Hitari and Nanami finally made it. Hiril hands them up the food: "Take good care of yourself. Since you are dressed like elves, you have to be careful of some people. You know why! Don't hunt down everything that seems strange to you. Not everyone is evil!" "

Nanami: "We have to go after the red kingfishers now?"

Hiril: "Yes! Always heading north, where it gets colder!"

Nanami: "How do we find our way back?"

Hiril: "Caras is the southernmost town on the Amar! You will make it! In Caras you have to ask for me, many people know where I live!"

Hitari: "Is the crystal mined in the mountains?"

Hiril: "Yes! You will find something in the mines of the snow mountains!"

Hiril gives the horses a pat on the buttocks and so the two horses ride at breakneck speed through the dense forest.

Hiril: "All the best !! See you in two ..."

They didn't understand the last words Hiril threw at them.Nanami: "How do you stop a horse like that?"

Hitari: "In the movies they always pull the reins!"

So the two of them pull the reins at the same time and the horses slow down.

Hitari: "Did you understand what Hiril said at the end after" All the best! "?"

Nanami: "No, I haven't! Something with two ... Maybe two weeks!?!"

Hitari: "That will be it! ... EVEN IF YOU DON'T HEAR ME, HIRIL !!! ALL THE BEST TO YOU AND SEE YOU!"

Hitari waves into the forest and rides on with Nanami, heading north. In the direction where the moss grows on the trees.

KNOCK KNOCK

"In!"

It opens and Gil and Inu stick their heads in: "Is this the secretariat?"

"Of course! Where else does it look like? Like a classroom?"

Gil: "I don't know!"

"Come on in and sit down! What brings you to me?"

Inu and Gil close the door behind them and sit on the two chairs in front of the desk.Gil: "We're new here and we've been told to report back here!"

"One moment please!"

The lady behind the desk rolls her office chair to a filing cabinet and pulls an orange file from a drawer: "Yes, there is something here."

She rolls back to the table and opens the file: "What's your name?"

Inu: "I am Inu and next to me is Gil."

Secretary: "I mean your bottom names too."

Gil: "Oh, my back names are Gelmir and Inu Gannel."

"It says here, you come from abroad. Where are you from exactly?"

Gil: "From Caras!"

Secretary: "Where is that?"

Gil: "Oh, that's a small place, south of this country."

Secretary: "So from Caras. You have been 16 years old?"

Both nod after a delay.

Secretary: "What kind of school education do you have?"

Inu: "A completely normal school education. We went to school for a hundred years and got to know everything that was important."Secretary: "... Then you must have a middle school education ... Where do you live at the moment?"

Gil: "I thought they were told everything about us!"

Secretary: "Yes, yes, but I have to ask you again to rule out any mistakes."

Inu: "Well, we are currently living at Hitari's home."

Secretary: "Your brother has registered here ... All right! That's it! I'll show you your class now!"

The secretary gets up and leads them out of the room. On the second floor, right next to the stairs, she opens a door and asks the teacher on the blackboard: "Can I interrupt for a moment or is a test being written here?"

"No, no. Come in! We're talking about our school theater right now."

The secretary pushes Gil and Inu into the room and goes to the teacher. She whispers briefly in her ear and then leaves. The teacher waves them both over to her: "Everyone hear more!"

The students look up from the play book and a murmur goes through the room."That pale blonde hair."

"... The ears..."

"They could be siblings."

Teacher: "Next to me are two new students. They come from abroad .... Please introduce yourselves."

Gil: "Hello, my name is Gil and I come from Caras."

Inu: "And my name is Inu. I'm from Caras too!"

Teacher: "Welcome to Nore, Gil and Inu. I hope you will have a good time here. And to help you find your way around here, the class will of course give you a hand ... Not true???"

Silence in the classroom: "NOT TRUE ???"

The class reacts: "Of course!"

"It's clear!"

"But yes!"

Teacher: "That's good! ... There are still three places available back there. Both of you choose one!"

As Gil and Inu sat down at their places, the teacher continues: "Since the two of them come from abroad, they can only speak our language but cannot read or write, so they will not actively take part in the class ... But you will now Continue reading!"Gil and Inu sit next to each other and look into the class from behind.

Inu: "Naer i Isto"

Gil: "Yes, you are right!"

"The lessons are just too dry! The knowledge is not conveyed to us alive ..."

Inu turns around: "You again!"

"I'm the headmaster's niece. Even as a niece you have to go to school."

Gil: "How old are you?"

"I'm 16, so we are her and almost everyone in class."

Inu: "Tell me, did you understand us? Earlier on the stairs and now just now?"

"Yes."

Inu: "Why do you understand us? Our language is not in use here!"

Gil: "What's your name anyway?"

"My name, Lórellin. I don't understand you, but it seems to me that I can interpret every single word you say ... My mother used to sing me songs in a strange language that is so similar to yours. Maybe it comes from it! "

Gil and Inu look at each other thoughtfully.

Teacher: "It's nice that you've already made friends here, but please talk about your past during the break!"Embarrassed, Gil, Inu and Lórellin shy away from attending the teacher and are silent for the rest of the lesson.

In the meantime, Nanami and Hitari have ridden quite a bit.

Nanami: "Have you noticed that the horses ride incredibly quietly?"

Hitari: "Where do you say that! You ride very fast but so gently! My bum doesn't hurt at all! Tell me, I think it's getting lighter over there, or am I mistaken?"

Nanami: "No! It really gets lighter!"

Hitari: "Think about it! When Caras is there, we meet people, elves and other mythical creatures. Those we could only dream of!"

Nanami: "Yes, it is as if we are immersed in a fairy tale. It will be different there than in Nore!"

Hitari takes the reins: "Come on Gloss! Ride into the light!"

Nanami: "We won't let that sit on us Loss. After you !!!"

The horse accelerates and quickly caught up with Hitari.

The clearing always comes closer and closer and then they made it.The dense forest lies behind them and in front of them lies a hilly landscape with small grassy mountains. They stop the horses, which slow down with loud panting and drag them to a light pace until they finally come to a standstill.

Hitari: "Wow, what a landscape!"

Nanami: "This is the perfect world!"

"Do you really think so?"

Startled, the two look into the middle between the horses with large stalked eyes.

"What is it? Have you never seen anything like me?"

Nanami: "Honestly? No!"

"Ha, you as elves have never seen a hobbit ?! Well then you really have to come from the darkest corner of this forest!"

Hitari: "We are not Elves!"

"What?"

The hobbit looks up at the horses in astonishment: "That's right, you lack the pointy ears. But why are you walking around in the Elven costume? That's risky!"

Nanami: "Hiril didn't give us anything else to wear!"

"Hiril? You know Hiril? It's great!I was there yesterday and now I'm on my way home! "

Hitari: "Oh, was there yesterday? When exactly?"

"In the morning! And now, one day later, I've finally got the forest behind me."

Hitari: "What, are you only out of there now?"

"Well, listen! I'm not a giant like you two! ... I'll definitely need another two or three days to get to Caras. But if I had a horse, I would be there tonight! ..."

Nanami: "You want to go to Caras? What a coincidence! We're on our way there too!"

Hitari: "If you want, we can take you with us!"

"Oh, that would be nice of you!"

Hitari bends down and offers the hobbit a hand. The hobbit takes it and with a jerk Hitari lifts him onto the saddle in front of him: "Hold on tight! It goes on!"

The horses rush off again, over hill and dale and green grassy hills

Hitari: "Tell me, what's your name anyway?"

"My name is Pearl and your name is?"Hitari: "I am Hitari and next to us, this is Nanami."

Nanami: "You have to excuse me if I ask now, but we don't come from here and don't know our way around here at all, but can you tell me why you are so small?"

Pearl: "Ha, ha, ha! I'm a hobbit! We hobbits are so small, but proud of it! But I have to tell you, there are smaller hobbits! I was lucky and I'm a little bigger than others!"

Nanami: "Are there any other smaller Mannekieks here?"

Pearl: "Mannekieken?"

Nanami: "More residents who are so small!"

Pearl: "Hm ... well, dwarfs are bigger than hobbits, but compared to humans and elves, they are small ..."

Nanami: "Aha !!"

Pearl points to the north: "Alae! Minas Harad, Minas e-mbar nín !!"

The two look up.

Hitari: "This tower ?! Is that Caras?"

Pearl: "Yes! That is the tower of the south, tower of my homeland! Caras is the southernmost city on Amar. Even if you can see the tower, Caras is still half a day away!"The northerners call this tower the tower of their home, because the sight of this tower gives a domestic feeling ... Be honest, even if you don't come from here, don't you feel happy when you see this tower? "

Nanami: "Yes! I have a feeling of happiness inside of me, as if the tower wants to tell me that it is not far anymore."

Hitari: "I have to go there !!"

Pearl: "Well then, let loose, then the horse will run!"

Pearl takes the reins from Hitari's hands and then lets go: "Hold on to your hair !!"

Hitari clings to the white mane and her horse rides at a liberated speed, which Hitari personally travels with. Nanami also lets go of the reins and holds on to the mane: "Wow! That's a great feeling, as if I were riding a wild horse!"

This is how the three of the