Some day he had to get home even if it was not a good season for travelling. The snow was deep and those fastly prepared skis were not the best. Therefore and even more because of mountain area he slowly came forward and meanwhile there was not much to spent anymore, if he did not like to sell his best equipment. He decided to stay hungry.
Coming to the the north of Touli he recognized the culture there was already more similar to his own one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyB90aNkURUIn some villages he asked for directions, and the people told him to turn to the south east now. With a south western wind a first smell of flowering trees were in the air and the snow would be about melting. He thought it was not far anymore getting home. One late morning from a hill he saw a „human shaped figure in the heathland there“. Looked like an adventurer, but at home he heard stories that this can come out wose to try to meet someone out there. He tried to look from closer, few hundred meters about only left.
Strangely he was not able from so close to see if it was one person or more. Possibly the sprits were hiding the reality from him. He was not recogniced and he heard singing now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d10pJWw8TNQThis was known to him and it seemd to him as if the spirits and the wind joined the singing. But then the singing turned more rough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xCBnJacfWEHe fastly decided to avoid a meeting and took his way home straightly. He reached his village safe. A small forester village one day walking from the east of Owl and Koivula lands to north eastern way. He was aware that this very lucky journey could have turned out worse in the last moment.
Modestly he gave his treasure to the village shaman. Ten bunches of a southern herbal blend. He had no knowledge about it but he looked at the shaman. The shaman was like far away as he examined it and he send our adventurer away telling him that this is not for him now to be understood.
Here at home the songs didnt turn rough anymore. Under treatment of the shaman using different herbs his brother was slowly recovering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFCixLn9qRwThe adventurer had to join his parents now to prepare the seeds and the fields for seed time. Until autum he would not travel anymore.