[EXPEDITION] Wild Ocean

- I'm ready to go with you, no matter what, - Akane nodded to her friend, then turned to the innkeeper: - Maybe, since there's no fish, there's some meat? Something that can be taken with you and won't stain the bag if wrapped in paper.

-- Let me see, -- the innkeeper went to the cellar and returned with dried meat. -- Here, this is for such lovely customers!
[One copper coin for water, five copper coins for two portions of meat, dried meat - another five.]

Let's go there after "meat".

The cemetery was, for the most part, ordinary. It was located in a rather unpleasant place, with swamps all around, and even the swamp slightly encroached on the cemetery grounds. There was a small church near the cemetery, but it didn't seem like anyone was there at the moment.
The only unusual thing was that in one place the ground was dug up, and several graves were empty.
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Meanwhile, Sophronaios, with poorly concealed curiosity, examined the chest. But what he was good at hiding was the fact that he was trying to use air magic to find out the contents of the chest.

A solid layer of ice prevented air from penetrating inside the chest. And it didn't seem like there were any large gaps in it; the chest was quite dense...