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

you

Kevin : I swear...

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

On a side note, does the quote "You have to look through the rain to see

===[Kevin Voss]==

quickly discarded his messages. He lost me on the last

also received texts

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 won't see this message for a while,

===[Mom]==

but I felt a chill run down my spine as soon as I

others to make sure they weren't listening. As a sign of precaution, I moved a little bit

I dialed my mother's

Ring—! Ring—!

—…

call soon went through, but there was an empty silence

'…she's mad.'

smile, I started to

Your favorite

—…

was once again met with silence. It was from that moment that I realized I was in deep

"Mo—"

—…Are you okay?

say something, my mother cut me off

voice, I

came back

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

all of my limbs

—That's good.

tone. My

felt my

something happen while I was gone? Don't

—No.

my relief, it didn't seem to be the case as

while you were gone. Everyone is

"Is that so?"

—Yes.

was the

giving me

side of 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 to do

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

outside, I was still suffering from

that was happening, I resorted to taking

well. Nightmares became less frequent, and I was able to sleep more comfortably. All in all, my life seemed to

realm, they ceased to be useful, and two more months later, they stopped working

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 me from time to

need to find a

might one day end up losing it again as I

to stare at the mountains

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 me a

—I understand.

off, I heard my mother's voice. I instantly

short

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

me

at my watch and

location through the GPS on my watch. Licking

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

everything was in order, I

able to make it back for

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

"Ah!"

Amanda and Natasha's names, I suddenly remembered something and turned my head to glance at Edward

head back, I

can you add

—Another person?

worry about who it is, you will know

—…Okay.