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This was clearly due to the overuse of Spiritual Energy yesterday, as well as the aftereffects of using the "Awakening."
Power always comes with a price, doesn't it?
Has everything bestowed by fate already been secretly marked with a price?
Rod laughed and shook his head, dispelling the whimsical thoughts. He opened the door and walked downstairs with ease.
The tavern was dead silent, not a soul in sight. Morning was the calmest time there, as all the residents had gone to work in the factories, and nobody would come to a tavern.
The landlady Shasha was brewing Mushroom Wine by herself.
The various mushrooms produced by Mushroom City were one of the main foods in the Royal City, and the wine made from mushrooms had thus become their most commonly consumed beverage.
