Mila was born into a home of a Duke who heeded no attention to her. In total stood four dukes by the emperor's side, she was born into the house with the surname Noble. Every child was born with a symbol that represented their nobility surname, but...
They had all traveled to reach their destination of the Gririth kingdom. There were odd structural buildings due to the common sand storm, and the shortage of water canals made it hard for them to live anywhere but the main kingdom itself. Seeing how the market street was packed due to the Gririth kingdom being the only main source of trade. "Wow, this place is packed and busy." Mila could see how busy people were nonstop and trying to make their business run. 'I wonder if the Gririth Kingdom is in any trading issues right now. They have gone through war, but I do not know if perhaps something went wrong along the way in their trading business. I should observe for now.' She kept her eyes and ears open, staring at the people who did not look like they suffered too much.
"It seems like it will always be busy since there are no other towns for trade besides this place with other kingdoms. It is usually the connection with Aiken's Kingdom. He is soft-hearted with this kingdom," Ambrose said, keeping Mila close to him from being separated by the busy streets. Many had their horses, but they even had their sand camels, better in the sand region. Fire Llamels were very common amongst the creatures in that kingdom. Their feet were sustained and meant for the heat of the sand and environment.
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"Where should we go next? We can't simply just go to the palace since they would think that we are some crazy tourists or even worse." Mila said, hitting a good point about being random people who entered the Gririth kingdom and immediately wanted to meet the emperor. 'They would likely think that we are trying to scam the emperor or even kill him. With the previous war, I doubt that they would let their guard down with travelers.' It did make her rather worried, but not a long-term concern of hers. They could easily escape.
"For now, it would be best to rest up and see what we can do. Along with getting Shanna to recall a few things here if she sees anything familiar to her." Ambrose mentioned that they had all turned around, seeing that she was not with them. "Where did she go?" Ambrose did not think that the woman could disappear so quickly within their group.
They did not even recognize her gone, which they found rather strange given how she could slip so quietly away. [She's over here.] Vivian said, with Mila looking over to where there was the huge water fountain source. Vivian had used her head to point it out before making her way to have a drink of the water. Mila went over to see what Shanna was doing since she did not think the woman would wander alone. Ambrose leaves the women to talk.
"Shanna? Shanna?" Mila called out her name, but she looked lost. She looked at the water fountain as if she were in deep thought, with a memory taking place in it. "Shanna, are you okay?" Mila tapped her a bit to see that Shanna's focus returned as if she were truly lost somewhere.
"Huh? What? Were you calling me?" Shanna did not know what had happened, but she blinked out for a bit, not knowing what had come over her. She did not know what had happened, but there were just many things on her mind.
"You looked a little lost. Did you recall anything?" Mila then questioned, not sure if there was anything at all that she could remember.
"No, I don't remember anything, but..." Shanna looked around and then at Mila since she felt so strange just entering the Gririth kingdom. "It feels familiar here," she said, with Mila thinking or clarifying that Shanna was indeed from this kingdom.
