Ding!
At the very moment the system gave him the prompt, Valyr let out a chuckle once more, his mind thinking over the past sequence of events that led up to where he was right now.
"I headed to Astella City with the intent of only fulfilling one of the remaining requirements," said the young man to himself, grinning the more he thought about it.
"Yet, thanks to a series of coincidences and misunderstandings, I ended up hitting two birds with one stone."
"Sometimes, you really don't know what life gives you." Valyr chuckled at the thought, only to then let out a slightly somber sigh as his mind briefly went back to the very beginning of his current life.
'With all things considered, it definitely took a while to get here.'
'Heck, I could even say that it took longer than I initially thought it would take me.'
'But the amount of time I spent doesn't matter.'