「A few days later.」
After waking up early and washing up, Colin began to pack his things in his small attic room.
He was so keyed up about the long journey ahead that he hadn't slept well the night before.
Speaking of dreams, Colin hadn't been practicing his Swordsmanship in his sleep lately. He wondered if it had something to do with that so-called "special commission."
In any case, based on the fact that wearing the ring often caused him to dream of practicing his Swordsmanship, Colin felt the reward for this commission would likely be related to Swordsmanship, though he had no way of guessing the specifics.
As he thought about this, he slipped a stack of stitched-together parchment into the outer pocket of his backpack.
It was the easiest place to reach, so he could pull it out to read at a moment's notice.
