Harem Multiverse Challenge

Ch 138. Technology and Magic

The party? What party? My mind races with thoughts, like a high-speed train on a convoluted track, desperately trying to untangle the mess in my brain. As the memories drift through my mind, they seem to be fragments of scenes that lack coherence, like a half-finished puzzle with pieces laying around everywhere.

I manage to stammer out, "Party? I...uh...got a bit lost, I think."

“Lost? In your own house?” Simon chuckles, though it's more of a distorted rumble in my ears. "You're something else, you know that?"

"Yeah, the king of lost causes," I reply, giving him a lopsided grin.

"Come on, then," he says, gesturing down the corridor. "Let's get you back to the festivities. You've been MIA for way too long."

I follow Simon, feeling like a fish out of water. Or in this case, a man out of reality — or at least out of his reality. As we walk, my surroundings start to make a bit more sense. The hallway seems to stretch on forever, its mechanical decorations dancing in the warm light of the