"There isn't but lucky for you the Criatura Academy is in Izlude which is right next to Prontera and that's the seat of the Church."

"Excellent. Does either of you feel like accompanying me, to reduce the chance I manage to upset anyone enough for them to hang me from a tree with a spear in my side? ...that is the thing, right?"

"I'll do it, do me good to get out of this city a little bit for something that's not a bounty. ...but tomorrow. I need to sleep."

He gives Taharqi a questioning look.

"I need to check in with the Guild and who knows when they'll let me see the light of day again."

"Do you need to do it tonight?"

"...guess not. Just soonish, they want to make sure I didn't," half-smile, "go rogue."

"...how long have you wanted to make this joke?"

"Far too long."

"Excellent! Then we can have sex again before you go. I was worried I'd have to suck you off in an alley or something, if I wanted to fit that in."

He considers.

"Not that that doesn't separately sound fun."

"Far be it from me to stop you."

"Can I watch?"

"No, of course not. If you're in the Fuck Alley, you perform obscene acts. That's the entire point of a Fuck Alley."

"Oh that does sound better."

"...also, can you two make yourselves invisible too, or is this going to be the fun kind of public indecency."

"I can make myself not noticeable, which is almost the same."

"I can't!" he says cheerfully.

"...hmm. I have some tests to perform."

Tests are accomplished. Sleep ensues. Morning comes.

"Is it time to head to Izlude, then?" Arik asks Vallynn once they've broken their fast.

"Yeah. —I assume you'll be alright with teleporting, I can't take enough time off to walk."

"Yeah. I'd love to walk it sometime, but it's not a high priority."

"Alright. To Kafra, then."

Izlude is a much smaller city than Geffen, which is not surprising, given that it's just a satellite town to the capital of the Kingdom of Rune-Midgard, Prontera. The central plaza has a few open markets and various stores, and two main streets, north-south and east-west, meet in the middle there. To the south is the airport, to the west the Swordsmen Guild, to the east and north the port, and to the north the Criatura Academy.

The Academy is definitely the most attention-grabbing of the lot, from this distance. Not because the other buildings aren't big and important in their own right, but rather because the Academy was designed to be visible from a distance so that newbie adventurers would definitely not be confused about where it is.

"That one's not a decoy too, is it?" Arik asks first.

"...a decoy?"

"Oh – like that tower in Geffen, tall and magicky and right at the center of everything, that didn't have the Mages' Guild in it. So, is that the Academy, or is it some kind of very fancy granary?"