Chapter 12: Leaving Town
Next Day
Caleb took a quick bath, put on his clothes with his long trench coat and left his room. However, things were different from how it was yesterday.
The people he met down at the lobby all had cautious expressions, and even the receptionists could not look at him anymore.
And when his eyes met someone, they would flinch as if he abruptly scared them by the suddenness of his arrival.
Caleb remained quiet and didn't make a fuss about how the people around him were behaving.
'They've probably heard or seen what I did to Brute and his gang.'
He deduced without any effort. The change in attitude no longer came from his lack of presence, but from what he did.
His enhanced senses picked up some of the chats the people were having after thinking he was out of earshot.
'Sorcery, huh? It's to be expected. Something like that cannot be explained with simple magic spells.'
He put the change in treatment behind him and walked towards the guild that was already flooding with adventurers, all eager to tackle the low-level dungeon a few kilometres from the town.
"Hey, look. It's him."