Chapter 346

**The Answer**

This whole road trip of Mila's-her reason for heading to Solaris City, the city famous for its bustling monasteries and wise priests-was to find an answer. An answer she couldn't even name herself.

Yet now, before she'd reached the journey's end, she'd already found what she was looking for.

She'd found herself again.

So, did the road trip still need to continue?

Mila glanced at the teenager across from her, noticing his nervous energy. She couldn't help but laugh, tearing a chunk of meat from the beef bone in her hand and chewing thoughtfully.

"Of course I'll go. Why not?"

"I need to get to the end. There's someone I'm waiting for something I need to finish."

Watching her gnaw on her bone with such fierce determination, Archie shuddered, then grinned. "That's the spirit! What's a journey without a destination anyway?"

This was his first real road trip, after all.

What's the point if you never reach the end?

But...

exactly are you planning to settle things with? And what kind of 'ending' are you talking about?" Curiosity got the better of the boy-her expression

shot him a sidelong glance. "And stop calling me

and

leaned back in his chair, and

could be a

just smiled, picked out a particularly meaty bone from the plate,

Archie's bowl, shaking her own at

on, dig in.

Archie: "..."

...

made her way

day before, and the group had not only waited for her but also helped her find a doctor. She owed them her thanks-and slipped in

need to rush anymore. She could finally slow

with the caravan to marvel at sapphire-blue ice caves and endless glaciers, even lying on the glassy ice that reflected the sky above, making her feel as if she were floating

left behind a camera roll full of breathtaking

gathered around a blazing bonfire to grill meat, sing,

was freedom-true and

was making steady progress toward their final stop, winding along a forest highway, the dense woods on both sides pressing in close,

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