Clad and Jill walked for a while as they looked around the city, which was getting repaired by the workers after the rat king's mind magic was lifted.
Clad thought to himself that they don't even get paid for this, but still work to fix the buildings regardless.
"hmmm..."
"Do you think they know what happened as they were hypnotized, or did they forget everything?" Clad asked Jill.
"Based on what I'm seeing, they don't remember a single thing." She replied.
"Hmmm..."
"Well, that would be for the better of things."
A few hours later, Clad moved into a nearby hotel and started his energy training as he sat down on the ground of the room.
"Alright, let's start, slow and steady."
Clad's energy concentrated around his heart as he continued to meditate. He could feel his energy become gradually more refined, closer to before the shattering, but still lacking.
As he continued his activity, he eventually succeeded at healing his shard fully, but was also covered in sweat.
"thank god i removed my new clothes for lighter ones," he said as he got up to take a shower.
Meanwhile, Laura was visiting her new throne and thought to herself.
"I am not used to this at all.." but her thoughts were interrupted by an elven man wearing a green suit and blonde hair, who was walking into the throne room with a paper at hand.
"..."
"Who are you?"
"Wait, never mind, I know you."
"You're Jonathan Voi, the guy who used to be the one in charge of foreign affairs in the kingdom before the rat king took over."
"Indeed," the man replied as he gave her the paper.
"I'll make this short; this is for you, the new owner of the throne, who would need to know about this event."
Laura opens the envelope and reads it, revealing that an event where multiple factions from around the new world will be meeting at a specific place, they call it the "Grand meeting," and it will be in 1 year from now.
"Grand meeting, huh?"
"I am already working as if I'm owning the entire land, huh?" Laura said with an impressed yet slightly stressed look on her face.