"Tch, how boring."
Everyone filed out through the door.
...
The next day, not long after dawn, Alka set off alone from the Sound of Dawn towards the Holy Mother Church.
The others began attending to their own tasks.
Alka entered the Great Cathedral through a side door.
"Whoa! Look who it is? The great hero has arrived!"
At that moment, a Knight Captain, who seemed to be overseeing his squad inside the church, noticed Alka and laughed heartily as he walked over to greet him.
It was the same Captain Marlo that Alka had met a few times at the port.
Alka gave him a quick hug.
"Great hero? Are you talking about me?"
Alka asked with some confusion.
Marlo nodded, then patted him on the shoulder, "Of course, it's you, young man. What you did at the Sea of Moisture has already spread. Your team is quite well-known in this region now."
Hearing this, Alka frowned slightly in confusion.
"The news traveled that fast? Surely, we were the first team to leave."
