The weather was foggy, but Zero had spotted the land, so she woke up the Nomz to row with her.


    The boat docked, and Zero jumped off, turning to the Nomz, saying: "Come on... Aren''t you coming?"


    The Nomz lowered his head, as if apologizing, so Zero approached him, wrapping the cloth she had bandaged him with last time around his neck.


    "I''m sorry if the smell of blood bothers you... but keep it... until I know who you are... we will meet."


    Zero hugged the Nomz, then pushed the boat into the sea as she waved goodbye to her Nomz companions until they disappeared into the fog.


    Zero turned to see a grassy plain in front of her, interspersed with swamps.


    "Okay," Zero raised her stick and said, "Here we go... Show me the way... to Lily."


    Nothing happened, the stick did nothing.


    "Strange... the stick is supposed to do things like that... maybe... oh... Lily must certainly call herself by a title... I don''t know Lily''s title... but I... saw part of her memories... well, ''maybe she mentioned her name... well... I have to focus... what is her title... hmm... a sign... rain... crows... leaning buildings... oh, the lake is ablaze... wait... a vibration sound... that vibration... familiar... a vibration coming from him... that feeling... it affects me... maybe it''s ''regret'' her title is regret."


    Suddenly, a line appeared from the stick itself, it was ethereal in color, Zero followed that line.


    Zero continued to follow that line until she found a lake, Zero looked around, to find a small hut.


    Zero headed towards it, then jumped to grab the handle to open it, it was just a fish storehouse, Zero entered, to start coughing, dust and moths filled the place, and the ragged floor made an annoying creak.


    Zero spotted a rubber boat on the top shelves, so she climbed the shelves to take it, suddenly, she heard the sound of footsteps coming towards her, so she quickly climbed back up the shelf, trying not to make any noise.


    A man entered wearing tattered clothes, wearing a fishing hat, Zero couldn''t see his face, he turned to the other shelves with drawers full of fish bait, then turned to the shelves that Zero had climbed.


    His face was very wrinkled, then he started looking for something, he didn''t find it, so he raised his head, and Zero quickly retreated backwards so he wouldn''t see her, so he noticed the rubber boat, the man was short so he couldn''t take it, so he went out.


    "Maybe he wanted to bring a ladder." Zero threw the rubber boat on the ground making a loud noise, so she jumped to fall on the ground, and quickly, she took the boat and hid behind the door, the deformed man heard the sound so he rushed inside, he didn''t find anyone there, so he returned and had brought the ladder inside.


    He fixed it then climbed it to start searching, so Zero crept out slowly to get out of the hut, so she ran towards the river, pulled the rope hard so the boat was ready, she got in it and started rowing with her stick, until she was away from the land.This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.


    Zero continued to row, she couldn''t see because of the fog, suddenly she started hearing the sound of water flowing, it was incredibly strong, the sound was getting closer, closer, closer, so she turned behind her, to find a barge coming towards her.


    At that moment, Zero started rowing away from it, and luckily, the barge had slowed down, and she was able to escape it, suddenly, she saw something else from a distance, so she started rowing, to see a port.


    "The port... what a moment." Zero hurried to row, to reach it, she spotted an iron ladder, Zero jumped and started climbing it, and when she wanted to climb, she noticed many deformed port workers, so she lowered her head so that no one would see her, until she reached that barge, the workers all headed to prepare the crossing, so the deformed tourists started getting off that barge, and others were boarding it.


    The deformed were wearing fine clothes, as if they were from the bourgeoisie, Zero took advantage of this crowd to sneak in quietly, until she got out of it, to find herself in front of a huge city, its sky was full of locomotive smoke, as if it were a city from the Victorian era, but the street lights were the opposite.


    Zero felt admiration, as if it were a city coming from the Industrial Revolution era in Europe.


    Zero wandered around the city and looked around in amazement, everything was gigantic for her, no one of the deformed people noticed her, except those who were sitting on the ground.


    "Strange... no one attacked me... hmm... that''s great... oh... I forgot... oh stick... take me to Regret." That ethereal line appeared, no one noticed that.


    Suddenly, Zero found a piece of Dinken on the ground that was the size of her hand, it was worth five hundred Dinken.


    "How beautiful."


    Zero turned to find an old-fashioned bus, she rushed towards it, one of the deformed was standing in front of the door.


    Zero swallowed her saliva, then took courage and approached him.


    "Sir."


    The deformed turned towards her.


    "Is five hundred Dinken enough for the ride?" Zero said this as she handed him the money.


    The man''s hand started extending towards Zero, Zero felt confused, and sweat ran down her face.


    But the deformed man took the money, and gave her a ticket that was her size.


    "Oh... thank you," Zero said this as she climbed the stairs, Zero entered the bus, then sat on the ground.


    She turned to find a deformed man and he was extending his hand, saying: "Come up."


    At that moment, Zero advanced, and climbed on his hand, to find him helping her climb the chair to sit.


    "Umm... I thank you, sir."


    The man shook his head then turned to the other side, Zero sat down and looked at the monsters smiling.


    ''Maybe... some of the monsters still have a bit of humanity inside them.''


    ******


    The bus stopped in front of a very large building, Zero got off, and amazement was evident on her face.


    Zero stood in line.


    The ticket agent started taking the tickets, "Next... next... next... next... ha..." the man didn''t find anyone, suddenly, he heard a girl''s voice calling him from below: "I''m here."


    The deformed worker bent down, to find Zero holding the ticket, he took the ticket, so Zero entered the hall, it was like a very large opera house. Zero turned and looked at the place in amazement.


    "From here, little one."


    Zero turned to find one of the workers showing her her place, it was in the front row, Zero headed towards it


    and tried to climb, but she couldn''t, to find the person who helped her in the bus extending his hand now to help her, so she climbed on his hand to sit on the chair.


    "Umm... I thank you, sir."