Year of the Boar, Ninth Month, Day 2.

I have come to the conclusion that I must make my way to Purple Lightning. The innkeeper came up with my new clothes today and I must say that I shall not be sorry to see the back of what I have been wearing. I am somewhat annoyed to have paid for my Court Silks to be cleaned and pressed only for them to be put straight back in my bundle but I could not have foreseen that the House would leave while I was on my way here and so it cannot really be helped.
I have managed to procure a map of the local area and I have discovered that there is another large town some way to the south west just before the border with the Seventh Kingdom; I shall be able to avoid the mountains and slip into the Seventh over a short stretch of land just before Fallen Sakura's border meets both Dying Crane and the Seventh.  There appear to be several reasonable sized towns along the border of the Seventh and so I am sure that if it becomes necessary, I shall be able to stay at taverns in order to avoid more time sleeping in the open.
I cannot help feeling disappointed that I must take to the road again; I have become accustomed to sleeping in relative comfort and the thought of sleeping under another bush makes me afraid. I thought I had been so clever but I failed to come up with any contingency plans for the most basic of situations. It occurred to me this morning that something may have happened to Nanami; I would have no way of knowing since she would not be able to tell me herself and Kouji would not be in a position to know, either. I clearly need an even bigger network.