No Way Out

By the evening, Jack and the girls all returned to the inn to get some food.

They were soon joined by Rydel and Maynard, who had left to do some weapon shopping. Maynard wanted to find more peak-tier lv. 35 swords, but nothing he found was better than the two katana that Jack had given him.

Both of the men were surprised to see that all the girls were now closer to Jack, yet he didn't force them away like usual.

"What happened while we were gone?" asked Rydel. "By the look of things, it seems that things are finally heating up between you all and Jack."

"Stop it." Jack waved his hand, not wanting to talk about it.

Eliza grunted. "Well, if someone hadn't been kidnapped, then maybe we wouldn't have been so worried. Why didn't you call for any of us with telepathy."

"It's already in the past, so let's not worry about it."