After retrieving his red-handled knife from inventory, he twirled it in his hand and then stabbed it through the bedside table's flimsy wooden surface with a satisfying thud.
'Can't be too careful. Someone was already murdered right outside my room, and since the system classifies this place as not completely safe, I can't be too careful.'
When he left Irio, he didn't take Fen, the cute little puppy, with him, as he didn't want to take any risk with him.
He knew that Gothic City's level of strength was vastly superior to Irio's, as this country was tier three.
Since there was a high possibility that he might encounter Martial Kings, he didn't want to take a chance that they could tell that Fen was a special creature.
He didn't know how easy it was to tell, so he didn't take him with him, just to be safe.
Fen was not pleased and made sad-sounding sounds when he left without him. It even saddened Kiernan to leave him behind, as he had grown fond of him.
