The two conversed some more about lighter topics, as they joined the others for lunch. Julian was particularly interested about the breakthrough.

"So, what exactly does it actually feel like?" Julian asked out of curiosity.

"Like the biggest epiphany possible in the human experience." Rui replied. "For a moment you no longer care about anything in this world. You experience true happiness and satisfaction, and your mind has absolute clarity."

"Hmmm..." Julian hummed, engrossed in Rui's explanation. "Remarkable, really."

"Hey! Pay attention to your food, you haven't even touched it yet!" Myra, the head cook of the Orphanage, insisted. She had always been quite strict about all matters regarding food and meals.

"Yes yes." Rui laughed.

"You're as strict as ever." Julian sighed with a resigned smile.

Rui proceeded to inquire about the Orphanage affairs, wanting to catch up on having missed a whole year of their lives.

"You must have seen the fully-fixed roof when you came right?" Lashara asked, while showing an affectionate smile to Julian. "Julian was the one who paid for all of that."

"It wasn't that big a deal." Julian smiled modestly.

a deal? You're too

amount of maintenance, while also able to expand its housing capacity a bit, being able to in

sighed with resigned melancholy. "I've wanted to do something for these

all these children end up this way?"

caretakers.

tilted

trafficking busts." She sighed,

spoke about selling him like he was no more than goods in demand. This was in one of the outer districts of Hajin. Was Hajin home to an underground black market

sighed. "I'm glad that increased housing capacity has allowed us to take

adults, although a lot of them no longer resided in the Quarrier Orphanage, several had chosen to stick with the

be cared for by the orphanage was constrained by the number of caretakers present, the housing capacity and funds at hand. Julian singlehandedly increased the

Rui." Nina drew his attention. "Will you be staying for the Winter Festival? It's day after

the first day, I'll have

Winter Festival was a nation-wide festival. It was celebrated in some form or the other across the entirety of

we going to visit the outer

taking the adolescents to the outer districts where

as usual..." Lashara paused. "But since you won't be here for

for me." Rui nodded. "I would

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