"Huh?"

After stepping out, I was suddenly startled by the scene before my eyes.

What came into view was a bustling street scene!

"Oh my... wait a minute!"

As we turned around, we found that the door behind us had disappeared with a swipe!

"Oh, it seems like this exit led us straight to a city here, huh?"

"It seems so~ Brother, I'll go explore the road~"

"...Alright, but be careful. We're already near the Eastern Continent."

"Huh?" x3

The three of them looked at me simultaneously.

"How did you know?"

"Because their attire already shows the characteristics of the Eastern Continent, but there's no sense of disharmony within the city. Some buildings even have traces of Eastern architecture."

I pointed to the nearby brick and wooden houses.

"In other words, we took an underground passage and bypassed a long way to directly arrive at the Eastern Continent."

"Oh, oh, oh, that's really convenient!"

Aliyah took a step back and hid in the shadows, then her clothes flashed and turned into a red kimono!

"I'm going out to explore too! Contact me if anything happens!"

After saying that, she ran off with a whoosh.

"..."

Did she really just change her outfit and run off like that? She really doesn't pay attention to the situation.

I turned to the only person left beside me, the recently acquainted Shikigami, Pure White.

"Hmm? What is it, Master?"

"It's nothing... By the way, do you have any impression of this place?"

This place has been confirmed to be close to the Eastern Continent, so Pure White, who was born in the Eastern Continent, might know something, right?

"No, Master, because my memory starts from when I met you."

"That's true..."

I smiled bitterly, opened the menu, found a piece of clothing that couldn't be identified as coming from anywhere, changed into it, and also changed my hair back to black. Then I walked towards a nearby shop.

"Anyway, let's eat something first. We don't even know how long we've been in the underground maze."

When we entered, it was midnight, but when we came out, the scorching sun was already shining. In other words, we had spent the whole night plus the morning in the underground world.

I walked into the shop with Pure White, and suddenly I felt a familiar feeling.

After all, the shops in the Western Continent were all very Western-style restaurants, and there was no sign of them being filled with various wooden tables and stools like now.

That's why I feel this sense of familiarity.

"Welcome, what would you like, customer..."

The person who walked out to greet us was a young boy who looked under 20 years old, wearing a set of greasy clothes.

Zhang Ye

Chef LV16 Swordsman LV3

Kind, hardworking, lonely citizen of the Rosend Kingdom

...

Wait a minute, this guy's level and everything is not a problem, but there's something even more terrifying.

That last part, [Citizen of the Rosend Kingdom]...

It feels so familiar, that name...

The pair of Druid apprentices who seemed to have caused problems between the Eastern and Western Continents before, I seem to remember that they were from the Rosend Kingdom...

I didn't expect that we would directly arrive at the middle corridor of the Eastern and Western Continents—Rosend Kingdom?

Indeed, underground passages are a very convenient thing!

"Um... customer...?"

Seeing him staring at me, I coughed twice and said.

"Aren't you still open?"

"Yes... yes, what would the customer like to eat?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Pure White next to me.

"What are you looking at?"

"Ah, ah, ah! Sorry, customer, I didn't mean any harm! It's just that I've never seen a Shikigami before, so..."

"Oh, so you recognized the Shikigami?"

"Well... I've at least read some books. I can recognize the rune on the back of the Shikigami's left hand."

Rune...

I turned my head and sure enough, there was a pale rune on the back of Pure White's left hand.

I thought it was a special tattoo? So it's actually a distinguishing symbol?

Really...

"Well, it's not time for research now. Let's quickly have some delicious food. I'm starving."

"Yes! Please... please wait!"

The boy nodded quickly and ran to the back.

"Is it very rare to have Shikigami here, Byakuya?"

"Master, I..."

"Oh, you don't know either..."

I smiled and patted her head.

"It's okay, it doesn't matter. Let's eat first. But do you eat, Byakuya?"

"Yes, I can absorb energy by eating. Of course, it's more effective with magic stones or spiritual energy stones."

"I see..."

After sitting down, Zhang Ye brought two baskets of steamed buns in less than half a minute.

"The buns are ready! The others will take a while. Um, is it just the two of you eating?"

"Yes, but bring them all, it's fine."

I looked at the prices on the wall... They were unbelievably cheap.

A few silver coins around the academy could fill you up, but when I saw the menu with a basket of buns for a few copper coins, my mouth twitched.

And through Bai Yueguang, I also knew that the currency here, apart from paper money, could be directly used as metal currency, namely gold, silver, and copper.

If I were to erase the words "Western Continent" on a silver coin, no one would be able to tell where I came from.

Why don't I want others to know where I came from?

Of course, it's because it feels more interesting this way!

For example...

It seems that some troublemakers have come to the door!

"Zhang Ye! I see you have customers in your shop! Pay protection fees quickly!"

Really, I can't even eat in peace. And they're inexperienced too, it's really sad...

I looked at them with pity and silently continued eating my buns.