After Velar saw Arran and Vice Dean Hubert to their residence, he dismissed the people with him and went back on his own. Traveling through an obscure path rarely frequented by anyone, Velar eventually appeared in front of an ordinary hut.Without hesitation, Velar entered the hut, which opened up to a dark, barely lit room inside. The space inside the hut was larger on the inside than it appeared from the outside. There was a simple arrangement of furnishings scattered around the hut in a dilapidated fashion, as if the place hadn’t been occupied in a long time.Velar ignored everything in the hut like they were all superficial. Instead, after reaching the center of the hut, he immediately spoke up in a clear voice.“I greet the high council of Dorn. I am Velar and I am here to deliver a report.”As soon as Velar finished speaking, a visible fluctuation spread through the room and the scene inside changed.As if the rewind button had been pressed, all the disorderly clothes scattered
Finally alone after so long, Arran was excited. Because Vice Dean Hubert was with him, he couldn’t express himself freely and always felt stifled and bound. Especially after seeing the marvels that existed in the Central Canyon after flying over it.Arran wanted to explore everywhere so badly that it was very hard to control his urge to jump out the window right now. But he calmed himself and waited.As much as Arran wanted to explore the Central Canyon, he didn’t want to do it with the Vice Dean trailing beside him at all times, so he wanted to be sure nobody would discover he was gone.As for what Vice Dean Hubert said about the Liberation faction wanting to break the contract they had with the Aeth and what significance it had to his safety, after thinking about it deeply, Arran figured that no matter what attitude the liberation faction and the Gullans in general head toward the Aeth, as a royal, his safety was very assured while he was here.As long as the Gullans weren’t fools,
After putting away the gift, Arran checked the radio waves in the area to make sure the coast was clear. Finding nothing out of the ordinary, Arran quickly snuck away from his room.The room Arran stayed in was registered under his name and the “keys” to the room had been given to him, so to speak. It was easy to leave the room, but sneaking out of the building without being noticed was another matter.Initially, Arran tried to polymorph through the walls of the building to go outside, but as soon as his energized body touched the wall, a bright flashing light immediately shone which repelled Arran and bounced him away. The light was made from countless rune inscriptions lighting up at the same time as a restriction of sorts was triggered.Not even going into subspace in his energized form could bypass the restrictions placed on the walls of the building. With no choice, he could only sneak out the old-fashioned way.Arran was outside his room with his body hidden in subspace, walking
Unaware of the waves caused by his disappearance, Arran entered the city unhindered. He could finally spread his senses out to investigate the surroundings without the barrier’s interference.Arran’s perception covered the entire city at once, and all sorts of information started rushing toward him simultaneously, bombarding his senses. That was the disadvantage of having powerful senses. Without training, it was difficult to isolate different pieces of each other.Most of what Arran heard was white noise, useless chatter that provided no real piece of information constantly droning inside his head, causing him to develop a serious migraine.The cacophony of voices of people all speaking at once mixed with the electronic drone of equipment and the banging of various utensils forced Arran to minimize the range of his perception to only a few kilometers around him. This was the range that Arran would be able to process all sorts of information optimally.Arran ventured into the city lik
Arran chased after the owners of the voices he recognized. He couldn’t help hurrying as he was excited to meet them. But after chasing for a while, Arran frowned as he realized something.Arran’s expression was strange. He didn’t know if he was imagining it, but it seemed like the voices were moving away from him, like they were avoiding him.When he first noticed the voices, they were on the move, but as they weren’t far from him, Arran should have been able to catch up if he was fast enough. But during this time, the voices had suddenly sped up and changed their direction without warning.Arran continued moving after them while listening to what they were saying. From their words, Arran didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary. They were still talking about seemingly unimportant things. But it was this that triggered Arran’s feelings, letting him know that something was definitely wrong.Hearing the words the voices exchanged, it seemed like everything was normal and they were jus
As soon as Arran locked onto his targets, he immediately disappeared from his location, causing quite a wave of discontent for his pursuers once more. When he appeared again, Arran stood before two beautiful girls, blocking their path.The sudden appearance of an unknown person out of thin air who was blocking their path alerted the girls. Without warning, one of them immediately took action.Just as Arran appeared and was about to greet the girls, he saw one of them disappear in the blink of an eye; her figure flashing out of existence. Following it, a burst of cold intent filled with the sharpness of a blade assaulted Arran from behind.Arran did not hesitate, either. His body immediately tilted forward as he took a slight step. With that movement, he managed to dodge the attack that was aimed at the back of his head.After dodging the attack, Arran was about to turn and meet his assailant. But before he could do so, a heatwave come from his front. From the corner of his eye, Arran
While Renee was hesitating to respond, Arran called out to her once more.“Renee, it’s really me, Arran. Daphne, don’t say you’ve forgotten about me in all these years?”With Arran identifying himself again, Renee finally spoke with caution.“Arran, is that really you?”“The one and only. Who else do you know is as handsome as I am?” Arran confirmed.With those words, Renee let out a deep breath as she reluctantly accepted the fact that he truly was Arran.“Well, it’s you alright,” Renee said.“Only you could ever be so narcissistic about your looks.”“That’s cause it’s true. But ignore that… wow, it’s really a surprise to see you guys here of all places. I looked for you two, you know, but you suddenly disappeared into thin air and nobody seemed to know where you went. Have you been here all this time?”Renee and Daphne stood by each other and went closer to Arran. After hearing that Arran had searched for them, Renee evaded his gaze in shame as she replied softly, “Well, yeah. We’ve
“Both of you, are you…”Arran didn’t know how to voice the question in his mind, so he ended up looking at Renee and Daphne incredulously. He was truly at a loss for words, but he knew he had to say something or his silence would make things awkward between them.“Are the both of you not fully Aeth?”After asking, Arran let out a breath of relief, as if he had removed a weight from his back. Then he waited in anticipation for their answer.In response, Renee suddenly started clapping in a vigorous manner.Clap! Clap! Clap!“Wow, you finally figured it out, huh, genius? I thought I would have to spell it out for you.”Renee was being sarcastic and Arran knew it. He also knew that while she might sound unfazed by this topic, she really wasn’t.The heavy blush on her cheeks was a dead giveaway.Suddenly, Arran started feeling sympathetic for some reason. He recalled back to when the three of them met and Renee was very enthusiastic about befriending him. The reason she had given him was