I am the old, fiery-faced man from the senior department.

Pressing against the lynx's soft, smooth belly, the young dragon's words revealed his concern for her.

"Your Highness..."

The lynx sighed softly.

I realized that I hadn't taught him well enough; I had only taught him the relevant knowledge but hadn't taught him the more important things.

and……

Why, why didn't I stop him in time? I only needed to say something and he would have stopped.

If the first time was because I was tricked and drank the juice laced with a strange drug, and did that while I was in a daze, it would be understandable.

What's the reason this time...?

Has the medication worn off yet?

Ah!

Stop lying to yourself...

It's because of that feeling I've never experienced before.

It's like someone who only eats wild fruits suddenly tasting delicious meat; once they've tasted it, they crave it. Even if they resist it in their heart, when meat is placed in front of them, their mind is unmoved, and the meat is already in their mouth.

Inflated desires overwhelmed reason.

Kal'tsit, Kal'tsit! How could you have fallen so low!

"Doesn't Kal'tsit like this?"

The young dragon's concerned question brought Kal'tsit back from her thoughts.

"Your Highness... if possible, please... please don't do this so casually in the future."

Think twice before you speak.

Upon hearing her words, Youlong laughed.

"That depends on Kal'tsit's future performance."

Bai Zhou gently nuzzled the cat's belly and chuckled as he stated his request.

"Let's make a promise, Kal'tsit."

"If Kal'tsit keeps her promise, I won't do anything that Kal'tsit doesn't like."

"Your Highness... what is the agreement?"

"First, never act impulsively. If Kal'tsit continues to handle dangerous situations with the same disregard for her own safety and willingness to die that she did when we first met, then I will break my promise."

"Secondly, Kal'tsit must not keep bad emotions to herself. If you have any worries or sadness, come and talk to me, and I will do my best to help you."

"third……"

Their similarly blue eyes met, and the young dragon's slightly warm body temperature momentarily interrupted her thoughts.

"How is it, Kal'tsit?"

Bai Zhou's demands have been listed out, and he awaits Kal'tsit's reply.

"..."

These are all demands that are in their own best interest.

His Highness has really gone to great lengths to make her life easier.

Kal'tsit gently patted the baby dragon's head and nodded in response.

"Then it's settled. I'll keep a close eye on Kal'tsit."

"If I'm not here, I'll get Mon3tr to help, so don't try to fool Kal'tsit."

Bai Zhou's words elicited a helpless ruffled tug at the cat's fur, which was then completely messed up.

Even though Mon3tr and Daylight hadn't spent much time together, even Kal'tsit couldn't figure out how Daylight had managed to get along with it.

"Since it is an agreement, I will certainly not break it, Your Highness."

Despite saying that, both of them knew that if a situation really arose that required her to risk her life, Kal'tsit would definitely forget about this agreement.

"Well then, goodnight, Kal'tsit."

After a busy night, all Bai Zhou wants now is a good night's sleep.

Good night, Your Highness.

■

After a night, Kal'tsit seemed to have indeed regained her spirits, and she looked radiant.

"Then, let's set off!"

After packing their luggage and buying enough dry food, fresh water, and daily necessities, the two left the prosperous city, the center of civilization, and stepped back into the wilderness.

"Kal'tsit, why are there so many different Sargon languages?"

Since their next destination was Sargon, Bai Zhou began learning Sargon's language from Kal'tsit.

What he didn't expect was that, apart from the official language, Sargon had as many local dialects, big and small, as wild fruits on a tree.

The variety of dialects is so vast that two neighboring villages might speak entirely different dialects.

"Because it's too chaotic and too wild there, Your Highness."

"This is a normal phenomenon in a backward civilization."

Kal'tsit begins to explain the situation of Sargasso during the day.

"Sargon, whose full name is the Sargon Empire, is ruled by the Pasha, who is the king."

"Under the Pasha, there were countless kings and chieftains. They each governed their own territories. As a result, the laws and levels of civilization varied in the territories of different kings and chieftains."

“But apart from wars between nations, the kings and chieftains would fight each other for territory, which is why Sargon was in a state of disorder, and the people were often taken away by the victorious kings and chieftains as commodities.”

"It sounds like a very troublesome place."

Bai Zhou looked through the textbook written by Kal'tsit with a slight trouble in his eyes.

"It is precisely because of the constant warfare that the development of the Sargon civilization was very slow. Therefore, compared with the Great Yan, Gaul, or Victoria, the society there was more closed. But because of this, many ancient traditions from the tribal period have been preserved there."

"Yes, such a place is very suitable for the colonization of civilization."

He looked at Kal'tsit during the day.

"Speaking of which, why did Kal'tsit go to Sargon?"

"This matter..."

Kal'tsit sorted out the details and then explained the situation to Daylight.

"You are familiar with divination, Your Highness."

The energy transformed in her hands, eventually turning into a tortoise shell.

"I know, Kal'tsit is very good at divination, isn't she?"

"I wouldn't call myself an expert; I only have a superficial understanding, like seeing the whole leopard through a tube."

As Kal'tsit recounts her story, her purpose in going to Sargon is revealed to Daybreak.

It was because of a major crisis that appeared in her divination, a crisis powerful enough to change the world.

"If I'm not mistaken, you must be risking your own safety again to nip that so-called threat that could cause chaos in the world in the bud, right, Kal'tsit?"

Faced with the boy's stern rebuke, Kal'tsit nodded, then shook her head.

“This was my idea, Your Highness.”

If it's just an idea and not an action, then it doesn't count as her breaking the agreement.

"Moreover, with His Highness accompanying me now, why would I risk my life?"

Return to the Thirty-One Disasters: The Storm

"Kal'tsit, something seems off about the weather."

Looking at the clouds gradually gathering overhead, Bai Zhou frowned and sought answers from the knowledgeable Kal'tsit beside him.

"It's a sudden natural disaster... Your Highness, we need to set up defensive facilities immediately."

They had already entered the area affected by the natural disaster and had missed the best opportunity to leave. Since they could not escape, they could only try to use local materials to build facilities to shelter from the disaster.

"Sudden natural disaster..."

Not every natural disaster can be predicted in advance.

Compared to natural disasters like meteorites and volcanic eruptions, which are easily predictable due to natural laws and changes in the sky, natural disasters like earthquakes and storms are generally sudden and their duration cannot be accurately determined.

Therefore, encountering this situation in the wild is extremely dangerous.

"It's a storm."

The two were in southern Gaul, where the plains were laid out much like those in Casimir. As far as the eye could see, there were only lush green meadows, with no forests or mountains to hide in.

"What a hassle."

Bai Zhou frowned, pulled on the pack animal, and then raised his hand.

Following his command, the golden arcane energy spread out like a spider web, or like a giant tree taking deep root in the ground.

The AoNeng Weaving technique created a hemispherical shield that protected the two people and their pack animal.

"Kal'tsit, can you predict how long it will last?"

Bai Zhou wasn't worried about Tian Sha's protective capabilities; what he was worried about was whether the land beneath his feet could withstand the ravages of the storm.

What if they're all safe, but the wind blows the land away with them?

"It depends, Your Highness."

Looking at the sky, which had changed color, through the pale gold protective shield, Kal'tsit's expression was serious.

"If a storm-type natural disaster takes shape, it can last for ten to twenty days. And the storm will change as the eye of the storm moves."

"Although sudden natural disasters usually don't last long, this is a plain, and there are no tall things to prevent the formation and movement of storms."