In an underground workshop at Fragrant Manor in Bayam.
As the ground softened like a swamp, two bear heads emerged from beneath it, one after the other.
Abner soon undid his transformation and put on the clothes he had left there. Only then did he look toward Edwina, who had already straightened her shirt and trousers.
Taking back the cloak she handed him, Abner glanced at the clock and saw that evening had arrived. He invited Edwina to dinner.
Edwina wanted more time to discuss the God of Luck and Afternoon Town with him, so she gladly accepted.
The servants at Fragrant Manor immediately grew busy.
Before becoming a demigod, Abner would have had to sneak back for dinner to avoid exposing his ability to teleport. Now it hardly mattered. Between his demigod strength and his status as a hereditary noble, he had far less to worry about.
Of course, after taking Edwina back to the Golden Dream the next morning, Abner still used Suggestion on the servants so they would forget he had returned.
He paid to cover the discrepancies in the accounts as well. Unless someone came specifically to investigate, they would be hard to spot.
After spending the whole night discussing knowledge and Secret Arts, Abner felt mentally drained. He napped in his bedroom, and by the time he woke, it was Sunday noon.
Abner left Fragrant Manor, bought a few local fruits on the streets of Bayam for lunch, then used his self-developed Secret Art, Spirit Body Stroll, to travel from island to island. He arrived at Nass Port, the capital of the Gargas Archipelago and the easternmost colony of the Feysac Empire.
But the moment he stepped out of a secluded corner, Abner saw a man who looked like a local gang member pull several