Chapter 142: (Self Edited) Another Battle (2)

Five days had passed since they started withdrawing.Angie was walking with her feet as heavy as lead with her back straight. The blisters on her feet were crushed, and the wet feeling was disgusting at first, but currently, she was also in a great pain. She was really frustrated.

Still, if she went step by step, there would be hope.

The volunteering chivalric order, led by Epitaph, was at their rear.

The number of people was 1000 at the beginning, but now, there were only a few left. Most of them had been thrown away repeatedly as sacrificial pawns. The people were all slaughtered by enemy cavalry.

However, whether it was fortunate or not, the pursuit for several days had finally stopped. In addition to the supply line reaching its limit, it was probably because the force couldn’t be measured by reconnaissance since it exceeded the range of the big eagle. That was what Angie guessed.

If the fact that they only had 150 troops left, the enemy might have kept pursuing them even though it might sound unreasonable.

However, if that happened, it might have led to a happier outcome to the countries of Isus religion.

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Angie was walking with heavy footsteps.

She was hungry. She felt like the energy was disappearing from the body, and she had become a really dried meat.

Pain was creeping up from her legs, and her body blamed its owner for the harsh conditions. The dazed head treated it as a pain that came on a regular basis.

She couldn’t display the misery. Only that thought stretched her back.

“Angie-sama.” (??)

One of the soldiers called her out.

Recently, the soldiers didn’t make a mistake when addressing her. She probably didn’t think that they were playing around.

“What is it?” (Angelica)

“There’s a report that civilians were caught in front of us.” (??)

“I see. I’ll take a look.” (Angelica)

“Then, please get on the carriage.” (??)

‘Hmm.’

Angie frowned for a moment. She didn’t want to ride in the carriage.

“Angie-sama… please forgive me, but you’ll be looked down on if you’re on foot.” (??)

It was an excuse, and the soldier really wanted her to take care of herself. However, in a sense, it was difficult to refuse it.

To go forward, she had to walk faster than she was now. Rather, she would have to run. With Angie’s feet, that was unreasonable.

“…I understand.” (Angie)

“Is that so!? Well then, I will bring the carriage immediately.” (??)

The Knight was older than Angie, and he should have been about 23 years old. He didn’t seem to be full of energy, but he didn’t seem to be suffering. He, then, ran to call for a carriage.

The way he trained was completely different from Angie, who was barely able to walk with the feet felt as if peeled off. It was Angie herself, who ordered the training, but she didn’t participate in the training. She thought that she had to train her body a bit when she returned home.

As soon as the carriage was brought in, Angie tried to put on air and jumped into the carriage that was still in motion.

“Proceed promptly.” (Angelica)

When instructed, the coachman replied ‘Yes!’, and started moving a bit faster than the rank of troops. There was nothing to do right away.

The carriage was running with a rattling sound. It was so easy to move forward without being tormented by pain.

It was something that she had taken for granted until now, but there was a freshness feeling as if she was witnessing a groundbreaking invention.

The horse was still strong thanks to eating a bit of the winter feed that was left in the village they visited yesterday. As a slender woman without armor and got into the carriage, the horse shouldn’t feel a big burden. It seemed like the horse got used to it easily.

So, it might be alright for her to get on the carriage. The soldiers would probably don’t mind.

When such an idea shook her head, she felt that something that shouldn’t be comforted was comforted, like when she touched a wound that shouldn’t be touched. Angie consciously extinguished the thought, as if to extinguish the fire of a lantern.

“Angie-sama, isn’t that…?” (??)

The Knight who was pulling the reins said. In that direction, one of her subordinates, who had been ahead for reconnaissance, was walking with two Long Ears with rope bound on their hands.

“It seems so.” (Angelica)

When they got close enough and the carriage stopped, Angie got off the carriage.

She saw Long Ears. One was a slightly middle-aged woman, and the other was a young girl that could be called a child.

The two were looking at her with angry faces.

“You… what are you doing on this road?” (Angelica)

When Angie spoke in Shan, the middle-aged woman looked slightly surprised.

“We are evacuating from the country.” (??)

She spoked in a rush, probably due to the excitement that she had finally met a person who could understand their language.

‘Well, obviously.’

Angie thought.

“Somehow… can you overlook–…” (??)

“That child…?” (Angelica)

“She is my daughter.” (??)

‘Are they mother and daughter?’

“Pl-please spare my daughter’s life.Please… please…” (??)

The older woman knelt her knees begging for mercy, putting her tied arms on the ground, and drooped her head. The daughter, who looked like ten years old, stood there in a confused manner, but then…

“Please-!” (??)

…she also bowed down.

“You guys. Do you want to have this woman?” (Angelica)

Angie switched the language to Kuran.

What she heard was these people tend to commit themselves if they were violated. It was fine if that would boost the morale of her army.

The older woman still had a decent face, as for ordinary Shanti, but she still looked like forty. What was more, her origins seemed to be peasant-like, with extra flesh and muscle on her limbs, and the body was excellent.

For Angie, who was eighteen, she couldn’t tell if her men had an uncontrollable urge to the woman.

“…Yes.” (??)

The two Knights looked at each other. She didn’t know what they were thinking, but they seemed to be troubled with the question.

“I don’t need it.” (??)

“Me too.” (??)

“You don’t have to hesitate. I’m listening because it’s a problem I don’t really understand.” (Angelica)

“I don’t know about the men in the unit, but this woman is too much.” (??)

“And the child is still too you… well, yeah…” (??)

Angie’s Knight saw the little girl.

“It’s no good.” (??)

‘It’s no good, huh.’

To begin with, from Angie’s point of view, she thought that such a little girl would be out of the scope. So, it was surprising that the Knights were troubled. For Angie, they scored a point.

“I see.” (??)

When Angie agreed…

“Untie the rope.” (Angelica)

She instructed.

“You may go, but you have to leave the food.We are also lack of food.It’s alright if it makes us less worried.” (Angelica) S~ᴇaʀᴄh the n0vᴇl(ꜰ)ire.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

Angie was relieved that she hadn’t done cruelty to the older woman, who bowed her head while having a slightly grudging eye.

‘Is it because she can remember words and talk? After all, she doesn’t seem like meat in the shape of a person.’

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“Onee-san, your ears are round.” (??)

The girl said, without noticing the current atmosphere. She might be mistaken for the same kind because Angie could speak the same language.

“Aah.” (Angelica)

“You’re the cutest woman that I’ve seen.” (??)

“I see.” (Angelica)

Angie was accustomed to being praised for her beauty. But it was the first time to be told by Shanti that she was cute.

If that was true, she would have flattered the girl in return, but when considering the looting due to the war, she felt something different, so she stopped.

“Go.If you go a bit further, you may be protected by the army that is chasing us.” (Angelica)

“Y-yes…” (??)

The middle-aged woman terrifiedly took valuables from her luggage and tried to cover the girl with the luggage left. Then, they went to the road where Angie came.

“Yuni, follow them, and let me know so they don’t get caught again.” (Angelica)

“…Understood.” (Yuni)

The Knight, who was scouting, nodded and chased the mother and the daughter like a gentleman. However, while Angie and the others were stopping, the main force had caught up, and she could see them across the road.

“Phew.” (Angelica)

Angie sighed briefly as she put her bottom on the footrest of the carriage. In her stagnant thoughts, she thought that she might have done hypocrisy, and then, she stopped thinking for a moment.