The Evening Primrose
Chapter 6

Two days, two days. Yes, these two days I've been under tremendous stress. How not, I can only sit here daydreaming looking at the flowing river behind the house.

I miss my mobile phone at home. If only I had taken him that time, maybe I would have spent my time in the room all day. But without a charger as well how can it last for two days?

"Emma! Don't you want to put your foot in the river?" Eleonora came from behind and patted me on the shoulder.

"No, I'm just not excited anymore because I miss my house."

"Isn't it better than just being quiet like that?"

"Well, you're right too." It's the same if I soak my feet in the river, what I do is maybe daydream about something else.

We have done a lot of preparation for tomorrow's trip. We plan to leave and prepare as soon as possible because everything is in very prime condition. There is one thing that bothers me right now, which is the matter of our time during the journey.

I can't wait to meet the person he's referring to, because that's the only key to finding the answer to this mystery. He actually does not know what kind of strength of this bracelet, because indeed previous users already have a promise that he is forbidden to tell him.

Why not just tell him? Even if he told me, maybe we do not have to bother traveling far just for that. I don't blame him much either because I like living in a place like this.

"Are you really going with us?" I immediately asked him a question.

He paused for a moment while looking down at the river, then said, "Whatever it is I don't matter as long as it is also my goal."

Destination, huh? Thanks to him, I am very grateful for helping me all this time. Until nightfall, Zahra and I came to meet Eleonora in her room with a map on the table.

We talked about the path we will take later. First, we will walk towards the north where there is a road that is usually passed by horse carriages. Then, after following the road, we will meet a village that borders directly with this forest.

The village takes about a day's journey if it is on foot, and less than a day by horse-drawn carriage. It'll be faster if we get a ride.

In addition to the village, there are 1 city and 1 more village that we have to pass before arriving in the city of Nevakoda. If that's it's not better to bring supplies as low as possible? I guess the distance will be very far, it turns out the scale of the map is small.

But the proposal was rejected by Eleanora, because she had no experience in the outside world since the man's departure. So we have to save money, because if our money runs out before arriving to the destination, we will not be able to spend the night in the village or city.

What he said was true, I didn't want to sleep outside at night. I don't want to get cold outside and have our stuff stolen by someone. I have to change the way I think considering this is not the earth, all can happen because medieval times are very minimal law.

"Alright, get enough rest, we'll leave tomorrow morning." He rolled up the map.

"It turns out this drag to be able to go home. Why am I dragging into your trouble." Zahra's upset.

"Your fault is also following along" I replied.

It made him even more emotional who then came out with a quick step and closed the door very hard.

"It looks like the young lady in your place is too emotionally easy, huh?"

Before I went out of the room, Eleonora stopped me and said something very important before tomorrow's trip. He told me to call him Nora because Eleonora is a sacred name here.

If one knows of the existence of a person by that name, he will be forcibly drawn by a messenger of the King and made a saint in his place of worship. That would trouble him because he didn't want to deal with them.

Alright, if only that was possible I could keep it a secret since it would also make it easier for me to call out his name. I was finally allowed to go back to my room and sleep.

I can't just sleep because I'm always thinking about something. If only I could really return to earth, would I have returned just in time for my last time there? Because Nora said she lost someone so long ago, while this bracelet was in my grandfather's hands.

Not that I think nothing of it, if only the time between these two worlds was the same, does that mean that Nora has lived for hundreds of years? No, it would be impolite if I asked him directly about his age.

And the next morning, we all got up and moved our equipment to the front of the house where Nora had been there since dawn. Why is he in such a hurry? Though I myself have nothing and still wear his sleeping clothes.

"Just relax, this has been my habit for a long time."

I just stared at him with my eyes half closed due to my drowsiness. Thank you, thanks to him, I had to rush until my little toe was hit by a table leg that made my way a little limp.

"Why should this be?" Trying to scream but I hold it.

I don't want him waiting for me much longer, I take a shower and eat whatever's in the kitchen and change. To be honest this is a little unusual for me, because as long as I'm here, I'm just wearing a shirt and other casual clothes. Then then I'll wear clothes that look like adventurers in a fantasy world.

Anyway, this is a fantasy world, there could be dragons out there that I do not know what they look like. I had a little trouble wearing it because there were a lot of belts to wear from waist to toe.

Everything had been prepared by him, so I couldn't complain about the clothes. The blade sheathed and connected directly to the belt was my weapon for self-defense. But I have no fighting experience at all, what will I fight later?

I felt scared after thinking about it. If only to skin a game animal maybe I can still do it, another story if it is used to kill humans.

All right, I'll try my best not to be a burden here. After everything was ready, I went out and met Zahra as I was about to open the front door.

"Is everything ready?" Somehow Nora was the most excited among the three of us.

"Please take care of both of us during the trip, Nora."

Finally today has arrived. Before leaving, Nora locked the door and prayed to face her house on her knees on the ground.

"Oh, give your servant protection and keep us out of danger." He clasped both hands and closed his eyes.

It also made me pray but in my own way, which is to stand and bow my head. After finishing, Nora stood up and stared a little longer at the house that we were going to stay away from.

The gentle breeze blowing around made the atmosphere very awkward. With a little light coming through the trees and shining on the house, it made him get a good moment before his departure from the house.

"It's time, huh?" shrill Nora with a smile. "Then let's go."