At nightfall, the time of dinner is come.
After Helena explained the situation, her mother was very touched, and she helped Stella all the time, made her a bathtub and some clean clothes, and prepared food .
"Mrs. Meryl is very kind and generous, not all people do this with strangers."
Stella thought she would thank them for their kindness when she left by same way good.
"Now I have to find out more details about the continent and the people in it, why are they still living like three centuries ago ?"
Since arriving in the village, Stella felt that she had been transported to some kind of parallel world .
While Stella is absent, Helena and her mother were talking about her in the kitchen .
Helena said Sadly, " look at her, Mother, she must have suffered a lot in the forest, since she came she didn't talk much."
Her mother replied, "She must be very tired, and also hungry, come on, let's go have dinner."
A simple dinner includes vegetable soup, fresh bread and some fruits. After finishing eating, Stella went to sleep, feeling some relief after days of fatigue.
Helena put a mattress on the floor for both of them, after finishing dinner she also went to sleep, and that's how the two of them attracted some conversation.
"I thank you very much, if it were not for you I would have stayed another night in the forest."
"No problem, how could I have left you there ?"
Stella smiled at her warmly .
"Right, tell me, how old are you Alena ?"
"Seventeen years, you ?"
Helena took her hands out from under the hood and began to count by her fingers, after which she replied, "About fifteen."
They fell silent for a moment before Stella spoke, "What about your father ? where is he ?"
"Father ? I don't remember him, he died when I was three years old, that's what Mother said. That was when he went to his hometown in the West. Even my mother is not from this village, she came here after their marriage."
"I'm sorry about this."
"It's okay."(With a soft smile)
After a few moments of silence, Helena asked, "What about you ? Did you come here with your parents ?"
"No, I came with some of my relatives."
"So then, they must be worried about you right now."
"Yeah, they must be."
After this conversation, Helena went to sleep, while Stella still thinking, "I already feel bad for lying, but it's not by hand a trick, I also can't trust people I only knew hours ago."
After a lot of thinking she went to sleep out of fatigue.
After two weeks.
Stella stayed at home with Helena and her mother who were waiting for someone to come looking for her, Stella saw that, so she tried to leave several times but they wouldn't let her go.
During these two weeks, Stella was able to get to know the place more, got used to the dialect, and got to know the inhabitants of the village more through her help to Helena in her works.
They were all very simple, so one could get along with them quickly.
One day while Stella is help Meryl at home, Helena came back, she is very happy, she opened the door and said, "Mother, do you know about the news spreading in the village ?"
Meryl replied, "What news ?"
"The convoy is coming here in a few days."
"Oh, really ?" She spoke in a low voice, and on her expression, there seemed something upset and sad, as if she suddenly remembered something.
Stella noticed this but did not want to ask her directly.
Helena, "Yes, I am sure I have heard this, and we will finally meet uncle Albert after two years."
Stella was also listening, she is a little curious about this caravan, so she asked, "Which caravan is this ?"
"It's a trade caravan, they come here every two years, they collect goods from all over the continent and sell them in towns and villages."
"What kind of goods ?"
"Anything you want."
Helena seemed very excited about the arrival of the caravan, especially the uncle Albert.