The rain was falling harder and harder.
What had started as a fine drizzle, a curtain of rain as thin as threads, gradually grew dense.
Deep within the gathered, heavy leaden clouds, low thunder could still be faintly heard brewing.
Xia Nan and the Halfling were on their way back to the inn.
They had brought no rain gear, so as they walked, the two of them mostly kept beneath the eaves jutting out from the buildings along the roadside.
And when there was no cover, they did not hurry much either, simply walking on at ease.
As far as Xia Nan was concerned, he was already soaked anyway. His armor and equipment would be carefully maintained before bed, so a few more or fewer steps in the rain made no difference.
With his 8 points of Constitution, as long as he had not been hit by some spell like a "Disease Curse" or "Aura of Weakness," a little rain could not possibly give him a cold or make him sick.
As for Alton...
Xia Nan only hoped the other man would stay farther away when stepping through puddles and not splash muddy water onto him.
"Right."
He looked at the Halfling, who was in high spirits, enjoying the cool rain.
Xia Nan could not help recalling what the other man had said just now at the tavern entrance.
"That sister of the Goddess of Fortune you mentioned earlier, she's..."
He had only spoken halfway when Alton suddenly turned around and raised a finger to his lips.
"Shh."
"Don't bring Her up too much. She's not as easygoing as the Lady."
Hearing that, Xia Nan's heart instantly tightened, and he shut his mouth.
On this vast continent, whose edges ordinary people could hardly hope to glimpse in a lifetime, there