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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Care to explain why do we have to walk?" Cecilia asked in curiosity.
Max walked beside her after he escorted that wise old man back to the temple.
"Because we have health and strong leg." He answers cheerfully.
Cecilia shook her head and choose to drop their silly argument.
Heart of Ligaya Island is a name of the restaurant where they had their breakfast.
It was supposed to further from their previous meeting place. But, for some reason, they often get lost and Max refused to use teleportation.
Cecilia feel irritated because she has poor sense of direction and the man beside him, most likely, seem enjoying this situation.
"If we got lost again, I will ask another people to escort me." Cecilia said when she passed the same road for fourth time.
Ligaya Island is not only about the beach scenery with the white sand. It also consists of small shore town with plenty citizen who reside on this island. Most of the building were
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