On this journey, they first went to Senka, a village near their own village. The reason why this village had a similar name to their village was that the first headman of both villages was a brother. They had named their village after themselves. It was Beatrice who suggested going to Senka village because this village was close and had compassionate and loving people. They took the few clothes they had left at home and some food and drink and set off. Fortunately, the road to Senka village was not dangerous, so their journey was uneventful. When they arrived in Senka village, they first thought about what they should do for work because they needed money. Arthur said, "We could hunt and sell the skins and meat of the animals we hunt." But Tristan and Beatrice said, "That would be dangerous and difficult." Then Beatrice suggested, "We could plant something and then grow it and sell it." But they had neither fields nor seeds. Finally, Tristan made a sensible suggestion, "Why don't we help the villagers with their daily chores? They will give us money," he said. It was a very good idea. They started work immediately. Tristan was sorting the goods bought by a shopkeeper. Arthur took care of a shepherd's sheep. Beatrice looked after a baby. The reason why the people of the village trusted these three to do their work was that they knew them. They had been to this village many times with their father. The children and adults in the village loved them very much. But they did not tell the people of the village what had happened because they didn't want to alarm them. Arthur, Tristan, and Beatrice were very tired today, but the money they received was not enough. They had nowhere to stay. Suddenly a man called out to Tristan. The man was a friend of Tristan's father. "Where is your father?" he asked Tristan. Tristan's eyes welled up, and he looked down and told him what had happened. Arthur and Beatrice had tears in their eyes too. "Do you have a place to stay?" the man asked. Tristan said, "No, I don't," he said. The man invited them to his house, and the three of them accepted the opportunity. When they got to the man's house, they were very sleepy, so they decided to sleep right away. The man prepared a bed for the three of them, and they all lay down and waited for morning. When morning came, Tristan and his father's friend were the first to get up. The man had prepared a nice breakfast, and when he saw that only Tristan was up, he said to him, "Breakfast is ready; get the others up," he said. Tristan, Beatrice, and Arthur had a good breakfast. Then the man invited Tristan to go outside for a walk. As Tristan and his father's friend were walking, the man asked Tristan, "Are you going to live in this village now?" Tristan said, "No, we are going to the capital," Tristan said. The man said to Tristan, "Not everyone is allowed in the capital. Only the noble, the rich, those who have mastered magic, those who are craftsmen, or good warriors. And then there are those who enter illegally. I don't think they will let you in," he said. Tristan said, "Beatrice has a large reservoir of magic and can be a good sorceress. Arthur and I practice with swords every day, so maybe they can take you," he said. The man said, "Good luck then," and gave Tristan a lot of money. Tristan was surprised at first and wanted to give the money back, but the man refused. He and Tristan went back home, and Tristan said, "We have to pack up and leave now," he said. Arthur said, "We don't have any money," Arthur said. Tristan showed him the money and pointed to the man. Arthur and Beatrice thanked him and got ready to set off. It would take a long time to walk to the capital, and the roads were not safe. There were thieves, perverts, murderers, extortionists, slavers, and many other bad people. So they would rest for a day at most in the villages they would stop in on the way and then continue on their way. The number of villages they were going to visit was not many anyway. They would rest in three more villages. The next stop was the village of Alder La Hain. They set off for the village of Alder La Hain. On the way to this village, they thought of going through the forest because it would be shorter if they went through the forest, but the forest was very dangerous at night. So they had to get from the forest to the village of Alder La Hain before the end of the day, but that was impossible. It was at least a day's journey. Even if they took the forest road, it would still take a day. Tristan said, "We can't take the risk; let it take a day longer. At least we can get there safely," he said. Arthur and Beatrice thought the same way and decided to go the normal way. An hour had passed since they set off, and Arthur was very bored and said to Tristan, "We have a long way to go, right?" And Tristan said, "Yes, we have a long way to go," he said. And Arthur said, "Then let's play a game," he said. And Tristan said, "What are we going to play?" Arthur said, "Whoever hunts the most rabbits until the end of the road wins. The loser buys the winner whatever the winner wants when we reach the village," he said. Beatrice suddenly slapped Arthur and Tristan on the head and said, "We already have a long way to go, and you're going to make it longer by playing a game!"