"I frantically searched for the halfling's place on that map, holding the world map every day.
Back then, I thought our halfling territory was vast, and those boundless wildernesses waiting for us to explore were even larger. The halfling blood claims to traverse the world, so naturally, the land we've measured seems enormous.
However, on that world map, I couldn't find the place for our halflings, the citizens I've protected, the wilderness we have yet to explore, were too small to be seen, let alone my territory."
The halfling prince blankly looked up at the aging king; it was his first time hearing such words from his father.
However, with no disdain for the current status of the halflings, the father king, who appeared stiff and conservative to him, had something hidden in his eyes that he couldn't understand.
Like mountains and rivers, like the vast earth, but definitely not himself.
