Pasha reached Momin's outskirts several hours after sunset.
The distance to the capital wasn't that far in a straight line. According to the most recent maps, it was less than a dozen leagues. Yet, when taking the sparse paths one could take to get to the westernmost big city of the empire, that distance effectively doubled.
The easiest option for travel from the capital was by sea. It allowed one to avoid the Alnue river that divided the last remaining province of the Vistan empire into the relatively desolate western third and the rich, eastern part.
Yet…
There were only two or three ships traveling between the cities a day. And as luck would have it, all the tickets were already booked for the next three days.
With no other choice, Pasha ended up taking a river raft, a much more common means of transporting through the river.
