just like belut had said, after an hour or so they exited the forest and parked the wagons .
it was a beautiful place, all one could see for miles was green grass and just a few trees and small mountains mix in it.
looking at people who are doing their own things as each person has a set of duty of their own, he felt out of place so he stood by a wagon and just watched them.
they all had similar futures, maybe they are from the same tribe Ethan thought.
soon they started a fire and placed some rocks around it and put a large Pot on the rocks, as he wandered in his own thoughts what was in the pot and how they can be sure they would not attract any wild animals he heard a sound next to him.
looking at the source , it's the same girl from before, what is her name again? right aarti.
she looked nervous and awkward for some reasons so to put the girl at ease he started a conversation;
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked a stupid question"
" It's okay, I got emotional quickly"
she seemed to be putting a tough look on her face even though she was just a child, usually he would make a joke out of it but he wasn't in the mood for jokes so he asked what was in his mind;
"What are they making for breakfast?"
"It's a deer, my uncle haunted it in the woods , it's the best meal we had since we came to Avlang Forest"
"Your uncle?"
"Yes , my uncle Tyson, he's a professional Hunter who led us through the forest safely"
She said while pointing to a middle aged man who was dressed a little nicer compared to others, he was collecting firewood near a forest border, that answered his previous disconcert .
Then she started to introduce other people by pointing at them, apparently they are from the same family to be an exact family from her mother's side .
He didn't get much about her father though he was just from city guards and died before artin incident.
As they were talking he noticed that they were keeping their distance away from him so he asked about it from aarti.
Apparently these people haven't seen a noble from Noorani City, the only ones they saw are from piruz city and they were not friendly so this is a way for them to be cautious.
Soon it was time for breakfast, the maldar family as they called themselves spread a carpet near an Underground spring that was coming from the forest and sat down.
Ethan with aarti guidance came near the carpet, taking off his shoe sites on the carpet.
The carpet was small for this large family so they sat in close proximity to each other with the pot in the middle, the atmosphere was awkward because of his presence.
Some small children went to his shoes and started to play with it until aarti drove them away, seeing him not react to children's behavior the tension lessened.
the children's curiosity was understandable, his shoes were completely different and elegant from the dirty simple leather shoes they had.
Some women of family started to bring fresh bread that they cooked right there and divide the food.
Looking at the broth on the iron plate, he could swear that he saw an eyeball in it for a second but he couldn't be picky and started to eat.
The taste was great unlike is expectation and the awkward atmosphere was gone, even artin
(aarti brother) was eating peacefully.
The family starts having a conversation in the middle of breakfast and from there , Ethan could see the close relationship they had and understood their situation better.
Because Aarti's father arsia had informed them about the war before it happened, they sold everything that they owned and traveled from Quat, their village to here, the land of Noorani City.
They couldn't buy land here because of the shift in the price , apparently the land of Noorani City was much more expensive than they could afford, luckily they had Ethan's ice axe and by selling it they will be paid a lot of gold from it.
Ethan couldn't understand why they thought that selling his ice axe would bring them such gold coins as they didn't seem to lack metal tools but he figured they must know something that he didn't and let it be.
This family seemed to have a farmer, hunter winemaker, cattle breeder and their women knew how to tailor wool and make bread with enough money they shouldn't have any problem in the new environment.
soon the woman in the family starts to unpack the plates and the man's attention was on him.
the Aatri uncle Tyson who was sitting next to Ethan was the first one to break the ice;
"your name is Ethan? correct?"
"yes that's right"
"Are you one of Noorani City's noble families?"
"yes, what about it?"
"your clothes are strange, they don't seem to be from Noorani City"
"Have you been there before?"
"Yes, I came with some smugglers back in my young days, why do you think I know this remote road .. you didn't answer my question"
"if you must know.. it was custom made for me"
"why would someone... never mind, so as you can see we are in Noorani City territory, how long will you stay with us?"
"if you just drop me near the city, I can walk from there"
Tyson seemed pleased to hear him say that, just nodes and putting his hand on his knee starts to walk off preparing the donkeys for traveling.
this person inverse of her sister belut was intimidating, had a cold look and muscular body with a small scar back of his right hand.
Unlike the rest of his family that had black hair, his was a light golden crew cut with small stubble Beard giving him a badass look.
the questions he asked almost gave him a heart attack but he played it cool and fortunately they didn't seem suspicious of him, just trying to get rid of him as soon as possible.
They treated him with respect but they didn't seem to like nobles which didn't bother him at all, he even preferred it.
after making the preparations they were on their way to noorani city again....