Chapter 30 Disobedience to the King (2) (1/2)
Chapter 30 – Disobedience to the King (2)
“Now, keep up your spirits, and let’s eat”
The knight assigned to food duty began to evenly cut the chunks of cheese and distribute the simple meal of cheese, cold meat and bread They ate the stale brown bread washed doith the wine handed out by Riftan Soon they all drifted off to sleep
Maybe it was from sheer exhaustion, but Max was too restless to sleep Tomorrow they would move to a new hoht about her fate, and her thoughts wandered in unexpected directions She was so frightened a few days ago, but now she felt a glimmer of hope somewhere in the corner of her heart
Maybe you can start a new life in this new place But she forced herself to suppress any expectations She was terrified of being disappointed again
Not only had she survived the crisis of divorce, but she had also escaped her father’s abuse Her husband, who seemed like a terrible person at first, now didn’t seem to be so cold No, he is a kind person and she saw s every day She knew that the Goddess of luck didn’t smile often
Max pulled the blanket up to her neck and vowed to keep her mind open no matter what happened
They reached the foothills the next day by midday As they entered the valley, Max noticed a suards were sent out hurriedly to greet theuidance, they were able to enter the and sit down to eat
After eating their first hot ot on their horses to continue the journey Max got out of the wagon and rode with Riftan, since they had to travel as fast as possible before sunset She had never been on a horse before because she had always been too nervous As she held her saddle tightly with a stooped posture, Riftan held her firainst his chest
“We’re taking a shortcut, so it’ll be a rough ride Lean against hts stayed in a close group with Riftan as they rode over the unfa road
“Leader! There are five olves ahead!
As the leading knight shouted, the knights all pulled out their swords in unison Out of fear, Max grabbed the horse’s mane Riftan shouted and wanted to head towards the battlefield but kneas encumbered with Max and decided to stay put
“Don’t let theround!”