I opened my eyes to another new day, feeling optimistic and a slight disappointment.
Optimism because it's a new day, and disappointment because the rift didn't appear while I was sleeping.
It had been six months since I had presented the gate and two months since the time of the rift's appearance began. Now, it could appear today or at any time within the next nine months.
The waiting is painful, but there is nothing I can do but wait.
Though my waiting is nothing in front of the people of this village who had been waiting for hundreds of years and over a millennium.
I stayed on the bed for a few seconds before getting up and then walking to the bathroom to freshen up.
Once that was done, I went to the practice room and practiced the Garsonath Transformation. Once that was done, I showered and then rested for a while before walking out of my cottage.
I nodded at people, and now and then, I would see them looking at the sky.
