Chapter 261: The Country of Balinesia
After solving the immigration problem with the two families, they were allowed inside the country.
Once we crossed the border walls, there was a small settlement with an inn where everyone stayed the night as it was already quite late.
The following day, we spotted a "carriage service" that took people from the settlement to other towns, and the immigrants we helped boarded the cart, leading them to the capital.
A large chunk of the eastern side of Balinesia was a swamp area, and the Mages Tower was located somewhere between the swamp and a place they called the "Blue Field."
The capital was on a southern peninsula, so it wasn’t on our path, which was kind of disappointing since I wanted to see it.
We had ten days before the assembly started, so we took our time flying there without rushing and found a curious little town floating on a massive lake.
Stilt houses that seemingly floated above the water with long wooden bridges that connected all of the buildings together into one structure.
The town was called "Lakewake," and when we descended to get a better look, we caught the attention of a man who was fishing from one of the bridges.
"Eh, flying people!? You must be sages!" the man exclaimed as he ran toward us quickly.
"Uhh, hey. We were going to the Mages Tower but decided to stop here for a bit if that’s okay..." I said.
"Heh, yes, of course! Our town is known for being a good place to relax. Sage Astra comes here all the time!" the man said.