Chapter 92: Winter in the Capital
Days after my birthday, it started to feel like winter was arriving in the kingdom.
While the town happily started to set up all their preparations for the cold weather, I couldn’t help but feel a little sad, knowing that I wouldn’t be spending that much time with Melina after the season.
Our meeting with the king had been postponed until now, so we had to go back to the capital in a few days.
The alchemists refused the option to go back to their homes in the capital during winter. They didn’t even want to stay in my house in End Town. Instead, they all wanted to stay in the tree house.
They had heard from Reinar that new materials sprouted during winter, and every single one of the alchemists was excited about the prospect of going out in the cold to look for new ingredients.
They were all still protected by shadow dogs and demon spiders, so at the very least, I didn’t feel like I was leaving them in the cold wilderness to fend for themselves. Besides, the tree house had all the enchantments and necessities that they could possibly need.
The Duke and Duchess of Glorya already knew this since Reinar had sent them a letter explaining that he was too deep into his research to go back home at the moment.
In town, I talked with Jackson and Karla, letting them know that I would speak with the king to look for a suitable person who could take Jackson’s position so he could go adventuring with his partner again.
I didn’t expect the change to be quick, so I asked them to wait until winter was over, to which they had no complaints, saying they were planning on spending the winters in End Town either way since it had become a nice and warm place to spend it at.
After ensuring everything was in order, we packed our things in our void pockets and teleported straight to the capital from End Town, the biggest leap we had taken in a single teleportation spell.
As soon as we got there, we wore the hoods from our ponchos to conceal ourselves from the citizens. Although they didn’t know me, I just wore it out of solidarity with the princess.