Chapter 8 : Fragrilli Town

After continuing through the forest along the main road for more than 3 hours, I felt exhausted. I think I should rest for a bit. I don't even know if I've reached halfway through the distance. Because I am not familiar with this road. and never been to the town before

My trip this time after arriving at the main road. Everything is still as smooth as ever. I don't know because the soldiers of this district dealt with the bandits well. Or because there were no people using the road at night that the thieves didn't want to waste their time waiting. Or maybe it was because the large group of riders who had passed before had frightened the bandits all the way back. for whatever reason But the thing that worries me the most before leaving is the bandits. It turned out that I didn't even see a trace.

I walked around looking for a bush or tree big enough to cover me from the eyes of others. will be able to rest before continuing the journey Finally found an area with clusters of low bushes. And there is enough space in the middle to sit and rest

If you think about it, the distance I've heard between villages and town is around 14-15 kilometers, although I'm not very fast walking through the forest along the main road. But I think in less than four hours, I should probably enter the area of ​​Town.

After sitting for a while, I started to feel hungry. The last stale bread I had was finally going to eat it.

It seems that as soon as I get to the town, I need to find something else to eat. I feel that it's much easier to get hungry than I thought.

"What kind of bread is that? It's so hard and it tastes like tree roots. I hope that eating it doesn't cause my stomach aches."

Sometimes when the moment of danger is passes people get into a more relaxed situation People are starting to want something better for themselves. If it was me before escaping in the forest I would eat anything that would give me the strength to keep going. regardless of what is will go wrong with the body or not.

But our life, if we have to live with patience in everything Can't find happiness and relaxation in life It would be a life that shouldn't continue.

Now looking at the moon, I thought it wasn't long past midnight. I think I'll be able to reach the town before the sun rises if I don't encounter any problems along the way.After I examined the baggage and did not forget to destroy my own traces. I began to continue my journey.

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"Looks like I've finally arrived at my destination."

more than a kilometer away Below the hill where I stand I could see a large number of lights clustered within the surrounding stone walls. Above the surrounding wall, torchlights were lined up along the wall.

I'm not sure. But I think that the sky is still dark like this. A child like me walking into the town at night like this would be extremely suspicious. Maybe the guards wouldn't even let me in. But in a couple of hours the sun would probably rise.after entered the town I still don't know what I'm going to face. It would be better to take a rest for now than to venture into the dark sky like this.

I walked around to find a corner to sit and rest again. but did not specify that it must be out of the sight of others because it is certain that the distance from the town like this The dangers of thieves and wild animals are almost nonexistent. I swept my gaze around. It can be seen that there are scattered houses around the town wall. Most of them are farmers who grow crops on their own land.

I've even seen many houses that open their doors to prepare for the upcoming next day's farming. Shows the peace and safety of this area. It must be understood that normally life on this planet is always at risk of death, whether from war, from thieves or from beasts.

That the villagers dared to come out to prepare for work before dawn like this That's a good sign for me too. Because outside the town , people can still live safely. In the town probably wouldn't be much more dangerous than outside the town .

This gave me some more information about this town before I headed in. Maybe it was because it was a new experience that I had never seen in this world before. So I looked at the village situation that started with few people coming out to get ready for work. until every house started to prepare food Prepare tools for the new day.

while I was looking with pleasure The light of the dawn sun shines from the east. It bathed the whole area in front of me. The sound of birds starting out of the nest flew in search of food. The sound of farm animals rang throughout, waiting for the shepherd to drive them out of the pen and go search for food. Children who started came out of their house gathered together to play and have fun. Some even help their parents prepare for food and work.

Such a peaceful and relaxing image. I couldn't help but think that. If you can live with peaceful moonet like this forever, Life wouldn't have to struggle for anything more unnecessary.

But deep down I know that the image of peaceful that I can see It would come in exchange for something. Because this world is not as beautiful and peaceful as you think. And I have to prepare as much as possible. 'Cause I've seen the most incredible and terrifying things and knew that there were still many things like that night to come.

The early morning sunlight that had begun to grow more brightly shone the entire area in a short time. I decided it was time to head to the destination of this journey.

"What a beautiful day. Hopefully it won't be the last time I'm going to see something like this."

I walked out of the forest beside the main road. Then continue on the main road. More and more people are starting to use the road now. I saw a wagon coming out of the Tower Gate. heading towards another destination Villagers walking on the main road to do their own work.

It might be normal for a young man like me to walk the streets alone. because no one was particularly interested or turned to look at me. Seeing this gave me a lot of confidence that the sale of herbs this time might be smoother than I had imagined.

After walking along the main road At last the entrance to the town was right in front of me. The first thing that caught my eye was a group of dozens of soldiers standing together. Keep an eye on the wagons that are preparing to leave and prepare to enter the town . It seemed that several wagons had been waiting outside the town since yesterday so that they could enter the town at dawn.

The inspection was more serious than I thought, as if something out of the ordinary had happened.Even though the guards had carefully examined the things that the wagon was carrying. But still did not find any unusual wagons.

The procession of wagons and people queuing to enter the town began to move forward. until finally it's my turn.

"Young man, where did you come from? You look like you're not a villager around here. What are you going to do in town?"

"I want to sell the herbs I found in the forest in the town,sir"

"Herbs? Take it out and let me take a look."

"Here, sir."

I opened my animal leather bag I was carrying for the guards to look inside.

"I thought it was a rare herb, but it was just a normal wild herb. These wild herbs don't have to go deep into the forest. Forests along the main roads can be found everywhere. Looks like you're wasting your time. Next time you go to the forest to find something, you need to study first and see if it's valuable enough to sell or not."

"You can go in."

After the soldiers opened the way for me to pass. I followed the person in front of the door to the town. not very large Just enough for a large wagon to pass through. But if you look closely, this door is just a small gate that separates the main town gate at least four meters high that is currently closed.

At the top of the main gate was the inscription: "Fragrilli Town"

"Huh?...Did I just read that word just now?"

Before I could figure out why I had the knowledge to read.

"Don't stand in the way, you idiot. Hurry up and walk."

I was startled and hurried to look and saw that it was a middle-aged man of not very tall stature wearing an old robe. It emitted a very unfriendly aura.

"I'm really sorry, sir."

After that, I quickly walked away from the entrance to the town.

As soon as I passed through the entrance, I reached the inner part behind the town wall. Everything is completely different from the outside. It was filled with many houses. crowd of people walking

Cargo wagons and wagons carried people running back and forth on the cobblestone streets. Maybe it was because of the sudden difference that made me freeze and absorb the image in front of me.