Chapter 8 - Wanting to Sleep In
Prev | TOC | Next Lizel’s mornings were never particularly early. Back in his original world, he had either dragged himself out of bed to attend to his duties at the castle or had occasionally been roused by servants. But here, in this new world, there was nothing and no one to disturb his sleep. What made things worse was the endless supply of books—works he had never read before—that filled this world. Staying up until dawn with a book in hand was nothing unusual for him, which only made his mornings even more sluggish. Adventurers, however, usually started their mornings very early. If it wasn’t a workday, they could afford to be lazier, but on the days they went to accept requests, they were already moving with the first light of dawn. Catching the best requests right at the start of the day was one reason, but when traveling to a dungeon far from town, leaving late meant they wouldn’t be able to return before nightfall. And no one wished to spend...