148 When its All Over (1/2)

I breached Zack's room with him completely unawares . .

”—!? Oh, it's you . How'd you even do that…”.

Once he noticed I was there, Zack's eyes bulged in shock . .

Hehehe, nice reaction . I really liked this guy and his totally cliche reactions . .

”Here's that meal . Have at it . ” He said, handing me a plate full of food . .

”Thanks . I'll borrow the table . ”.

”Be my guest . ”.

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Time for the moment of truth . .

On the menu this time, we have bread and cream stew, along with steak and vegetables . .

Simple and plentiful . .

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The bread was actually white on the inside and smelled pretty good . .

The cream stew had a variety of veggies and lots of chicken in each spoonful . Not bad at all . .

The steak was big . An 18 ouncer I reckon . The meat was lean with little fat, cooked soft and juicy . Just how I like it . .

It was a far cry from real gourmet food, but it was delicious in a normal way . Best of all was the fact that there was so much of it . .

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”I didn't imagine there'd be food this good served at a concentration camp . ”.

”The country may be f.u.c.ked, but it's still the Country of Art . Our average quality of food is on the upside . ”.

”Makes sense . ”.

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In the future, when it's all over, it might not be so back to move here . .

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I have a dream . A dream, to be a power in the shadows . .

But once I do that, once I'm satisfied with it to the fullest extent, I wonder what I'll do with the rest of my life? I'd sometimes ponder such things during my days of constant training . .

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I could become a power outside of the shadows, I could become a demon lord set on destroying the world, or I could become something like a master who trains future heroes . I thought on a lot of possibilities and ended up on something very simple . .

I'd want a life where I could eat good food every day and sleep to my heart's desire . I'd be happy with just that much . .

I'd spend my whole life at full throttle only to end up at a slow cruise . .

Yes, that, just makes sense to me . .

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”What if I poisoned you?”.

”Who do think you're dealing with? I can tell poison by smell . ”.

I really can't . .

Doesn't really matter when I can break down any poison with mana . .

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”Good nose on ya . Wish I had one . Especially that one time, back when I was still in the business yeah, one of my boys tried to poison me . Not a fun time, let me tell ya . Made it out of that alive, but as you can see, it all went to s.h.i.t and here I am . ”.