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Both fell silent with that, and returned to their practice. They lost themselves in their work, she emitting mana and he on mana emission, point exercises, and point manipulation. Time passed quickly, no longer distracted by the pleasure of one another and they soon heard the other two boys stirring. Kilniara jerked aware first, quickly turning to Joe to kiss him goodbye before slipping from the room in a graceful slither that distracted Joe almost as powerfully as her full body kiss had been.

Joe shook himself away from his distraction and returned to his practice until the boys woke. They were soon awake and all four headed out into the courtyard where they practiced their forms once again, all pushing themselves past their system given bonuses until their own reserves. Joe pushed himself to his norm, to utter exhaustion. The other three, however, Joe only allowed to push themselves slightly, even with the healer already awaiting them.

Joe had been a bit distracted at the healer's arrival, but the healer simply nodded and waved for them to continue, so he did so. Their training went quickly, the others seemingly much more willing to push themselves with the healer standing by watching. The healing after was even quicker, although the full body wash was still as refreshing as he remembered it. The healer left quickly after being paid and they returned to the inn for a hearty breakfast.

Sending the other three on ahead, Joe headed towards the temples to change his job to adventurer, which went quickly enough. After swapping through the appropriate cloak then returning it to his bag, he headed to the dungeon and caught up to the other three before they made it into the dungeon. He slipped in with them, joining their conversation easily. Their conversation was one more of humor and light mockery before they headed down into the dungeon, passing through the safe zone and heading to their corner.