"I'm staying in Snow Owl City for a few days," Blue Knight said. "I can't say exactly how many—probably three or four."
Lu Yuan looked at Blue Knight, waiting for her to continue.
"I'm the chief person in charge of recruitment for this batch of Knight Academy students. I can't leave until the final batch of students has arrived." Blue Knight sat atop the carriage shaft, her tone flat. "Once everyone is here, we'll transfer carriages together and head for Knight Academy."
"So?" Lu Yuan was a little puzzled.
"So get whatever you need to do done, and buy whatever you need to buy, in the next few days." She paused. "Once you enter the academy, it'll be hard to leave without a mission. Especially at the beginning. When that time comes, I won't be able to help you either."
Lu Yuan nodded.
So that was how it was.
Blue Knight then pulled a folded sheet of paper from her clothes and tossed it to Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan caught it and unfolded it.
It was a map of Snow Owl City's Inner and Outer Cities. Several roads into the city were marked with great clarity, and one of them had been outlined separately in ink.
"The one we came in on is the third road," Blue Knight continued. "Snow Owl City's Night Watcher branch is quite large. Follow the third road straight ahead, and you'll reach it."
She raised a hand and pointed to another spot on the map.
A circle had been drawn there.
"Knight Academy has a temporary campus in the city, right here. If you need me, go directly to the campus. I'll be there for the next few days."
Lu Yuan silently committed the locations on the map to memory several times, then folded it