"This city was fun."
Ken and his group left the city the next day after the tragic wedding. They left behind them their last identifications as Serene Lotus disciples in the rented house, and three new members joined the team for the mission, namely Maria, Odette, and Yuri. Those three remained quiet the whole time, knowing that it was not their place to comment.
There was no room for more on Emrys' back, and the wolf also did not deem them worthy of riding him, so Ken had to use his usual carrot-and-stick trick on a bird passing by – beating it first to establish hierarchy and paying it with a Bloodline Refining pill to appease it and make all bad feelings disappear.
"Slow down, Emrys, the bird can't keep up."
The ten of them, Emrys and the bird included, soon made it to an empty plain inhabited by flowers and critters. Ken patted his pet's back and Emrys hit the brakes, stopping quickly but not too abruptly.
"Team Leader, why are we stopping?"
