Sam saw the wound on his right arm bleeding and drank the healing potions and waited to be healed. Since the potion was of lower quality, it only closed the wound but the scar was left. "Guess this will do", he corrected his clothes and went back to the carriage.
Alden saw Sam coming back and immediately runs towards him, "Where were you? Where is the man?", he asked.
Sam patted Alden's shoulder and said, "He had mistaken young lady's carriage for someone elses. I resolved the misunderstanding and he went his way".
"I..Is that so", Alden wiped his forehead sweat using a cloth. The horses were captured by Alden, Goth and Freid after chasing them for quite a distance. When they came back, Bisca told about an unknown enemy and how Sam had lured him away. They breathed a sigh of relief seeing Sam come out safe.
"Don't tell me guys you were worried about me?", Sam saw everyone's expression and asked. Elena, who was watching from inside the carriage also felt relieved and ordered for them to move.
The river had calmed down by now and they crossed it after some difficulties. "Whoever destroyed the bridge did a very bad thing", Elena commented after bracing all the rocking of the carriage.
They continued their journey through the valley of Kiltua and on third day came out. Watching the valley becoming smaller Sam once again remembered the battles he fought and the lessons he learned.
"No turning back", it was Sam's first battle in which he equipped the full armour. 'The battle gave me a physical boosts', he was talking to Sei.
[Yes, I realized when I saw you taking the strike, you were at least 1.5 times faster than normal], Sei was also looking back to how much his powers had grown.
'Your ability to destroy spell before they are finished is amazing. I wouldn't have been able to do it without it', Sam acknowledged that Sei's new skill was too handy in the battle.
[For your information I am only able to use it limited times], Sei told this to Sam so that he doesn't get any wrong ideas of using it on whim.
'I will make sure to use it for important times', Sam replied.
The carriage went on towards its journey to Yuzuri. Yuzuri was a small port town and their next stop. They would stop their to refill food and water while taking a rest for two days.
"What kind of city is Yuzuri", Sam asked Alden about their next stop.
Alden looked up in the sky for a minute and replied, "It is a very beautiful town. You will find it filled with many surprising things", he hinted with a smile.
"It must mean you have been there", Sam understood what he meant by the smile. Sam was looking forward to watching yet another beautiful place.
"It smells like sea", Sam could smell the sea in air and was immediately excited on seeing the town entrance. The town had a very normal boundary of wood and a big gate was presented at the entrance with a big nameboard, 'Welcome to Yuzuri, the town of Quina fish'.
Reading the name board Sam asked what it meant by Quina fish. "You will get to know more, just hang on tight', Alden didn't gave him any more information and took the carriage to a inn.
"Here, we will be resting in this inn for two days. Yours room is the last one on the second floor while young lady will be staying in this room", Bisca assigned the room and told them to keep an eye on Elena's room all the time.
"Let's go to the sea. I have always wanted to sea Quina", Elena was excited by the fact that there was a sea and wanted to visit the beach.
Being a port town, Yuzuri was always bustling with tourists and sailors all coming here for restocking or resting around. The other thing it was famous for was Quina fish present here.
"Say, what is this fuss about Quina fish?", having heard the name so many times Sam's curiosity was going through the roof.
"Wait for a moment and you will see them", Goth replied. Sam, Goth, Bisca and Elena went to the beach while Alden and Freid stayed behind to look after the horses and rest.
The beach as Sam had seen on earth, the beach of Yuzuri was also like that. Filled with travelers resting on the beach and having fun Sam was delighted. The sun was high and the warm weather made it the ideal choice to take a dip in the sea.
Elena started running to the where the waves met the beach and slowly dipped her feet in the water. "So cool!", she screamed in delight.
Seeing her expression Sam also went and took a dive in the ocean. 'It is really great. Ahh~ I can feel my tension washing away',.
Since Sam came here he had little time to take a vacation and really enjoy himself. He decided to make this day a fun day and rest. Sam forgot himself in the pleasure that it slipped his mind that he had drifted quite a distance away from the beach.
"Why is it so silent now", opening his eyes he saw that he was very far away from the beach. "Wa.. wait! What I am doing so far away from the beach", he tried swimming back but was caught in a cross current and the more he struggled the more further he drifted from the shore.
"Where am I going?", Sam was flustered watching his effort go in vain. "Oh! there, I can take a rest there until the current dies down", he saw a small land in the middle of the ocean and swam to it.
"Phew~ safe!", he breathed a sigh of relief. Looking around he saw a dozen of trees and guessed the it was a very small island.
*Grumble~ He found his stomach grumbling from hunger and decided to look around for food. He found one tree to be filled with coconuts and tried shaking it to get the coconut. "This is not budging".
He then tried to climb the tree but its smooth trunk caused him to slip down. "Why does nothing goes the way I want to?", after thirty minutes of struggle he gave up and sat under the tree.
He was feeling disappointed when suddenly he heard a song. Slowly and slowly the song became more clear and louder and Sam found himself captivated by it.
"What a beautiful voice", he got up from there and started looking for the source. He went around the land and on the rock next to sea, saw a young and beautiful maiden sitting with her waist still n the water.
"Who is she", Sam slowly found himself getting closer to her. *clack He stepped on a twig and the sound made the maiden to stop singing and she looked at Sam.
Her cheeks started getting red and she fidgeted in embarrassment. "Please wait", Sam stopped her from diving under the water.
*Grumble~
His stomach sounded more intense and the maiden started laughing slowly on hearing it. She dived back under the water and Sam felt dejected.