A few days later, in the Sect of Hedon, a man was calmly sitting in a large room while the waters of a fountain lapped peacefully in front of him. There were two maids beside him dressed in frilly frocks who were serving him chilled drinks, and he was gazing out of the window at a large training area where men and women could be seen hurting themselves to grow stronger.
The man seemed to be reminiscing about the times when he had had to go through the same process, but he was actually doing so fondly.
The maids looked like they had happy and cheerful expressions, as if this was the best job they could be doing in the entire world, but these expressions slipped occasionally, especially when their faces were turned away from the man.
