"We're approaching a town soon," Yoon announced.

"Yay! Civilization!" Nari cheered. It'd been about a week and a half since they left Taenan. Most of their time was spent traveling desolate roads. The only signs of life they'd seen during that time were small animals.

"Shin-ah is somewhere nearby," Kija stated. "I'm not surprised that he lives isolated."

"He's near here?" Yoon asked, his eyebrows scrunching up as he stared at the map. "Maybe I'm reading the map wrong..."

"What's wrong, Yoon?" Jae-ha asked.

"No, it's just that we're close to a big town."

"That's strange."

"We're approaching Posu."

"Posu?" Nari asks. "Will there be inns there? I wanna sleep on a bed!"

"Most likely. But I don't know how much money we still have," Yoon stares at his map. "We should split up then. Nari and Jae-ha you two can look for a cheap inn. Shi-woo and Kija will come with me to stock up on supplies."

"Yay! Let's find a place with comfy beds!" Nari cheered. She slid her hood on. "Jae-ha can we go into town right now?! Can you jump us there?!"

"I'm not a form of transportation you know."

"I know, but I really wanna know what it's like flying through the air!"

"Alright. It looks like we'll be off then," Jae-ha turns to Yoon.

"Make sure it's really cheap!"

"We will," Jae-ha picked Nari up before jumping into the air. Tall trees turned into blurs as they passed by. The wind roared in her ears and passed through her tied up hair. It was breathtaking, being so high in the air. Buildings slowly started popping up beneath them. Streets and paths ran its way through the town. Nari could see it all. Jae-ha soon found a safe and hidden place to land. It wasn't a rough landing, it was graceful and soft. Jae-ha placed her on the ground. Nari stood quiet for a moment.

"That was so amazing, Jae-ha!" Nari beamed. "We went flying through the air! Do you always see that when you jump?!"

"More or less," Jae-ha responded, amused by her response. He started walking towards the street.

"I wish I could have powers like that!" Nari followed after him.

"It's convenient for traveling sometimes, but it's a burden when you need to carry heavy people."

"Ah! Was I too heavy?"

"No, you were light. You and Jin-jun are pretty close in weight."

"Is that so?"

"Yup."

"Did you two always jump around when traveling?"

"Not all the time. I was a traveling merchant so it was too hard to jump with all of my merchandise and Jin-jun. But I did jump from place to place on occasion."

"I see! Have you ever been to Posu?"

"No. I heard that there are bandits nearby and I didn't want to endanger Jin-jun."

"Bandits? But the town looks like it's doing well despite of that," Nari looked around. The streets were thriving with villagers and merchants.

"That's true. Maybe the bandits left?"

"Maybe... Anyways that building looks like an inn!" Nari pointed to a building with a sign. "Let's go check it out!"

"You're not very skilled with signs are you?" Jae-ha stared at the pouting Nari. The first building was not an inn. It was a restaurant. Nari tried three more buildings to find that they were an herb store, a blacksmith, and even a small clinic.

"It's not my fault! They just look similar is all!" Nari tried defending herself.

"That's an inn over there," Jae-ha pointed to a building.

"Really?! Then let's go!" Nari started running towards the building. Jae-ha grabbed her cloak before she ran too far.

"And the sign next to that shows that there's no vacancy so we should try elsewhere."

"Aw... We're never going to find somewhere to sleep tonight."

"There's always sleeping outside."

"But I wanted to sleep in a bed..."

"Well in any case, let's keep moving. We might find something."

"Yes sir..." Nari sulked behind Jae-ha. She really wanted to sleep in a bed and not on the ground. No matter how used to the ground she was, a bed was always nice.

A crying sound snapped her out of her sulking. Nari hated the sound of crying. She looked around wildly and found a little girl on the other side of the street. The little girl was bawling her eyes out, yet people only looked down in pity instead of helping her. Nari's feet moved on their own and she made her way to the little girl.

"What's wrong?" Nari asked.

"I... I... I can't find P-Papa!" she said between wails. Jae-ha caught up to Nari.

"Why'd you run off like that?" he asked.

"Jae-ha! This girl can't find her father! We have to help her!"

"Help her?"

"Yes! Don't worry little girl we'll help you!"

"What about the-"

"R-Really?!" the girl sniffed.

"Of course! My name is Nari and this is Jae-ha," Nari pointed to herself then to Jae-ha. "What's your name?"

"Yumi..."

"Yumi! What does your father look like?"

"Papa is tall."

"Um... Is that all?" Yumi nodded. Nari examined the girl. Yumi had short dark brown hair, light brown eyes, and tan skin. So all Nari had to do was find a tall man with dark brown hair, light brown eyes, tan skin, or a combination. That would make things a bit easier. Nari held out her hand to Yumi. "Let's go find your father!"


A tall man with dark brown hair, light brown eyes, tan skin, or a combination. Nari realized that that description was way too broad.

"Is that him?" Nari pointed to a man. Yumi shook her head.

"Where was the last place you saw him?" Jae-ha asked, getting fed up with the search. It'd been over an hour and they were still searching for the little girl's father and not an inn.

"I... Don't remember..."

"You don't remember, huh?" Nari sighed.

"But if we keep walking Papa will find me!"

"That's reassuring," Nari muttered under her breath.

"There you two are!" a voice called. Nari and Jae-ha looked up to find Yoon, Kija, and Shi-woo approaching them. Yoon approached them first. "Did you find an inn?"

"Ah... Not yet..." Jae-ha avoided eye contact. "We've been helping this little girl find her father," Yoon looked down at the little girl.

"You're lost?" he bent down to Yumi's height. She nodded.

"We're looking for a tall man," Nari explained.

"That doesn't really help in your search though," Shi-woo pointed out.

"But we're trying!"

"Ah! Yumi!" a soft voice called. Yumi's face lit up.

"Papa!" Yumi let go of Nari's hand and ran towards the waiting arms of her father. He hoisted her up, holding her with both arms. Nari gave Shi-woo a victory grin before walking towards Yumi's father.

"I'm so glad we could help Yumi find you," Nari smiled at the man. "We've been he-"

"What?!" Kija's scream made Nari jump and look back at her companions. Kija clung to Jae-ha's arm. The latter stood frozen with a baffled expression. Yoon's mouth opened and closed like a fish out of water. He rose a shaky finger towards Yumi's father.

"Shin-ah?!" he practically screamed.

"Yoon, Kija, and Jae-ha?" the man responded clearing all doubts. Kija practically fainted.