Chapter 4: To the Land Where the Heart Turns in Joy
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"Let's go west... to that place called the Angel region. I want to visit the famous production area for those ornaments."
Before she knew it, Coai was so elated she could feel it herself.
"How long will it take to get there?"
"Oh, let's see... It's beyond Tablis, so it's a bit far, but if we let the horses rest along the way, there's nothing to worry about."
"Ah, speaking of horses..."
Perhaps because all three of them had relaxed in a good way, their conversation proceeded cheerfully.
"I bought a pot of that miraculous horse medicine from Kachau in Ryanghai village. I've also asked about how to use it."
"That miraculous horse medicine" was a paste made by the female mage Kachau. If a healthy horse was given a single lick, it would gallop endlessly across the fields with ferocious energy and speed, as if it knew no fatigue.
They had used it before when returning from the Emile territory in the north... Coai clearly remembered how a listless horse had become fiercely spirited with a single taste and broken into a mad dash. She also remembered thinking it was a wonder the cart hadn't broken at that speed.
"Ah, that weird woman. She was a long talker, wasn't she, old man?"