After Annie's fun ended and she confirmed that the ferocious dragon was not really coming to attack the camp, but was just a 'pet' captured again by some bad little girl, soon, one by one,

Under the scolding and expulsion of the generals, the camp was finally relieved, and the soldiers quickly dispersed and went about their business amidst various relishes or curses.

Immediately afterwards, the generals such as Shirji, Gus, Farnese, and Clete, who had made a false alarm and were frightened, naturally took a certain little girl who was yelling that she was hungry again.

They returned to a large tent and started the most sumptuous dinner of their day, and at the same time started discussing some issues.

"!!"

(*⊙~⊙) choked

"You just said that you can't find the 'City of Holy Light'?"

(.)

"What do you mean you can't find it?"

Σ(°～°|||)︴

While eating, Annie suddenly heard some important things that Gus, Serpico, Yassan and others were saying while pointing at the very abstract map. Then, she overheard something about a key point.

Of course she stopped eating and asked vaguely while chewing the food.

"..."

"..."

"..."

Hearing Annie's inquiry, Gus, Serpico, Yasang and other burly men were not too surprised. They just looked at each other in confusion, and no one was in a hurry to answer Annie's question.

There are some issues that they are ashamed to talk about.

"It means lost."

"It seems they can't find their way back."

"Why……"

Sighing, Crete, who had been sitting aside for a long time, quickly explained to the guys who looked a little unsightly.

"??"

く(＾_)ゝ

"But, you are so big, and you have a map, how can you get lost?!"

━(Δ∥)━ン

Anne said it was quite surprising and strange.

She had always thought that it was only when her little bear Tibbers led her carelessly or misled her to wander around that she would easily get lost. But who would have thought that now, these guys in front of her have maps and spicy food?

With multiple people as reference, you can play Lost even with an army?

"Although I am still a child, I have not lost my way recently!"

o(*︶*)o

Then, of course, Anne said in a crisp voice with a proud look on her face, as if it was a very honorable thing to "not get lost recently"?

(…)

(￢￢.)

"Is such that."

"Actually, it can't be considered lost!"

"I just can't find the way for the time being!"

Fortunately, the expressions on the faces of Gus and the other guys who were mocked by Annie did not wait until they became more exciting. On the other side, who was also staring at the map, was the witch accompanying the Legion of Light, the dog-headed strategist, and the species advisor of the magical world and the underworld.

The green-haired witch Shirji, who also held encyclopedias and other important duties, spoke.

"??"

(.)

"Can't find the way and get lost? Don't they mean the same thing?"

(`)

After blinking, Annie quickly put on a straight face and said, don't think that she can just cajole her when she is just a child.

"If it's lost, it's lost. To put it another way, it's still lost!"

(^▽^)

"You must not imitate some guys on Earth after being an official for a few days. They are very dishonest. They can often put at least a hundred ways of saying something about something, and they will try to pick the ones that sound good.

Say, and then the thief likes to shirk responsibility and make up data at will, but that is not acceptable."

(ˇεˇ)

"If you tell too many lies, clichés, and experts, no one will believe you in the future!"

s(｀ヘ;)ゞ

Then, Anne seriously reprimanded the weird uncles and Shirji and other young ladies present, saying that even if she was not an adult, she knew that lying was bad in some situations.

"No, that's not right!"

"It's not what you think!"

Seeing that Annie seemed to have misunderstood something, while Gus, Serpico and others were becoming more and more embarrassed and did not want to explain. As a last resort, Shirji had no choice but to patiently explain again slowly:

"We just can't find the way, we're not lost!"

"Since the world has undergone such huge changes, it is not just as simple as all kinds of magical creatures and monsters appearing everywhere."

"The original terrain, landforms, roads, etc. have all changed in some way!"

"For example, there used to be roads here, but now they have disappeared; and some places that were originally forests have now turned into mountains inexplicably; places that were originally wilderness and plains have now turned into canyons.

etc……"

"Just like the front, it stands to reason that there should be a village. Even if it was destroyed by the war, there should still be ruins with broken eaves and broken walls. But now, it's better. There is just a dense forest in front of us, and we can't get through it at all.

I can’t find that village either.”

"Anyway!"

"It's just that we can't find the original way back. They have completely disappeared. We don't even know if the City of Holy Light is still in its original place."

As he spoke, Shirji couldn't help but sigh again.

If there were just a few of them, it would be easy. You could use magic or the new pet Annie just caught to easily solve the problem of blocked roads. Even if you don't need to fly, you can get through the mountains and ridges.

.

But not now!

Because they are not just a few people, but three thousand elite cavalry with complete equipment and horses. It is impossible for so many people and horses to travel over mountains and ridges. They must find a feasible way back.

Just the marching route.

But unfortunately, they haven't found it until now, so everyone will have a meeting here tonight and are struggling with the issue of choosing the route for tomorrow's march.

"Yes."

"That's the problem."

"Although it is relatively certain that our city and territory are still where they should be, we cannot go back directly along the original road like when we came here before. The role of the map is also becoming smaller. We must

Find a safe road for war horses to go back!"

"perhaps……"

"We even have to carve out a new path?"

"But no matter what, the journey that was originally expected to take ten days will definitely not be completed now."

"It may take half a month or even longer?"

At this time, when Shirji finished speaking, Serpico, who also served as the secretary, also spoke, sighing and adding helplessly while pointing to the exquisite map drawn on the parchment.

And it's easy to tell from his expression that he obviously doesn't have any good ideas now.

"So that's what it's like...

(⊙o⊙*)”

Nodding, Annie understood the reason.

"That's it!"

(*^▽^*)

"Didn't I just catch a dragon today?"

(ω)

"Then starting tomorrow, can't we just let it fly to find a way for you?"
To be continued...