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 telling

Kevin : I swear...

broken through rank. If you don't inform me soon, I will have no choice

note, does the quote "You have to look through the rain to see the rainbow."

===[Kevin Voss]==

messages. He lost me on the

received texts from

I quickly checked those.

===[Mom]==

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

===[Mom]==

a chill run down my

sure they weren't listening. As a sign of precaution, I moved

I dialed

Ring—! Ring—!

—…

but there was an

'…she's mad.'

I started

It's me. Your

—…

with silence. It was from that moment that I

"Mo—"

—…Are you okay?

was about to say something, my mother cut me off and

voice, I sighed in

just came back a couple of minutes ago,

body. Making sure that everything was still there, I

seems like all of my limbs are

—That's good.

mother replied in a rather flat and short tone. My

of the worst, I felt my heart sink as my voice

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

—No.

didn't seem to

were

"Is that so?"

—Yes.

was

she's giving me the silent

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

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

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

still suffering from my past experiences

cope with everything that was happening,

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

to be useful, and

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

they still affected me from time to

need to find a long-term solution for

up losing it again

the mountains in the

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

short pause,

a talk once you get back home. For now, answer me this. Will

me

at my

I also checked my location through the GPS on my watch. Licking my lips,

not that far from Ashton city. In fact, we're pretty close to the Clayton ridge. If we take the train, we might be able to

that everything was in order, I responded to

able to

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

"Ah!"

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

head back,

you add another

—Another person?

is, you

—…Okay.