Chapter 115: Heap
Asher could be seen fast asleep, his body sprawled peacefully across the vast, plush bed. Sun rays filtered into his room gently, their golden light colliding with the thick curtains that refused to grant them full access.
His chest rose and fell in a steady rhythm, his breathing calm and composed as he slept like a newborn, uncaring, unbothered, and completely free from the burden of unpaid bills or the horrors the world had to offer.
After a bit of tossing and turning beneath the soft covers, he rose into a seated position, his posture slouched and his eyelids drooping heavily. His vision was still blurred with sleep as he sat there, groggy and half-lost in a haze between dreams and wakefulness.
Slowly, he rubbed his eyes with his fingers and released a soft yawn before stretching his body fully, enjoying every second of the relief that came with the stretch.
Following that satisfying stretch, he collapsed back onto the bed with a soft grunt. He had already made up his mind to take things slowly for a day or two. Today was meant to be the final day of his short-lived rest before his rigorous training would resume the next morning.
Although he initially told himself that he would rest for just a day, he had given in to the temptation of comfort and extended it to two. Who knew? Two days might even become a week if he wasn’t careful or disciplined enough.
He lay motionless on the bed, doing absolutely nothing, completely still. This was his designated rest day. There was no reason to get up from bed, no pressing need to bathe early, and certainly no urgent matters demanding his attention.
Though Asher could have simply turned to the wall clock that hung across the room to ascertain the time, he instead chose to rely on his system.
’System, what’s the time?’ he asked internally.
[It is 9:07 a.m. Host]
’The feeling of waking up whenever one wants is indeed the ultimate jackpot in life,’ Asher mused to himself contentedly.
In his past life, he had never been a fan of the infamous 9-to-5 jobs. Those jobs required one to wake early, sleep late, and sacrifice most of their personal freedom. It was exhausting, and he had never found any of it to be enjoyable.