"Ah, thank you so much for coming all this way, students of the Academy."

After traveling for two more hours from the meadow where we had spent the night, we arrived at the village of Bridget.

As soon as the village elder, a white-haired man representing the village, saw our carriages—mine, Ethan’s, and the hero’s party—arrive, he greeted us with a handshake, starting with the hero.

"It wasn’t too far. We reached it within a single night’s travel."

"We’ll be in your care for the next three days, Elder."

"Oh, no, not at all. We’ve prepared rooms in the village …