Walker Of The Worlds

Lin Mu watched on as the Elder welcomed him.

"I am Lin Mu." He introduced himself.

"Ah, so the noble is named Lin Mu. How marvelous!" The elder spoke. "I am Elder Niji."

Hearing this only made Lin Mu feel strange since he didn't think there was a reason to go this far to praise him when they barely knew each other.

'Maybe it's the tradition for this tribe?' Lin Mu wondered.

"Come in. We can talk in comfort. I'll let the children take care of the rest." The elder said and gestured for Lin Mu to follow him.

"Alright." Lin Mu followed the old elder into the house he had walked out from.

~CREAK~

The door creaked loudly once more, as the two entered the building. In there, Lin Mu saw a relatively plain looking room with a low table and stone seats in the center. There were stairs to the side as well that went upstairs.

Taking a seat at the table, Lin Mu looked at the Elder intently.

"I reckon you have some questions to ask? I'd recognize that look anywhere. " The elder said, seeing Lin Mu's expression. "Don't worry, this is usual for people that come here for the first time." He added.

"What place is this, exactly?" Lin Mu asked, seeing that the elder was open to questions.

is the Land of Exile. Though this is just the general term that is used for it. There are more areas within

and guessed that the Mountains in the distance he saw were the Rust Hail Mountains as

is located within the Barren Plains?"

nodded his head

thought came to him after listening to Lin Mu speak, and

perchance not from this world?" Elder Niji

did you figure that out?" Lin Mu

simply didn't recognize it. That is something that is usual, since no one would come to the Land of Exile

seeing that you don't even know about the Land of Exile itself, there

brings me to wonder why you call me a noble? If I'm not of this world, how am I still a noble?"

speak the tongue of the nobles." Elder

you speaking it too?" Lin Mu

but I have not comprehended it. Besides, only the humans are

there to be something like this. Especially since

comprehended the Dao Script?" Lin Mu said in slight confusion before talking out a sheet of paper with a few sentences written on it. "So you

I was merely taught to speak the words. But this was simply memorization." The

why is it that only humans are deemed nobles?" Lin Mu questioned. "Can you or your people

that of the humans and we have been servants for many generations." Elder Niji said before his expression fell. "Or we were… once upon a time. Now we are merely exiles banished and forgotten…" he added,

raised his brows, finding it strange. As far as he could tell, the Haima Tribe didn't really seem to be inferior to humans. At least not from the strength they had shown