I Like You (2)

Except for the six gold coins that were borrowed from Dubian, the rest came from her first month's salary and the "flowers" Parrish gave her, leaving a total of ten silver coins and more than 20 copper coins.

She was a little grateful that all this happened after she received her month's salary. Otherwise, she would die of depression if she did a month of free work. Although Parrish also gave her money, these were two separate matters and could not be counted together.

If she was careful when spending, these silver coins and copper coins would be enough for her to spend a month on the road.

On this night, the two of them slept on the edge of the line of life and death. Fortunately, they found a big, dry tree hole. Inside, they spread a big leaf on the group, so they could make do with it and fall asleep.

Dubian wanted to keep watch the whole night, but Anna refused. She strongly requested that the two of them each watch half the night. Dubian couldn't hold her back, so he could only agree.

Anna was not sleepy, so she was on nightwatch for the first half of the night, while Dubian went to sleep in the tree hole.

Keeping watch was boring. Anna used the branches and silently wrote various words on the mud. She was worried that she would forget it, so she reviewed the words every day. She didn't have a vocabulary book, so she could only recite the words several times quickly to deepen her impression of them while the words were still in her memory.

When the silent recitation was almost done, she posed and began to meditate.

She had gradually felt the existence of her mental power; it was like a fire, quietly burning in her consciousness. Every day, she could subtly feel that fire getting bigger. Just like Dubian said, even if she didn’t meditate, after she could sense the natural elements, this flame that represented spiritual power was slowly growing, and her meditation greatly accelerated this process.

Anna ended her meditation when she heard Dubian getting up, and switched with him.

The next morning, the two got up and continued on their way.

As they walked, Dubian would talk to Anna about the spell-related things, as well as the various interesting and strange things that happened during the escape journey between him and his teacher. Anna was fascinated by it.

Among those interesting or dangerous stories, there were holy and majestic Knights groups, holy and compassionate priests, cunning and greedy lords, and ignorant and uneducated villagers…….

Anna thought, how cool would it be if she had originally transmigrated into a mage. She would have started her adventure long ago, and it felt exciting just to think about it.

In the few days after that, the two moved during the day and slept at night. As Anna's proficiency improved, she could cast lighting and detection spells with ease, only limited by her mental power. The scope of detection was only about ten feet. At such a short distance, she could see with her own eyes, so the detection spell was still rather useless for her at present.

Under Dubian's teachings, Anna got acquainted with other basic circuits, and then he began to teach her more simple spells, which could be learned during the mage disciple period.

Because she wanted to have the ability to protect herself as soon as possible, Anna focused on spells related to the fire element. Whether other natural elements were compatible, she planned to go to Black Cloud City before finding out. Five of her six gold coins were going to be used to test her elemental affinity.

After walking for five days, Anna and Dubian stopped sleeping outside because there was no sign of Father Louis in Bluestone.

The five days of sleeping and eating out in the open made Anna feel uncomfortable, so after finding a scattered village, she bought a set of men's clothes from the local village to make her journey easier.

After another five days, Dubian and Anna reached the border between the Principality of Engeli and the Principality of Franceville. This place was not guarded by a wall of soldiers like in the later ages. Because of the Vatican's powerful dominance, the various principalities had had no wars for nearly a hundred years, and people could pass freely between the cities and between the countries.

It was just that the world's commerce was not developed, and the overall climate was relatively mild; there had been no large-scale famine. The mobility of the people was not frequent, and ordinary civilians did not have the need nor the ability to travel far.

Therefore, Anna and Dubian did not meet a few travelers along the way. Of course, this also was in part due to them walking along the line of life and death.

After crossing the border, Anna and Dubian arrived in the Principality of Franceville.

Arriving in the Principality of Franceville, Anna and Dubian let their guard down a little bit, but Dubian’s injury was not fully healed. He still had dark lines on his face, which made it difficult to interact with people. Whenever they passed the city, Anna entered to purchase some goods.

Along the way, Anna saw many cities and villages. Because it was similar to the Principality of Engeli, the customs here were not much different from those of Blue Rock City, but she basically didn't dare to go any further in fear of getting involved in something. Dubian still bore the name of a fallen mage. It didn’t matter if they were in a different country, as long as they were where the Vatican had a reach, it didn't help to change the country. She didn’t dare to make a high profile for herself.