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Saki set foot onto the wide balcony pitch of the palace's top floor, where I sat at the table and my mount sat on the table, sipping our usual tea. Krisillis, Xona and Xiao Hong spawned behind her with a flick. Krisillis walked onward, "Huh, I'm starting to wonder where you keep getting all that tea from. And how it doesn't rot one bit!", and sat opposite to me. I took a sip, "Slurp, that's a secret!"

He then asked, "I thought you were about to take an entire week. Anyway, what happened to your left eye? It's completely covered in black!"

I said, "A major crisis occurred. But it was to my advantage. Things sped up and it ended within 4 days!"

He asked, "What number does your system panel show?!", and I answered, "034.000!"

He flinched, "What? That means you reached 35th Earth!!", to which I agreed, "Precisely, but I sense a tension from the crew!"

"...!", everyone's gaze shifted to Saki. I ordered, "Spit it out!"