Chapter 6: Heresy
"I said... Do you have too many things, so when will we get to Icefield City?" Rafa said to Felicille, who was motionless with a book in his hand and wrapped in his jacket.
"Those things are my dowry. Felihill's answer was always succinct and forceful.
"Oh, yes, that's fine. β
Rafa, though he was worried that it would be dangerous for the convoy to go so slowly and spend the night in the wilderness, was relieved when he heard Felihill say that it was a precious dowry, and he calmed down and began to practice the Divine Decision in silence, and the magnificent carriage fell into a strange silence, except for the sound of the book in Felihill's hand turning pages from time to time.
He sat upright from noon until late in the evening, when he felt the carriage stop, and then he opened his eyes, only to find that Felihir was still reading, and his position had not changed, and he was almost in a match for his meditation practice.
"Don't look so long, beware of myopia. β
Picking up the silver leaf bookmark on the table and placing it in the middle of the book, Rafa closed the book in her hand and placed it on the table.
Although the two of them could only share a room in order not to gossip, they agreed that they would not interfere with any of the other's actions, which was clearly upset to Felihill's frustration.
Philicille frowned slightly and looked up, "Myopia?"
"Uh..." he just remembered the word that Ding Yifan often mentioned in his memory, and said it casually, but he didn't expect that this world didn't have this concept, "It's just... It's that when the eyes are tired, they can only see very close places, and they can see far places very blurry. β
"That's myopia, sorry, I'm not nearsighted. β
"How do you know it won't?"
"No comment. β
Before Rafa could say something, the butler Syphus had already come to the carriage, "Your Highness, Madam, dinner has been prepared, please dine." β
Felihill reopened the book on the table and flipped to the bookmarked page, "I'm eating in the car." β
Rafa didn't want to curl up in the car, so he pulled the curtain and jumped off.
At this time, it was already evening, and the convoy of convoys on the mountain road was camped on the spot, and the successive fires were like a winding fire dragon.
After the maid had selected some delicate cakes and juices for Felihill, Rafa began to devour them and devoured everything that had been prepared for the two of them.
After that, he broke away from the group with Audrey and climbed up the hill to the top of the hill, where the long line could be seen.
"If we were to be attacked in such a narrow place, we would have suffered a lot of losses. Looking at the most luxurious carriage on the mountain road, Rafa gave a hache.
"Your Highness has been thinking too much, no one dares to attack the team flying the banner of the Flame Dragon. "Audrey is still very convinced of the prestige of the royal family.
"Who knows? You see we have so much treasure with us, maybe some people want to take risks and make some profit. β
"If anyone really has such guts, it must be heresy. Audrey bowed slightly.
"Heretic, you mean a magician with power beyond the ordinary?"
"Magicians, no! they're a bunch of demons corrupted by the devil!" Audair raised her voice slightly.
"Audreyβ" Rafa knew that her parents had been killed by the magician's flames, so she was thrilled at the mention of heresy, "Alright, they're almost done feeding the horses, let's go back." β
"Yes. β
Rafa is very interested in magicians, but he also has to be cautious about what he says, because the world is very hostile to "heretics", and anyone who gets involved with them will be attacked by everyone.
Their power is considered to be the embodiment of the devil, the dirtiest and ugliest thing in the world, and even large families who want to have great power will never consider anything to do with heresy.
When he returned to the carriage bored, Felihill was reading a book by the dim candlelight.
He didn't bother her, and after a little washing, he went into a state of concentration again.
It seemed that the night was very unpeaceful, and in the early hours of the morning, the cold wind gradually picked up, blowing around the carriage, but fortunately the horses were specially prepared hardy long-haired horses, so the horses were quite stable.
In the cold of the night, Felihill kept the candle lit, as if she were not ready to sleep, and after a long time, it was not until a gust of wind came in through the crack and blew out her candle that she raised her head slightly.
Rafa opened his eyes suddenly, opened the curtain of the window and took a look at the dark forest, then silently drew the sword beside him, and then gently laid it flat on his knee.
Felihill was also slightly surprised by his actions, and her eyes were fixed on him, as if trying to find something in him.
"Whoosh!"
An indiscernible cold light shone through the curtain of the carriage, with a faint sound of breaking the air.
Rafa quickly raised his hand and grabbed the arrow in his hand, which was only inches away from Felisill's face.
Felihill looked at him with even more curiosity.
"A rough arrow, it seems to be either a killer or a robber. β
He put the arrow in front of his eyes and looked at it, and then jumped out of the carriage with his sword, ignoring the huge wound in his palm that had been cut by the arrow.
"Stay inside and don't come out. After jumping out, he didn't forget to stick his head in and tell Felihill.
At this time, there were already many people outside, and the knights silently carried the knight's sword and carefully guarded, and it could be seen that this was a well-trained army, and it seemed that Rafa's emperor father had not completely abandoned him.
"Your Highness, what are you doing down?" Seeing Rafa jump out of the carriage, Audrey immediately became anxious.
Rafa looked around, and with his ability to see in the night, he didn't find any suspicious traces, "Don't forget that I'm no worse than you now." β
"I think you'd better go back. β
"Alright, alright, go back. β
Unable to resist Audele, he could only climb back into the carriage, and he estimated that even if he was on guard for a night, there should be no more results.
As he boarded the carriage, he glanced at the cold wind-hunting sky, and in his vision as if it were day, a strange black dot caught his attention.
"Your Highness, you are ......"
"Ao Dai, look at the heavens. β
Audair was about to reproach Rafa for being abrasive, but he interrupted her and looked into the sky.
"It's a heresy!
Perhaps she was too obsessed with the death of her parents, but Audrey only glanced at it and immediately recognized it.
Hearing Audele's shout, everyone present looked towards the sky.
In the cold wind, the slowly fluttering black dots became more and more obvious.
If you look closely, it's clearly a figure!
"It's the devil's minions!"
"Kill her, knights!"
As soon as the word devil was heard, both the maid and the groom all started to scream, and it was evident that the mere hearing of the word "heresy" was enough to make everyone feel a unique fear.
The well-trained knights hurriedly pulled out their iron bows from their chariots, and without waiting for orders, the locust-like arrows flew straight at the figure.
And the slowly fluttering figure didn't seem to expect to be discovered, so she reacted when the whistling arrows flew near her.
"Boom!"
A huge fireball suddenly erupted from the black shadow's body, and the intense light was like the sun in the night, reflecting the panic and fear on the faces of everyone on the ground.
The fireball quickly extinguished, and a scorching air stream rushed in from afar, and everyone felt the extraordinary power.
"This is the power that only the devil can have!"
The arrows fired by the knights melted away in the fireball, turning into streams of molten iron dripping from the sky, and the figure disappeared the moment the fireball burst out.
The nervous people couldn't sleep anymore at the moment, but Rafa knew that the man would never come again for the time being, and if that person really wanted to kill him, he would never be able to stop him, so in this case, it was better to go back to sleep.
In order to ensure the smooth journey of tomorrow, he forcibly ordered only a small number of people to be left on guard, and the rest of them all went back to rest.
After tossing and turning for a while, he dragged back to the carriage exhausted, only to find Felihill pulling back the curtains and staring into the darkness where the figure had vanished.
"Are you afraid of heresy?" asked Felihill, who had lowered the curtain before Rafa could speak.
Rafa took the sword out of its scabbard and lay down on the soft velvet blanket, "Don't be afraid. β
"Why?" Philicill's eyes widened in the darkness.
"Not afraid is not afraid, there is no why. Rafa snorted Hache.
"They are the devil's minions, aren't you afraid of the devil?"
"There are no devils in this world, nothing to be afraid of, huh? You won't be scared, will you? Don't worry, I'm here. He wrapped himself in a quilt.
Felihill stared at him for a long moment, then suddenly asked, "Doesn't your hand hurt?"
"It's just a small injury, just get some sleep. Rafa kept his injured palm hanging out of the quilt, because of the presence of the gods, the bleeding from the wound had long stopped, and from time to time there was a tingling sensation on it, indicating that the wound was healing.
"I didn't expect that the delicate prince would also have a knightly tenacity. Felihill picked out a glass bottle from the dark compartment and pinched his wrist, "Don't move. β
"Hiss~"
When the fragrant potion dripped into his wound, a piercing pain suddenly made him grin in pain.
"Alright. After taking out a silk scarf and carefully wrapping the wound, Feliscil re-lit the candle and opened the book.
"Thank you. Rafa rolled over and fell asleep not long after.
The night was as peaceful as he had expected, and the heretic mage who had appeared the night before seemed to have vanished, and has not been seen since.
The next day, when the huge convoy was ready to move slowly, Rafa picked a white horse and began to bounce between the whole procession, and Audair could only follow him on horseback.
Most of the servants and knights of the convoy were also able to see their master for the first time, and they couldn't help but sigh that this third prince did not look like a waste as rumored.
Although the convoy was slow, perhaps because of the Flaming Dragon flag, the journey was very smooth.
Finally, after twenty days of trekking, he finally reached his jurisdiction, Icefield City, on the northwest border.