“The sun isn’t even up yet, Father.
Why did you wake me up so early?
We can’t leave yet anyway.
I can’t see a thing.” Koda rubbed his bleary eyes and spoke lazily.
“Get up quickly.”
“I’ve thought about this all night, and I’ve decided to tell you after all.” It was clear that Father found it difficult to speak of this matter.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have spent the entire night deciding whether to tell him.
“Our swamp tribe once belonged to the Southern Water Tribe.
You already know about how the Fire Nation was aggressively capturing those with waterbending back then.”
Koda nodded and continued to listen patiently.
Father’s voice was rough and lingering.
Every sentence was filled with regret and sorrow.
“The tribe leader decided to gather everyone with waterbending to resist the Fire Nation Army’s capture, and I was among those gathered.”
“But…
but…”
As he reached this point, Father’s face was already covered in tears.
Every word he spoke and every memory he recalled was like a knife carving into his heart.
Looking at the middle-aged man before him who was over half a century old, Koda didn’t know how to comfort him.
He could only wait quietly for the story to finish.
Finally, Koda understood the cause and effect of the story.
Because Father was young back then and afraid of fighting, he didn’t dare to run away alone.
So he privately found many fellow tribesmen who also feared battle, betrayed the tribe, and fled to this Swamp Forest to hide from the war.
Hearing this left him deeply shocked.
In his eyes, Father was his best relative.
He always taught him tirelessly and cared for him meticulously.
This formed a sharp contrast with the image of a man who had betrayed his people and fled.
Regarding this matter, he had no right to speak, let alone condemn Father’s actions.
Father would have to find his own peace.
This was likely the reason why they were unwilling to leave the Swamp Forest.
They were afraid of encountering their former tribesmen.
What they didn’t know was that, according to Koda’s memories of the animation, it seemed Katara, a fourteen-year-old girl, was the only one left with waterbending in the Southern Water Tribe.
The rest of the Southern Waterbenders went without saying.
Most were killed by the Fire Nation Army, and a small number were locked in prison.
Now guilt resided in the hearts of every swamp tribesman.
Such an emotion would likely accompany them for a lifetime.
Unless they could find the courage to fight the Fire Nation Army again, there was no cure for this heartache.
After sobbing for a while, Father gradually adjusted his emotions.
He then took out a jade pendant from behind him.
To Koda, this jade pendant seemed to be something like a token of identity.
Then Father spoke, “My aunt gave me this jade pendant back then.
Now I’m giving it to you, in case you encounter danger outside.
If it’s inconvenient to return to the Swamp Forest, you can go to the Southern Water Tribe.
I think they will probably accept you for the sake of my aunt.”
What Father didn’t know was that the current Southern Water Tribe had already weakened beyond recognition.
But he must not let him know this.
If he knew the fate of those waterbenders and the current state of the Water Tribe, he might die of guilt.
Now Koda also understood that the problem preventing them from living outside wasn’t a lack of strength, but their psychological trauma.
Whether he himself was strong or not didn’t matter much.
The key was whether they could resolve their own heart’s knot and reintegrate into the Southern Water Tribe.
Koda looked at the jade pendant in his hand.
Inside the circular frame were two fish connected head to tail.
These two fish were the deities in the hearts of all Water Tribe members, the Moon Spirit and the Ocean Spirit.
One black and one white, like a Bagua, also known as Taiji Fish.
A line of small characters was carved into the border of the pendant: “To my dear nephew” — Najia.
Koda found a small, thin vine, looped it through the pendant, and wore it around his neck.
This pendant held Father’s longing for his clansmen.
Even if Father couldn’t go see them himself, I will bring him back to the Southern Water Tribe and help him fulfill his dream as much as possible.
“Well then, the first stop of the journey is decided.
Heading for the South Pole!”
…
As the sun rose from the east, he left the place that had raised him for ten years under the farewell of his tribesmen.
After a simple orientation, he quickly found the south.
Before he left, Lao Huatou had somehow brought over a large piece of cloth to store dry rations.
He also took out the gold necklace he had previously traded with A Shou and wrapped it around his wrist.
The sunrise illuminated the east.
On the shaded path stood a young boy about ten years old.
He carried a shoulder pole with one hand and hummed an unknown tune.
The dark path gradually came to an end.
He looked back at the vast forest, a flash of determination in his eyes, then turned his head back and walked into the valley.
Koda’s journey had finally begun!
…
Aaaaaah!
“How have I not seen a single person yet?
Is our forest really that remote!” Koda, who had been walking for half a day, complained helplessly.
The massive sun shone directly overhead, feeling like purgatory.
“How on earth did those merchant caravans stumble in?
Don’t they have maps?”
In his memory, there were always a few merchant caravans that would wander into the forest every few years, only to be kindly escorted out by them.
At that time, he naively thought it was because the towns weren’t far from the Swamp Forest, but he was wrong — completely wrong.
He regretted not bringing a leaf hat from the forest.
Usually the tall trees blocked the sun, so he hadn’t felt its sting.
Now he just wanted to drink a mouthful of water — not much, just a billion mouthfuls.
After walking a while longer, he really couldn’t hold on anymore.
He slumped on the ground, his tongue licking his cracked lips repeatedly.
“Is my journey, Koda, going to end before the first leg even starts?
I’m so unwilling!”
Inadvertently, he saw his grass skirt.
He chuckled.
He was saved.
He stood up and performed waterbending.
A small patch of the grass skirt instantly shriveled up and then fell off.
Before leaving, he had specifically chosen the best-looking grass to make his skirt.
As expected, he hadn’t chosen wrong.
Such grass often contained more moisture.
He quickly channeled the water into his mouth, alleviating his urgent need!
After continuing for another stretch, he saw a road with signs of human activity.
Finally reached the end!
His drooping eyes widened, his hunched back straightened, and his originally despondent heart instantly ignited with hope.
Seeing no one nearby, he quickly plucked off the dead grass still hanging from his lower body and tied the tattered cloth used for food around his private parts.
Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
His mental age was far more than ten.
He continued heading south on that man-made road.
Finally, near evening, he saw a city in the distance.
It’s just that the road leading to the city was a bit hard to describe.
…
There was only one road leading to this city.
Of course, you could also go through the air if you could fly, but that’s a different story.
Looking at this narrow road before him, it could hardly even be called a road.
A cliff!
Yes, a cliff!
That was the only word Koda could think of to describe it.
It was terrifying, especially for someone with a fear of heights like him.
When watching the animation, the main group walked it so naturally.
Only after experiencing it for himself did he realize — is this a path for humans?
Isn’t the Earth Kingdom afraid of someone falling to their death on this road?
Looking at the bottomless abyss below, his legs began to shake uncontrollably.
This road, which was only about 1.5 meters wide, gave him no sense of security at all.
But he still had to cross.
He didn’t want to spend the night outside the city.
He carefully stepped one foot onto it, took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and stepped the other foot on as well.
“Haha, this…
what’s this?
I…
I…
can still conquer this,” he said tremblingly.
He opened his eyes and involuntarily looked down.
“Wa-wa-wa-wa…”
His legs instantly lost all strength, and he sprawled on the road like a toad.
“Ha…
ha…
ha…
ha,” his chest heaved as he gasped for air.
“The people of the Earth Kingdom are truly freaks,” he cursed inwardly while continuing forward.
If anyone were there, they would see a boy crawling in the middle of the winding road leading to the city, with the vivid red of the evening sunset shining upon him.
Just then, a voice came from behind, “Young man, what are you doing?
If you’re going, go quickly.
Don’t block the way.”
…
📢 Author’s Note
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