"Where are we going?" Jenni asked brightly. Her expression was all bright, since she came out of the confines of the walls of her room.
"You joined in without knowing where you'd be going?" Gale raised an eyebrow.
"Well, it can't be worse than the inheritance ground, can it?"
"No, it wouldn't be," he laughed. "Though I'm going to be in the Hell Instructor Mode you guys adore so much."
Half a dozen adepts behind him visibly shuddered, hearing him. Jenni actually wasn't among the numbers.
"Do your worst," she snorted, "I do not fear it anymore..."
"Good for you," he muttered, fidgeting with a private longread.
"Then what are we waiting for?" she asked, standing with Dawn, who was getting more glances than her.
Gale was trying to contact Agnes, letting her know of his plans, and if they could meet. Unfortunately, he could only leave a message. He hadn't seen her since in the tent where he treated her a couple of weeks ago.
Letting out a breath, he brought the whole group of nine into the warp gate before letting the person in charge know of their destination.
"Did I hear right?" Jenni asked. "You said New Oslin, the city at the border of the Empire?"
Before she could get her confirmation, the warp gate flashed, teleporting all of them thousands of miles across the globe.
They appeared in a much smaller warp gate in New Oslin, as soon as they were put through verifications. Gale put an end to it quickly, showing the letter from Elder Ming.
"Why did you choose this place?" Jenni asked, clasping her arms over her chest. "It's so cold in here."
"We have to move further down from here," he announced. "Our final destination is Oslin Lake..."
Jenni groaned. "It would be even colder there, and the lake would be frozen," she pointed out.
"It's a long story," he sighed. "Just take it that it is another of my names."
"I see," Jenni said, feeling somewhat left out. Even Dawn, her new friend, seemed she was in on it. "So she's the reason you chose Oslin instead of a better place?"
"Yeah," he admitted. "It was too hard for her to get a leave of absence within short notice, not to mention she was already with a group of students on an excursion here to leave rampantly. Ultimately, we decided to reunite here..." he sighed, remembering June would still be busy half of the time taking care of her students.
"It's not perfect, but looking at the picturesque mountains to the west and north, it isn't a bad place at all."
"I'm staying in an inn with other professors and the students," June said. "I cannot join you immediately, but I'll make sure to come as soon as possible."
After saying a little more with them, June took Gale to walk around privately.
"Huh, I guess he had outdone himself with that one," Jenni muttered, as she watched them leave. She turned to Dawn. "Why are you pouting?"
"What..." Dawn's eyes finally moved from the leaving figure. "I'm not pouting."
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"I'm not," she said. "I was just... I guess I do not know her like he does, and..."
"And?"
Dawn sighed. "Nothing..."
"Yeah, not suspicious at all," Jenni laughed, clutching her arm.
"What are you saying?"
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
"Tell what?"