THE SUN had already begun its descent, the lights starting to fill in the streets as the market turned into a night life that many enjoyed. On the other hand, Parie is looking at a sign, trying to figure out where they are, when Alesteria finally admitted they were lost. "We are lost. Yep, we are." "We are not lost," Parie said for the seventh time. "We've passed that fountain three times." Alesteria replied with a groan, already feeling the tiredness settling in her aching feet. "It has a very memorable fountain." "It has a broken fish statue." "Exactly." Alesteria sighed. The capital's outer districts were far larger than she remembered, and after hours of wandering through markets, gardens, and unfamiliar streets, they had somehow ended up near one of the empire's trade roads. She never realized that the capitalnis very large, travelers crowded the area, merchants guided wagons toward the city gates, adventurers and mercenaries moved in small groups, their laughter
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