Chapter XXXII: Attack

By the time it rained for the first time, we were already on the verge of leaving the Kudan Plains

The earth stretched infinitely under our feet above the great river, and it didn't feel like this, but when I followed the caravan out of the edge of the forest and into the endless wilderness, I realized how huge the whole world was, and I could only see the smooth edge of the horizon, and all I could do was move forward

I was worried that Iron Foot's leg would deteriorate, but I didn't expect it to recover slowly, although the veterinarian came to see it, and said that Iron Foot can no longer gallop as freely as in the past, but there is no big problem with the long distance, it has developed excellent endurance on the battlefield, and now it may just be a walk for it

Every day Kinov would take me to the front of the procession, and there were five or six of our teams, and we would always be at the front of the group, and we would be responsible for finding water sources and camping places, and we would inform the villages or towns we encountered in advance, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings

A man from one of the village came running and stopped us as we passed, and they said that our cattle and horses had chewed their wheat and asked us to compensate for a cart of wheat, otherwise they would go to their lord

Yuri tied them to a tree and called for their chief, who scared Yuri into saying that he was going to find the soldiers of the realm to punish us, so Yuri tied the chief's hands and tied them to his saddle with ropes and rode alone to their lord The lord who had six spearmen and four crossbowmen in his house, hid behind the family's wooden fort, his voice trembled, and begged Yuri to leave

Yuri found it boring, so he took the village chief back and in front of the men, and Yuri drove the cattle into their fields, and when we left, half of the harvest was destroyed

I saw women with their babies weeping in the land, picking up the remaining ears of wheat on the ground, and coaxing their children, whose faces were dusty and childish, and they did not know what had happened

"This is the punishment they deserve"

When Yuri saw me looking at these men in a daze, he said to me that before I could answer him, he rode away with some of the knights beside him

For the migration of the Romanov family, the Frost Castle is worried about the Vikians, so as long as the family leaves quickly, they have never ignored the friction along the way and entered the Kingdom of Vekia, because the Romanov family is from Svadia and is nominally responding to the 'Eastward Order' of the King of Vekia, the kingdom is also a wide open door

In both countries, they are treated as outsiders, and the Romanov family really has a bit of a down-and-out taste

Due to the large number of people, the distance traveled every day is not too far, and my daily work is easy

Follow Kirov on horseback

When I had gotten a little more steady on my horse, I asked Kinov to give me a saddle and he gave me a straw mat, and when I tied this ugly thing to the back of Iron Foot, it was unhappy to spin in circles, but after I fed it two handfuls of oats, it was honest in the past, Iron Foot may have carried the most imposing saddle on its back, but now, it can only chew oats, and look at me with reluctance to dress it like a farm horse

Sometimes I think animals are really smart, such as the iron-footed ones who can find water from a long distance, and my earth dog seems to be able to understand human speech, and once, when Tom came to me again to discuss dog meat, the earth dog stood up the hair on his neck and barked at Tom, Tom raised a kick and kicked the earth dog over, and then pretended to turn around to look for a knife, and the earth dog immediately ran away when he saw that the situation was not good, and it was two days before he came back to me covered in mud

Jack and Hyde ignore Herman because Jack says Herman is a traitor

Herman was dumbfounded, only a few maids who knew his parents would occasionally stuff him with a little food, and then kiss him with tears in his eyes, other than that, it is estimated that no one likes him anymore and he has no horses, so he can only walk slowly with the long line every day, help feed the horses at noon, lay a good horse post at night, and tie the horses well, and he will be fine all day long

Occasionally, I would bring him a little fruit

Kinov would often take me off the road and go to other people's estates to steal apples and a very sour pear, which was shriveled and thin, but the flesh was firm and sweet, but I couldn't stand the pear, and I thought it was almost vinegar to use Tom, when he heard about it, asked me to bring some back to him, because many of the women around him suddenly liked to eat it

I was curious, so I asked him, "Why do they like to eat such unpalatable things?" ”

"You're still," Tom said with a slight smile, "and your women will love to eat sour food in the future."

It wasn't until a year later that I vaguely understood what Tom meant: Amy likes apples, Tom wants sour pears, Herman is good for everything, I meditated in my heart, and then wrapped my back so much that even Kinoff couldn't stand it

In the first few days, the weather was good, and you could see the stars in the sky at night

Goth taught me some stars, and told me how to tell fortunes, and I ran to tell Kaja, who was reading "Aristocratic Etiquette", and said that she didn't want to hear me riding next to her carriage, and one of the knights around laughed sneeringly, and then took out a bouquet of flowers and handed it to Kaja

"For your beauty and gentleness," the knight said in a broken Swadiaan voice

"For your loyalty and bravery," Kaja nodded

I wanted to kick the knight twice, but there was something I couldn't help but laugh at it, for the Swadia words they both spoke in front of me were very unpleasant, dry and unfamiliar, as if the two children were flattering each other

"Kaja," I said to her with bad intentions, but now that she glared at me, I hastened to change my words, "Lady Catherine, your Svadia dialect is so fluent, or if I pick a bouquet of flowers for you every day, we will do the same?" ”

"Who wants your flowers, are you a knight?" She glanced at her mouth

"No, but I can teach you to speak Swadia fluently like this one, and I guess it will be this sentence, 'For your beauty and gentleness'" After saying that, I politely greeted the knight, although the arrogant knight was surprised that I was communicating with Kaja in words he didn't understand, but at this time he also heard me talking about him, so he hurriedly turned around and saluted, "Sure enough, Kaja, he didn't understand haha"

I laughed, and the knight was a little puzzled, and looked at Kaja Kaja with an embarrassed expression, "You are not allowed to insult him, he is a good first"

"Sir," I helped Kaja to get the word out in Swadia

Kaja's face flushed, and she closed the window and disappeared into the carriage

The knight waited for Kaja to come in and asked me, "What did you just say, stinky?" Do you speak Swadiya? ”

"I told Kaja that you are handsome and that I do speak Swadia"

"Oh," he smiled, "I don't understand Swadia, but I'm not stupid, I can tell you didn't say good don't use these witticisms to anger me, you know I know who you are, you can speak Swadia, I guess you're the only one in Romanovburg, your name is Viktor, yes?" I've heard my brother Jack say about you, you'd better be careful."

With that, the knight straightened the reins and rushed past me, and he was clearly trying to push me aside, and Iron Foot was startled by his mount, and hurriedly retreated, and his foot slipped, and he almost hit the carriage, and the knight spun in circles, looked at me contemptuously, laughed twice, and ran slowly towards the end of the group

I can feel that Iron Foot is angry at this time, I let it smell my hands every day, and I pay attention to its temper every day, I know that when it is angry, its eyes will be round, its front hooves will dig the ground, and it may be angry that it is the knight's mount, as if I am very dissatisfied with that knight

"Iron Feet" I patted its neck, "Chase it over"

I slammed the hind legs of Iron Foot with my horsewhip, and Iron Foot almost stood upright, and let out a long howl

I saw Kaja open the window curiously, and I didn't look back at her, but I felt the anger and impulse in my heart burn hot, and I whipped my horsewhip and drove the iron foot forward

Tighten the stirrups, bend down, grasp the reins, and look ahead

The wind blew around me, and the people on both sides quickly retreated for less than ten seconds, and I rushed behind the knight who was looking up at the sky, and he heard the sound of running hooves, and with some surprise he turned back to the butt of his mount, and swung his whip sharply, "Galloping horse"

This must have hurt his mount, and the horse fled swiftly, and the knight showed great horsemanship, and almost instantly he fell to his body, crouched on his horse's back, and grasped the reins with one hand, and caressed the horse's neck with the other, to silence it

I hadn't ridden so fast, I felt like I was about to be jolted down but I wanted to whip a few more whips, I tried to steady myself, and rushed towards him very quickly, I was at his side again, and as soon as I raised the whip, his mount suddenly jumped half a distance to the right like a long eye behind him, and I brushed past him, and the whip was empty, and he left behind me with the horse

At this time, the knights began

I was already swaying from side to side, and was about to fall, and then, a strong hand grabbed me by the neck, lifted me up, and the stirrups made of straw rope could not tie my feet at all, and I was grabbed at once and laid across his horse

The people around me laughed gloatingly, the knight seemed to hesitate for a moment, and rode his horse towards the side of the road, and the world around me was spinning, and I could only hear the cheers of the people getting louder and louder, and vague people everywhere

Then I flew up, I screamed, and the air rushed into my lungs for a few seconds, and with a pop, I fell into a pond and I struggled a few times and struggled to get up, and a few of the sons who were standing by the pond laughed, and the knight looked at me condescendingly on his horse, and went away without saying a word

I found Iron Feet wet and walked back to the sound of laughter

That night, Christopher found me

"I heard you attacked a knight today?" He asked curiously

"And was thrown into a puddle," I added

"Lucky," he said, looking at me, "there are places where the attacked knight can legally kill the attacker, and next time don't do anything stupid."

"But he wanted to say Kaja, but I don't think that reason, because I don't have any right to fight for Kaja, and I can't duel in her name."

"What's wrong with her?"

"No, nothing," I said

He sighed, then laughed, "I heard that you run fast on the grass reins, yes, your riding skills have improved, I'll give you a saddle another day, it's old, but it's strong, you don't have to pick it"

"Thank you," I said sullenly

He looked at me again and again, and rode away

I patted Iron Foot's neck, thanking it for its cooperation in the afternoon, although the final outcome was not good, I trusted the reins and let it do its own

By this time, we had left the Kudan Plains

Suddenly it began to rain, and I ran to the butler, took a sheepskin cloak and put it on my head, and rode my horse to the side of the convoy, and followed the carriage in a drowsy state

At this moment, the window of the car next to me opened, revealing the face of a girl

My heart warmed, and I almost thought it was Kaja, but I immediately reacted that Kaja's carriage was a dozen or so in front of me

"Huh? It's you," said the Messirah