This was a gaze that Yun Wei could not bear at all.
"Stop messing with me, Issa, I've already surrendered," he cried out in his heart.
But in reality, he still managed to maintain his last shred of composure, naturally withdrawing his hand and focusing his gaze on the unfolded parchment scroll. "I... I'm still not quite sure... Why don't you give me some advice?"
Isaac explained gently, “The Icebird Territory is located in the northeast corner of the Red Moon Kingdom. It consists of two earls and three barons. The southernmost earldom, Noyce, is the most developed. It borders the Windward and Florentine territories to the south, making it a good choice as the administrative center.”
Yun Wei looked at the map, and just as the other party had said, he saw that the largest piece of land was at the southernmost point.
However, it is not located by the sea.
His territory consisted of three port areas arranged in a row, with the northernmost port area being the largest and another earldom.
At that moment, he suddenly remembered the Fado he had heard sitting next to Catherine on the last day of the "Prison of Time".
That magnificent yet helpless melody called fate still echoes in his mind.
As if guided by some unseen force, Yun Wei's fingertip traced across the map, leading him to the northernmost point. "How is it here?"
Judging from the messy handwriting, it was the Earldom of Reston, Resgorod.
That largest port city is bordered by the sea to the east, two inland territories to the southwest, and endless northern wilderness to the north.
Isaac suddenly laughed. “Actually, I like it there too. Ah, remember when I told you I was hunting in the far north... Yes, I lived there back then. Reston has hunting grounds, logging camps, iron mines, and it’s also a natural ice-free port.”
The other party's description was clearly simple and unadorned, without any superfluous rhetoric, yet Yun Wei found himself eager to listen.
He couldn't help but ask, "Then why didn't you suggest I choose that place before?"
Isaac couldn't help but put his arm around his shoulder. "Because the living conditions there are quite harsh, you have to be mentally prepared."
“It’s alright.” Yun Wei straightened up and readily agreed, “I’ll take that piece of land.”
He's someone who's even survived the apocalypse, so why would he be afraid of harsh conditions?
With Isaac by his side, and the other person having regained their sense of taste, there was naturally no need to worry about food.
As for sleeping, although he was afraid of the cold, with magic by his side, it was a piece of cake.
Moreover, given Isaac's current body temperature, he probably wouldn't get cold.
Thinking of this, Yun Wei's ears burned again, and he quickly shook his head to shake off the lingering fantasies in his mind.
Eating and sleeping are only one aspect. On the other hand, when he returned to the Continent of Zhuyuan, he saw a newly born continent in the distance in the boundless Black Sea.
Perhaps this is the Age of Exploration for the continent of Zhuyuan.
But these are all things that are far in the future. He should first solve the problem of food and clothing for his people.
Seeing Yun Wei's enthusiasm, Isaac naturally had no reason to object, and so the destination of the trip was decided happily.
"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch—"
A donkey that had eaten and drunk its fill suddenly brayed not far away, startling Yun Wei.
He quickly went over and found that it really was a perfectly normal donkey.
"Good heavens, why does a donkey bray like that?" Yun Wei was both amused and exasperated.
Just as Yun Wei was wondering if Isaac was also good at horseback riding, he saw the other man riding with extreme elegance...
He climbed onto the donkey's back.
Yun Wei's pupils were still trembling when he was easily pulled up by the other party, and he quickly gripped the sparse mane behind the donkey's neck.
"I am a knight, of course I can."
Isaac was determined to prove himself to Yunwei.
Isaac whistled, and the resentful runaway donkey was forced to return to business.
And that's how the scene at the very beginning came about.
Amidst the old donkey's mesmerizing "oink oink oink," they embarked on their journey to Resgorod.
...
Of course, their cycling trip together was very short.
The astute magician quickly noticed that his mount was still dawdling. The old donkey seemed to be possessed, taking three steps, stopping two, and then dropping a pile of testicles.
This scene is too painful to look at.
Moreover, the knight behind him was too tall, and when riding on the donkey's back, he had to slightly bend his calves to avoid his toes touching the ground.
It looks like animal abuse no matter how you look at it.
At Yun Wei's repeated requests, Isaac finally put him down.
They decided to camp there for the night.
Yun Wei waved to the old donkey, who then let out a mocking laugh and walked away with an arrogant expression.
He immediately clenched his fist, and his planned friendly wave turned into a resentful fist swing.
“Yun, do you know why Reston is called Grodde?” Isaac asked, amused. He had seen it all.
In a short while, he had skillfully set up a windproof shed and was now spreading moss and hay on the ground.
Unexpectedly, Yun Wei immediately smiled brightly, "I know, it's just 'yard'."
"Huh?!" Isaac immediately stopped what he was doing, and asked with great curiosity, "How did you know?"
He was genuinely puzzled.
He had only heard about this when he first came here, and he never expected that Yun Wei would even know this.
"Ah, that's a long story." Yun Wei squatted down to the side, watching the man busy himself. "I think I mentioned it before, a disaster broke out in my original world. I did hear that there was a large base in the east, but where I am is too far away from there."
"Moreover, at that time I had no choice at all; I just kept running, heading west..."
"Anyway, I ended up in some 'Gree', and then Novgorod. If I hadn't traveled through time, I might have gone to Belgrade. Even if I'm stupid, I could have figured out they all have the same prefix."
"Oh right, these are all place names from my world. It's really strange, even though they are two different worlds, so many things are so similar."
Yun Wei sighed sincerely, but Isaac remained silent after hearing this.
He listened silently, and the more he listened, the sadder he became.
He still remembered how weak Yun Wei was when he first met him.
He simply couldn't imagine what kind of twists and turns the other party had gone through to arrive at the Zhuyuan Continent.
“Hey, Isa.” But at that moment, Yun Wei interrupted him, “Are you starting to feel sorry for me again? There’s no need, really no need. I’m already luckier than most people in that world.”
"Look, I've lived a perfectly healthy life until now. Not only have I met the person I love most, but they also love me very much and have always quietly done a lot for me."
Yun Wei really didn't want to get sentimental at this time.
He had only said it casually, after all, it was rare for the other person's question to be so relevant to his expertise.
See? It's not that he's unwilling to share his past with the other person, but his past is really dull and heavy, and telling the story would only make the other person feel sad.
He has decided to move on.
Even if he couldn't understand anything in the Tower of All Laws, he could still understand a very straightforward and simple fact.
My future self will never let down my past.
He was never alone.
In the endless expanse of time and space, past and future, there are countless versions of myself striving to live.
"I know," the man in front of her replied softly.
If his voice hadn't been off-key, Yun Wei might have actually, albeit reluctantly, believed him.
Isaac straightened the hay he had laid out, stood up, and said to him, "It's getting late, let's go to sleep."
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