.
All that was left to him was an empty taste.
Jem forced himself to devour the food in front of him. He needed to satisfy his protesting stomach after all.
Around him, he heard soone talking about the appearance of a dungeon in Seaside City. But Jem did not listen further. He concentrated on finishing his food.
anwhile, in the orphanage, located in the northwest suburb of Mauve Town, Hope and ir were sitting around the rectangular table along with ten children who were pestering them with questions in front of their als.
"Big sis Hope, how is your visit to the Ex Soul Academy?" One of the children suddenly asked the question.
"Uhm, all is fine. There will be more events between the Ex Soul Academy and the Ex-Human Institution in the coming sester," replied Hope.
"Is that so? Did you fight against them in a duel?"
Another child asked.
"ir did."
"Really!?"
Everyone was showing excited expressions when they saw Hope nodded. Also, curiosity was apparent in their faces.
The orphan children's heads simultaneously turned away from Hope and now they were staring at ir.
"Big sis, how is the duel!?"
"Who's your opponent!?"
"I heard the Ex Soul Academy is the most prestigious school in the East District!"
"I heard it's the gathering of talented students from most of the noble families in the East District!"
"Hey, did you win!?"
Hope and ir were being pressed with questions from the children.
"Uh eh---" ir was taken aback at the sudden rain of questions.
"My, my, everyone, don't go so far as bombarding your big sis with questions. Your big sisters are still not in good health."
A nun ca and said those lines.
"Eyyyy…" the children responded in a sowhat dispirited tone.
"Alright, everyone. It's ti to fix up yourselves and prepare to sleep. Sister Ann will co to check on you later on, you know."
Hah~
The children sighed.
"Okay…"
They replied in a less enthusiastic tone. Soon, they stood up from their seats, then reluctantly followed the nun's words.
Only ir, Hope, and the nun were left behind.
"Thank you, Sister Jane," ir said, thanking the nun.
"Fufu, don't mind it. Oh, by the way, thanks for the donation money from both of you."
"It's nothing, Sister Jane," said Hope with a smile.
ir also nodded in agreent to Hope. She had a relaxed smile on her face. "Once I reach my first level, I will join a guild and donate more money." Suddenly, Mier declared.
"Yeah, too."
It looks like Hope had the sa thought as ir.
"Fufu. You two, don't be so rash, you know. Your safety is the most important thing. Right. you must go to sleep early as well. You still have to go to the institution tomorrow, right?"
"Yeah, next week will be the end of the first sester. So, from tomorrow onward will be a busy day for and Hope," said ir.
"I see. By the way, Sister Ann instructed that you are prohibited from training tonight. You have to sleep early. Rember that a woman's appearance decides her future."
"....."
The two girls fell silent with a troubled smile.
Hope suddenly clapped her hands. "Right, what is Sister Ann doing?" She asked.
"She's currently talking to an officer from the law enforcer."
"Could it be…" said ir.
"Yes. It seed like the people who tried to abduct you were mbers of the new rebel group."
"I see…"
ir and Hope fell silent afterward.
"Be careful next ti. The federation is currently at risk against those rebels. Their numbers are increasing every mont."
"O-okay!"
The two girls nodded at the sa ti. In their minds, the figure of a boy appeared.
When morning ca,
Jem checked out of the hotel after lunch. He rode a carriage back to Seaside City.
In the federation, carriages were the main source of land transportation. However, when it cos to city-to-city trips, especially the longer trips, the locomotive train was the better option.
There were also other thods of transportation besides the carriages and trains. One example of it was the Airboats.. Another example was animals and tad beasts.
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