Chapter 400: Down The River Of Memories (1/2)

It had been well over an hour since this ”party”, and now was as good a time as any for it to come to an end— they had more than discussed all they needed, and it was the first-ever time that all of Moby's new subjects had met eye-to-eye.

And as they stored all of their belongings, their attentions were drawn towards the mammon who aimlessly walked to the edge of the room, pulling out a certain book off a bookshelf. And suddenly, the entire shelf itself began to move, shift and turn, removing itself to reveal a secret passageway underground.

'Wait what? How did you do that!?' Regrit was beyond stunned, his mouth unconsciously wide open as he viewed a scene as though it were straight out of a movie.

'It's a secret path towards my lair, it's specially designed with teleportation in mind.' He explained, almost bragging.

'Yes, but why is it here!? And how?'

'Well, I do own this hotel. It's only natural, he smirked, only to impress Regrit even more. 'Rupert, go there for the day while I go off with our lord. Are you able to remove that watch of yours to give to me?'

'Certainly,' Rupert nodded, snapping his fingers to create a blue dome around his wrist before casually removing the watch that felt like it was super-glued upon their flesh before giving it to the mammon who immediately wore it.

Everyone witnessing what happened looked rather stunned, rightfully so. Yet, what they did not know was that Rupert used a greater demon exclusive spell to freeze the item in time, allowing there to be no alarm triggered while he removed it off his wrists.

'Great! I'll send a clone with you to vouch for your identity as mammon, and to explain to you precisely what to do!' He brought his hands out, and his flesh began to swirl into an identical figure of himself, escorting Rupert away.

'Farewell for now your majesty!' He spoke, before the passage removed itself, and the environment returned to precisely how it was before.

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Altogether, they left the hotel and began to walk back towards the school. It was one hour until curfew and none of them wanted to be out so late.

All except for Moby who lagged behind the group, he and his green-eyed black cat that was never too far away.

”Are you coming?” Regrit called out.

”You guys go without me! I'm gonna go on a walk with the cat!”

”Huh? Okay! You do you I guess! Not my fault if you're out past curfew now is it?” Regrit was the only one to say his farewell out loud, while the others, like ordered, did it in their minds.

”Did he say he's walking with the cat or walking the cat?” Regrit mumbled before he faded away out of Moby's ears.

With his black cat walking near his legs, they strolled towards a park.

An area of vast grass overrun by a sea of flowers for as far as the eye could see. Trees from all over the world and some from even foreign planets on full display. Rivers ran through the center like dividing lines, with a single bridge connecting them both. Wild-life of all kinds flourished, the noise of the bustling city was feint, replaced by the sound of birds, crickets, and running water.

'So, what did you wanna talk to me here about?' Avilia spoke, casually walking on the ledge of the bridge overlooking the vast river.