He hadn't expected it to be the next morning by the time he woke up again.
Rhode had been utterly exhausted. Last night, he had flopped onto the bed, wrapped himself in the covers, and fallen asleep almost instantly.
Now that he was awake, his eyes felt a little sore, and he squinted.
After all, he had alternated between staring at fire and staring at ice until his vision had gone blurry.
Time to get up? Keep working on the Magic Mech.
But Rhode couldn't quite drag himself out of bed.
If Rhode hadn't been a Mage, he might even have suspected that someone had cast some sort of sealing spell on his bed, preventing him from getting up.
Getting up. Please wait.
Loading wake-up sequence, 20%... 50%... 80%... 99%...
Failed to get up. Restarting.
Failed. Attempting another restart.
System frozen...
Forget it. If I can't get up, I'll just stay here.
He listened closely. Everything was quiet. The girls probably hadn't gotten up either.
They were now living in a small two-story house. Rhode and Lilia occupied the two rooms downstairs, while Sally and Kienlo stayed upstairs.
Well, what was the point of being an official if you never used your authority? Naturally, Earl Rhode had arranged this himself.
With three young girls keeping him company, Rhode would be in better spirits, which would let him devote himself more fully to his work and thus do more for the people of Hillsbrad... yes, that made this arrangement perfectly reasonable.
Lilia was only seven or eight, and Kienlo was just fourteen or fifteen. Although one was a High Elf and the other a Night Elf, they were still underage girls who needed someone to look after them.
Fortunately, Sally was already an adult.
Although she was only eighteen or nineteen