A couple of hours before Zorat was confronted with a situation of his own at the cabin, a different, more casual situation had unfolded somewhere else within the palace grounds.
Inside a large, luxuriously designed bedroom with beautiful paintings on the walls, some sculpted figures, and warmly lit mana lamps, all female heroes were in their fancy and comfy night garments, lying on their respective beds and conversing lightly about all they had collectively experienced in the last couple of days.
It was a novel experience they had shared, shedding new light on the hidden natures and feelings of their girlfriends. And most were curious for some clarity on certain matters.
"Ava… "
"You like Caleb, don't you?" Ariana teased, giggling into her fancy sheets. The question was more rhetorical since they all had seen Ava's over-the-top reaction to Caleb's disappearance at the dungeon.
