Chapter 6: Beyond the Wall

“I don’t know about you, but it has been a long day for me, so I will go to sleep first. We will talk tomorrow.” He said before handing Gabriel a soft cloth for him to sleep on.

Gabriel just realized this, but the fight that took place in the General’s mansion had his body aching a lot. As he looked at the soft white cloth, his eyes started blinking slowly.

He dropped the cloth on the floor, before taking out his suit and using it as a pillow. Although it was not soft as one, as he placed his head on it, he immediately fell asleep.

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Gabriel continued eating his military ration biscuits and drinking his clean bottled water as the monk started cooking up stew in one of the rooms in the temple.

“Want some?” The monk asked as he mixed in some vegetables into the stew.

Seeing that the water that the monk used for the stew was not filtered properly, he declined, “I’ll pass.”

“Your loss.” the monk shrugged before pouring himself some to eat, “So which country are you from anyways?”