Episode 1

**"An Inn, a Tower, a Bear, and a Banquet"** (宿屋と、塔と、熊と、宴会, *Yadoya to, Tō to, Kuma to, Enkai*?) is the First episode of In the Land of Leadale anime series. It aired on January 5, 2022.

## Synopsis

Due to dying in a power outage in her origin world, Keina Kagami is sent to the VR RPG world that she frequently played called Leadale. It's there that she learns from the innkeepers that 200 years have passed and the kingdom she resides in now that was once two separate kingdoms have merged and are in poverty. After learning about how she ended up there from her AI Key, she heads to her base of operations the Silver Tower, and is reminded by the Golem Guardian of her children that she adopted through the game's foster system. On her way back to the inn she helps a hunter from a monster and a feast is held in her honor at the inn where she passes out from being too inebriated.

## Summary

Cayna is awakened by a little girl in an inn and although she's surprised, she gives the girl a piece of candy from her item box and requests that she leave so she can get ready to go. Assessing that she's in the body of the character she created for the VR game Leadale, Cayna then goes downstairs where she's served breakfast by the innkeeper and her daughter the girl from earlier. Once she's finished eating, she ponders where she could be, noting there was once an inn at a village between the lands of the White Kingdom of Felstes and the Green Kingdom of Gruskeilo. Although she remembers the village was prosperous due to it being in the center of a trade route. She then learns from the innkeeper that 200 years ago the village was livelier before the merging of the two kingdoms that formed the Felskeilo Kingdom. The innkeeper then explains the backstory of how the seven kingdoms merged into 3 due to god's will. This makes Cayna realize that she's jumped 200 years into the future. The innkeeper then introduces herself as Marelle and her daughter as Lytt. Cayna then introduces herself to them and tries to pay with a pile of silver coins, but is admonished not to flaunt the money around as four coins are enough to spend ten nights there. Hence, Cayna pays the Marelle for her staying there.

Back in her room, Cayna reviews her stats over and summons her AI supporter Key, and learns from it that she died in the real world. As night starts to settle, Cayna figures she should head to her base of operations, the Silver Tower, and gather intel from there. When she lights up the lantern in her room with her light magic, and Lytt is startled by what she witnessed since she's never seen magic before. The two then go downstairs and Cayna enjoys dinner with the other town folks and Marelle's eldest daughter Luine introduces herself to Cayne. Finishing her meal, Luine asks Cayne what she plans to do and Cayne responds that she plans on finding her Silver Tower. This shocks the innkeepers as they admonish her from going there as the Silver Ring Witch lives there. Hearing this astonishes Cayna and she quickly retreats back into her room. Although disheartened by her reputation, Cayna realizes that if her dark history made it 200 years into the future then there must be other players there too.

During the night, two thieves break into Cayna's room and try to steal from her, but due to Key being alerted by their presence; it summons a lightning lion to chase them away into the night. The following morning, Cayna spots the Silver Tower in the distance and lies to Marelle that she's going to pick medicinal herbs and not go to the tower. As a present for her trip there, Lytt gives her a pouch of water. Out of sight from any onlookers, Cayna puts on her tower ring and then teleports to the Silver Tower. At the top of the tower, the guardian golem reprimands her for leaving it there for 200 years and then informs her about what has happened in her absence. As it so happens, 60 years ago Skargo her eldest son visited the place in hopes to find her. Cayna then recalls that she created Skargo and his younger siblings through the foster system in the game. From there, Cayna opens up her tower's storage place and goes to withdraw some items while learning from the golem that Skargo tried to warn her of the merging of the seven kingdoms 60 years ago. Before she leaves, Cayna restores the MP to her tower's golem and it requests that she check on the other towers as well. On her way back to the village, a horned bear attacks a man called Lottor and Cayna rescues him from the monster. The village celebrates by roasting the monster and Cayna becomes drunk on wine and passes out.

## Characters

* Cayna
* Kee
* Lytt
* Marelle
* Luine
* Skargo
* Mai-Mai
* Kartatz
* Lottor

## Adaptation Notes

* Light Novel Volume 1
	+ Prologue
	+ Chapter 1. An Inn, a Tower, a Bear, and a Banquet

## Trivia

* Cayna went to sleep **200** years ago at the inn, yet Lytt is waking her up like she'd only been there *overnight*. Clearly the time in that place is wibbly-wobbly timey wimey.
	+ It's possible Lieadale altered itself to accommodate Cayna's appearance; making everyone think nothing was wrong.
* The number of kingdoms is still an odd number, even after downsizing to prevent war.
* Everyone fears Cayna's Tower, despite the fact that it's very harmless compared to a lot of other Skill Master towers; its just an endurance test by climbing stairs.