The same went for sleeping. He could not sleep indefinitely like Aisijin next door. In fact, he could not even match her. Both he and Big Silly Hum had tried, but hunger woke them after a few dozen days at most. This happened to Aisijin too, but she lasted much longer. Last time, she had slept for over a year, almost two. When asked, she had simply said she ate mushrooms in her dreams.
Of course, leaving aside Aisijin's unusual case, this was another sign that their bloodlines were not powerful enough. His Excellency Benson could sleep for decades or even a century at a time, just like a true giant dragon. His formidable abilities as a wizard also allowed him to meditate uninterrupted for decades to test his wild ideas.
A few dozen days was generous, really. Hunger woke them after twenty-odd days.
So this time, Ruger decided to attempt a full twenty days.
He was the last to enter the Bedroom Space. The Spatial Gate outside had already closed, and his teacher was sitting in the inn's main hall.
That allowed him to sleep in peace.
Sleeping for twenty days was straightforward enough. His first challenge was ten consecutive days of uninterrupted meditation. For him as he was now, that was already a mad undertaking. If he succeeded, it would change the nature of things entirely-a change far beyond thirty percent.
After all, even when he had previously devoted all his efforts to meditation, he had never kept going for an entire day. He always spent some time resting each day. Under normal circumstances, he set himself a healthy standard for growth: two rounds of meditation a day, for instance, were his minimum. Whether he had matters to attend to or was reading and studying spells, he maintained