Thankfully, it seemed like he’d be given the perfect opportunity to take a vacation. It had been weeks since Kenzo had last heard from Fiore, but a certain message addressed for the blue haired warrior made its way to his room. It was from Alisa, and its content was pretty simple. Apparently, there was a new guild in the country, Empyrean Divine. Somewhat of a spiritual successor to Daeva Eye, the guild master was someone he’d gotten to meet in Hosenka. When he read the news, Kenzo couldn’t help but feel glad for Kurisa. She was definitely one of the strongest people he’d ever met, and he knew she was worthy of respect and admiration. At the very least, the two of them were on quite friendly terms.
Regardless, the news of Empyrean Divine came along with an invitation open to all guild members of Fiore to attend a festival with a grand Gala to be celebrated at Stella. Kenzo had been there before, so memories of the amazing cuisine and its vibrant people and streets flooded him. Alisa wanted Kenzo to attend. The two of them had serious matters to discuss. As such, the mercenary packed his stuff and journeyed through the countryside for a couple of days until arriving at the location. In pure Blue Pegasus style, Alisa had reserved an entire resort for the guild’s guests. It was a lavish resort, classily decorated in Stellan style. If the rooms and food were half as good as the place looked from the outside, Kenzo was sure to enjoy his stay.
It was early in the morning by the time Kenzo arrived at the place, so there was still a couple of hours before he could check in. Considering the gala was being held later that night, the male decided to leave his stuff with the clerk and stroll around the city in search of an appropriate attire. Those kinds of events demanded a certain dress code, he didn’t want to sully Blue Pegasus’ reputation after all. It had been a long time since Kenzo had been able to spend a day as carefree as this one, making him remember how much he missed the feeling.
Everything that had happened while he was away from Fiore had been quite intense to say the least, so it was of no surprise Kenzo started feeling homesick by now. Yet, the entire notion of homesickness was completely new to him as well. What did it even mean? He hadn’t spent much time at the guild hall in Hargeon, and if anything, Oak still more of a home to him. Still, he couldn’t help but want to return to his days in the guild. As he pondered on these thoughts, the memory of a certain black-haired girl came to his mind. It had been months since he last saw her. For the matter, the only thing he knew about her was that she was supposedly safe. He felt a rush of excitement by the thought of her attending the event, but quickly dismissed it before letting his hopes up. Shaking his head, he finally decided on an outfit for the gala, trying to distract himself from the topic.
For now, he was positively exhausted, and wanted nothing more than to rest. Quickly grabbing something to eat, the male made his way to the resort's front desk and showed them his guildmark. It was still around 1 o'clock, and the event was to take place in the evening, so he still had plenty of time to rest. After checking his name in the system, the clerk nodded as he handed Kenzo his key. "Suite 809. The ma'am has already made sure everything is in order". Kenzo accepted the key with a nod, though the meaning about comment puzzled him. The guy was surely referring to Alisa, so the mercenary decided to pay it no second thought. He just wanted to sleep.
The tiredness was so strong that Kenzo barely remembers how he made it to the room. It was an impressive suite with an amazing vista towards the pool, complete with a living room, kitchen and a huge bed. Yet, the male paid all of this no mind as he immediately took off his shirt, the hole in his chest that had accompanied him throughout his whole life nowhere to be seen, and closed the windows and curtains. Leaving the previously illuminated suite in the dark.
With a short hop, the Bellan threw himself at the bed before drifting to sleep almost instantly. Perhaps if he'd paid just a little more attention he could've noticed a particular detail. While his assumptions of the suite being only for himself could have been entirely understandable, the fact that the place was filled with personal belongings that weren't his, the sign at the entrance positioned with do not disturb, or even the clearly audible sounds of running water coming out from the bathrooms shower would have made him notice otherwise. And yet, he didn't.
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