5 Ch. 5 Go Home (1/2)

In the afternoon, Scarlet said goodbye to the old lady and all the villagers. She started walking across the forest towards her hometown.

After several hours of travel, Scarlet stopped in front of a gate.

She already arrived?

Isn't this the city gate?

Wait a minute!

Yesterday when she ran away, why does it feel longer than just now? Didn't she escape early morning and in the evening she arrived in the village?

Didn't it take at least ten hours journey? Now she had just left this afternoon, but she had arrived only within a few hours?

What happened? Was it possible because she became a knight? That's why her power could bring her home faster? Is that even possible?

No. Maybe it's because she wandered with aimlessly yesterday, whereas now,

Scarlet shook her head, then patted her cheeks with her hands. Later she sighed as she began to doubt her decision.

Did she deserve to return to that house? Not because she had become the Red Knight, but because she was afraid. She was scared that her parents would use this opportunity to throw her away.

What should she do?

”Scarlet!” someone shouted from afar, making Scarlet see who was calling her.

That person immediately ran towards her after making sure that she was the person he was looking for since yesterday.

And strangely, when her eyes meet the person's eyes, her world stopped this instance.

It felt like an unknown weight has been lifted from her shoulders—all worries, all fears, all ambitions that she once had no longer that important.

All of a sudden, the whole world seems like a magical place for her. Her heartbeat fast, her heart was overjoyed, and she had this overwhelming excitement.

Scarlet held her breath as the person hugged her tightly.

”Young miss, thank goodness. I think something happened to you.”

Whooaaaaa!! She found her 'inamorato'!!” Scarlet rejoiced in her heart.

”Do you know how worried the Lord and his wife are during these two days? They couldn't stop worrying about you.”