Picking someone up

The capital was a long distance from Bright Water City, so it would take several days of traveling to reach there.

During this trip, Shaka had at least planned out all the stops for us, so that we wouldn't be sleeping out in the open. Though this was more of a concern that I would escape more than a concern of comfort.

After all, in each town that we stopped in, the inn was already prepared for us. We didn't even need to check in or anything, we were allowed to head to the inn right away as if everything had been prepared ahead of time.

As for leaving the inn…other than to get some food, there were no outside trips.

It was just like being trapped in a prison.

Still, I had already expected this after seeing how he had gotten me to come on this trip in the first place.

It was clear that he had received some kind of separate order to bring me to the capital.

This just made me even more fearful of what would happen…