When the morning came, I decided that it was time to tell them about what was happening.
After all, the training that would be done this time would be on a completely different level than the training from before.
It was not the kind of training that one could take unless they were determined to take this training.
So the only way to give them this determination was to tell them the truth.
Of course, if they decided to stay, then I would be fine with it.
A part of me had taken them for granted and had assumed that they would just come with me, but that clearly wouldn't be the case. So I at least had to give them the option to choose by coming clean.
"I'm heading to the upper realm soon."
That was the first thing that I said when I met them all in the morning.