- Lord's Keep Crossbowman: Haa.. Haa... She was definitely running this way... Where did she go?
- Lord's Keep Spearman: Tsk, the little rat. We should report this incident to the Lord. Let's go!
- ???: ... Good, looks like they gave up on the chase.
- Laby: Uh...
- Laby: Did you... Just help Laby?! You did, right?!
- ???: What, do I look like I dragged you into danger? Ugh, this is what I get for helping strangers.
- Laby: Thank you!!! Really, really!! Laby didn't know what to do, and was even thinking about going round and round!
- ???: O... K... Can you be quiet, thought? They might still be around.
- Laby: Do you know them? Laby just wanted to know how to get to the village, then they were yelling and trying to drag Laby away!!
- ???: I know of them. They're the Lord's lackeys that watch the bamboo forest. They prevent people from leaving, you know.
- Laby: They prevent people from leaving...? Why would they do that?
- ???: ... I knew you were a foreigner, but you really don't know anything, do you?
- Laby: Huh? Yeah! This is Laby's first time here!
- ???: Uh huh. Of course. Anyway, this is not a place for kids like you to be.
- ???: You couldn't have come here by yourself. So... Where are you parents?
- Laby: Laby doesn't have parents! Though Laby was traveling with teacher!
- ???: Huh? Oh... Then what about that... teacher?
- Laby: Well, Laby go on a ship with teacher, right? And there were loooots of fish so we were driving them away when a storm came and KA BOOM! then an octopus went KA POW! at the same time and wind went whiiiiiiii so Laby well in the sea and now Laby's here!
- ???: ......
- ???: I have no idea what you just said. So, you're by yourself?
- Laby: Laby's not by myself. Nisha's here too! Laby's friend!
- ???: Platter...? Or maybe it's a mirror? So this is your friend?
- Laby: Uh huh! And my name is Laby!
- Laby: Oh, do you know where the village is? Laby wants to go there, please! Um...
- Mao: Haa... Call me Mao.
- Laby: Mao! Mao!! That's a softy name!
- Mao: What kind of name is a softy name? What a weirdo. Anyway, I can tell you the way to the village, but I don't think it's a good idea to go there.
- Mao: Foreigners don't come here that often, so they're probably still searching. Since you asked them where the village is, they're all probably just waiting there for you to show up.
- Laby: Oh, really? What do we do...? Laby promised that Laby will stay at the nearest village until teacher comes to look for Laby!
- Laby: If we go too far... Teacher might not find us... Or maybe Laby should go somewhere else with lots of people...?
- Mao: ... Haa...
- Mao: If you have nowhere else to go, you can come to our house. It's a bit far from here, but close enough to hear rumors of a foreigner stopping by.
- Laby: Really?! Is that ok?
- Mao: Yeah, I feel like I'd regret it if I just leave you here.
- Mao: Haa... I can't believe I'm taking a strange kid home... And I can't believe you'd follow me home.
- Laby: But Mao helped Laby, right? Laby gets the feeling Laby can believe you!
- Mao: Well... Whatever suits your taste, I guess.
- Mao: Whatever we do, we should leave now or we could be discovered. Come on, follow me.
- Laby: Ok, Mao!!
- Laby: Uaaah! It's super slippery here!
- Mao: Oh yea, watch your step. It just rained, so it should be worse than usual.
- Laby: It's slippery and bumpy!! But we're at the top!! The clouds are so close, Laby can touch it! So does this mean Mao lives in the sky?
- Mao: The sky? No dummy, we just live really high up. As you can see, there are too many troublesome things at the village.
- Laby: Troublesome...
- Laby: Mao! Why does... Why do those people stop other people from leaving?
- Mao: Well, they need someone to take advantage of, right? The Lord of this land is planning on treating all the villagers like slaves.
- Mao: If the Captial was still fine, we wouldn't have this problem. But after that incident, all societal structure just... collapsed.
- Laby: Structure? Collapse? Did something big happen?
- Mao: Haaa... This is going to be a long story. But I guess we have a lot of time, and you should know this if you're staying here.
- Mao: Alright, so a few years ago, there was a huge incident at the Capital of Northern Empire. I heard the Royal Guard Captain was turned into a monster with white hair and dark skin. It is said that he even sprouted a horn!
- Mao: Then he summoned countless monsters that nobody had ever seen before, in the middle of the Capital.
- Laby: Monsters...? Like the demons at Velder?
- Mao: Velder? Demons? I don't know what you're talking about... But it was horrible.
- Mao: They were strong, vicious, and violent. Nobody had any chance of running away, and the Capital was soon in the midst of chaos.
- Mao: I did hear that they're trying to restore everything... But until then, the higher-ups can't really do anything.
- Mao: I can't understand the higher-ups. When they should have sent their guards out to protect the people, they just went and obliterated the Captain Guard's family...
- Mao: ... Anyway, after that, nobody trusted the system anymore. There are bandits everywhere. But here, we get a bunch of corrupted soldiers sauntering around.
- Laby: Mrrrr, Mao's too hard... But Laby got that those monsters are very bad!
- Laby: Even though Mao was with those bad guys, Mao's still nice and helped Laby! Mao is really great!!
- Mao: Uh uh. Don't get me wrong. I was never 'with' those guys. Do you understand?
- Laby: Then is Mao all by yourself? Don't you have a friend?
- Mao: Hmm... A friend... Well, I do have someone I live with.
- Laby: Oh! Hehee! Laby would like to meet that person too!
- Laby: Huh? There's someone over there! Mao's friend?
- Mao: !! They're...
- Laby: They all have scary faces... Did you fight? You have to be nice to your friends, you know!
- Mao: Do they look like my friends?! They're dokkaebies that live around here.
- Mao: They didn't use to be this way... But recently, they started attacking anyone they come across, acting out in aggression. It will be troublesome if they notice us here.
- Laby: What?! They shouldn't do that!
- Laby: But um... What's aggression?
- Mao: Hm... Like beating people into pulps?
- Laby: Pulps?
- Mao: Uuuhh... It means they're very very mean! Anyway all that doesn't matter, so let's get out of here! We don't want to be found!
- Laby: What?!! They were bunch of meanies to Mao?! OOOIII!!!!
- Mao: Wh, what are you doing, you idiot! I said we should just go...!!
- Dokkaebi: Gah!!
- Mao: Haa... Why do I get this feeling that things are about to get reeaaally troublesome...
- Mao: Laby, wait!
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