Chapter 6: Because It Was Easy (Rewritten)
Sunny appeared in the Sanctuary of Noctis, having slept in the Astral Express. Once he woke up, they would leave the Herta Space Station, exploring a completely different location.
He sighed, looking around the Citadel of the Chained Isles. As he walked away from the gateway, he could see other Awakened looking at him in reverence and awe. It was slightly awkward, considering that he obviously couldn’t recall the feats he had performed, but he ignored them.
It seemed that the Chained Isles was more crowded at this time. Day and night cycles were different for each planet, but humans couldn’t change their sleep cycles...
Well, technology has advanced enough so that they could, but it would only introduce more problems. People would be sleeping for weeks or months on end, which would disrupt relations and trade between planets.
Due to this, it was universally agreed on that people would follow twenty-four hour schedules for sleeping and other matters. This way, there wouldn’t be times where an entire portion of a civilization would be asleep for long periods of time, while another portion would be awake for just as long.
It was especially convenient when it came to the Nightmare Spell, as it meant that Awakened would generally arrive in the Dream Realm at around the same time, never leaving the Dream Realm relatively empty for stretches of time. Masters and Saints were exceptions to this, as they would be able to enter the Dream Realm without sleeping, and would be able to sleep without entering the Dream Realm.
As Sunny walked through the stone pathways of the Sanctuary of Noctis, he would often be greeted by some Awakened. He wasn’t sure what would be more natural in this situation, so he just awkwardly waved at whomever was talking to him. It seemed to work, which caused Sunny to question if he had reached such a point in popularity that anything he does would be considered natural.
Forgetting such thoughts, Sunny thought back to what had occurred before he went to sleep...
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"Huh? What do you mean he’s staying in my room?"
Sunny had a smug expression on his face, sneaking glances at the extremely comfortable windowsill in March’s room.