The travel from the Capital to his target destination - Twilight Village - took much longer than Wei Zao had anticipated. A large part of it was because he was drowning in anxiety the entire way back. In fact, within a single day of travel via caravan, he grew fed up and decided to book it the rest of the way on foot, while carrying his Student on his back.
He ignored the infrequent jeers sent his way by random bystanders because it didn't matter in the grand scheme of things. They would all be dead eventually when the end of the world comes.
Within the three days of continuous travel, Wei Zao had finally landed on the path that would lead him to Twilight Village.
"I think I can walk the rest of the way from here," Gaige mumbled in embarrassment. The entire journey, he'd strategically hidden his face so that no one would recognise him. He'd asked multiple times for Teacher Way to drop him, but the man was adamant towards the necessity of haste.
