With Iva gone and quiet, Evan’s ditation was done after another half an hour. His eyes opened up while he slowly moved his limbs back into wakefulness. He stretched his legs mostly as he took a deep breath.
It still felt a bit weird, as if he had just woken up from a dream earlier. He must have looked awkward if anyone can see him in that state.
Like an automated machine maybe?
Evan shivered at the thought. He’s not a machine just because he wore a watch and absorbed it right?
He sighs and leave those thoughts alone. Those aren’t things he would care about after a small rest provided by ditation.
There would usually be so thoughts scattering in his mind the mont he sat down and began. Today, there seems to be none.
Is it because he is finally getting what ditation really is? Like how his dad describe it as?
That would be a good news.
Evan glanced at the window so he can check if there was still so daylight. There was a lot of things that he had done today, most of the things in his self-made guide was done for the day. So now, he was thinking of guessing the current ti.
Surprisingly, there’s still so daylight. The feeling in his legs was still a bit numb, but he feels that he can stand up without any need for support. Evan stood up and went closer to the window to get a closer look.
Sure enough, the sun is shining down outside.
He was sure that he went to the market to deal with the delivery before or during midday. He did all his routine and the jam making process took a while.
There’s also the two hours ti that passed while he was in the Simulation Zone’s version of the Slis corridor or dungeon now.
Did he really took less ti than he expected even if he suddenly found himself ho?
He rembered that he did plan on having himself take ditation after sword training. At this point, maybe he should be reading now.
Evan sighs. He really isn’t in the mood to read at the mont.
Besides, he now has three usage for the Simulation Zone and he had only used two. He knew that the exploration, sword wielding training and the usage were all used in one but he is very tempted to explore in the stone hill cave even more.
There’s still a lot of ti before his parents get back...
He opens his door and checked the ti. Like he had hoped, it was just a little under three hours after midday.
He has less than two hours to two and a half hours of exploration. Evan could make that count.
"Iva, I’m skipping reading today." He announced loudly. "I’m going to the stone hill cave. Co join ."
’You don’t have to ask , I’ll be here~’ Iva’s reply was almost instantaneous. ’Are we going now?’
Evan nods his head as he hums. "Yeah! No ti like the other. I’m thinking of exploring the two branching paths I passed by while I was running away from that... Uh- Shadow things"
’Shadowling?’ Iva offered the correction. ’Well, if you need a tir and if you want to get out as a sli just do it.’
"Will do."
Evan made his way out the house and went to the familiar path of his everyday now.
He loves a lot of physical activities like running, jumping and the like. If he was the sa child like before, he would’ve started doing more of those instead of doing so reading.
He’s even following a guide to makes sure he levels up! But he really needed more mana so he had to keep up.
Evan is doing that now though. He is going through and skipping the reading temporarily.
He got through the stone hill cave after reading the poem, the entrance opening with a low rumble on the ground.
Down the stairs he went.
Through the first corridor he got.
Going passed the area where he wasn’t able to before, he could see the branching paths from the distance.
He didn’t realize that he had covered a lot of ground when he was running yesterday... Well, early this morning.
As he looked at them, there is another smooth stone in between the different paths. There’s sothing written on it, not that Evan could read it though.
’Huh. I don’t recognize that language.’ Iva interrupts. ’Do you mind moving closer so I can see if what I assu is right?’
Evan shrugs. "Sure. But can’t I just summon you out of you really want to? Will save is both the trouble."
’Sli vision is weird. I would prefer to stay for now.’ Iva replies.
Evan sighs and moved closer. He looks at the smooth stone, putting a hand out as he wiped the surface a little bit.
It’s not dirty or anything, but he wanted to feel if it is as smooth as the stone outside that contained the poem.
’I see patterns but it will take a while to understand. You need to read more books about other languages, Evan.’ Iva reminds him. ’Do you know any other languages other than Hia?’
Evan furrowed his eyebrows at the ridiculous question. "Are you actually asking if I know anything else other than the only language I speak, which is Hia?" He sighs. "No, I do not."
Iva huffs. ’That’s fine. You have your main goal after all. I can’t give you what this ans. Are we still going?’
Evan looks at the left and the right paths.
He uses a lot of his left hand, so he is leaning more towards it. But he had worn the watch on his right before it disappeared, well technically, absorbed by his body. So, he wanted to also try right.
"Do you think I can go back to try the other path when I’m done with the first pick?" Evan asked, trying to see if Iva would reply.
Silence. There’s no Iva response in his mind.
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