It was hard understanding the farmer, he guessed, at first. He spoke in an accent that was rather misleading, but it seems Winnifred understood the stranger likely because she was caucasian herself. He nodded along affIRming that they got the message. 

One perk of being a student at the academy was that travelling around the world was part of the curriculum, without the cost and the long lines. Of course, you had to risk your life but Ryouta liked looking at the silver linings of lousy situations. With that thought he started appreciating the atmosphere, the simplicity of things here - he had seen the place somewhere before, that statue particularly, but it did not come to mind where. 


Then as they headed to the direction they were given, he had almost forgotten something. Turning around, he reached foR the sprite and gently plucked it mid-air to keep it in the small pouch on his right leg. There would be no going home without it.