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394 - Buying Newspapers
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2022-01-23 22:59:08Jai and Darrion agreed to go to the small restaurant as suggested by Hinako.
Darrion didn’t really know about this restaurant, which means that it was really a small restaurant. It was true that he had researched on some places in the Fire Kingdom, but certainly, not all of them. But it didn’t matter as they were also trying to widen their area of search.
They went to the area where the Red Manor Hotel was because they were trying to get to the park first. The road here was a Y crossing. From their position to the south was the entrance gate, or the South Gate as Darrion corrected. The other road, that was in front of the famous hotel was the one they had not yet ventured into, so now they’re going there.
They got to see the front gate of the hotel from up close. They could also peek into the gate and see the actual front of the building, and it was, well…
Jai wouldn’t say it was extravagant, as the front looked like that of
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