Hearing Lucy's question, Li Xing felt his blood pressure shoot up. After calming himself down, he explained to her.
"These are chopsticks! They're called chopsticks. Don't get it wrong, my dear friend Lucy!"
Sensing the emotion in Li Xing's words, Lucy made a mental note, then changed the subject. "Is this the kind of tableware you use in your hometown?"
"Yes."
"What's your hometown like? Could you tell me a little about it?"
Seeing the curiosity in Lucy's eyes, Li Xing knew he wouldn't get past this without saying something today.
After thinking it over, Li Xing murmured, "Big! Everything in my hometown is big."
"For example?"
"Hmm, the land, the population, things like that. It's many times bigger than the Eastern Kingdoms."
"Oh! So your country has no more than a million people altogether, right?" Lucy asked curiously.
But Li Xing shook his head. "No! More than a million."
His answer made Lucy's eyes go wide. She asked seriously.
"Surely it can't be ten million! How does the king manage that many people?"
Seeing Lucy's jaw had already dropped, Li Xing didn't dare tell her the full truth. He could only nod in agreement.
"That doesn't make sense either! How could someone as capable and knowledgeable as you not know how to ride a horse?"
Lucy looked at Li Xing in disbelief, waiting for his answer.
After thinking it over, Li Xing asked her, "Lucy! Do you know about the Dwarves' technology? Are you familiar with things they've made, like airplanes and tanks?"
Hearing Li Xing's question, Lucy grew wary. "Why are you asking? What does that have to do with this?"
Li Xing paid no mind to Lucy's wariness, assuming the woman was having another bout of emotional instability.
He continued explaining. "If you know about the Dwarves' technology, this will be much easier to explain. People in my hometown rely on things like that to get around."
Li Xing's explanation gave Lucy some answers, and her emotions gradually settled.
Li Xing noticed Lucy suddenly fall quiet. He abruptly stood up, pointed at the sun and said,
"Look, it's getting late. I'll go rent a nag first. When I get back, it'll be time for you to teach me to drive a carriage."
Watching Li Xing jog away, Lucy murmured, "I almost let him fob me off again. Never mind, I can ask him when he gets back."
After that, she went to her room and changed into clothes better suited for moving around.
When Li Xing returned with a carriage, Lucy, dressed in a fitted outfit, held her forehead and demanded, "Weren't you going to rent a nag? How did you end up renting an entire carriage?"
Li Xing looked at the cargo wagon behind him and explained, "Thanks to you. The driver knew me, and when he heard I was going hunting for the children, he rented it to me at a lower price."
With that, Li Xing walked over to the wagon and sat down in the passenger seat.
Seeing this, Lucy climbed aboard too. After picking up the reins, she turned to Li Xing and asked,
"Where are you planning to learn? There's nowhere in town for you to practice!"
"I've already thought of that! We'll go to the road in front of my house. Hardly anyone uses it except me and Jerry's father."
Now that she knew their destination, Lucy flicked the reins and called out,
"All right! Sit tight. Destination: the mountain road north of town. Giddyap!"
The two rode in the wagon toward the north of town.
"Lucy! I heard from Uncle Turner that you usually do some leatherworking in town. Could you make me a bag for my sword sheath, preferably one I can carry on my back? Having to hold the sheath in one hand all the time makes getting around a real hassle."
Li Xing made his suggestion.
But Lucy didn't respond to the subject Li Xing had raised. She merely instructed him,
"When you're driving a wagon, keep your attention on the road! Pay attention to the speed now. This is a nag, remember. Adjusting your pace for the horse is something a driver has to consider, or we won't get far!"
Hearing Lucy's reprimand, Li Xing replied seriously, "Understood!"
"I can make the bag for your sword sheath. But you'll have to provide the hide yourself. I don't have enough in stock."
"Oh! Really? So you've agreed!"
"Watch the road!"
"Oh! Right."
And so, Lucy listened to Li Xing's feedback as she instructed him on what to watch out for while driving.
Outside Lucy's house.
Li Xing drove the wagon up to Lucy's door.
After getting down, Lucy turned to Li Xing and instructed him,
"While you were driving, I checked the things you brought. They're basically all reliable!
"My only suggestion is that you'd better change horses. This nag used up too much energy while we were practicing. If you keep using it, I doubt you'll get far before it gives out.
"You should spend a little money and get another one! It's a necessary expense."
Looking into Lucy's clear eyes, Li Xing nodded and agreed.
Then he turned the wagon around and drove toward the rental place by the lumberyard.
After some negotiation, Li Xing paid to exchange the horse, then headed toward the west side of town.
After greeting the militia guards on duty, Li Xing drove the wagon along the main road in the direction from which he had first arrived.
As he drove along the road,
"Lucy was right. Changing horses really does make driving feel quite different."
Li Xing drove along the road, stopping and starting as he went.
Before what felt like much time had passed, Li Xing arrived beside the Resurrection Stone where he had first descended into this world.
After tying up the horse, Li Xing stepped forward and once again took a close look at the enormous Resurrection Stone.
It was just as before, covered in patterns he couldn't understand, with a faint pale blue light shimmering over it. It brought to mind the pale blue of the first light of dawn appearing in the night sky.
He placed his hand on the Resurrection Stone.
The familiar connection sound appeared in Li Xing's mind.
Name: Li Xing Class: Farmer (Dimension Traveler) Race: ??? Level: 7
"The data's this simple again. I thought getting a golden finger would change something. Turns out it's no good for anything except checking my level!"
After grumbling about it, Li Xing once again thought over his situation.
Li Xing had no questions about his class. Even the part in parentheses, he simply took as proof that he was a transmigrator.
There was nothing he could do about his current level, either. Having only just settled down, he hadn't had any time to grind experience like the Sword God of Shilipo.
But the race field, still marked with question marks, made Li Xing mutter, "Could it be that a transmigrator's race is different from the humans of this world?"
That question brought to mind something Li Xing had heard before he transmigrated.
In the world of Azeroth, Humans weren't truly human in the strictest sense. It seemed to have something to do with certain elements degenerating.
But Li Xing hadn't paid it much attention before transmigrating.
Now, for some reason, Li Xing began recalling those things.