Chapter 16

Rainer was woken up by a loud banging on his door. He sat up in bed, and his sheets fell to the floor. Sluggishly, he stood up and walked towards the door and opened it. Arthur was standing in front of him with a letter in one hand and a duffle bag in the other.

"Rise and shine, sleeping beauty." He mocked him based on his bed hair.

Arthur looked at the room behind Rainer, "You might want to clean up a little, and I don't mean just your room. The awakening ceremony will begin in two hours. Your clothes are in this bag. When you're dressed I'll take you to the ceremony.”

“Hey, wait. What is this ceremony anyway?”

“You’ll see when we get there, just get dressed. I’ll be waiting out here.”

He handed Rainer the bag and the letter, then closed the door for him. Rainer placed the bag on a chair and opened the letter, it read as follows

"To the winners of round one,