". . . Ouch, Kaela, you're going to pull my brain out."
Donkey's head was enormous.
"Lyra, grab Donkey's head."
"Get away from me, Lyra."
You two really love fighting.
Just a little more. I need to fix the halter.
"Quick, Kaela, Donkey is going to bite my fingers."
"Why are you holding his mouth? I asked you to hold his head."
Almost done. . .
"Alright, now you can open your eyes."
"Whoa!"
That Donkey scared me.
"Hey, Donkey, why did you scream?"
"Kaela, I was scared by your ugliness."
"Hahaha, who's the one pulling a cart now?"
How good it feels not to work.
"Waaaaah!"
"Don't cry, noble mare, don't cry. I need you to use your strength to carry us."
"Everyone takes advantage of me."
We climbed onto the cart again.
"Forward, Donkey."
". . ."
I wonder if people in Asterium Reborn are civilized.
"Psst!"
"What are you two whispering about?"
Dorian and Seraphine think they can fool me.
"Kaela, I want to open a beauty salon as soon as we arrive in the city."
"A salon?"
"Yes!"
Seraphine stroked Dorian's hair with a murderous expression on her face.
"Seraphine, do you really like cutting hair?"
"My dream is to relieve men of their burden."
What does relieving their burden have to do with cutting hair?
Hmm. . .
"Have you ever worked at a salon?"
"Well, it's. . . I!"
She wants to be a hairdresser, but she never. . .
"Run him over, Donkey."
"Ah, I understand. Now you want to cut hair by running over Donkey."
Seraphine frowned.
"Kaela... I didn't say that."
". . ."
Then who did?
"I was waiting for you."
"How did you know we would pass here?"
"Because you took too long."
What kind of answer is that? Another crazy person.
"I am the guardian of this path, and according to the prophecy, my destiny would intertwine with that of four travelers, so that I could guide them toward Asterium."
What a strange guy. We need to leave. I don't want more trouble.
"You are not a traveler."
Please, Lyra, don't talk to him.
"Then who am I?"
Lyra hung herself over the cart's railing.
She looked at the horizon.
Mosquitoes landed on Lyra because of the smell of her armpits...
"If you don't know yourself, how can I know you?"
The mysterious man heard Lyra's insult. He took the bag from his back and opened it.
"This is for you."
What is that?
"Thank you, what is it?"
"It is soap for you to take a bath."
"Hahahahah!"
Lyra really needs a bath. Nobody can stand being near her.
"Rub-rub!"
Lyra opened the soap.
"Donkey."
"What?"
"Open your mouth."
"Why?"
"Just open it."
"Plop!"
"Ahhh, disgusting. I don't eat soap. My diet doesn't allow food without protein."
I'll let them kill each other. The journey will be more peaceful that way.
"Hmm, pay attention. I will describe the location of the city only once."
Our ears stopped hearing everything around us. The sweat on my body was hot, and suddenly it turned cold.
Donkey looked like an angry dog because his mouth was full of soap.
Dorian placed Mortar on his lap.
And Seraphine. . . well, she was sleeping.
"Straight line."
We looked forward.
"After five kilometers. . ."
"Turn right."
We looked to the right.
"River."
"Climb."
We looked up.
"Descend."
". . ."
"End."
Silence.
"Aahh!"
"You're crazy! Do you think I'll believe those directions?"
I already suspected it was a lie.
"You're going to tear my shirt. Everything I described is true."
This is what I get for paying attention. Nothing.
"Let's go, Donkey."
"Clip-clop, clip-clop."
"My mouth is full of soap. . ."
Should I trust him?
"Kaela!"
Seraphine woke up.
"What?"
"I dreamed that a mysterious man appeared and showed us the way to the city."
Dreaming, huh?
"Where is the man? I want to see him."
He is. . .
Gone?
I looked behind us. There was nobody there.
The man appeared in front of us and disappeared without leaving a single trace.
"Kaela, how are we going to get powers?"
There's probably a guild in the city. Yes, just like in the RPG games I played at home.
"Seraphine, the place where people obtain powers is a guild."
And after we get powers, we need somewhere to stay. But I don't have money.
"I already turned right."
"Shut up and keep going."
What am I going to do with this group of poor and clumsy people? They're dangerous enough to block our entrance into the city.
"Kaela, do you think we can defeat the Demon King? We don't have any information."
I can't show that I'm desperate.
"Do... Dorian, I don't know anything anymore."
"Kaela, are you scared?"
"Me? No. . .?"
Don't show fear, Kaela. Just smile.
"Hehehe, why would I be scared?"
"Kaela."
Lyra held my hands.
"What, what is it?"
"Incredible, Kaela. You aren't afraid of anything. I knew it from the moment I met you, naked and lying on the ground like a piece of trash."
Of course I'm scared, Lyra. I just wanted to be at home, sleeping. . .
And please don't encourage me!!!!
"We just crossed the river."
Donkey complained.
Nobody answered.
The argument continued.
"Kaela, you're admirable. As soon as we enter the city, I'll introduce you to a handsome boy."
"Dorian, what kind of story is this?"
"Nooooo, take Mortar out of my arms."
"Hahahaha."
Stop laughing at me. . .
"Stop fighting, the cart is going to break."
Let the cart break, Seraphine.
"Everyone, you can find another idiot to pull you."
Who does this lazy animal think he is calling an idiot?
Damn!
I saw tears of blood in Donkey's eyes.
He stopped. No, the truth was that the poor thing refused to move.
"It's true that mysterious man described it."
Get those smelly hands away from my face.
"Lyra, you're blocking my vision."
"Kaela, we can't do this."
"Yes, I agree with Seraphine."
You. . . you incompetent fools.
"We're climbing this mountain, and we're doing it now. We didn't come all this way just to give up."
"I already told you it's impossible for me."
Nothing will stop me.
We're climbing this mountain, and I'll use the strongest animal in the universe for this job.
"Donkey. . ."
"What? Don't come up with a bad idea, Kaela."
"Little Donkey!"
"Someone help me! They're trying to force me to work..."
Good thing I'm not this Donkey, heheheh!