[The Present]
"I'll be going to the Dragon Continent."
As expected, no one took it well.
The instant his words settled in the mind of everyone in the hall, there was an uproar.
The audience—both from the side of the Otherworlders as well as the dignitaries of the United Human Alliance—gasped in shock, and they instantly raised their voice in confusion.
"Are you for real?!"
"That's crazy!"
"Rey… you can't be serious!"
"It's too dangerous!"
"Please don't!"
Before they could say much, though, Rey raised his hand and stopped them in their tracks.
"I can't properly hear you if you speak all at once?" He sighed.
His tone and expression were calm, and despite the myriad of expressions that the people around him had, he maintained a perfectly stoic demeanor.
'I expected this kind of reaction from them. It's big news, after all…'