Chapter 1642 To Threefort City

1642 To Threefort City

Ning woke up to some nudging and opened his eyes to see Shara moving him. "What?" he asked in a sleepy voice.

"It's morning. Aren't we leaving?" the girl asked.

"Just 5 more minutes," Ning said and turned to the other side, trying to sleep. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Shara shook him again. "Not 5 minutes. We need to leave," she said.

Ning felt the shaking and woke up a little more, enough to fully remember what was happening. He hated that he had to wake up, but did so anyway.

He opened his eyes and saw a notification in front of him.

<You have made Tima'a Daddy smile again>

<You have received 2 points>

'I see,' Ning thought. The man had made his decision. He had put what his daughter wanted above what he wanted. His daughter had left this world, knowing that his daddy would be happy again, instead of leaving while he was still sad.

It was a difficult decision to make, and it appeared the man had made it.

Nijng went to freshen up and changed into the new clothes he had bought in Whitebridge before leaving yesterday. He went to find the captain but found him asleep leaning against the side of his daughter's old bed, fast asleep.

He saw no reason to wake him up.

Ning's carriage was not the only one. There were 5 carriages in total that left at the same time. Ning's carriage was the fourth one, second from the last.

These carriages were truly afraid of the bandits it seemed as the driver at the front told them that if they were to be attacked by the bandits, they should try to do nothing to endanger the people.

Apparently, there were warriors onboard the other carriages who could help them. He also mentioned that the chances of bandits being in the area were quite low, as they liked to be further and further away from where the duchy could easily send soldiers to fight them.

Ning stayed in the carriage and watched as they drove past some scattered houses, then past large paddy fields, and finally into a sparse forest that was well-used thanks to the tracks he could see left behind.

According to the driver, it would take them at least 8 hours to reach the next city, so there wasn't much for Ning to do. The passengers in the carriage didn't seem to have any Spirits either, so he couldn't do much with his free time.

So, he just rested his head on the soft, cloth wall of the carriage and closed his eyes to catch some sleep.

* * * * * * The guards arrived at the Captain's house a few hours after Ning and Shara left.

"What is it?" the captain asked. "Has the date for her judgment been decided?"

The young guard that had come shook his head. "We are here on a different business," he said. "That young man and woman that were with you yesterday, I came to see them."

"They're not here. They already left," the Captain said.

"Left? For where?" the man asked.

"For Threefort City," the captain answered. "Why do you ask?"

"It... it appears that the young man is a kidnapper, who stole the young girl from Whitebridge yesterday. Someone there saw them getting onto your ship and contacted us. I will have to relay this information to the others now."