Chapter 163: I'm Leaving
The trip back to the Han compound was... interesting, to say the least. I'd experienced many awkward situations since finding myself in Han Renyi's body, but walking through the streets of Blue Horizon City at night, trying to come up with a plausible explanation for our twelve-hour disappearance? That was definitely in the top five.
"Maybe we could say we were meditating?" Han Renyi suggested after I had given a carefully crafted summary of my meeting with the Immortal Boy.
"For twelve hours?" I replied. "In the storage room? Without telling anyone?"
"Well, when you put it like that..."
We turned a corner and nearly collided with a patrol of city guards. They took one look at Han Renyi's merchant robes and moved to intercept us.
"Young Master Han?" The lead guard called out. "Your father has half the district looking for you!"
Ah. So that's what a realm-wide search party looks like in its early stages.
"I'm fine," Han Renyi assured them. "There was just a... misunderstanding about my whereabouts."
The guard nodded, though his expression suggested he wasn't entirely convinced. "We'll send word to the other patrols that you've been found. Your father will be relieved."