73 Witch Doctor (1/2)
”MY LADY, please stay here,” Damian said to Tilly in a whisper. ”I'll check what's happening outside.”
Tilly nodded and whispered back to the knight. ”Be careful, Damian.”
The young knight nodded, then he went out of the carriage.
[I hope it's nothing serious.]
To be honest, she was really curious of what was happening outside. But for the sake of her baby, she stayed inside the carriage obediently.
Now she regretted letting her cravings take over.
She really thought that it would be safe to go outside because it was only afternoon, and the sun was still bright. Plus, Komono was a crowded area. She didn't expect that they would be ambushed in a place like that.
As far as she remembered, they were in the main road. Plus, she wasn't using the carriage with Kiho's Black Serpent crest. Unless they were stalked from the start, there was no way the enemies would know that she was inside that carriage?
[And who would be bold enough to attack people in broad daylight in the middle of a busy road?]
Tilly gasped when the door on her side suddenly opened. She was about to prepare herself for attack when she saw a woman with burgundy short and messy hair. The woman was also wearing a dirty brown cloak. Despite her rugged appearance, the woman had a beautiful face.
[Her pink eyes are so pretty.]
Wait, what?
In her past life, she only met one person with pink eyes.
”Oi, I'm hungry,” the woman with pink eyes told her in a rough tone. ”Do you have food in there? Even water will do.”
God, it was really her.
[Luna, the witch doctor.]
”Oi, oi, oi,” Luna said in a panic while looking at her with widened eyes. ”I haven't done anything to you. Why are you crying?”
Tilly could only cry harder.
Meeting the ”witch doctor” again reminded her of one of the terrible crimes that she had committed in her past life.
[Oh, god…]
She got out of the carriage to properly face Luna.
Once outside, she realized what was happening around. There were knights in front of the carriage. Based on their red uniforms, they must be from the Red Phoenix squad. The knights were arresting men dressed like rebels.
Spectators– composed of lower nobles and commoners mostly– surrounded the scene while whispering to themselves.
[Ah, so that's why the carriage suddenly stopped.]
She was relieved to know that she wasn't specifically ambushed.
”My lady!”
Tilly's attention diverted to Damian who came running to her side. ”Damian, where did you go?”
”The vice-captain of the Red Phoenix Knights recognized me. He explained to me that it's not safe to stroll around Komono now because some rebels terrorized the area a while ago,” Damian explained. Then, when he noticed Luna, he suddenly stood protectively in front of her. ”Who are you?”
Luna waved her hand casually. ”Don't mind me. I'm just a hungry traveler.” The witch tilted her head to look at Tilly. ”Oi, do you know me? You're looking at me we've already met before.”
”Watch your language, Miss,” Damian warned the woman. ”Don't talk to the lady that way.”
”Eh?” the witch doctor complained. ”No wonder she looks so frail.”
Damian was about to retort but Tilly held his shoulder to stop him. He turned to her and bowed before he stepped aside for her.
”Miss, I don't have food or water with me right now but I'm on my way to eat,” Tilly told Luna, pretending that she didn't know her. ”Would you like to join me for some snacks?”
”Oi, you're interesting,” Luna said with a smirk. ”Why do I feel like you owe me big time?”
She could only smile sadly at the witch's light ”accusation.”
Luna wasn't wrong though.
After all, Tilly ordered the death of the witch in her first life.
[And that's because in the past, I found out that Luna had the ability to fix Princess Nia's infertility.]
***
”CAPTAIN Kiho, may I know where you're heading next?”
Kiho was starting to get uncomfortable with Captain Sherwood's sudden clinginess. But he didn't want him to think that he was hiding something from him.
Right now, they were still at Captain Ainsworth's office. The captain of the Golden Tiger Knights left for a while to ask his men to send a report to the palace. Captain Denver also excused himself when he received a call from his vice-captain.
And so, he was left with Captain Sherwood.
”Let me check for a minute,” Kiho said. Then, he pulled out the small notebook from the inside pocket of his jacket. He jotted down Tilly's errands for him so he wouldn't miss a thing. ”Now that I'm done with the Fire Wielder Guild's foundation, I'll be heading to Children's Haven next.”
'Children's Haven' was an orphanage for kids who were orphaned because of Crades.
”Oh, isn't that in Komodo?” Captain Sherwood asked. ”May I come with you?”
”Why?” he asked curiously. ”Don't you have work for today?”
He grinned like a child. ”Accompanying you seems more fun.”
For some reason, that gave him goosebumps. [Why is Captain Sherwood acting this way? Does he want to get close to me to spy on me and Tilly?]
”Captain Kiho, I received a report from my vice-captain,” Captain Denver said when he entered the office. ”Rebels attacked Komodo as well a while ago. According to my men, Lady Prescott was in the area when the attack happened.”
Kiho gasped and immediately stood up. ”Is Tilly hurt? Where is she?”
”Lady Prescott wasn't hurt,” Captain Denver assured him. ”She's with her personal knight and a woman that my men aren't familiar with.”
His forehead knotted in confusion. Tilly said that she didn't have plans for today. So who was it that his wife met up with? ”Thank you for informing me, Captain Denver.” He turned to Captain Sherwood. ”I apologize, Captain Sherwood. I have to go to my wife first.”
”I understand, Captain Kiho. Don't mind me,” Captain Sherwood said with a smile. ”Be careful. And I mean it.”
Okay, that was creepy.
It seemed that Captain Sherwood was genuinely concerned about him. But that was very suspicious. The captain never showed him this much interest before.