Close To Arrival

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Juro: "What are you doing?"

The voice alone made her shiver in fear. She felt like she was on her death sentence. But then her sister intervened.

Hanim: "… Sister Nalam, that's enough…"

Hanim's voice snapped Nalam back to reality, and she finally let go of Juro's shirt.

Nalam: "Huh... Uh... Yeah..."

Nalam, still in disbelief about what had just happened, fell silent, lost in overthinking, while Hanim continued to speak to Juro.

Hanim: "We're sorry about that. We were just curious since we suddenly felt a mana explosion and asked where you guys have been."

Juro's expression quickly shifted from seriousness to a more lighthearted demeanor. "Ohhhhhh, that, hehe, it was just a genius~ teacher teaching his students, hehehe."

Marc couldn't help but chime in with a hint of sarcasm, "Uh-huh... Genius... huh?"

Juro: "Shut up."

Hanim, taking responsibility for her sister's earlier actions, apologized, bowing her head. "Oh, was that all? Then it's our apologies that my sister got too forceful. I'm Hanim, and she's Nalam. I hope you can forgive us."

Juro glanced at her and sighed before saying, "Huh? Oh, okay. You two can continue whatever you're doing."

Hanim: "Then excuse us."

As the two of them left, Juro shifted his attention to the night sky, admiring the radiant, shining stars in the distance. He then exhaled and lay down on the silky cloth.

Marc: "Uh, what are you doing?"

Juro: "Sleeping~"

Marc: "I do feel a bit exhausted. I'm going to go lay down too. What about you, Bell?"

Bell: "Hm… I think I'll just sit for the time being. You can go ahead and sleep."

Marc: "Alright, don't stay up."

As Bell looked at the night sky and the land, seeing all kinds of mountains from afar, he admired the night scenery. He started to ponder to himself.

' I have so much going on in my head right now… Just because I got reincarnated doesn't mean I'll just accept it and move on with my life… What if I'm stuck in a loop and every time I die I get reincarnated… That would be brutal… Sigh… Why am I here… I finished my revenge… I could just continue on with my life… It feels like I'm changing… I'm changing into something I'm not… Or maybe… This is me… This all feels somewhat familiar… This weird feeling… Can't I just leave this… I don't even have to go to the kingdom… I can just leave them… I'm not in debt with any royalties. I have no reason to escort them back… Yeah… Maybe… I— '

As Bell was about to make up his mind, he heard a familiar voice from behind, "heyy Belll." Turning around, he saw Hayla and Ayla standing next to each other, looking at him with smiles.

Hayla: "Hey Bell! You're also admiring the stars, right? Hey, hey, listen to this, Ayla knows a lot about star shapes, formations, and more! It's so fun listening to her stories about each star, so I wanted to include you. I did try to include Marc, but he was already snoring like he's in a deep sleep, hehe, so I didn't disturb him."

Bell: "H-huh? What? Include me? Why?"

Hayla: "What do you mean why? We've all gotten close to each other! And I consider all of you, even Uncle Juro, as a friend! And I think Ayla feels the same way too, right?"

Ayla smiled softly before nodding his head.

Hayla: "See! Hehe, so we'll sit here with you, and all three of us can talk about stars and stuff while we also look at them!"

Bell's eyes widened silently before he sighed and had a soft smirk on his face.

' Yeah... maybe this is fine... '

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As the sun rose and birds chirped, they all started preparing to continue their journey to the Enchanlet Kingdom. Greg and Juro loaded the heavy items back into the wagon while Venchia and Ve helped gather and stow away their belongings.

Bell slowly opened his eyes, temporarily blinded by the morning sun. He instinctively shielded his eyes with his hand before taking in his surroundings. He noticed both Ayla and Hayla had fallen asleep beside him. He smiled softly, remembering the night when both of them had tried to stay awake but he could clearly see their eyes closing down. Bell chuckled softly before he got up and yawned while stretching.

He noticed Marc was still sound asleep, so Bell decided to play a little prank on him. With a mischievous grin, he uses wind magic to tickle Marc's nose.

Marc: "Augh... Aurgh... AAURGCHOO!"

Bell chuckled, quickly averting his gaze and pretending he had nothing to do with it.

Marc, still groggy from sleep, yawned and realized that everyone was packing up to leave. He got up and joined them in their preparations.

Once they were all settled back inside the wagon and Greg started guiding the horses forward, Hayla couldn't help but exclaim as she stretched, "That was one of the best sleeps I've ever had outside! It felt so cozy, and falling asleep while watching the stars was like a different kind of special treatment, hehe."

Venchia chimed in, "I agree. I haven't had much comfort when sleeping, but that night, lying down on that silky cloth, my body felt relaxed, and I fell asleep early."

Juro added with a chuckle, "Hehe, that's because the silky cloth is enchanted with magic, making it feel more relaxing on your body, even though you're just lying on the ground with a silky cloth as the cover."

Hayla: "Wow✨, magic is so cool. There are so many possibilities."

Marc nodded enthusiastically, saying, "I know, right? Hehe, I'll do whatever it takes to learn more about magic!✨"

'Pft, these kids are so enthusiastic. Wait, I'm a kid too... Wth.....'

After several hours had passed, Juro decided to catch some sleep in the wagon. Hayla, Ayla, Ve, and Venchia had all drifted off to sleep, leaving only Marc and Bell awake along with the two adventurers.

Marc, feeling a bit curious and tired of the awkward silence, attempted to strike up a conversation with the adventurers. "Hey... um, Hanim, right? Can you do long-range magic too?"

Nalam's eyes furrowed slightly, and she seemed about to respond, but Hanim quickly replied, catching her off guard.

Hanim: "Unfortunately, I can't. I can only imbue the magics I learn into weapons or armor."

Nalam: "Hey, sis! You didn't have to answer his question..."

Hanim: "It's fine he's just a kid. Kids can get very curious about things."

Marc: "Ah, no, it's alright. I didn't know it was something I shouldn't ask."

Hanim shook her head slowly and added, "It's fine."

Hanim: "Why are you all going to the Enchanlet Kingdom? Do you live there?"

Marc: "Oh no, it's just that these girls are the two daughters of the king of that kingdom."

Hanim: "Ohhh, wait, so that wasn't a joke?"

Marc: "Yup."

Hanim: "Hmm, no wonder why they're dressed so formally, and their gowns are enchanted too."

Marc: "Wow, you can tell?"

Hanim: "Of course, I know. I still learn about magic and stuff."

Marc: "Hmm, what about you two? Why are you two going to the Enchanlet Kingdom?"

Hanim: "Oh, we're going there because of a quest we picked up and also to visit the Enlat Library to do some research about the quest."

Despite Marc's curiosity about the quest, he noticed the furious gaze of the other adventurer, so he refrained from asking more and simply replied, "Oh, that's cool. I hope you two will successfully finish your quest."

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Marc settled back into his spot, took a meditation stance, and began to concentrate on gaining mana. Hanim was a bit confused by why Marc needed to meditate to gain mana when he could simply sit normally, but she decided not to ask any further and remained quiet.

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The wagon finally arrived at the "Latten" village. Juro and the others were all awake, and they noticed the wagon had come to a stop.

Greg walked back to the wagon to inform them that he was going to talk to the knights that were guarding a teleportation gate.

Marc's curiosity was piqued, and the others were also interested, except for the adventurers and Bell. They took a quick peek and saw two stone pillars with a mysterious blue portal spiraling between them.

Marc asked, "Is that what the gate looked like, Miss Venchia?"

Venchia nodded, saying, "Mhm, I remember it vividly, but it's the same color as that one."

As they watched Greg finish talking to the guards and return to the wagon, they all sat back and acted as if they hadn't been peeking.

Greg said with excitement, "Good news, guys! They'll let us in! So get ready in an instant, we'll be at the Enchanlet Kingdom!"

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𝑪𝑼𝑹𝑹𝑬𝑵𝑻 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑻𝑼𝑺

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Name - Bell Aize

Age - 9

Gender - Male

Race - Human

Attribute - Mix mana

Title - Sinner

Old Title - 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒆

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Strength: 70

Speed: 62

Vitality: 77

Intelligence: 139 (+1)

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SKILL SETS:

(Dark Regeneration)

(Cut)

(Dark Claw)

(Mix Mana Regeneration)

(Dark x Mana Leap)

(Wind magic - 26%)

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Map:

(Ishka Village) Population: 200+

(kingdom of Nielism) Population 1.2M+

(Enchanlet Kingdom) Population 50M+

(Latten village) Population: 500+

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CURRENCY:

BRONZE

SILVER > 1K BRONZE

GOLD > 20K SILVER

OBSIDIAN GOLD > 500MILLION GOLD

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