Chapter 4: Refuge in the city of Aliman
When Atheni gave a few orders in a solemn and decisive manner, she and the others left the dining room, leaving Carlo alone. However, Carlo knew the seriousness of the matter related to the Curse Mountain, and even vaguely realized that this matter had something to do with him, so he didn't care about the fact that he was being ignored, and silently took his breakfast, and while eating, he returned to his room, took his only backpack, and prepared to leave.
And Ashini, after arranging everyone's tasks, immediately returned to the study, and wrote four letters with a pen, the first letter was addressed to the royal capital, after all, the relocation of the entire town, if not reported, is likely to be caught, no matter how reasonable this matter is, it can be used as an excuse to attack, this is the world of nobles. The second letter was addressed to the church, and the black urgency was attached to the letter, and it was necessary to inform the church of the matter of the undead and the curse of the gods, so that the church could explain, which was also for the sake of the nobility. The last two letters are his personal letters, one is to his father, who has not been in contact for many years, even if they were separated because of the incident back then, but now his life is at stake, and he must be arraigned. The last letter was addressed to his uncle, Dan Neil Hutcherson, who was the brother of his mother, who had opposed his sister's marriage, and who was dissatisfied with Jeffstar Che after his sister's death, which was one of the reasons why he was forced to give up his title and garrison the frontier. However, he has always cared for and loved his sister's daughter Ahini, especially when he has never been married and has no children, and he regards her as his own.
But most importantly, this Monsieur Daniel was also a marquis, and had a territory of his own near the royal capital, and Arsini felt that it would be relatively safe there, and she was ready to flee there and turn to her uncle for help, although the road was farther away, but because of the black urgency, she had reason to believe that this time the disaster would not simply subside, and her hunch was correct. As for the inhabitants of her own realm, once they leave her territory, they are not under her control, but are to be temporarily admitted by the neighbouring towns, according to the customary law, and finally by the cabinet to decide whether they will stay or not.
After writing these four short but important letters, Arsini immediately sent someone to send them out, and then prepared to find her mount and leave the place with her servants as quickly as possible. And then she remembered Carlo, and immediately called the maid Anna to ask.
"Miss, I went to look for it just now, and the boy is gone. ”
"Gone?" Arsini frowned, "Forget it, leave him alone, go see if everyone is there, we're ready to go." ”
When the crowd gathered at the castle gates, Atheni met Carlo, who had been waiting for some time. He wanted to leave here, but after hesitating about the undead outburst and the possibility of encountering a large number of displaced people and uncertain chaos on the way, he decided to stay. Of course, if Ashini and the others didn't plan to take him with them, then he would have to go by himself.
"So you were here, I thought you were gone. Ashini came over, and by this time Lu Li'an had also returned, and both of them had changed into a suit of leather, which smelled bad after a long time, but it was waterproof and wear-resistant, and it was a good choice when traveling for a long time.
"Because no one told me what to do, I just waited here. Carlo didn't tell Ashini that before she showed up, the maid Anna, the same person who had brought Carlo the meal last night, had told him to leave again.
"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's go. Renault, you still come with me, ride my mount and go. After saying that, without waiting for his consent, he picked him up with one hand, threw him on the lizard's back, and began a journey that lasted for more than a month. The journey went smoothly, as Arsini proved that the men were not embarrassed by the soldiers along the way, and Carlo was glad that he had decided to stay, and if he had left with the townspeople, he would have been left behind in the next town.
However, the continuous rush also made everyone tired, and they didn't even have the strength to speak, especially the two of Ashini and Lu Li'an had to take turns to be on guard when everyone was resting, even if they were both excellent young warriors, they were exhausted. So along the way, no one communicated with Carlo, he was just a silent companion, just close to Aherini every day, which made him very unconscious, especially when everyone had no chance to take a bath along the way, not to mention that his own smell must have been smelled by the girl lord, and the girl's body fragrance was mixed with the smell of sweat, as well as the smell of leather that had not been replaced, which made Carlo have an indescribable feeling, the idea of wanting to keep a distance from Ashini, but wanting to be closer, made him feel very strange, he always felt that the smell was pungent and fascinated him。
More than a month later, when Ashini told everyone that her destination had arrived, Carlo finally felt relieved, his tense nerves could finally relax, but at the same time he felt a little reluctant to feel this way now.
Dan Neil S. The city where the Marquis of Hutcherson is located is called Ahriman, and the name has the meaning of welcome, but the soldiers at the gate of the city did not welcome them at all, unceremoniously, and even rudely asked where they came from, especially when they saw the two sisters who were wearing leather clothes and looked very good, many soldiers stared at them like wolves, if it weren't for the two of them, their faces were full of wind and sand, maybe these soldiers would be able to swallow them, but fortunately, their guard captain was still a man with vision, and when he saw Atheini's mount, he became cautious, stopped his rudeness, and stepped forward to ask: "This young lady, the royal capital has recently ordered that all people who come and go to the east of the royal capital must be inquired, please understand, I don't know if you have any documents with you. ”
In normal times, Ashini would never let go of those guys who don't have long eyes, but now she is really physically and mentally exhausted, and she just wants to see Daniel soon, so there is nothing to do, and these guys are lucky, otherwise a whip is indispensable.
I saw Ashini beckoning to Lu Di'an behind her, and Lu Li'an handed over the document wrapped in oil paper in her arms to the captain of the guard, and after reading it, the captain of the guard was shocked, and hurriedly saluted: "Miss Ashini, it turns out that you have arrived, Lord Marquis thought that you will take two months to arrive, you have a hard journey, forgive me for my faux pas, please let me lead the way for you, to apologize." ”
And the faces of the soldiers who had just teased them with their eyes immediately turned green, they had already received the news that the marquis's niece was coming, but they didn't expect that it would take them more than a month to arrive, and what was even more unexpected was that the marquis's niece was not dressed in a fancy dress and sitting in a carriage, but wearing leather, riding a lizard, and even appeared in front of them with a teenager.
When Atheni and the others walked through the city gate, those people were still trembling, but a few people who were more regular began to whisper about who the young man who was attached to Atheni was, and because Carlo was thin and looked younger than his actual age, these people speculated whether he would be Athenie's little lover.