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The girl encountered some unpleasant things on this unfamiliar journey, and preps herself before the next village. | The girl encountered some unpleasant things on this unfamiliar journey, and preps herself before the next village. | ||
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*{{StoryIcon|?}} '''???:''' ''-'' | *{{StoryIcon|?}} '''Aren's Letter:''' ''{{color|#F1670A|... How have you been, Ara? We've been quite out of touch. Flowers have already began to bloom from trees.}} | ||
*{{StoryIcon|?}} '''Aren's Letter:''' ''{{color|#F1670A|It's beautiful here at the capital. The trees have flowered in vivid colors. Even the lakes here are shimmering in vibrant hue, adopting the colors from petals that flutter like angels' wings.}}'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|?}} '''Aren's Letter:''' ''{{color|#F1670A|Alas, even the most brilliant views that the Capital has to offer, feels like nothing compared to the modest flowers of our home. I suppose the time spent here has yet to endear me to these streets.}}'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|?}} '''Aren's Letter:''' ''{{color|#F1670A|... I apologize for being sidetracked. I do try to like it here.}}'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''(Flowers... I think I understand now.)'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Eun2}} '''Eun:''' ''Ara, you'[re distracted again. Cheer up. I see a village right at the valley.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''Yes... I should try to like it.'' | |||
*''Ara listlessly replied. Eun started nagging.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Eun2}} '''Eun:''' ''I understand you are tired from walking all night, but you must straighten your back and keep your head up. We can't have a repeat of what happened in the last village.'' | |||
*''Ara flinched. Yes, indeed. The outside world was not just rainbows and sunshine for a naive 17 year old girl from a noble family.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''... But I did learn something from this trip.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Eun2}} '''Eun:''' ''What have you learned?'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''That you can't learn about the world solely from books... and the most terrifying thing is another human being.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Eun2}} '''Eun:''' ''... It took you long enough to learn one of life's most fundamental lessons.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Eun2}} '''Eun:''' ''Of course a naive traveler with precious jewels is a good target, especially since she doesn't even know how much her belongings are worth.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''I neve knew I was s bad at bargaining...'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''... I wasn't even aware that it would be this difficult to find someone to trade these jewels.'' | |||
*''Ara chuckled, remembering when she offered her golden ring as compensation for her stay at a small village.'' | |||
*''The kind villagers joked that she could buy the whole village with the ring and offered her a place to stay the night, even giving her the direction to a bigger village where she would be able to trade in her jewels.'' | |||
*''Though she ended up being scammed in the bigger village.'' | |||
*''Ara chased the memory away and headed towards the village.'' | |||
*''... ... ... ...'' | |||
*''It was early morning, but the village had a tense atmosphere. The villagers were gathered around discussing amongst each other with a pitchfork in their hands.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Eun2}} '''Eun:''' ''They don't look like they're getting ready for field work.'' | |||
*''The moment the villagers noticed Ara, they looked at her with suspicion.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''They look like they're ready for battle. Do you think demons have attacked this village?'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Eun2}} '''Eun:''' ''I do not sense demonic energy.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''Is that so... Still, it seems I have come at a bad time...'' | |||
*''Ara felt uneasy. Though she has yet actually see one, she heard that many villagers who lost their home due to demons have become bandits.'' | |||
*''She expected that things would turn for the worse the closer she got to the Capital. Perhaps that moment was now...'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Eun2}} '''Eun:''' ''They're holding farming tools as weapons. If things go awry, you could probably take them down.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''I would rather avoid something like that from happening...'' | |||
*''As Ara hesitated, a particularly intimidating man approached her.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|?}} '''Intimidating Man:''' ''Oi. You look like you're good at fighting...'' | |||
*''Ara nervously tightened her hold on her spear.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|?}} '''Intimidating Man:''' ''Are you an exorcist?'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''Exorcist...?'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|?}} '''Child:''' ''No! You can't!'' | |||
*''A scent of dried herbs wafted from behind, and she heard a high-pitched voice of a child.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Jen Che}} '''Child:''' ''I'm against this! I told you! That spirit in the mountains is not a monster, it's a divine beast! You can't exorcise it!'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|?}} '''???:''' ''Divine... beast? Exorcise...?'' | |||
*''Ara's eyes widened from this unexpected turn of events.'' | |||
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