[LENA]
"If we head southeast, no, more east, we can reach this village on the fringes. It's far away from the main roads and closer to the mountain ranges. There's a high chance the Sun Empire wouldn't find that village should Xavia fall."
"But that's too far. We don't have enough daylight to cover that much distance."
"Hmm, there's bound to be small communities along the road… What about that one? That brown dot seemed to represent a hamlet. We could probably make it there."
I turned away from my companions who were huddled around the map and walked away, pretending to enjoy the all-white scenery as I trudged through the snow.
We were currently taking shelter in a clearing to let the horses rest and for the men to figure out where to go next after witnessing the horror of the village we had passed by earlier.
