Evening.
White Tit Tavern.
Xia Nan sat in his usual spot in the corner of the hall, several steaming bowls set out on the table before him.
Stew, mushroom soup, white bread... without even looking, it was naturally his beloved Meal No. 3.
His status as a Professional, along with the growing fame of "Grey Sword" in River Valley Town, might have earned him a little more attention than usual when he faced certain adventurers.
But to Xia Nan himself, the time he spent resting between tasks was not much different from before.
He woke at the crack of dawn, had breakfast to fill his stomach, then went to the sparsely populated countryside outside town to train for the entire morning. In the middle, he returned to the tavern for a bowl of mushroom soup, rested a little, then continued training.
At night, he might have a small drink, order a few dishes, and sit in the tavern for a few extra hours, listening to the adventurers around him brag and chat while gathering useful information.
Depending on the situation, if the drinkers that day included someone like a bard, or a veteran adventurer who liked to talk after getting drunk, he would keep listening until it was time to sleep.
If there were no guests in the tavern worth paying attention to, he would not return to his room early to rest either. Instead, he used that time to train his Combat Skill a while longer and raise its proficiency.
In any case, with Xia Nan's current Constitution, six hours of rest each day was enough to recharge him fully and ensure he was energetic and refreshed the next day.
The remaining eighteen hours could all be used to do his own things.
After a full day like that,