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All matters on the Golden Prairie were settled, and Mrs. Roby had decided to leave Golden Top Castle, taking with her the share of the inheritance that belonged to her and Diana, and return to Glowing Valley.
She planned to live there with her mother, Lady Ingrid.
Because Mrs. Roby was in ill health, the caravan of the Fluorescent Fungi Family proceeded very slowly on the return journey.
Baron Roman guarded them all the way.
As for Russell, he had already crossed the Snowfield, without the need to detour through the Volcanic Oasis, flying directly from the Golden Prairie to his own domain, Leize.
The distance between the two places was now roughly two to three hundred kilometers, meeting the conditions for opening up a trade route.
