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378 - Short rest at the inn
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2022-01-05 22:51:42“Hey Jai,” Darrion called when they were unpacking. The blonde had yet to start unpacking because he was more interested in the room interior.
“Hm?” Jai replied.
Like ordinary Japanese house, this inn was also Japanese styled which means it has no bed. There were only futons here, and Jai knew they were stored in the wardrobe in this room which was the double doors that was across from the shelf in the left wall. There was another double door across from the door that led to their room, and this was surely the one that leads to the garden where the pond would be.
Jai recognized this setting due to the many Japanese animation that he had watched in the past, but the same could not be said to Darrion. And that was why the windlet was kind of confused when he entered the room and noticing no bed in sight.
“There’s no bed in here. Where are we going to sleep? And didn’t we order two rooms?” Darrion asked. He loo
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