Alex found himself a small house towards the west of the city that was isolated by itself. He found the formations and runes there the most appealing to him due to his requirement for privacy, so he rented the place for the next 3 months, to begin with.
Once he got it, he left the city and walked towards the small hill known as Time Hill, where the 9 different wells were located in.
There was quite a massive queue of people for the hill, and Alex got in the queue as well. The line he was in was far away from the hill, showing just how many people there were coming to take a taste of the waters of time.
'I wonder how many of these are first-timers like me, and how many are not,' he thought as he looked around.
