They followed the path leading towards it, leaving the woman Anna to guard the gate, much to her dismay. The man opened the door and inside was just as King had predicted, some sort of storage building with a large main room, a small although modern looking kitchen and two even smaller but almost spotless bathroom with a shower and toilet.
King had come to notice that buildings in this world weren't much different to buildings from his world, the main difference being that he noticed they didn't have electricity. Instead they used these small stones that provided energy for lights, among doing many other things such as producing fire and water.
This was something he had noticed a long time ago when he was still in that old attic but it was only now after living in a jungle full of deadly monsters that he truly grasped how different this world was to his original one.
He had a lot to learn about this world, what was it called? How big was it? How many countries where in it? Hopefully the academy would help with that, presuming it wasn't too late to register.
Jorge shuffled to the back of the simple living room past two large couches and a coffee table upon which sat an odd flat and circular device that was glowing a slight blue, untill he reached a clothes rack on the wall.
"That man from before left two sets of clothes for you to take, said something about you needing it when you make your way to the city."
He put two sets of clothes on the coffee table as well as two coats.
'This man they keep mentioning, is it the same one that was in that truck with me back then?' the only thing about the man he could remember was his voice, but this man had gone out of his way to get him clothes and alert the guards to his appearance, but how did he know he would need two sets of clothes, and how did he know he was going to head into the city?
"You should hurry up and get changed, I'll let you borrow the bathroom as well, take it as a favour from me but I've got a job to do. When your done, come meet me out side to sign your release form." he started heading for the door to leave but not before reminding King to clean up after himself.
"Royale you there?"
"Ofcourse", King's shadow expanded slightly and from it rose Royale wearing a perplexed expression on his face.
"This man, he's making things awfully convenient for us, how did he know you would need two pairs of clothing?"
"Don't know but it doesn't matter too much, we should take advantage of it and leave as soon as possible" King said as he edged towards the bathroom while taking the dirty cloth he wore as a shirt off.
"You're not going to sign that release form are you?" Royale asked with a grin on his face, already knowing the answer.
"Ofcourse not, as far as I'm concerned I'm not Julius Norden why would I sign his release form?" answered King "Once we're done here we're leaving."
"What if they send people to look for you?"
"So what? let them try find me, Julius Norden doesn't actually exist remember?"
"In that case you should both be quick, they'll probably come check up on you in abit" advised Chronus as Royale imitated king and headed towards the woman's bathroom, clearly not caring for the gender.
King had expected this shower to be more... satisfying, or more monumental seeing as it was his first in this world but he felt like he had experienced it a thousand times, which he technically had. He did however leave it feeling cleaner and more refreshed than ever before, even if it took longer than expected due to having to thoroughly wash his overgrown hair.
Royale however spent ages in there trying to figure out how to work it before just tapping into king's (or rather Kurtis' memories) and eventually giving up on his hair, instead tying it back up into a long pony tail.
By the time he stepped back into the main room King was already fully dressed.
He quickly got dressed aswell and they both took their time to grab any snacks they possibly could.
They both wore matching pairs of plain black trousers and white tee shirts as well as puffer trench coats with large hoods suitable for winter that reached just past their knees and all black trainers of some unknown brand.
"So are we good to go now?" asked King
"I just had an idea, those guys outside, we should ask them if they know when the academy will be accepting students as well as which direction the city is. We can't just go off blind, we should know where we're going and how long we have to get there" suggested Royale.
"I agree, it would be pointless to go off when we don't even know where to go" agreed Chronus
"Yeah, you're right. I'll go out and ask them, you know what to do"
King exited the building and headed towards the two guards who stared at him as he approached, visible surprise on their faces.
"Wow kid, that shower did wonders to your appearance. But that's besides the point, I'm gonna need you to sign this form if you wanna go" said Jorge, quickly recovering himself.
Anna however remained surprised and in awe as she stared at the 12 year old boy.
"Before I sign the form can I ask you some things please?"
"What? you can talk?" jorge was mildly shocked
"...."
"Erm, I mean -go ahead"
"Where is the closest city from here and what's it called?"
Finaly recovering from her shock Anna answered his question.
"The closest city from here is Quando and it's about an hour drive from here, following that large road you should arrive there in about 5 hours on foot. We can call taxi for you if you would like"
"No need but thanks, my next question is where is 'Celestial' Academy and when they're going to be accepting enrolments"
"Celestial Academy? that's nowhere near here, its not even in this empire. None of the academies are in any of the empires though they have entrance exams in all of the major cities in all the empires so they should be having entrance exams next week in Quando if I'm not mistaken. Don't tell me you intend to enrol?" said Anna
"Thanks for the information" replied King, completely ignoring her question.
"Now, about this release form if you could jus-"
Before Jorge could finish his sentence, the kid just vanished. As if he was never there.
"Wh- what? Where did he go?!!!!" exclaimed Anna in alarm.