Chapter 357 - A Cabin In The Woods (2/2)
They rode the wagon for one hour before they arrived at the cabin Mrs Adler spoke about It was a small wooden cabin in a really pitiful condition
The walls were filled with holes and it was n the brink of collapsing Emmelyn orried that the roof would cruon?" she suggested after seeing the condition of the cabin
No, she refused to die in her sleep under the cabin rubbles if it suddenly collapsed Not after what she had to do to stay alive No, thank you
Mrs Adler looked sad when she saw the cabin She sighed "It was quite okay when I last saw it Perhaps, the storot down froon and went inside to check She ca face
"All the cooking equipment and some blankets are still there We can use the for Emmelyn's response, the old witch went back inside and took out soround and then covered thehness, you can rest there I will go in toout soive us warot down fros and covered her body with one of the blankets It felt warh they were only an old blanket and rag, Emmelyn felt happy It was much better than the bed and nice blanket in the Grey Tower No amount of money or luxury could ever match the sweet taste of freedo after with some firewood, a flint, and two pots One of the pots already had water in it She used the flint to light a fire and made a makeshi+ft stove
With a branch she found nearby, Mrs Adler created a s the pot and cook the water in it
Froon, Mrs Adler took out some mushrooether and added salt Soon, the smell of simple but delicious soup had wafted in the air
Soon, E in three days, but the plain loaf of bread earlier, started to feel hungry again She alined the taste of the soup
Mrs Adler went inside the cabin again and came out with tooden bowls and scooped the soup to fill the boith a wooden spoon
"Your Highness, you ood to nourish back your energy," she said when she offered the bowl to Emmelyn
The princess licked her lips and accepted it, feeling grateful She blew air into the hot soup several tiht it arh, she voraciously drank the soup
It tasted so, so good
They ate without saying anything At that moment, no words needed It still felt surreal that only hours ago, Emmelyn was buried alive
She now surely saw life with a co life, she had suffered so
Eiven birth to a child and now had to be separated from her, framed for murder, separated from her husband, had to flee for her life, and now she must find the wizard family who had unfairly cursed her for reasons that she didn't even know about
Life was full of misfortunes and it was not fair
It was the bitter truth that she had learned from her ordeal Her easy life back in the Wintermere palace now felt like a distant dream