Chapter 7: Overtaken I

Chapter 7: Overtaken I

The refreshing walk helped clear her mind. She certainly didn’t want to think about what happened earlier any longer. If her mother were still alive, the treatment of the servants might have been worse. But what’s lost is now in the past. There is no need to reminiscence the past because she will keep walking forward even if that means to walk to the unknown future.

Emelia walked side to side on the paved path and hummed softly, not until she heard footsteps running towards her direction. She turned her back to see a knight, pushing himself up with his knees as he catches his breath. He straightened his back as he greeted her and in a rush, he said, "Your Highness, it is not safe in this Empire now. Please leave with the other knights."

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