Strange Village.
Sage Govi and Uchiha Madara arrived at the village.
There were four of them in total: Sage Govi, Uchiha Madara, Evan, and the black-haired girl.
Uchiha Madara did not know the black-haired girl, but it was not appropriate to ask too much. He could sense a force between her and Evan that both drew them together and pushed them apart.
Uchiha Madara guessed that she must be the person Evan liked. Yet along the way, she and Evan had barely spoken to each other.
And there was also this: had Evan truly set out alone to look for his sister?
This string of questions made Uchiha Madara deeply curious, but in the end, he was too embarrassed to ask.
By the time they reached the village, the sky had already begun to darken. Sage Govi said, "The inn here is pretty good. Let's settle in first."
Uchiha Madara nodded. "Sure. You go book the rooms first. I'd like to take a walk around the area."
So he left the group by himself.
Strange Village lay quite far north in El Phildin. Though it was not the northernmost place, it was still extremely cold. Yet the people in this village did not seem to like wearing much clothing, which Uchiha Madara found very strange.
"Aren't they cold?"
It was only early spring. Although the snow had already melted, Uchiha Madara still felt a chill in the air. He walked toward the shore and saw what appeared to be a large ship slowly sailing toward the docks.
"A large ship..." He suddenly thought of the Blanetes.
"Heh. I haven't seen it in a long time, but the Blanetes really was an exceptionally fast ship in this world. That ship over there is much slower by comparison," Uchiha Madara thought.
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