At the foot of the massive white fountain at the very center of the marketplace of Ashendar kingdom.
Roshan, Levy, Gwen, Clint, and Amiya were standing at the edge of the road. A certain carriage stopped right in front of them, with its coachman waving his hand on them.
Gwen waved back at him. "Moriel."
"It is great to see your party again after a while," Moriel said with a smile while holding the rope of the carriage. "Come ride in, it will be a long journey."
Gwen nodded. "Thanks."
Roshan watched as the 4 climbed up to the wagon, and he was the last one to get in. He sat at the edge of the wagon right at the open entrance of the carriage.
In front of him was Levy looking at the road. Clint was leaning at the wall behind Roshan checking his shield while Gwen was currently opening up a metal container with cookies in it that she handed over on them.
Roshan's gaze strayed towards the person folding her own body to fit in her robe while lying on the floor.
"Do not wake me up. I am going to take my rest." Amiya announced as she covered her body.
The wagon started to move and went out of the capital and traveled towards the Northern part of the great forest of Fiora.
Their whole journey was filled with silence due to them just sleeping the whole trip. As the afternoon arrived, the carriage stopped at the edge of the road next to the wilderness of the forest.
After some time, inside the wilderness of the forest.
Clint picked up the dry tree branch in his foot as he looked at Roshan picking up some firewoods with him.
"I am amazed, you did not just make everything float and just throw them to the carriage," Clint said as he raised his head.
"There are still a lot of mundane activities that I want to do using my own hand," Roshan replied while carrying multiple tree branches in his hands.
Clint nodded. "It should be enough, let's go back, they are already waiting for us."
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As the night arrived, the campfire was set and the 5 gathered together at the edge of the fire while sitting on their wooden stools.
The laughter came from the group as they conversed with each other while cooking the meat on the stick they were holding above the fire.
All of their eyes were on Clint currently telling a story. Sitting beside him was Roshan silently listening while munching his food, on the opposite side of the campfire was Gwen covering her mouth using her hands, next to her was Levy that openly chuckling and Amiya currently narrowing her eyes. Sitting in the middle was Moriel listening to him with enthusiasm.
"And before we know it, we are already being chased by a swarm of giant ants. Fortunately, all 3 of us can run really fast because we are already used to Amiya poking anything she found cute."
"I did not poke it because it was cute. The massive insect tried to bite me while I am wandering alone, so I stabbed its silly eyes with my staff." Amiya retorted while looking at Clint with her sleepy eyes. "And to my surprise, it squealed like a pig and called for help."
The laughter slowly faded and what left was them just looking at each other with smiles on their faces.
Moriel turned his gaze to Levy while looking at her bright red hair that currently reflected the light coming from the campfire. "Levy, I'm always seeing you and have already been traveling with you for so many occasions, there is something I wish to ask you if you may."
Levy stared at him. "Sure, Mister Moriel."
"A person with natural red hair is extremely rare and most of the time they belong to a certain group of people. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but are you by chance a Zaitarian?"
Without any hesitation, Levy immediately nodded. "Yes. I'm a full-blooded Zaitarian."
Moriel nodded. "I see, don't worry it's not a big deal. I'm just curious because I had a friend who was a Zaitarian. It is just nostalgic to meet one again."
Levy chuckled. "It's okay, Mister Moriel, I'm not trying to hide it anyway."
"Zaitarian? I think I have heard about it before, very familiar." Amiya commented while narrowing her eyes.
"It is referring to people of the tribe of Zaitar. It is a tribe located at the boundary of the kingdom of Azvameth near the largest cave system in the world. The tribe that's known as the home of the descendants of one of the Gods of Terra." Clint answered.
Roshan who was silently eating stopped and gave his attention to them.
"Oh, I remember now. The one I read about in the textbook back when we still attending the academy. That tribe is interesting." Amiya said as she leaned towards Levy.
"It's no longer being called as a tribe, it's more of a town now, and the God descendants thing is just a legend without a certainty, we don't even know which of the 7 Gods the legend was referring to," Levy replied.
Amiya hugged her own knee while shivering in cold. "How about the belief that the said God can overtake any of your tribe people's body at will?"
Levy chuckled. "The elders in our town saying that it had happened a long time ago, but I had never heard of it happening again. Maybe at some point, it really happened, but will never occur again. However, the sad thing is, that same legend is also the reason why the kingdom of Azvameth treats the people of our town harshly."
Gwen who was silently listening held her shoulder. "I have heard about it. That may be the reason that you came here rather than going to the capital of Azvameth."
"Zaitarians are not welcome in the capital of Azvameth, but at least it's another story when it comes to Ashendar," Levy replied with a big smile on her face.
"Ohh, Levy, you are so cute, come here and I will give you a hug." Amiya immediately grabbed her.
On the other hand, Clint and Roshan were just like looking at each other, and both their lips rose.
"Girls talk, right? They are always like that, get used to it." Clint let out.
Roshan gazed at the 3 girls laughing with each other, while Moriel was watching them like a proud father.
Roshan looked back to Clint. "I'll definitely will."