Solution

On the left path, leave all of the fences intact.

Description

In a show of appreciation for his companion's bravery, the merchant plucked the sun-kissed fruit from a nearby tree and offered it to his bodyguard.

The apples and grapes I sampled during our journey tasted much like the ones in Old Sharlayan, albeit with a slightly different texture. That is to be expected, of course, since most of those fruits are grown in Labyrinthos.

That climate of that grand repository is actually a recreation of the environment of southern Ilsabard, namely Corvos. Such conditions are ideal for both flora and fauna to thrive, and thus much of the fruit cultivated there derives from varieties originating in Corvos. However, in the intervening years since the illuminated manuscript was written, the fruits have undergone countless generations of selective breeding. This likely explains the familiar yet subtly different flavor.

One could say that what I ate within the book was something like the original stock of what we eat today. I have heard that crops grown in Corvos have changed drastically since the Garleans conquered the land, meaning such old varieties might even be lost to time. Given that the manuscript makes it possible to examine and even taste such rare specimens, it has a heretofore-unknown value as a historical source. I must share this discovery with an acquaintance of mine who studies agricultural sciences at the Studium.