Mark went to the room where the Void Gate would be established. It was beside his room. The room next to him would be Liriel’s and the next one would be assigned to the twins.
He cast the void gate spell in one of the walls of the room he now called the Void Gate Room and due to the nature of the spell, the Void Gate, when not activated looked like just one of the room’s decorations. Much like the other decorations in the room, it was elegant and tasteful.
Mark entered the gate immediately and saw that it was eight in the evening at the circus and everyone, even the kids, was still at the dining table in the center of the circle of RVs. When the twins and Liriel saw him they ran to him and hugged him.
Armina and Melissa, who just returned from her shopping spree, were looking at Mark enviously being greeted enthusiastically by the kids.
“What? Are your maternal instincts acting up?” Enleed teased the girls and both Armina and Melissa just called him an idiot.
“Melissa, you’re here! I thought you’d spend more time on Earth trying to reach the limit of the credit card that Donald gave us,” Mark teased Melissa.
“I stopped yesterday. I returned here to join diving the dungeon and earning experience. Armina told me about being young forever and no woman would be able to resist that,” Melissa said and Mark just laughed.
The twins then asked if he established a gate where Albert lived and he told them that he did.
“Right now Albert and his parents are resting. We’ll give them a few hours then we’ll visit them.”
“How’s London?” Sam asked.
“I don’t know. It was around three in the morning when we arrived there. That meant that the time here followed California time so the kids would need to adjust when they go there.”
“Can we go to London?” Enleed asked.
“All those who are authorized to use the Gate to go to Earth can also use it to go London but the Gate is inside Robert’s house. That meant that if you want to visit London, you will have to talk to Robert first and get his permission.”
Mark then told the kids that they would need to sleep since in five or six hours, they would go to where Albert lives to visit him.
Even though the twins and Liriel were reluctant, they obeyed and went with Mark inside the RV to wash up and sleep. After that, he returned outside to talk with the others.
“What’s your profession, Melissa? No, don’t tell me let me guess. You’re a healer!” Mark said to Sam’s sister and Melissa just snorted and everyone just laughed.
As gamers, they knew that non-gamer girls who tried to play MMORPG almost always selected the healer profession and they didn’t expect it to change in reality.
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“We’re still on the third floor of the dungeon. We’re still not comfortable tackling level four and we’ll only move on once we’re used to the battle,” Sam told Mark.
“Are you fine?” Mark asked Melissa.
“Yes. Even though the battle is icky, the advantage of leveling up is tremendous so I wouldn’t stop,” Melissa said.
“What about your Job on Earth?”
“Oh, I resigned already. I’m just a receptionist so it’s no biggie for me to leave immediately,” Melissa said.
Sam and the others then told Mark the spells they already purchased. Even though Mark told them that the situation was not the same as their old MMO days where they had to plan even the tiniest details and that every one of the party members should be aware of everyone’s skills, the reality in this world was they shouldn’t tell all of their trump cards but Sam and the others ignored that advised and still said all the details of their acquired skills.
“We’re only planning to divulge the details to the members of this group and no one else. We’re still planning to remain in the party for a long time since we can only trust our friends when it comes to dungeon diving,” Armina told Mark and he realized that she was correct.
After their talk, everyone went to rest and Mark went inside the RV to rest as well. At around two in the morning, Mark’s alarm went off and he woke up the kids to tell them that it was time for them to visit Albert and his family so after some preparation they all entered the Void Gate and went to Robert’s house in London.
It was around ten in the morning there and when they exited the Void Gate room, one of the maids saw them and led them to one of the living rooms where Robert, Danielle, and Albert were staying. There was an old man who looked like your typical butler with them.
When the twins saw Albert, they ran toward the kid and they began to talk to each other non-stop. Liriel was still a bit sleepy so Mark was carrying her.
“The gate is established already so you can return to Veltun anytime you want to continue dungeon diving,” Mark told Robert and Danielle.
“We’ll return there today. Leveling up is such a huge advantage so we can’t really stop. This is Mr. Johannesburg. Please tell him whatever you need and he will do his best to fulfill them. He knew the situation so he should be able to handle everything.”
Even though Danielle said that she would handle taking care of the kids, it was understandable that that would only happen once the school year started in one month. Before that, the butler would be the one who would hire the tutors for English for the twins and Liriel.
Mark then reminded Robert and Danielle of the time difference between London and Veltun so they had to be mindful of that.
After a few minutes, some maids arrived to serve breakfast to Mark, the twins, and Liriel. After that, Robert, Danielle, and Albert returned to Veltun while Mark, the twins, and Liriel stayed.
Mark needed to talk to the butler regarding his requirements for the kids so Mr. Johannesburg assigned a couple of maids to follow the kids while they explored the manor.
“Mr. Johannesburg, me, and my kids are from a foreign land and they still don’t know how to speak English. So I will need a tutor for the twins and a separate tutor for Liriel. I will also need a nanny for the twins and a nanny for Liriel as well so can you hire those people for us?”
“I will need a couple of days to get a list of people that you can interview,” The butler said so Mark told the man that they would return in forty-eight hours.
Then they talked some more about the situation and was glad that he didn’t have to hide anything from the butler since it would be very difficult to do so. Mark told the butler the time difference between his home and this place and asked the old butler for advice regarding the kid’s lesson and since the old butler was very experienced he received very good suggestions.
After that, Mark showed the kids the rooms that were assigned to them and told them that once they joined Albert in school, these rooms were the rooms they would sleep in. He also reminded them that if they wanted to return to the circus, they could just enter the Void Gate in the Void Gate room.