After the simple but large village hall was more or less completed, Ren had been one of the first ones to lead the construction of their assigned houses.
By this time, his body had sufficiently adjusted to the almost-daily hard labor. In fact, his muscles had become even more toned, and he felt stronger than ever.
As a leader, he also did not have to do as much of the physical work himself, though he still helped out whenever there was nothing else important for him to do.
Overall, this resulted in his confidence that he could now prove to Rhys what he had been saying the other day.
On a night before a scheduled day off, after they had each gone back to their rooms, Ren contacted Rhys only to say that he was turning in early tonight and that he should do the same if he had no more wor
