As morning came Lily and Scarlett woke up as they searched for Thomas. Scarlett looked at Lily as she asked "Does he usually do this?" Lily stared at her as she said "Unfortunately he's always gone in the mornings." Scarlett stared at her as she said "We should go search for him. Lily stared at her as she said "He'll show up eventually he always does." Scarlett and Lily stared at each other as Lily said "Wanna go get breakfast?" Scarlett nodded as they both walked down the stairs and took a seat as they raised their hand and said "Two eggs and bacon specials." As the waitress walked over to them she said "Your friend has been putting on quite the show." They stared at her as Lily asked "What do you mean." She stared at them as she said "The demi-human one was up all night attacking trees and shooting fire and water out of his hands and if that wasn't already weird enough he'd vanish and then reappear."
Lily stared at her as she asked "Where is he?" The waitress pointed to the door as she said "He's been by the lake you can probably find him near the crowd of people who have gathered to watch." Lily and Scarlett stared at each other as they said "We'll go see for ourselves after breakfast." As they said this Thomas walked in breathing heavily and covered in sweat. Thomas stared at them as he said "Morning." They looked at him as they asked "Where have you been?" Thomas pointed to the door as he said "I've been by the lake." They looked at him as they asked "And what were you doing?" Thomas glances at them as he said, "I was expanding my mana pool." They looked at him as they asked "And how are you doing that." Thomas stared at them as he said "Fredrick said something about using magic to increase your mana pool." Lily stared at him as she said "That's not a reason to walk in here all sweaty." Thomas stared at her as he said "I wasn't quick enough to avoid that sword when he stabbed me in the stomach so I've been training all night.
They stared at him as Scarlett said "You were only stabbed because he went at you with the intent to kill and you didn't." Thomas shrugged as he said, "I'll just have to get stronger so I can't lose." Lily stared at him as she said "Or you could just take the fight more seriously." Thomas looked at her as he said "I don't think that's an option." Lily slammed her hands down on the table as she stood up and asked "Why not!" Thomas shrugged as he said, "Because then it wouldn't be any fun." Scarlett stared as she asked, "What part of dying is fun?" Thomas glanced at her as he said "I never said dying was fun I said being serious was boring." Scarlett and Lily stared at him as they said "Please don't die." Thomas looked at them as he said "Everyone dies eventually so I'm not gonna say I won't." Lily looked at him as she said "That's not very reassuring." Thomas shrugged as he said, "You get what you get." Thomas walked off as he said, "I heard theirs a bathhouse somewhere around here so I'm gonna go find that."
As Thomas left Lily and Scarlett looked at each other as Lily said "If he's getting stronger then we have to make sure that the gap in strength doesn't get too wide." Scarlett nodded as she said, "What better way than expanding our mana pools." As they left to work on their mana pools Thomas began to search for the bathhouse. Thomas stepped out of the inn as he said "The lady in the inn said that it's a building with a sign that says indoor bathhouse." Thomas searched around as he stared at each sign and used speak in tongues so he could understand what each sign said. After he found the bathhouse he walked in as he said "Time to get all this nasty sweat off me." On the way in Thomas seen three signs that he didn't bother to use magic on to understand. Thomas looked at the doors from left to right as he said "Three doors?" Thomas stared at them as he shrugged and said "I'll just go through the middle door."
As Thomas walked in he saw that there was no one as he said "Good no ones here that means I can enjoy the water for a while." As Thomas got into the water he heard people walk in as they said in a female voice "Which way did he go?" Thomas sighed as he mumbled, "Are they looking for me?" Thomas watched the door as they asked "Do you think he's in the mixed bath?" Thomas kept listening to them as he mumbled "Mixed bath?" Thomas kept watching the door as three ladies walked in with towels. Thomas glances at them as they said, "Look he's totally here, the guy who bested the hero." Thomas sat in the water as he did his best to ignore them. They walked over to him as they got into the water and said "I know you beat the hero, but did you know that he was a newly summoned hero and that he can still get way stronger?" Thomas stared at her as he said "That doesn't matter to me." She stared at him as she said "It should he nearly killed you."
Thomas closed his eyes and laid back in the water as he said "I'm still alive." The ladies looked at him as they asked "Aren't you even slightly upset that he almost killed you?" Thomas looked at her as he said "I'm not really bothered, if anything I'm looking forward to the next time we meet so I can finally settle the score." Thomas stared at her as he asked "If you don't mind me asking what's a mixed bath?" All of the women stared at him as they said "It's a bath for both genders." Thomas looked at them confused as he asked "Why do they need mixed baths?" They all looked at him as one of them said "Most people are self-conscious about the other gender seeing them." Thomas stared at them as he said "Sorry for looking then." Thomas continued to sit in the bath as she said "None of us are bothered by you staring in fact we'd like it if you looked more." Thomas yawned as he asked, "And why is that?" They all looked at him as they said "It'd be an honor to have someone like you who can summon the ancient ones to see us."
Thomas looked at them as he said "I'm not really interested." They all stared at him as they asked "Why not?" Thomas snapped his fingers and teleported to the door as he said "I still gotta get ready for my rematch." As Thomas went to walk out one of the ladies grabbed his hand as they seductively said "Won't you keep us company?" Thomas looked at her as he said "Theirs a lot of you already here keep each other company." Another lady grabbed his other hand as they said "But we need the embrace of a man." Thomas stared at them as he teleported away and teleported back with a man as he said "If you want a man then here you go." Thomas looked at the guy as he said "You can handle this I'm gonna go." Thomas walked out of the bath as he put his clothes back on as he heard the women yell "We didn't mean him we wanted you." Thomas sighed as he walked out and said "You beat a golem and you're a hero you beat a hero and you can't even avoid people."
Thomas looked around as he said, "Back to training." Thomas began to walk around town as he said "Maybe something to eat would be better." Thomas walked up to a stand as he said "I'll take one please." The man handed him a sharp stick with veggies and meat on it as he said "That'll be two coppers." Thomas reached into his satchel and handed the man, two coppers, as he said "I wonder what the others are doing?" Thomas began to walk towards the lake again as he ate what he bought. Thomas continued to walk towards the lake as he saw a crowd. Thomas walked up to them as he asked "What's up with the crowd?" The man he asked turned around as he said "Theirs two girls and one of them is shooting water and the other girl is shooting fire out of their hands." Thomas looked at them as he mumbled "Looks like Lily and Scarlett wanna get stronger too." Thomas watched as they continued to cast spells as he mumbled "If they keep this up they'll get stronger for sure."