Chapter 207: Elin’s Search
Elin felt pressured at finding the person who had made the bread before they left that morning. She couldn't say why she felt like if they started moving that she'd miss her chance, but she couldn't dispel the fear, no matter what. Almost like it was something warning her that something bad would happen if she didn't find him by then.
Despite her paranoia over the matter, she tried to keep herself as cheerful as possible. She wasn't sure where she should start looking for him, only a vague description that she wasn't sure she had paid enough attention to when it'd been given to her.
While the army wasn't exactly large, as far as what she'd heard others say about it, it wasn't really small either. She wasn't sure how many people were in it, but she knew it was more than she'd have liked at this moment.
After all, the more people who were in it, the harder it was to find one specific person in it. Especially when most people didn't know who she was trying to look for, even with the description she'd been given.
Even when she'd been searching for an hour and the camp started to move, she couldn't help but try to continue her search.
She was at least used to walking so it didn't bother her to keep up with others while moving from person to person, trying to see if she could find the one who had made that bread.
If she could just find him, she was certain that she'd be able to get a chance to try and make some porridge with whatever grain it was that he'd used to make the bread with. She hoped it was wheat, or close enough to it that it wouldn't matter, but she was willing to accept any kind of grain.
As that would allow her to get something completely different from that stew they'd been having for so long. Something that was at least closer to what she remembered from her world. Something that might help ease the homesickness that she was feeling right then.
When they stopped for lunch, she wasn't sure if it was leftover stew from a previous meal that they were being served or if it was from breakfast, Elin only knew that it was merely a reminder that she wasn't making any progress in her search. That she had pretty much wasted the entire morning on her fruitless search for someone who might have decided to leave the army or something during that time.
Despite that thought, she refused to let herself get disheartened. She was determined to find that person, even if she had to check each person in Kim's army, no matter how long that took.
Not that conducting that search while they were moving helped any.