"Will we enter the city so you can visit Levinna, Mom?"
"No… As much as I want to, the guard is probably still on high alert looking for us. And this red hair of ours stands out too much."
"That's true… So, what's the plan?"
"We'll skip the city and go to the main road after it. As soon as we reach the next city, I'll send her a letter."
"Hmmm… Wouldn't the guards in the next city be on the lookout for someone like us as well? Wouldn't it be better if we skipped the main cities in the Duke's domain?"
"Fair point."
We talk as we walk through the Barrens. The three of us—Mother, Lovelace, and me—casually strolling side by side.
It's kinda funny the way that a very tense traversal became just a casual stroll for me in only three years.
Yet again, I have this feeling of being trapped inside a videogame. Because that's exactly what I used to feel in MMOs and certain Survival games.
