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20.0 Grayscale_Chapter 4: Silver

I threw away my brown robes and wrapped a gray cloak over my clothes. Then I jumped off the window into the alley and walked out into the crowd of pedestrians on the street. I'd made sure to lock the door to my room at the Inn before leaving and told everyone that I was going to take a nap, so I was sure that they wouldn't notice my absence for a while.

Another wonderful escape by the Master Thief Lily Grayscale! Hu hu hu!

I laughed because I felt relieved. I'd finally gotten away from those guys!

I mean seriously, I'd barely managed to stay calm over the past few days. I couldn't see any of their statuses and they could all obviously see mine. Although Kai said something about some ring that hid his status, I didn't believe him for a second!

I'd lived on the streets for my entire life, and let me tell you, the streets beat the naivete out of you pretty quickly. So I always questioned what they said and always stayed on guard.

And I'd learned another lesson too, on my last day on Earth: never trust anyone.

So I went along with their plans, acted like a good little Hero and even helped Kai make his unbelievable tasty dishes. But I'd always planned to run away as soon as we reached the city.

Sure I'd decided to find a way back home, but I sure as hell wasn't gonna follow some creepy stalker with an even creepier smile. If it wasn't for Amy and Kai, I would've given him the slip ages ago.

It would've been easy too. After all, he was really smart in some ways but just as dumb in others. Did he really think I wouldn't find it weird that he chose to go to the Fire Goddess' shrine rather than the Light Goddess' shrine, even though it was closer? Sure it wasn't open to the public, but I was the Hero, I was sure that it would open for me.

Giving Amy the slip was a lot harder though, since she kept sticking to me all the time. I had to work really hard to pretend like I was getting closer to her so she wouldn't expect me to run away as soon as we reached the city.

And Kai was...weird. I didn't know how to deal with him. But luckily he didn't seem all that interested in me, or in anything else really, so I was sure that he wouldn't miss me too soon either. Especially because he'd wandered off to buy food and sightsee.

So now I would leave Fohil and head to the other side of continent. I still wanted to ask a Goddess for a way back to Earth, but I couldn't go to the Light Goddess since that stupid king would try to rope me into doing Hero stuff again and I couldn't go to the Fire Goddess because that creepy stalker was planning to go there.

And so I decided to go to the Water Goddess' shrine. I'd already planned my route and I still had enough supplies in my Inventory to last me until I reached the next town.

Shit! I thought, as I saw looked ahead at the crowd of people walking towards the fountain.

Standing there while facing the fountain with a stupid smile on his face was Kai!

At first I was nervous, mostly because I didn't know if he had some weird skill that would let him notice me or something, but then I calmed down. I knew exactly how to fit in a crowd, to fade into the background. I knew how to hide and hiding in plain sight was my specialty.

I calmed my breathing and matched my gait with that of the crowd. I made sure that the hood was properly covering my face and that my cloak covered the Holy Armour I was wearing underneath.

I walked right past him.

I really am awesome, aren't I?

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