The Author's POV

"Bwergh!"

As I gripped the grass, I felt my stomach churn and it wasn't long before I found myself vomiting on the ground.

"Fucking port—Bwergh!"

Midway through my sentence, I once again puked on the ground as I felt a sudden wave of nausea wash over me.

'It's always like this with portals and just when I thought I had gotten over it…'

It had been quite a while since I had last puked from a portal. After recently thinking I had become accustomed to it, I was disappointed to discover that this was only my delusion.

In the midst of my puking spree, I suddenly heard the sound of someone puking close by.

"Bwergh!"

Upon turning my head slightly, I noticed Liam in a similar situation to mine. As a matter of fact, he appeared in a worse state than mine as his face was swollen and tears were streaming down his eyes.

"Damned port—Bwergh!"

I felt a great deal of sympathy for him after seeing how badly he was affected by the portal.

'Poor hi—'

"Bwegh!"

"You guys…"

A helpless voice echoed while Liam and I were puking. It belonged to none other than Edward. The only one that seemed unaffected by portal sickness.

"H…how can you still stand?"

I managed to get out a few words when I raised my head to gaze at him.

It had to be noted that portal sickness was a very real thing that people suffered from, and the longer the journey, the more prevalent this was.

It was weird for Edward to be unaffected by this.

With a shrug of his shoulders, Edward answered.

"I just have a stronger stomach than the two of you."

"Ugh."

I groaned.

After that, it took about five minutes for both Liam and I to finally recover from portal sickness.

Once I did, I finally stood up and looked around me. Currently, we were in a vast grassland. Immediately, my gaze was drawn to the mountains on the horizon, which were surrounded by a sea of trees. The sight was breathtaking.

Taking a glance at Liam, I asked.

"Where exactly are we?"

"I don't know."

His reply was quick. But immediately after that, my face changed a little.

"…Nevermind."

'Need to make a mental note to myself about his bad memory.'

Tapping on my bracelet, I took out my phone and checked the top bar to see if there was any signal. Fortunately, it seemed as though I was in luck.

"...Two bars. Good enough."

Ding—! Ding—! Ding—!

It was at that moment that my phone started chiming repeatedly as over a hundred different notifications came in at once. It was a bit overwhelming as my phone froze up.

Furthermore, most of the notifications were useless as they belonged to some apps or were just s.

I quickly discarded those.

Halfway through deleting them, I noticed that I also received plenty of messages from the others.

"Kevin sent me quite a few..."

===[Kevin Voss]==

: Where are

did you suddenly leave without

Kevin : I swear...

inform me soon, I will have no choice but to leave without

side note, does the quote "You have to

===[Kevin Voss]==

his messages. He lost me on the last

I also received

I quickly checked those.

===[Mom]==

: My sweet boy. My favorite son. My son who I have barely seen over the last five years. I just came to learn about your little trip. One that would last for half a year. I'm totally fine with you going, but couldn't you have given your mother a little heads up? You know, because I'm your mother? You probably

===[Mom]==

felt a chill run down my

I glanced toward the others to make sure they weren't listening. As

I dialed my mother's

Ring—! Ring—!

—…

call soon went through, but there was an

'…she's mad.'

smile, I started to

Your favorite

—…

silence. It was from that moment

"Mo—"

—…Are you okay?

as I was about to say something, my mother

I sighed in

just came back a couple of minutes ago,

glanced at my body. Making sure that everything was still there,

seems like all of my limbs

—That's good.

replied in a rather flat and short tone. My brows furrowed a little when I noticed

of the worst, I felt my heart sink as my

everything okay? Did something happen while I was gone? Don't

—No.

relief, it didn't seem to be the case

happened while you were gone.

"Is that so?"

—Yes.

was

she's giving

neck, I decided that the best thing to do at the moment

I'm sorry for not telling you that I was going to leave, but back then, circumstances forced

went to the demon realm was to sort out my head, not because I wanted to train and explore the

still suffering from my

everything that was happening,

more comfortably. All in all, my life seemed to be normal. Potions were not a long-term

into the demon realm, they ceased to be useful, and two more months later, they

to return from that point on. In spite of this, they did not seem to affect me as much as they used to. This was to be

affected

need to find a long-term solution for this

losing it again as I did back in

my head to stare at the mountains in the distance, I continued

you that the place I went wasn't dangerous, but you should know very well that it is very darn hard to kill me. Some might even call me

—I understand.

me off, I heard my mother's voice. I instantly stopped speaking the moment

short pause, she

have a talk once you get back home. For now, answer me this. Will you be back home on time

me a

glanced at my watch and

through the GPS on my watch. Licking my

Clayton ridge. If we take the train, we might be able

in

should be able to make it back

make one extra meal. Natasha and Amanda will also be joining, so it

"Ah!"

moment my mother mentioned Amanda and Natasha's names, I suddenly remembered something and turned my head to glance at Edward in the distance who was currently helping

my head

can you add another

—Another person?

worry about who it is, you will know once we

—…Okay.