Chapter 179 Volume IV - Chapter 24: Uneventful Days
A week passed, almost in the blink of an eye, at least for me. To be honest, it was a normal week as usual. The only difference was that I had to prepare for where I was going. And, of course, my goodbyes.
Clara... When I told her that she wouldn't hear from me for a while, she accepted it normally without saying anything. It was a bit scary, to be honest, the way she accepted it so quietly and meekly... I don't know.
Sue was a little upset. She asked me where I was going, how long I was staying, and if there was any danger. In the end, though, she wished me a good trip.
Lucia and Julian were both surprised to hear I was going. They asked how I was going to get permission from the Academy, where I was going. Of course, I gave them evasive answers and didn't tell them the truth.
Adrian... Honestly, he was the most surprised of all. He asked me where I was going, but I gave him the same evasive answers. I could tell he wasn't satisfied, but he didn't say anything. I hung out with him and Julian, we spent time together, we dueled, and we even had a running race. Honestly... they both destroyed me. Adrian left us both in the dust and I couldn't keep up with Julian.
It was fun though, at least I didn't feel humiliated as I did in the arcade by Sue.
Apart from my friends, Professor Calvin gave me a program that he said I had to follow no matter what. The program was... It was a hell of a thing, so I read it through once and then tucked it away somewhere. I don't remember half of the contents now. I'll look it up when I can.
Finally, I told Ulka one last time to take his time in his preparations for the research facility, to try to recruit everyone on the list I had given him recently, and to try to speed things up a little bit, not a lot. I also gave him one or two extra draft theories.
The only problem with this whole process was that I couldn't reach Alex in any way. I was going to inform him that I would be away, but he never returned my calls.
If I come back and I still can't reach him, then I'm going to search for him for real. This is... I'm starting to get a little bit worried about it.
So, on the last day, after calling everyone one by one to say see you again, I was at the west gate of the academy on the Saturday of the weekend, January 23, 2044. I had my passport, my plane ticket, everything ready. Ronald had agreed to my request, even if he had questioned it a little when I had asked him, but in the end, he and Melany had worked together to arrange my trip.
They even arranged for a private car to take me to the airport.
On the journey to the airport, I wasn't too bored as the news was quite full.
The return of Leonard Quie and the information they were trying to get about the dungeon they had cleaned, the rumor that the crown prince had been attacked, the people slowly rising up against the nobility and tyranny, and a guy named Darrel at their head...
The media has been really buzzing lately.
However, as I got out of the car, with the cold and pouring rain on my face, I realized something. It was the middle of January and Cevilian was one of the kingdoms that clearly experienced the four seasons.
Why hasn't it snowed this year?
When I got out of the rain at the airport, I checked the weather forecast on my watch.
It was supposed to snow in one to two weeks, late this year.
A slight, bitter smile appeared on my face.
I love snow, watching those white flakes falling from above, painting the surrounding white and all sorts of things. That's why I can't help feeling sad, because I'm going to the south of the planet, where it's winter here and summer there...
So, there's nothing I can do, I won't see snow this year.
I quickly checked my watch and looked at the plane ticket Melany had sent me, then I looked at the screen showing the flights, and when I found my flight, I checked everything again.
All my documents were ready, everything was in order. All I had to do was walk toward the plane and wait for the flight.
I sighed lightly. Things would be easier once I reached the Holar, or rather the North Holar, the land ruled by the dwarves.
I paused for a moment, thinking about what I had just said, and then the place where I was going flashed in my mind.
No, it will not be easy.
The things I have to do there... I will have to prepare for them. Because I'm not going there to sit around, I'm going there to fight, I'm going there to... kill.
I've never killed anybody outright. I didn't give Larry the last blow, I wasn't even myself with Justin.
Yes, I've hurt people, but I've never actually taken a 'human' life.
Still, I can't say I'm hesitant, I see this as an opportunity. A very big opportunity.
The place I'm going to is in the middle of the ongoing war that started a few years ago when the Kingdom of Holar, formerly founded by dwarves in this world, was split into two after a rebellion broke out.
Normally, this war is never seen directly in the game. Or rather, it is not directly experienced by the player. Because the war will be over in about two years and until that happens, we have nothing to do there.
And then... The South Holar, even though it's a small continent, conquers the entire territory they live on and withdraws from world trade. The advanced technology of the dwarves, and the things that they provide on Lunerra are cut off, and trade all over the planet is disrupted, and then a whole different thing happens.
This is what I want to prevent. Because this is one of the first of many disasters that will befall Lunerra.
I have to help the North Holar win the war.
Even though the war never appears in the game, there was a lot of written material about it. I must use this information to win the war or make it easily winnable in a short time, about four months.
And there's also something I want there, something that will help me a lot to get stronger. I would normally want to prepare a little bit more to go there, but if I really want that thing, I have to be fast. Otherwise... the original owner in the game will get it. So, I can't wait any longer.
In this way, after a short period of time, there was an announcement at the airport. The plane I was about to board would be leaving soon.
After going through procedures that were quite similar to those in my old world, I made my way to the plane, so that I could finally see the plane.
The plane I was going to board was of normal size. In fact, it looked exactly like the ones in my old world. Even the interior was almost the same, so I tried to find my seat without thinking too much about such things.
In the meantime, I swallowed, realizing something else.
There were not only humans on this plane, there were many more 'dwarves' on board.
I tried to keep my excitement to myself, taking care not to make eye contact with them, so I restrained myself and focused on the road ahead as soon as I found my seat.
I'm going to see a lot of dwarves where I'm going anyway. I might be misunderstood if I stare at them now and that's the last thing I want.
The announcement about the seat belts was made and the flight attendants did the checks. As the plane was getting ready to take off, I closed my eyes and started thinking, repeating over and over where I was going, what I was going to do. I tried to prepare myself as much as possible.
Because none of it was... pleasant. I had to be as ready as I could be, even if I had a few more days ahead of me.
In this way, the plane finally took off, and frankly, it was not a troublesome journey. It was even fast and short.
I arrived at my first destination, the only active airport in the North Holar. I stepped off the plane, the first time I had set foot on land outside Cevilian, apart from the two dungeons I had entered on Lunerra.
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