What happened in the morning was just a small interlude. Neither Zendina nor Lulunaka needed to brood over it. Perhaps for Zendina, it was a bad thing that would make her feel bad for the day, but for Lulunaka, it was something interesting.
Although Dina had never figured out what the person who "adopted" her was thinking, Dina had never understood.
There was no time to argue about breakfast. Zendina believed that she was a person who knew self-control, at least much better than the woman beside her who did whatever she wanted and had no conscience.
The bonfire had burned out, and there was nothing to collect.
In the wilderness where she could only vaguely see the plateau in the distance, Zendina did not expect to sleep so soundly last night. This was definitely not a good environment.
"You haven't told me where we are going next," Zendina asked Lulunaka as she moved the luggage back to the carriage.
Of course, the two of them did not travel on foot. Lulunaka had an astonishingly large carriage, but it looked very old. Even the two mules pulling the carriage in front were so old that they looked like they could not lift their heads. It was pitiful. How did they meet such a cruel master like Lulunaka? Even if they could not walk anymore, they still had to pull such a heavy load that was too much for them.
This old carriage was Lulunaka's means of travel, and it was also her mobile workshop.
Lulunaka called it the "Wonderful Idea."
Zendina could not see the wonderful elements of this mobile workshop at all. It was dirty and old, like something that had been abandoned for more than a decade before being dragged out to be used again.
"Where are we going next?"
Lulunaka took out the map on the parchment. She squinted and looked at it. "Now we are … where are we?"
"If we go further east, we will reach the Republic of Vis." Zendina sighed. "Are we going there?"
"The Republic of Vis."
Lulunaka nodded. "Of course we have to go there. That's the most prosperous place in the east. There's gold everywhere. We can't miss such an opportunity."
"Isn't Isburg the most prosperous place in the east?" Dina asked.
Lulunaka thought for a moment before continuing, "Isburg … Isburg … That's not wrong, but it's still lacking a bit of flavor."
"Lacking in flavor?" Dina didn't understand what Lulunaka meant.
"It's only been a dozen years."
Lulunaka said with a smile, "Isburg, built on the ruins of the King's Castle, is still a long way from being prosperous.
You'll probably become an old woman by then. "
Dina shook her head and didn't say anything else.
To her, becoming an old woman seemed a little distant.
However, for Lulunaka, this was not a long time. Perhaps time was just a grain of sand that would slip through her fingers in the blink of an eye.
"But it's too early to go to the Republic of Vis."
Lulunaka continued, "Before we go there, let's go somewhere else."
Lulunaka continued to look at the map. "Going north is good … Then, if we go northeast, we'll reach the Wyvern Kingdom."
At the mention of the Wyvern Kingdom, Dina's face darkened. "I don't want to see large flying beasts for the time being …" She recalled some unpleasant memories that Lulunaka had brought to her.
"Then, we can skip the Wyvern Kingdom and go directly to the Magic Beast Plain in the north."
Lulunaka didn't intend to force Dina. She immediately gave up on the option of going to the Wyvern Kingdom.
"When we reach the Magic Beast Plain, we'll consider whether to continue north to the Northern Region or west to the Holy United Kingdom …"
"Is there no choice to go east?" Dina asked.
It was just a casual question. She didn't mean anything else, but Lulunaka answered her seriously, "It's a little difficult to go east … It's a foreign land for a child like you. It's a world where you'll cry at night because of loneliness."
"I'm not a child who'll cry because of this." Dina frowned. "And I don't have a hometown where I can cry because of this."
Lulunaka nodded. "That's true. If you did, I wouldn't have met you.
A child with a happy life wouldn't have the chance to meet a bad person like me. "
Dina thought that Lulunaka would occasionally say something right.
"And if we go east, some sensitive people might come looking for us. That's very troublesome … People don't have absolute freedom."
After that, Lulunaka and Dina packed up their things and boarded the Wonderful.
Lulunaka kicked the mule's butt, and the mule began to move forward at a very slow speed.
Although the mule looked old, at least it could keep the Wonderful moving forward steadily.
There was no fun in the wasteland. If there was any special fun, it would be the beasts, magical beasts, or humans with bad intentions that ordinary people would never want to encounter.
On the way, Dina remembered something.
"The meat you let me eat this morning … How did you find it in a place like this?"
Thinking of the delicious meat soup in the morning, Dina didn't have any thoughts of savoring it. She felt nauseous again.
"In this area, it's not strange that there's something underground."
Lulunaka said, "Maybe there's something moving underground now, but you don't know about it."
"Stop it. I feel a little nauseous." Dina covered her mouth.
Memories could easily disappear with time, but at least not now. Now, she could only remember clearly what she had eaten this morning.
"I'm going to lie down …" Dina returned to the carriage. The bumpy feeling of the wheels on the ground made her even more uncomfortable.
"Don't throw up in there."
Lulunaka kindly reminded Dina. "There are many precious materials in there. Selling ten of you won't make up for it."
Sometimes, Dina wished that she would be sold instead of being tortured like this.
However, it was just a thought. The outside world was very dangerous. Lulunaka was a bad woman, but not to the extent that she hated her.
When Dina got out of the carriage, half a day had passed.
Then, she saw many pedestrians and carriages full of things coming toward her.
If they were just travelers, they wouldn't be so concentrated. These people looked hurried and desolate. They didn't look like travelers at all.
"Is there a war somewhere?"
Dina asked. These people did look like refugees who had been forced to leave their homes.
"Who knows?"
Lulunaka looked at the people passing by the Wonderful. "Maybe there's a natural disaster."