45 Perhaps because his life was on the line, the family knight forgot his pride and retreated while shaking his head — only to be saved by the voice of an old …

44 Florian didn’t respond right away but remained silent. Since the barracks where my dad stayed wasn’t far from ours, we arrived at our destination fairly q…

43 It took ten days for the carriage we were riding in to enter the territory directly governed by our main house, under the escort of northern knights. The Br…

42 Thanks to the mansion burning down completely, we had evacuated to a temporary military tent. When Dad walked in through the flap of the tent, he seemed t…