Chapter 83: A Different World

Nero was driving the carriage, and Emilia was resting on Nero's shoulder with her eyes closed.

It was noon, but the shades from trees in the forest were preventing the sunlight from penetrating.

Emilia moved her head from Nero's shoulder to his lap with a bump and made herself comfortable.

"Emilia." Nero shook Emilia and said, "If you are feeling sleepy, then you can go in the carriage and sleep there comfortably."

Emilia shrugged Nero's hand and buried her face in his thighs.

After a while, Sophia peeked from the curtain of the carriage and said, "Is there enough space for me?"

"Yeah," Nero pointed his gaze at his right and said, "You can fit here, I guess."

Sophia sat beside Nero and stretched her hand as she let out a yawn,

"Done sleeping?" Nero asked.

"Yup." Sophia took the reins from Nero's hand and started driving the carriage.

"Don't you want to sleep? You have been awake for two days now," Sophia asked in a calm voice.

"It's not the first time. And besides," Nero glanced at his lap and said with a smile on his face, "How can I miss this amazing feeling."

Nero and Sophia tried to recreate the map last night, but they couldn't finish it.

Nero tried to create another map of the old Era— before he was sealed— and wanted to compare it with the new map to see how much the world has changed or maybe get the rough idea of the old places that had now changed drastically. But since Nero hadn't traveled much before, he couldn't get it accurate.

Nero and Sophia planned to create a detailed map that would help them get the estimate of all the places and decide their traveling plan.

SIGH~

Sophia sighed and rested her head on Nero's shoulder.

"What's wrong?" Nero asked.

Sophia looked at Nero and sighed again.

"Uhh… what?" Nero asked with a confused look on his face.

"We are so slow. Can't we just fly our way there?" Sophia questioned.

"We can, but it would catch attention. And don't forget that we have been unsealed for over 4 months now, but we haven't seen any other races than humans yet."

"Since when did you start caring about attention?" Sophia tittered.

"Unwanted attention brings unnecessary problems. And I want to keep our journey as simple as possible," Nero replied and took the reins from Sophia's hand. "Although I honestly don't care about catching attention.

"And don't forget that only we can fly. You can use your wings, and I can— maybe use my vampire wings, but Emilia can't fly," he added.

"She is a half-angel, so she should have wings, no?"

"I am sure she has wings. But since she doesn't remember or know anything, it would be hard for her to visualize her powers. I mean," Nero shrugged and continued, "She didn't even know the most basics of magic and common sense."

"I have never seen such cases of amnesia," Sophia asserted.

"Same. I tried to unseal her memories, but it seems her memories aren't sealed. It's almost as if—"

Sophia interrupted Nero and said, "Almost as if she never had any memories."

"Yea...h."

"Well," Sophia stretched her hands in the air and yawned again, "We have time to figure out what's wrong with her."

"Hopefully."

"Are we creating the map tonight too?" Sophia asked.

"Let's not. I have a feeling that we will find a new map sooner or later in one of the continents," Nero replied.

"Still, after comparing the old map with the new, they look nothing alike," Sophia stated.

"Eons has passed, so I guess that was given?"

"But still, it doesn't make sense. It's almost like we are in a different world," Sophia asserted with dissatisfaction in her voice.

Nero froze and glanced at Sophia, then said, "That's too much even for a plot twist, you know?"

"And boring too," Sophia grinned.

Suddenly, Nero squinted his eyes and glanced around.

"What's wrong?" 

"Can you hear that?" Nero asked as his ears twitched.

Sophia also glanced around, then looked at Nero. "Is it the sound of a waterfall?"

Nero nodded and sighed in relief, "If the waterfall is here, then the river must be close. And that means the village is near."

"Why do you want to go to that village anyway?"

"There is something or rather someone I want to meet. And after that, we can find that shit," Nero replied with a serious look on his face.

"Who?"

"Guess it," Nero nudged Sophia.

"You found the whereabouts of that S rank adventurer?" Sophia guessed.

"Wow," Nero sighed in amazement.

"Did I guess right?"

"Yeah. I found that piece of shit. Although he keeps changing his location frequently, so it would be hard to track him down. But I am sure we will find him in the new capital," Nero smiled wickedly.

"It seems that he has also been trying to run away from this continent, and he is waiting for the ship to arrive. Thankfully, the ship arrives once every 3 months, so we still have three days to catch him."

"This is my first time seeing you acting like this. You have surely killed many before, but it wasn't personal," Sophia wondered.

"I am just planning how to kill him slowly and make him suffer," Nero tightened his grip on the reins and increased the speed of the carriage.

"Slow down, or I will fall." Emilia sat up.

"Say, Emilia, how about we stop by at the waterfall and get some rest?" Nero asked as he averted his gaze from Emilia.

"Okay."

"And maybe you can take a bath there?" he suggested.

Emilia squinted her eyes and frowned her face, "Do I stink?"

"Not that much. But I think we should take a bath and enjoy ourselves."

Emilia sniffed herself, then sniffed Nero and Sophia.

"Why am I the only one who smells?" Emilia groaned.

"My powers purifies everything in my body, and as for Sophi..." Nero shrugged and scoffed, " She is an angel. So her body never smells. Meanwhile, you are half-human, so it's normal. And don't worry, you seriously don't smell."

"I just want to bathe with you two under the waterfall, that's all," he added.