Upon waking, looking like a reminder of Eldrics godchildren he doted on, they sat in the dining room to start eating.
Amidst the chewing, Eldric started their conversation with, “Seems like your eyes have deteriorated into dry balls of sand.”
“I’ve had worse,” Min-Ain replied as he continued blinking his watery eyes. “Though I never thought I’d be doing so much reading in one day.”
“As we always say, you will never get used to it, but you would probably experience tired wakefulness that you’ll be numb to the pain of not sleeping,” Eldric said poetically amidst chewing. “Mind if I ask about that file you sent me?”
The boy looked at him nodding. “I’m not surprised.”
“Were you aware of the things you sent me? I can understand most of the documents related to D-city and G-city, but a whole search file of people unrelated to ‘Dimension Pocket&rsqu
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