Lea, The Story of the Magus of the Casiopea Continent
In a Journey

  I stumbled in the horse-drawn carriage that took us, some passengers from Scorpio City to the Negri Capital Dorado which is also called the City of Dorado or also often called the City of Virgo.

   I still feel sad because I still remember Adele's big hug when we drove me when our horse-drawn carriage picked me up at home. At that time, while hugging me, Adele gave me a bag of money which I then calculated the value of five copper coins.

   My financial condition after deducting five silver coins for travel expenses and hiring a Knight, should have only two copper coins left. Because I was so excited about the five copper loins that Adele gave me so that at least 7 copper coins would make me less afraid to be displaced in the capital later.

   It didn't take too long, when I then forgot the farewell grief of Adele as well as my Scorpio City. The enthusiasm for meeting new people later, as well as the euphoria of seeing the crowds and beauty of the capital Dorado - Virgo, made me forget quickly all my sadness. 

   Actually, the journey using a train that contains approximately ten - we can directly cut the road through the Taurus Province and pass through the Taurus City. However, there is news that the road leading to Taurus Province is currently experiencing severe damage, due to rain that does not stop pouring for a full week.

   Alternatively, if our train passes through Cancer Province, then the journey will be longer and longer, because it must pass through three provinces at once, namely Cancer Province, Gemini Province, then Taurus Province, and Taurus Province, the capital of Dorado is the city of Virgo. And of course, the travel time will be twice as long and the cost will swell.

   The coachman then chose to cross the province in the southwest of the Province of Aries as an alternative choice. The journey through the Aries Province is a little risky because along the way in the coastal path there is a forest of coconut trees, which is said to be too prone to attacks by wild and ferocious creatures. Wolves for example.

   Even though it was only a wolf, our carriage coachman looked no further than the danger of a wolf-like beast attacking, as other passersby had said. Our carriage attendant as I mentioned earlier, had indeed deliberately hired a Knight or fighter to protect our journey from the wolf attack.

   The night came and we had not yet passed halfway to the city of Aries, and the coachman asked us to rest, because the two horses that pulled our carriage also needed time to rest and eat the hay grass that had been provided to restore the energy wasted during the trip.

"You better not go far from this bonfire.

   There are a lot of strange, unexpected creatures that can likely make you hurt and can be even more fatal" the coachman said after he finished preparing the bonfire.

The fire was high, which gave warmth after the coachmen and knights burned the wood of the coconut palms that were scattered on the roadside.

   I sat down close to the campfire, while silently glancing at the Knight hired by the chariot coachman. His face was not very noticeable, as it was disguised with some sort of dark-colored hood, in harmony with the black robe he was wearing.

"Did you go to Dorado City to accept a job? I heard that many Scorpio City girls go to the capital to work as paid women.

   Our Scorpio City girls are so warm in bed that they attract striped men in the capital" said a fat woman wearing a large gold bracelet and necklace. Although it looks striking, but I suspect all the bracelets and if what he is wearing is imitation items.

I glanced at the unattractive woman who was trying to open a conversation with me, yet she made the mistake of criticizing me at the beginning of the conversation.

 "A person who is truly rich, will not later rashly put on a precious item and flaunt it as blatantly as this fat pig" my inner contemptuous reply inwardly, because I am powerless to confront openly.

   He even added words of criticism without feeling displeased, whether I would be offended or not.

"But my cousin in the capital said that the rich men and nobles there were not interested in Han women, or Han descendants.

   The people of the Hydra Country were practicing too much magic and magic, so people became afraid of having a deep relationship with the Hydra Man" the woman stopped chattering while taking a deep breath. He looked dull and his breathing was as loud as a pig's.

   I tried to put on a face that did not look disgusted when the fat woman tried to continue her criticism, and hope the woman realized if I was reluctant with a stupid story full of criticism was unclear.

"You know, don't you? All the men in the capital were too afraid that they would be subject to love-binding spells when it came to the Han people. 

   Hearing my cousin's story, I guess, at best you'll just be a barmaid or at a small food stall in the capital later.. Maybe your black hair color seems nasty...."   

"Enough !" I screamed loudly to ask the pig-fat woman to stop her babbling. I pulled out the dagger from the hidden pocket in my trousers and stabbed into the hard ground where I was sitting.

   The fat woman was silent for a moment. He seemed to have just begun to realize that I had become angry with his reckless words. He then threw out his face with a nose that looked like it was offended after I stuck a dagger on the ground.

I heard the fat pig muttering in a dissatisfied tone,

"Young people today are really minimal!"

   I don't care though. The most important thing for me is that the fat lady stopped criticizing and no longer chattered about the vices of the Han people in Hydra.

Meanwhile, I could hear the howling of wolves from a distance. And the time of the day shows almost ten o'clock in the night, when the creatures of the night roam.

"You'd better go in and hide in the train !" tell the dark-robed knight.

   Even without being asked, we all had rushed into the train and remained in it anxiously.

"Dad, I'm afraid" said a ten-year-old girl. He hugged the man he called the father tightly. Indeed we were all struck by fear when we started hearing the sounds of fighting outside the carriage. 

   The sound of a sword slash was heard accompanied by the sound of a dead wolf being slashed by a sword in the Knight's hand. But I feel something is strange. I think the sound of a wolf howling like it's endless.

   I secretly tried to peek, what happened outside. My chest thumped as I peeked and saw the Knight escorting us in the crowd were five large white wolves.

"If it's not helped, I doubt whether the Knight will be able to defend against those five big wolves" I thought.

   Slowly sidestepping I opened the train door to the rest of the passengers' stifled screams a sign they disagreed with my decision to exit, but I didn't care. If no one fought against the creature, I was sure my Knight would gradually get tired and lose to the ferocity of the white wolf. If that Knight dies later, it's only a matter of time for us to catch the train to catch up with him.

"Get down and fight will be no different than if we wait in the carriage, then slowly we will starve and come out of the carriage to lay down our lives to the damned creature" my Maki is in my heart. I approached the wolf pack from the back.

   Without me noticing it myself, with a random move I hit the head of the nearby white wolf using the dagger I bought at the market. That kind of movement I imitated from the battle movement between the three figures in the dead-end passageway of Scorpio City, back then.

"Bles !" the sound of the dagger in my hand pierced through the cranium of the head of the nearby white wolf, which did not realize it was being stalked and targeted by my dagger.

   I tried to run back into the carriage after killing silently, and the wolf closest to me was instantly killed.

"Aww !" my screams

Right now I feel that my legs are heavy when my trousers are pulled and fiercely bitten by one other wolf. Luckily, I was currently wearing a working pair of hard, rough canvas trousers, so the wolf bite ripped my leg straight away.

"Help me !" my cry banged on the door of the carriage, hoping those inside opened the door. But all of that was in vain. Not a single person was willing to open the door of the carriage and let me hide inside the carriage.

   Even worse, I heard a sneer from a voice I knew very well. 

"Death to you, accursed woman. Your pride bears sweet fruit and brings you to death"

   That was the voice of the fat woman earlier. I became dizzy. How not? I killed this wolf for the sake of helping the Knight and also took part in saving the people in the carriage. But what I received as a language was not gratitude, but the ridicule of the fat woman.

Seriate.

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