Calamity Upon This World

Chapter 144: Ch-144 Cleansers Meeting

2 months ago, right after William finished delivering the corpses of all the miners to their loved ones,.

William made his way through the city as he tried to find Mark's house.

Today was supposed to be the first time all the cleansers met after the double dungeon.

Mark had invited all of them for dinner, and without even realising it, the time for dinner had arrived.

It ended up taking him longer than expected just to deliver the corpses, but William didn't regret it.

If anything, he was relieved to have witnessed firsthand the consequences of his incompetence.

William was once again starting to spiral into the endless rabbit hole of self-blame and regret.

But before he could, he was stopped by the sight of a modest-looking house.

The house wasn't that big and looked quite small in comparison to some of the houses next to it.

Even the exterior of the house looked a bit old and very lived-in.

But despite all this, the house had a sort of nostalgic, homelike feeling that made William forget about all his worries and smile as he entered.

Once he entered, he was greeted by Mark, who was wearing brown pants and a loose white shirt.

"Welcome, John" Mark said.

"Sup been a while" William smiled as he replied.

"Yep indeed," Mark replied.

With the basic greetings out of the way,Mark led him inside to the living room, where he found a dining table with food on it and three girls.

Two of these girls were young, while the last one looked to be in her early fifties.

On the table,a wide variety of food was served,ranging from simple mashed potatoes,salads to meat balls.

The food didn't look very fancy but it looked like it was made with love,which reminded William of both his own mother's cooking.

William was excited to dig into the food as it looked delicious, but he had to hold back as there was something more important that he needed to do first.

"Greetings, Mrs. Welk" William said with a respectful tone as he bowed a little.

"Oh, no need for the formality dear" the middle-aged woman said as she got up with her hands held.

Now that he was a bit closer to her, he could get a better look at her.

She had short black hair and eyes and wrinkles were evident on her face signifying her age.

But despite this she had a bright wide smile and lively eyes that reminded William of his mother in his previous life.

"You look like a very capable and strong young man  I'm glad Mark has a friend like you" she said.

"No ma'am,, it's the other way around Mark has been a great friend to me" William replied.

Once he was done with the greetings he took a seat next to Jasmine, who was wearing a black dress  which really complimented her hair.

And while William didn't want to admit it in front of her,she looked very pretty.

"Sup" Jasmine said.

"Hi" William replied.

"I hope you've been well the past few days"

"I have and I and I hope you've also been doing well" William said.

Jasmine looked like she wanted to say more, but due to the presence of Mrs.Welk, she held back.

William easily picked up on this, but he didn't continue the conversation.

If he had to guess, she probably wanted to talk about his experience delivering the corpses and what he saw.

Even earlier,earlier, Jasmine was very vocal about not wanting him to go to deliver the corpses, and even if he wanted to go, she wanted to accompany him.

William could see her good intentions behind the proposal and knew that she was probably just worried for him.

Honestly, he found it quite cute, as it was a new experience for him to have someone worry for him aside from his parents.

Especially someone who was basically a complete stranger to him, like Jasmine.

It almost brought a smile to his face, but it would look weird if he randomly smiled, so he restrained himself.

Next was Raya, who was sitting to the right of Jasmine.

She wore a simple green top and had her golden hair in a bun, which made her look very pleasing to the eye.

In Williams opinion, this hairstyle really suited her.

"Nice hair," he complimented.

His words seemed to have woken Rays up from her previous trance, as she hadn't said anything since William entered, almost like she was thinking about something.

"Th-thanks!" she exclaimed.

William ignored her stutter, as he said.

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"Been a while."

"Yeah"

Unlike Mark and Jasmine, whom he had seen over the last few days in the guild hall, this was the first time he had seen her since the double dungeon.

After this, he didn't say much to her, as Mark's mother interupted them.

"Since you guys are done greeting each other, how about eating the food before it gets cold?"

"Of course, ma'am, the food looks great, and I'm sure it will taste just as good" William said.

"Hoh, such a well-spoken young man; Mark should take notes."

Everyone laughed hearing this except for Mark, who looked a bit embarrassed.

A very lively and warm atmosphere was created as everyone enjoyed the food that was served.

Just like he expected, the food, while not as good as some of the food he was served in the Verhein mansion, was filled with love and the taste of a mother's hand.

The whole atmosphere reminded William of his own parents, both in this life and the last one.

In both his lives, he was blessed with loving parents, something he was thankful for, and today he was really reminded of how lucky he was.

As William took another bite of the mashed potato, he felt truly happy and satisfied.

For the first time in months, he didn't feel worried about the future or his flaw.

He hoped that this moment of joy and laughter could last.

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An:

So first of all, I would like to apologise for not being able to post daily, but to basically sum it up for you, a lot of personal stuff happened and I couldn't focus on writing.

But don't worry, I'm back now, and I'll try to be consistent again.

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