Back To the Beginning
The Treasure Search

The next day Chloe's condition has improved with the help of doctors Grandma, Noland, and Milin met yesterday. But even though her condition has improved, this incident could happen again if Chloe does not take good care of herself. Chloe can still be categorized as a child like Milin, so we should pay attention to her.

Three days have been wasted. Will it take some more time to collect those royal treasures? I'm sure if I hadn't written a covenant letter, the royal man would have forgotten about their dealings with us. So we need to start searching for the treasure as soon as possible.

Therefore, this morning Noland and I were getting ready in the living room to wait for Chloe. We reasoned to Milin to start looking for Chloe's parents today.

The condition of the living room here was as lonely as yesterday, although there were actually already some people resting in this inn, they might all still be in their rooms, after all, this is different from the lodging in Monte Rosa which is always crowded from morning to night. I don't know why I miss that crowd.

Waiting in front of the usual table, with some of our equipment on the table that might be needed later, we waited while talking about some topics. Chloe's presence began to feel from inside there, and of course there was Milin and Grandma with him.

Chloe appeared in a gray and white dominant dress which if not mistakenly remembered, was her name Apron Dress. A kind of dress whose design is stylish like an apron. This dress is often worn by ordinary people in general in this era.

Seeing Chloe's arrival, Noland and I stood up and readied ourselves.

"How, Chloe? are you ready?" ask Noland.

Chloe answered Noland's question with a nod of her head and began to approach us.

But before he got close, Milin behind him suddenly hugged him tightly. She looked very sad, as if this was her farewell to Chloe.

"Goodbye, Chloe. We're going to split up now, but at least mess around here when the day comes" Milin said, hugging Chloe.

"Yes, I'll be here again" Chloe replied.

Letting Milin and Chloe cuddle up to me we got closer to Grandma.

"Sir, we have permission to go first. Maybe for a while, we didn't come back. But surely we will return someday," I said asking for permission to leave.

"Yes Mr. Arthur and Mr. Noland. Be careful, if there is something dangerous you should avoid it... Sorry because the gift given by the kingdom was not from one of the lost treasures, if it was from the beginning a lost treasure, Grandma would have given it gladly."

"It's okay, Grandma. The gift does belong to Grandma who was given officially" replied Noland.

"... And yes, you better follow the direction Chloe's pointed out. I don't know why Grandma felt so sure about him after the incident a few days ago. It's possible that the "Luck Goddess" is on your side. Grandma also believes you can definitely collect the treasure," Grandma advised us.

I'm actually still in doubt about it, but for now that's our only light of hope.

"Well, Grandma," said Noland and I together.

Grandma looked at us both and continued to say.

"Go home safely. May salvation and success always be by your side."

That sentence is usually spoken by residents in this city to say goodbye or to approve our departure for a while and hope we'll meet again.

"That's for sure, Grandma," I replied confidently.

"Yes! we will definitely return with success!" answered Noland with passion beside me.

Then Grandma had a conversation with Chloe, and instead now Milin was talking about us.

He hugged us tightly and hoped for our success.

Milin loves to hug.

And that was our farewell with Milin and Grandma at the inn. The inn may seem very foreign, but I'm sure when I return later, this inn has become the most popular lodging in the city!

Milin and Grandma were at the door of the inn waving goodbye.

Milin waved his hand vigorously, but with gushing emotions. It might be hard for him to part with the one that was already close to him. In his view, this time he parted ways with two people at once. Me and Noland and Chloe to somewhere out of nowhere.

The feeling I felt was the same as our breakup at Monte Rosa a while back.

I, Noland, and Milin returned their arms and began to walk away, unseen, to the horizon.

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We went to the southern area of Breithorn city, just as originally planned. The streets were crowded by tourists and natives doing their daily activities, with beautiful and charming shops on each side of the road we went to the south.

Clothing stores, florists, and tool stores are the dominant types of stores as long as the eye can see, some of them are inns or houses.

To go to the southern area it takes approximately one and a half hours when walking normally. So while walking we enjoy the view of the streets that have been arranged so neatly and beautifully with beautiful flowers decorating it. At some point a time clock was installed, so we could see how long we had been running.

Ah yes, regarding the handheld clock given by Noland, I have fixed it, so at least the clock can rotate according to the passing second. Now that the clock was sitting and ticking in front of my chest, I could feel its detachment. I could also feel the beating of my heart following the rhythm of the clock's beat, so that my feeling was very calm and peaceful, even though many problems would be faced next, at least let me relax myself for a moment.

Kira is already half way through and the conditions around also remain the same, although there are some changes to the transition from the east to the south. What a dream city.

"How's Chloe? are you exhausted?" noland asked worried about Chloe's condition because she was walking with us.

Answering Noland, Chloe shook her head.

"If you're tired, just say yes" I said.

"Yes" he answered.

Chloe also seemed to have been looking around enthusiastically in her eyes, she must have enjoyed this trip so much that she was not tired. Don't let him cross his line.

Although it is said that the area of this kingdom is relatively small from other kingdoms... But I think it's a very broad category. If this is still said to be small, what about the other kingdoms?!

Tired of walking we rest ourselves by docking towards stores big and small to see what they sell, and buy some of them. As usual, Noland gave me souvenirs for his collection, I bought a warm cloth in case it was winter, and Chloe bought a hairpin after I forced it. He's a little shy about not doing well in this business.

We visited several unique shops that we had not seen before. It's unique, or weird. They shed all their creativity to attract consumers. Just like a flower that makes itself colorful to attract insects to achieve its purpose. What I remember the most is the weapon shop that sells a lot of very large types of swords and other war equipment, it is really very big.

Unconsciously time passed so quickly, it seemed like the time we visited the shops had already overshadowed the time we walked towards the southern area. We were too impressed with the shops here. We observed everything and made another reference to Mr. Meinhard's idea going forward. Shit, this is like a habit.

May Mr. Meinhard deliberately make it so that we have a habit to take all the referrals from our trip for him. Huh...

We continued our journey to the southern area, with the victory of our satisfaction to look around the store, the satisfaction can also be seen in Chloe, who joined the spirit of visiting one by one store.

"Haha, yep! Noland, Chloe?"

"Yes, Arthur. To the extent that we forget about time like this. Is that really Chloe?"

Chloe nodded vigorously, "Hm!" He's probably happy with that hairpin.

"If I think so, that's very interesting that's the gun shop! The owner of the shop was very excited to explain one by one the things he sold, even though in the end we only bought a knife."

"Yes, right. Why don't you buy that big gun, Arthur?"

"Heh?! That big thing? I hesitated to be able to lift it for a few minutes" I replied. "You should have bought it, Noland," I said back.

"We may have to have big muscles to be able to swing that sword, Arthur."

"You're right, Noland!"

We are still talking about the unique things of this kingdom while still walking together. Chloe also seemed to have been convinced to walk over in front of us, she looked like she was leading us. Of course our view is not far from him, we don't want anything bad to happen to him.

In the middle of my conversation with Noland and every now and then Chloe was in the conversation, unaware that the sky was cloudy, and it was very thick and marked by strong winds. I'm sure it'll be raining soon, and it could be a rainstorm. The people around us also noticed it and started rushing back.

Therefore, we are now walking a little quickly while looking at the right place to shelter from the coming rain with Chloe's left hand that I looked at so that she would not get lost. In this condition it is very prone for children to get lost, so the choice to hold his hand is a reasonable choice.

It was getting darker and darker, indicating that the rain was really going to fall, so we had to pick a place to shade as soon as possible.

In the middle of the search, with your condition running fast, my right hand that grasped Chloe's hand suddenly felt stopped. I turned my face towards my right hand and sure enough, Chloe stopped walking in the middle of the street. Realizing that, Noland who was on the right side of Chloe who from earlier looked at the place came to a stop.

"What's Chloe doing?" I asked him why he stopped suddenly.

"That, right there," Chloe replied as she raised her right hand pointing towards something.

I-follow the direction show his finger, and it leads towards a place to eat some kind of restaurant or bar that is quite large.

"Ah you want to go there. Also true! It is better that we shade while foraging. Good idea Chloe!" I said I'd praise Chloe's choice.

But there was no reply from him.

"... Chloe?" my many.

"... Arthur, look him in the eye" said Noland.

"His eye?"

I just realized. His eyes were exactly the same as when he had dinner at the inn. That empty look.

I turned my gaze back towards the dining place that Chloe pointed at.

What's with this place to eat!?