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

: Why did you suddenly

Kevin : I swear...

rank. If you don't inform me soon, I will have no choice but to leave

"You have to look through the rain

===[Kevin Voss]==

He

I also received texts from

I quickly checked those.

===[Mom]==

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 won't see this message for a

===[Mom]==

felt a chill run down my spine as

to make sure they weren't listening. As a sign

dialed my mother's

Ring—! Ring—!

—…

through, but there was an empty silence behind

'…she's mad.'

a smile, I started to

me. Your

—…

silence. It was from that moment that I realized I was in

"Mo—"

—…Are you okay?

about to say something, my mother cut me

I sighed in

just came back a couple of

at my body. Making sure that everything

seems like all of my limbs are

—That's good.

and short tone. My brows furrowed a little when I

the worst, I felt my heart sink

while I was gone? Don't tell

—No.

relief, it didn't seem to

happened while you were gone. Everyone

"Is that so?"

—Yes.

what was

tell me she's giving me

the side of my neck, I decided that the best thing to do

not telling you that I was going

reason I went to the demon realm was to sort out my head, not

still suffering from my past experiences

with everything that was happening, I

going well. Nightmares became less frequent, and I was able to sleep more comfortably. All

to be useful, and two more months

nightmares began 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 expected, I had gone through ever harsher experiences since then, and my mind had

then, they still affected

need to find a long-term solution for this

losing it again as I did back in

to stare at the mountains in the distance, I continued

lie to you and tell 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

—I understand.

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

a short pause, she

now, answer me this. Will you be back home on

Give me a

head, I glanced at my watch and checked the time,

the GPS on my watch. Licking my lips, I did a quick scan of the

from Ashton city. In fact, we're pretty close to the Clayton ridge. If we take the train, we might be able to make it by

was in order, I

to make

will also be joining, so

"Ah!"

turned my head to glance at

head back, I

can you add another

—Another person?

worry about who it is, you will know

—…Okay.