David entered the carriage only to see the beautiful woman hugging a boy of about ten looking curiously back at him! âHow do you do, Madam?â David greeted her with a smile.
âPlease have a seat, Master David,â Leticia nodded and replied.
âThank you, Madam!â David did not stand on ceremony as he sat opposite both of them.
Before he could speak, the beautiful Leticia spoke up first, âWhere are you headed to, Master David?â
Uri...
This question stumped David.
Where was he headed? He was headed to the level 9 civilization Leila.
However, he could not tell her that.
The answer would be frightening to others.
â1 donât actually have anywhere to go.
Iâm just a traveler who has the sky as a roof and the earth as my bed.
Anywhere is home,â David replied as he put up a noble look on his face.
âWhat a carefree life you lead, Master David! Iâm quite envious of you,â Leticia exclaimed.
âWhat is there to be envious about? At the end of the day, Iâm just a homeless wanderer who canât be compared to bigshots like you,â David said with self-deprecating humor.
âThat's not right, Master David.
Everyone has a right to live how they want.
What you see or hear might not be the truth.
Bigshots have their share of worries.
Ordinary people can enjoy happiness that bigshots might not have.
Ordinary people are always hoping to make it big, but they arenât aware that, sometimes, bigshots would like to return to ordinary life.â âyou're right! Thatâs not a bad way to put it.
I do agree with you.
Youâre very wise, Madam,â David nodded.
âYouâre much too kind, Master David.
Iâm just an ordinary woman who doesnât know much.
This is just a small opinion of mine,â Leticia replied humbly.
âYou're much too humble, Madam.
What you consider a small opinion contains much enlightenment compared to others.â âWhere have you visited during your travels, Maser David? Can you share your stories with me? To be honest, even though Iâma little older than you, I havenât really been anywhere.â âYouâve missed out on too many interesting things, Madam.
Itâs often said that itâs best to see the world with your own eyes rather than read them from books.
You should take some time to travel and see the world for yourself.
Whatever you read in books won't give you the experience found in the real world.â âMaster David is right.
Unfortunately, I did not manage to travel in the past and I wonât be able to enjoy such luxury in the future,â Leticia said with a sigh.
She knew very well that it would be very difficult to leave once she stepped into the Imperial Capital.
Numerous eyes would be watching her no matter where she went in the future.
However, she had no choice but to go to the Imperial City as Zion's mother for his sake.
Otherwise, at Zionâs age, he would be eaten alive by those cunning royal relatives the moment he stepped into the Great Quinn Empire.
Even if she stayed by his side, it would not be a guarantee that Zion would inherit the throne so easily.
Many officials would come to sound them out the moment they arrived.
She had to be the one to deal with them.
âWhy won't you have the opportunity?! You can leave if you want to and visit anywhere in the world,â
David said nonchalantly.
âYou are not aware, Master David, that there are many things out of our control.
There are not many who live as carefree as you do in this world.â Leticia shook her head slightly.
âThatâs true!â Next, Leticia asked David about the places he visited and the cultures he experienced.
David combined his experiences from the Milky Way and the Star Kingdom to make up some stories for her.
This piqued Leticia and Zionâs curiosity immediately.
They were enthralled by Davidâs stories.
This was especially so for little Zion.
He was only about ten years old, and one could say that he had almost no life experience.
Davidâs stories were full of color and excitement.
They had opened up Zionâs imagination of the world.
He ended up happily referring to David as âDaveâ.
David kept introducing different stories of the outside world to Zion with relish.
Zionâs eyes brightened from listening to them.
He promised himself to visit the places David told him about when he had the opportunity in the future.