7. Compensation

I still took a shower. Fortunately, plumbing was practically no different from what I was accustomed to on earth. It was probably less expensive to lay a pipeline than to use magic to heat and supply water, but I really didn’t want to understand this.

I left the bathroom, blotting my hair with a towel as I went, and froze when I noticed that the room was littered with some boxes and packages.

- Eli? - I called softly, and the man immediately appeared from the next room, the existence of which I had not even suspected until that moment.

His hair was also damp, and with his...