Two hundred fourteen. The following carriage

"Is the rain too heavy..."

Anna looked up, rainwater passing through her ethereal cheeks.

She had never seen such endless heavy rain.

The relentless rain, day and night, showed no signs of abating, but fortunately, most cities on the Ailen Peninsula were coastal, and the few inland cities were situated on higher ground, so they were not at risk of being submerged by floodwaters.

But the roads became increasingly difficult to travel.

After leaving Himfast a few miles behind, the ground turned back to muddy, waterlogged earth, and as the extended carriage passed, it left behind two deep ruts.

Anna sat by the carriage curtain, covering Annie's tree trunk with one hand, silently feeling her gradually weakening breath.

She had tried to wrap Annie with her breath, but this action only made the already fragile life's flame even weaker, causing her to stop immediately.