The moment I left the gym, Maa came sprinting toward me, her eyes filled with worry.
"Raj, what are they saying on the news?" she demanded, quickly scanning me. "You got attacked by the Sword King?"
"Maa, I'm completely fine," I reassured her. "Take a look. I don't have any injuries. He did attack us, but Saya came and saved us."
"But in that video—"
"Maa, that video is obviously edited to gain views. It will soon be taken down."
It took me more than ten minutes to calm Maa down, after which I returned to my room. The previous day, I had cleared a D-Ranked dungeon alone and then fought an S-Rank, followed by spending the entire night exercising. Both my mind and body were completely exhausted, so I took a shower, set an alarm for 11:50, and went straight to sleep.
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Tring-tring… tring-tring…
"Is it already time?" I murmured, rubbing my eyes and turning off the alarm.
