Chapter 474: The Morning After
Elin wasn’t sure what to make of her circumstances when she woke up. Not so much because she felt like things had significantly changed, but more because it felt like some things had been decided before she’d woken up.
Jonas and Kim were ready to go and didn’t seem as eager for breakfast as the others while Patricia and Patrick looked like they were wanting some alone time together, regardless of the quarrel they had the night before. Not that Elin was more than vaguely aware of it occurring. Elwin, Owen, Bart, Heather, and Sonya were the ones who seemed to be most interested in having breakfast, while Elmo hadn’t woken up yet.
"We can eat on our way," Jonas insisted. Which was the first thing that Elin heard as she woke up. "There isn’t anything we could cook anyway that we couldn’t just eat as is anyway."
"I still like having something warm to eat for breakfast," Owen replied, as if that decided the matter. "It helps set the tone for the day."
"And the time we spend doing that could mean the less time we have to get to the dungeon before Stanley and his group find out that the book we gave them wasn’t the one they wanted," Kim added as she finished packing the little amount of her belongings that she’d taken out since they’d arrived at this campsite.
"You make it sound like they’ll be on to us in moments from now," Owen remarked, sounding a little annoyed.
"It’s better to enjoy a nice hot meal while you can," Heather added. "Who knows when we’ll be able to enjoy this again."
Kim looked more annoyed by that response than Owen had been by hers. Not that Elin could think of why. It seemed like it was merely a different perspective, but Kim seemed to not be very happy about it. Which Elin couldn’t help but feel confused about.
Elin was about to open her mouth to ask Kim what the problem was, when the morning announcements interrupted her thoughts.
"Good morning, contestants!" the voice boomed in their minds. "It would seem that we have two groups who think they have the book required to complete the challenge and are close to seeing if they’re correct or not. Maybe both are wrong and maybe one of them is right. I’d like to say which is which, but that would ruin the whole fun of letting them figure it out on their own!"