Chapter 75: Stillness
Alklair sat on the couch, the cat on his lap and a novel in his hands. It was a very interesting one. About a dungeon core that had a mouse, fox and something called mana mites. And, above all, the dungeon core was peaceful. It tried to make it big by selling tea. He could hardly believe it.
That dungeon core reminded him of the hamster dungeon core, or, should he say, Armaros. He wondered what the Try Hard Party, and platoon 23 as a whole, were doing now.
Was Leander cooped up in his former office, looking at paperwork and client complaints, like how the elf had spent his days? That had been a bore and a half. But staying at this house was no different.
The scholar, Soed, had told him to take it easy. That he had done plenty for Huergaz, and he needed to catch his breath. Yet, Alklair was restless.