Elian looked away from the window that had just been urgently shut and took a deep breath.

“I wonder if they fear us because we’re strangers.”

“Armed strangers, you mean,” Arkel pointed out.

“How long till we reach Melkar?” Lamar asked Mahel who was, once more, with his nose stuck to one of his maps.

“I’d say two, three days at most,” the young Knight replied.

“Finally. Can’t wait to reach the Ice Mountains and be done with all of this!” Elian sighed even though, deep inside, he knew better. Things would hardly go as smoothly as they all hoped for.

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