Arran woke up feeling refreshed...Shifting around languidly on the soft bed, Arran stretched his body fully before lazily getting up from bed. Checking the time, Arran discovered that four hours had passed since he fell asleep.Looking around his room, Arran discovered that it was dark. He remembered that when he went to sleep; it was still bright outside, so Arran became momentarily confused after suddenly waking up in darkness. Fortunately, there was a dim light on in the room, so Arran could still vaguely make out his surroundings.After thinking for a moment, Arran eventually figured out why it was suddenly dark after waking up. Turns out, the space station was in its night cycle, so all the brightness during the day cycle had been turned off. This was a very common function for the station to simulate the day and night cycles of planets, and there was nothing to worry about. Because Arran had not experienced something like this, had been momentarily unnerv

"Right, thought I lost you there for a moment. Good day to you, sir. I am Elena and I will be your personal attendant for the rest of your stay with us at Fort Crawford's auction house. May I know how I can be of help to you, sir?"The sweet voice on the other end of the call introduced herself.Hearing her words, Arran quickly complimented her, "Elena, that's a nice name and it rings well with your sweet voice.""Thank you, sir, for the compliment," Elena responded.Then she said professionally, "Well then, sir, what would you like me to do for you?""Do you have any concerns that need addressing or questions you need to be answered? Would you like me to come over personally to serve you, or do you want to arrange for other services for you?""Please tell me whatever request you may have and I assure you will be completely satisfied..."Listening to Elena speaking so enthusiastically, Arran, who was curious about a few things, took t

Facing Elena's thinly veiled invitation, Arran smiled and gave a baffling response."As tempting as that sounds, I'm afraid I won't be able to see that side of you. Perhaps some other time."As Arran said this, he deftly removed his arms from Elena's embrace before moving to keep some distance between the two of them.Arran's reply and his subsequent series of actions left Elena standing in place, stunned. She was very confused by what was happening.Having thought that Arran would agree to her invitation for a little tryst, being suddenly rejected caught her off guard.Still, although Elena was momentarily disarmed, she was able to recover quickly and make sufficient come back."Ah, is that so? That's too bad then... big sister thought she almost had you. This is good too. If you had really accepted, then your big sister would have really shown you that she wasn't so easy like that."Elena quickly brushed her earlier actions as a jok

Trapp towered over his captive like a predator would his prey, his body emitting waves of black gas that spread into the surroundings, turning the area into an inky black zone that was isolated from everywhere else.Looking at Trapp's location from outside, one would not notice any difference from how it was previously. Apart from the place seeming darker than usual and having more shadows on the walls, the alley was no different from any other dark alley in the main area. There was also not a single person to be seen on sight.But Trapp and his captive were still there. They were only isolated from the main world by Trapp's power.This ability that Trapp displayed was the ability to affect reality with one's own powers, thereby creating a separate dimension in which only you existed. This dimension was connected to the main material world, but it was not located anywhere in the main material world.The level of power needed to be able to affect reality i

Arran spent the rest of the day touring around the main area of Fort Crawford with Elena in his company. It had to be said that even though the station was in its night cycle, the main area was still as bustling as it had been earlier in the day when Arran had flown over the city.This was literally the definition of a city that never slept.Before Arran started his tour officially, Elena had first taken him to sample a few of the local delicacies of the main area.Arran had visited the most popular restaurants and eateries both inside and outside the auction house. There were different types of foods and ingredients that originated from countless planets and realms. Each was prepared following traditional recipes native to the worlds they originated from.The meals Arran had tasted were varied and exquisite, and each had its own unique exotic tastes. With Arran's appetite, that had gotten increasingly larger since he started training, it had taken very l