Ever since leaving my parents, two days have passed.
Late into the night, with a full moon hanging in the sky, I pressed onto the gas pedal of a large black eight-passenger SUV.
Having made all the necessary preparations, and pretty much spending every single penny I had, it was now time for me to leave.
Slowly the car sped into the night.
As I was driving, turning my head, and looking at Ryan whose eyes were glued onto his tablet, I asked.
"Ryan, is there a signal coming from my chip?"
"No, nothing yet."
Ryan replied.
His eyes never left the tablet in his hands.
"Alright."
Turning my attention back towards the road, I sighed in relief.
I still had time. This was good.
Good because I still had one thing to do before leaving the human domain, and that was recruit one last guy.
Hein Kraaijenschot.
My meat shield.
If there was a time to recruit him, it was now. The journey I was about to embark on was the perfect chance to create synergy amongst the group members. Not just combat, but outside of that scope as well.
As such, I had to take a little detour to Ironia City, the place where Hein lived.
"Haaa, since did I become a driver?"
Glancing behind me and seeing everyone busy either sleeping or messing with their phones, I sighed and drove the car towards Ironia City.
With the full moon hanging in the sky, the drive was a rather pleasant one.
*
After half a day of non-stop driving, I was beginning to become tired.
Fortunately, when the color of the sky finally changed and the sun fully emerged from the horizon, the outline of a large city filled with liveliness finally appeared at the edge of my vision.
Under the scorching sunlight from the sun, the distant outline of the city slowly started to enlarge.
Glancing behind me, I woke the others up.
"Wake up, we're almost here."
Before long, we arrived at the outskirts of the city.
Although there was no outer wall around the city, the city was heavily protected as guards could be seen patrolling everywhere.
Ironia City was seated on the western region of the human domain.
The spacious large roads that led to and from it caused it to become a place one must pass through in order to head to Dromeda city, one of the four great cities. Also the place I needed to go in order to leave the human border.
The position that it occupied was quite fortunate. If any incident occurred, with Dromeda city next to them, reinforcements could come at any time. That aside, Ironia city was also home to a few platinum graded guilds, so the place was fairly safe.
Woken up by me, Leopold yawned and stretched his arms.
"Huaaam, where are we going now?"
"Let's stop for breakfast."
I suggested.
Unfortunately, my suggestions were met with dead-pan eyes as nobody apart from Leopold seemed even remotely interested in the idea of having breakfast.
Taking a look outside of the window, Leopold asked.
"You know any interesting places?"
[Turn right in 100m, after that turn left.]
"Mhm, got just the right place."
With a calm smile on my face, I steered the wheel of the car slightly and followed the GPS device's instructions.
Not long after, pressing onto the breaks of the car, I stopped in front of an old shop with a large sign that said 'Tarquoise Hall'
"This should be it..."
Stepping out of the car and covering my face with my hand to block the sunlight, I glanced at the old shop in the distance. Turning around, I asked.
"Do you guys wanna come in with me to eat breakfast, or are you guys gonna tour the city by yourselves?"
"Tour!"
Ryan excitedly shouted.
"...You're not hungry?"
"No."
Ryan shook his head.
Raising my brow, I looked towards the others.
"What about you guys?"
"Um, no."
"No. I've suddenly lost my appetite."
Ava and Leopold respectively shook their heads.
"Alright, suit yourselves."
shrugged my shoulders at their
aesthetics of the place caused the others to not want to
Smallsnake, I
what
"...H, huh?"
With a small smirk
babysitter that
was instantly
his dimensional space he waved them
don't you need me
his hand, I
them. I'll take care of everything. Have
supposed to have Smallsnake come with me for the negotiations of Hein's contract, but seeing how tired Smallsnake was, I decided to let him have
deserved a little
Squinting, Smallsnake skeptically asked.
really handle
already taken the contract,
you say
looked towards
you're not having breakfast, gonna
the pub, call
before heading out. Watching Leopold leave, I looked at
"Ava?"
and me,
tour with Ryan
never before did
bitter smile appeared on
the idea
looked towards the back of the car where a
it's just me and
"..."
jumped out of the car and
echoed
be back
"..."
the car and headed for
"Bunch of traitors."
muttered underneath my
"Welcome."
the building the first person to greet me was
two four-year-old children who were looking
"Good morning."
I greeted back.
man pointed towards the back of the shop where different goods could be seen on display and
here to buy anything, or would
"Breakfast please."
"Alright."
joystick of the wheelchair, he soon brought me towards a small table where I sat down. Taking out a pen, and a small piece
"What would you like."
a couple of
omelet with
with ham and cheese? What about
"Orange juice please."
"Anything else?"
"No thank you."
shouted towards the back of the shop. "Hein, someone is here. Quickly
"Father, what's going on?"
eyes. He had
hands on the black apron on
is going
small piece of paper that had
we have a customer. Here's the
I'll go
he started preparing my breakfast. Bidding goodbye to me, Hein's father
ham and
the kitchen, Hein arrived before me with
"Thank you."
fork and quickly dug onto the omelet before me. As soon as I took
"Delicious."
"...Thank you."
him a glance, I pointed
"Please have a seat."
"...H, huh?"
aback, Hein became
were the first customer in a while
I won't bite, just wanted to
Looking into my eyes, Hein eventually nodded his head and
"...Okay."
"Good."
sat down,
My name is Hein. Hein Hein
"Mhm, I know."
a bit of the omelet I nonchalantly nodded
"You know?"
sharp. A wisp of his aura
took another bite of the omelet
of a way to heal your father.
"..."
Then, Hein suddenly stood up and
"What!"
was empty, no one was present to witness his
apart from his father who hurriedly
"Hein, is everything okay?"
his mistake, Hein lowered his head and
okay father, don't worry
"You sure?"
don't worry about
Hein once again reassured.
if you say
eventually relented and
no longer see his father's figure, Hein shot a
This is not some sick joke that you are trying
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