Around 4 hours of rest is all he got. Aura woke him up by gently shaking his shoulder, whispering his na.
His sleep wasn't so deep that he didn't see it coming, but it remained a nicer way to wake up.
"Mori? we'll stop here," she whispered.
"Where are we?" he asked.
"So village, it doesn't have much to offer, but there is an inn with stables for the horses," she said.
"Good, we'll sleep there."
He took a deep breath, sitting upright. Looking outside, the night had totally fallen.
He wasn't used to this. Night never ant darkness, in the real world.
Lights were installed everywhere, they said it was for everyone's safety, however a lot more people thought it was more so that DiveCore could record them properly through the CCTVs.
Mori had never cared, DiveCore owned too many dia companies for anyone to be able to untangle any conspiracy theory.
He used to be invested in figuring out the truth, but quickly stopped bothering, like most did.
In this world, however, night truly ant night. Darkness, like he never could've imagined.
The true sound of silence, no buzzing sounds of electronics polluting the place.
Mori got out of the carriage, only to et Lilae and Reaper sitting on the ground.
"What are you doing there?" he asked.
"We had to walk behind the carriage, because your guard dog there tried to slit our throats when we set foot in it," said Lilae.
Mori turned to Aura, patting her head while smiling, which she answered by smiling as well.
"Yeah, you're real proud of that one. Let's just get to that inn, Xannos went ahead to book the room."
Lilae and Reaper got up, dusting themselves as they all went toward the inn.
"Reaper," stopped Mori.
He turned around, surprise on his face while the others kept walking.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Don't think I forgot our deal."
Reaper frowned. "You an..."
"You'll die."
He took a deep breath, "I know... You want to do it now?"
"Not yet."
Reaper exhaled in relief. "You're trying to give a heart attack?"
"You're weak. Extrely weak, even. That display with the guards was pathetic."
"Well," quickly cut Reaper, "You haven't seen everything. I've got more tricks, and I was tired, and-"
"It's fine. Just focus on your strength. You said it yourself, you're good at recon. I don't want to be taken by surprise anymore, like it happened with Luxian. I'm counting on you, Reaper. Especially when we're sleeping."
Reaper's devious smile returned, disgusting Mori to the core.
"You can count on ."
Mori nodded, hiding his disgust the best he could.
As soon as Reaper turned around to join the others he couldn't contain it anymore, letting it show.
Mori's hands were tingling, this sa feeling he felt when slaughtering humans in Dustriver.
He should've killed him then and there.
Aura who noticed he stayed behind, she turned around, joining him.
"Aren't you coming?" she asked, approaching.
"Yes, yes."
"Oh, I got so used to it I almost forgot, even with the cloak perhaps you should get the chains..."
Ah, she's right, I forgot.
She took the cloak off his shoulders and then a few steps back.
Mori lifted both arms, chains appearing from the ground, piercing his own body like it happened in Griswald's domain.
They swirled around him, sealing him tight. Once they were done swirling around, she put the cloak back on his shoulders.
They walked toward the inn, it was quite isolated.
The village was small, there was perhaps a couple of thousands of people, Mori estimated.
There were a lot of farms, he could sll it, and this main road only had a few dozen establishnts on each side.
Xannos was walking out of the inn as Mori and Aura reached the door.
"It's all settled. I'll bring the horses to the stables, they're totally empty, you can get so rest."
"Good," said Mori.
When he entered, it was a true let down.
Nothing like Mary's inn, The Wild Boar. The sll was disgustingly potent, as if the farm animals lived inside this place.
Dust was on every surface, while dirt had claid the floor for itself. The standards were simply diocre at best.
The innkeeper, demonfolk as well, looked at her worst.
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