Pangeku: A place to relive

Chapter 3 (v2)

MYCH'S REQUEST

31.

The sun rises and everyone is on their feet. It feels like everyone is accustomed to staying at Kyap's place, the guildmaster's room. Their morning is painted with a discussion as they formulate their next step for the following days.

"What is our next plan, Captain?" Ryuu asked.

*Kane unrolled the Map*

"We have two options, since we are in Mechtown, we can cross Beringia to reach the Left continent or head down to Gilword" Kane discussed.

"I wonder why outlaws live at Lacreyn, what are the chances that they can rob a traveller passing by..." Akari questioned.

"Anooo... There are actually tons of travellers passing through that area, some of them where merchants" Hikari answered.

"But why would they pass there if they clearly know that it is a place where outlaws reside?" Akari added.

"They don't have much of a choice, it's the only known pathway to the Left continent. Merchants need to gamble if they do not have a ship to sail." Kyap explained.

"That makes sense, Beringia has been used as a land bridge since then, there will always be a merchant crossing Beringia to sell their goods on the other continent" Reiko mentioned.

"But why is no one fixing the area?" Akari asked.

"Becauuuuseee! THE DISCOVERY OF THE THIRD CONTINENT ARRIVED!" Ryuu intervened.

"Heeeereee we go again" Reiko whispered.

"The Third continent named Gilword is the trade center now. Everyone travels to Gilword to sell their goods and the popularity of crossing Beringia drops down." Ryuu explained.

"As a fisherman, I actually ask why the orientation of the map is like that. Gilword is near to both continents, why is it not placed to the center on the map instead of splinting it and putting it on both ends of that map" Marvs asked.

"To answer that question, The left and right continent is the first one to be discovered. Thanks to Beringia, we are able to cross between 2 continents. Travellers named it the Left continent and Right continent for them to easily identify where they came from. Everyone gets accustomed to this setup and people back then were too lazy to name the continents" Ryuu answered.

"If they are too lazy to give names to the continent, why did they name the third continent Gilword?" Marvs questioned.

"They named the continent from the expeditioner Gilword Collumag, who discovered the land. It was a vast empty land but thanks to Collumag, the land slowly got known to mankind. Upon his expedition, he discovered that the north west of the land is near the right continent while the north east of it is near the left side continent. That gave him the idea to convert the whole land as the center of trading, and it turned out to be successful" Ryuu explained.

"In short, even though Gilword is the center continent, the orientation of the map ends that way due to the fact of the late discovery. The travellers already named the first two continents as Left and Right continents. If they made a map wherein Gilword is in the center, the right continent will be put on the left side and the left continent will be put on the right side of the map. That will create some confusion for the travellers." Reiko summarized.

"So splitting Gilword on both ends of the map is the decision that they have made. Any other questions?" Ryuu added.

"I do think that none of this will happen if they are not too lazy about giving names. If they named Left and Right continents differently, they could adjust the map orientation easily without sparking any possible confusion" Reiko stated.

"But that will split Beringia, I think historically wise, the map is correct." Ryuu argued.

"HAHA! You both know a lot about demographics! How did you know all of this?" Kyap admirably asked.

"Well we have the bloodline of the expeditioner, our mother told us that our great-great-great-great-great-grandfather is the right hand of mr. Collumag. Ryuu actually wants to explore the world as well, maybe the bloodline continues to him" Reiko answered.

"We also lack books about the history of the demographics, maybe there are still places to be discovered, WHO KNOWS?!" Ryuu enthusiastically added.

Suddenly, their discussion was interrupted when a majestic colorful bird knocked on the window using its beak. Akari opened the window, thus letting the bird enter the room.

"What a beautiful bird, I wonder what it is called..." Akari said.