- Lord's Keep Crossbowman: Haa.. Haa... She was definitely running this way... Where did she go?
- Lord's Keep spearman: Tsk, the little rat. We should report this incident to the Lord. Let's go!
- ???: ... Good, looks like they gave up on the chase.
- Laby: Uh... Did you... Just help Laby?! You did, right?!
- ???: What, do I look like I dragged you into danger? Ugh, this is what I get for helping strangers.
- Laby: Thank you!!! Really, really!! Laby didn't know what to do, and was even thinking about going round and round!
- ???: O... K... Can you be quiet, thought? They might still be around.
- Laby: Do you know them? Laby just wanted to know how to get to the village, then they were yelling and trying to drag Laby away!!
- ???: I know of them. They're the Lord's lackeys that watch the bamboo forest. They prevent people from leaving, you know.
- Laby: They prevent people from leaving...? Why would they do that?
- ???: ... I knew you were a foreigner, but you really don't know anything, do you?
- Laby: Huh? Yeah! This is Laby's first time here!
- ???: Uh huh. Of course. Anyway, this is not a place for kids like you to be. You couldn't have come here by yourself. So... Where are you parents?
- Laby: Laby doesn't have parents! Though Laby was traveling with teacher!
- ???: Huh? Oh... Then what about that... teacher?
- Laby: Well, Laby go on a ship with teacher, right? And there were loooots of fish so we were driving them away when a storm came and KA BOOM! then an octopus went KA POW! at the same time and wind went whiiiiiiii so Laby well in the sea and now Laby's here!
- ???: ...... I have no idea what you just said. So, you're by yourself?
- Laby: Laby's not by myself. Nisha's here too! Laby's friend!
- ???: Platter...? Or maybe it's a mirror? So this is your friend?
- Laby: Uh huh! And my name is Laby! Oh, do you know where the village is? Laby wants to go there, please! Um...
- Mao: Haa... Call me Mao.
- Laby: Mao! Mao!! That's a softy name!
- Mao: What kind of name is a softy name? What a weirdo. Anyway, I can tell you the way to the village, but I don't think it's a good idea to go there. Foreigners don't come here that often, so they're probably still searching. Since you asked them where the village is, they're all probably just waiting there for you to show up.
- Laby: Oh, really? What do we do...? Laby promised that Laby will stay at the nearest village until teacher comes to look for Laby! If we go too far... Teacher might not find us... Or maybe Laby should go somewhere else with lots of people...?
- Mao: ... Haa... If you have nowhere else to go, you can come to our house. It's a bit far from here, but close enough to hear rumors of a foreigner stopping by.
- Laby: Really?! Is that ok?
- Mao: Yeah, I feel like I'd regret it if I just leave you here. Haa... I can't believe I'm taking a strange kid home... And I can't believe you'd follow me home.
- Laby: But Mao helped Laby, right? Laby gets the feeling Laby can believe you!
- Mao: Well... Whatever suits your taste, I guess. Whatever we do, we should leave now or we could be discovered. Come on, follow me.
- Laby: Ok, Mao!!
- Laby: Uaaah! It's super slippery here!
- Mao: Oh yea, watch your step. It just rained, so it should be worse than usual.
- Laby: It's slippery and bumpy!! But we're at the top!! The clouds are so close, Laby can touch it! So does this mean Mao lives in the sky?
- Mao: The sky? No dummy, we just live really high up. As you can see, there are too many troublesome things at the village.
- Laby: Troublesome... Mao! Why does... Why do those people stop other people from leaving?
- Mao: Well, they need someone to take advantage of, right? The Lord of this land is planning on treating all the villagers like slaves. If the Captial was still fine, we wouldn't have this problem. But after that incident, all societal structure just... collapsed.
- Laby: Structure? Collapse? Did something big happen?
- Mao: Haaa... This is going to be a long story. But I guess we have a lot of time, and you should know this if you're staying here. Alright, so a few years ago, there was a huge incident at the Capital of Northern Empire. I heard the Royal Guard Captain was turned into a monster with white hair and dark skin. It is said that he even sprouted a horn! Then he summoned countless monsters that nobody had ever seen before, in the middle of the Capital.
- Laby: Monsters...? Like the demons at Velder?
- Mao: Velder? Demons? I don't know what you're talking about... But it was horrible. They were strong, vicious, and violent. Nobody had any chance of running away, and the Capital was soon in the midst of chaos. I did hear that they're trying to restore everything... But until then, the higher-ups can't really do anything. I can't understand the higher-ups. When they should have sent their guards out to protect the people, they just went and obliterated the Captain Guard's family...... Anyway, after that, nobody trusted the system anymore. There are bandits everywhere. But here, we get a bunch of corrupted soldiers sauntering around.
- Laby: Mrrrr, Mao's too hard... But Laby got that those monsters are very bad! Even though Mao was with those bad guys, Mao's still nice and helped Laby! Mao is really great!!
- Mao: Uh uh. Don't get me wrong. I was never 'with' those guys. Do you understand?
- Laby: Then is Mao all by yourself? Don't you have a friend?
- Mao: Hmm... A friend... Well, I do have someone I live with.
- Laby: Oh! Hehee! Laby would like to meet that person too! Huh? There's someone over there! Mao's friend?
- Mao: !! They're...
- Laby: They all have scary faces... Did you fight? You have to be nice to your friends, you know!
- Mao: Do they look like my friends?! They're dokkaebies that live around here. They didn't use to be this way... But recently, they started attacking anyone they come across, acting out in aggression. It will be troublesome if they notice us here.
- Laby: What?! They shouldn't do that! But um... What's aggression?
- Mao: Hm... Like beating people into pulps?
- Laby: Pulps?
- Mao: Uuuhh... It means they're very very mean! Anyway all that doesn't matter, so let's get out of here! We don't want to be found!
- Laby: What?!! They were bunch of meanies to Mao?! OOOIII!!!!
- Mao: Wh, what are you doing, you idiot! I said we should just go...!!
- Dokkaebi: Gah!!
- Mao: Haa... Why do I get this feeling that things are about to get reeaaally troublesome... Laby, wait!
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