The Thousand Year Dynasty
Epilogue First Arc Part 1
"So this is called Karan fruit?" Aksa asked as the seven of them were already in the Garya suburb of Elbrasta region three weeks from the village of Dyms.
"Right" Duexter answered from on his horse. "The fruit is very common in our village in Turgis there" he explained.
"This fruit tastes like Watermelon, but the shape is like Pir" murmured Aksa after feeling the fruit in his hand.
"In the near future we will enter the territory of the city of Garya" said Loujze who walked at the front of the group.
"Val and Lily haven't arrived yet?" Tanya Nata while biting Karan fruit in her hand.
Soon they began to curve out of the forest and into a larger path. From its size, the road was as wide as three horse carriages in a row. And seeing the depth also does not appear a single grass that grows on it, indicating that this road is very often passed.
They walked down that road west. The longer the streets start to look more crowded. Many people are seen passing by either on foot, horse riding, or on horseback.
"Newly this time I saw the streets so crowded through people" said Nata.
"True, to the point that I think we will find traffic light up ahead" said Aksa.
"That's because Garya is the leading trading city in the border region of Elbrasta with Estrinx" said Jean "Also because from yesterday we always pass the route of the forest periphery to cut the distance and time, he added later.
"Oh, I think the world is still too primitive to have a busy street like this" Nata replied.
"You think the streets in the cities of the Estrinx region yesterday what, you devil boy?!" Jean immediately heard Nata's words.
It appears then from a distance a high wall that surrounds the city of Garya. This city was unlike any that Nata and Aksa had ever seen before while they were in the territory of the Estrinx kingdom. The city looks more alive.
The size is not larger than the city of Halmd, the city walls are similar, but people back and forth filled the streets. Think Nata and Aksa maybe the city of Halmd will also look like this in its peaceful time.
Then after leaving the carriage and their horses to a special place for day care located outside the city walls, they began to walk into the city gate. Along the way from the gate to the city center, many different types of merchants held their wares. Starting from fruits, jewelry, fabrics and clothes, herbs, to weapons and protective plates.
Nata and Aksa seemed amazed to see all these things. This reminded Lucia of the time when they first came out of the land of Pharos.
"It seems like this is a good time to try out the city inns in this world right, princess?" nata said to Lucia as they were already in the busy downtown Garya.
"Better the secret dies with you, boy!" Said Jean while grabbing the sword handle on her waist.
"Alright, for this time I will finance you to try the inns in this world. In return you helped Lugwin" Lucia said after preventing Jean from drawing her sword.
"Cih, cheap is very much in return" said Nata then who was suddenly cut by the screams of Aksa who drew his hand.
"That's Nat, this city has a library" Aksa said, pointing to a large stone-turned building to the right of the city gate.
"What's that kid only care about the scrolls?" Jean said as she saw the two young men running happily towards the library ignoring the others.
They finally rented lodging around the city gate not far from the library building. They rented three rooms. One for Lucia and Jean, another for Aksa and Nata, and the last for the trio of hunters.
The room they rented was not too big compared to the room in the house Couran or Lily, but had better furniture. The bed and desk are made of wood. The mattress feels softer. Also use oil lamps as lighting tools at night, and not candles like the house Couran or Lily.
Nata and Aksa were always in the library from morning until noon, then the rest of the day they used to travel around the city with Lucia and Jean while questioning about everything they did not know. Once in a while they head out into the woods with a trio of hunters to study the kinds of plants and animals they read from the scrolls of books in the library.
Five days later Val and Lily reach Garya. They come with a trio of hunters who are every day in the forest on the edge of the city, which in addition to hunting also to wait for the arrival of the two of them.
"What about them, Lily?" Nata asked as Lily and Val were in her room after dinner.
"We just drove them to the land of Pharos. They insisted there was no need to be driven south. Because some of them will split up. Some will head south through the Land of Pharos, some will head to the eastern seaboard to start their new lives" Lily explained.
"Good then" said Nata later.
"Fla to thank you guys. He said, if one day he could meet you again, he would return all your goodwill" Val said later.
"May we meet him again"
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