Anton was surprised at himself for finishing writing the second book of the Belgariad series, Queen of Sorcery in three of Anna’s notebooks in less than an hour and a half. When he checked the time it was already nine in the morning.
Anton’s sister happily took the notebooks from her brother and hugged him.
“Thank you so much, brother! I’m only halfway through the first book since I’m reading it slowly to savor it but having the second book eased my worry that I will not be able to know what will happen to Garion.”
Soon their father arrived and told Anton to store the items that they had added to the ones they had already purchased and after that, they would leave. They were still too near the city of Tiande. To completely feel at ease, Anton’s father wanted to reach the next city which was the city of Leminthor. Normally it would take a month before they would reach the next city but Anders planned to continue traveling the way they were doing, non-stop and at top speed which was fine due to Anton’s Prayer, Meditation, and Vigor Aura.
Lucas and Devon were already in their horses when Anton and his family went to the stable where the carriage was parked. The horses were already hitched so Anton stored the things that his father and Nemina purchased the majority of which was food and that they left the village hastily.
The next village was supposedly three days away but Lucas reckoned that based on their speed, they would arrive that night or early the next day. They were still stopping every six hours for them and the horses to eat and drink some mana water.
They arrived in the next village around eleven in the evening and Anton had to dispel the Fire Ball light so as not to scare the villagers. Anders had to move slowly when they entered the village to avoid injuring the horses since it was dark but they managed to reach the inn without any mishaps.
The innkeeper was startled at their arrival but was professional enough to welcome them. More than likely it was because they looked like rich merchants. They were led to the common room and were grateful that there was still warm food from the inn’s kitchen. After they ate a massive amount of food which startled the inn folks again, they were led to their rooms where they could store their bags and then were led to the baths so they could bathe first before resting.
Anton provided the mana water for everyone and then blissfully bathed and removed the grime from their journey. Before he slept, he was a bit worried about not being able to level up his character since they had been too busy traveling and worrying about the Undead Coalition catching up to them but soon they would reach the next city and would have enough of a breather for him to be able to level up and get stronger again. And watch movies, TV shows, and animes on his browser.
The next day Anton woke up and when he checked the time it was only six in the morning but he really felt like he slept for a week. He languorously stretched then went to the bathroom to relieve himself and looked for his family.
He saw Anna, Lunelle, and Devon seated at a table in the inn’s common room eating breakfast so he joined them.
“Where’s father and the others?” Anton
“They’re buying a lot of things from the villagers. They should be done in a couple of hours.” Devon answered while Anna and Lunelle kept talking about the chapters they had read from the first book of the Belgariad Series.
Anton started listening to the girls while eating. Devon then suddenly interrupted them.
“The story you’re telling is interesting. Can I borrow the book once you’re done?” Lucas’s son asked.
“Sure, but you have to make sure to take care of it since it’s the only copy that we have,” Anna said.
Anders arrived followed by Lucas and Nemina.
“We put the things that we bought beside the carriage. Once you store them we’ll leave.” Anton’s father said.
“It’s so early, did the villagers let you buy things from them this early?” Anton asked.
“That’s the power of coins. One day inconvenience was not a big deal with them and all of them were awake already doing chores. Honestly, it's more common than you think since a lot of merchants do follow a schedule and sometimes they disturb people even during the wee hours of the morning,” Lucas said.
After breakfast, they all went to the carriage and Anton stored the things they had purchased from the villagers. He saw that almost all of them were food again.
They left immediately after everything was stored.
“Father, how long till we reach the city of Leminthor?”
“Normally it would take us five weeks before we reach it but on our pace, we’ll probably reach it in two or three weeks or even less,” Anders answered.
“Are you not planning to go back to purchasing things from the villagers before we reach the next city.”
“I would have liked to but I’m still not feeling at ease. I would rather for us to rush to the city of Leminthor, stay there for a couple of days to rest then we’ll leave immediately and go to the city of Ruandelle. We can resume our business of buying things from the villages past the city of Leminthor since more than likely we’ll be safe from the Undead Coalition by then.”
“We can also hire a coachman from one of the villages before we arrive in Leminthor so you can have a rest,” Anton suggested.
“I’ll go ahead and look for one who could commit to the length of our journey or at least until the city of Leminthor from one of the villages we’ll pass through.”
Their journey was abnormally fast since Anton kept switching his three auras between the horses and the people to keep everyone in peak condition. Anders also stopped the carriage every six hours for everyone to eat and the combination of mana water and auras was keeping everyone truly healthy.
Devon kept repeating that Anton’s magic was great since instead of them becoming exhausted, they were getting healthier and healthier which was unnatural.
Night arrived and Anders decided to stop for everyone to rest for a few hours but Anton’s father was pacified by the fact that due to Anton’s spells, three hours of sleep was a full rest for all of them including the horses.
Anton was adamant in setting up their makeshift toilet and told his father that he wanted to take a bath so he did and so did everyone else for that matter but Anders went along with it since all of them taking a bath didn’t take too much time.
They resumed their journey after they woke up which was about three in the morning so it was still very dark but a couple of Fire Ball lights hovering on top of them made the surroundings well-lit.
One weird thing was all the horses were becoming very attached to Anton even Lucas and Devon’s horses. It was as if the horses knew that he was the source of the spell that made them healthy and the source of the mana water that they found delicious.