But, before I departed, my mother ran up to me and hugged me, showering me with kisses and wishing me good luck on my future travels.
"If you ever get troubled by the others, then just call me. I'll be sure to beat them up for you,"
"Mhm… I love you," I muttered with a light blush, and as the woman embraced me one last time, I felt all of my worries about the future slowly disappear.
"I love you too… bye sweetie!" She shouted as I made my way down the stone path leading to civilization.
I waved her goodbye and continued walking, now shaking with anticipation about my future endeavors.
…
My next destination was a very strange place as it was something I had never experienced before… a place of extremely hot temperature.
Growing up, living, and basically just constantly being in a cold environment made me tempered to such a temperature but everything else… well, I was completely vulnerable to it.
