Chapter 6: Rivas Family
6 months later
Located in the northeastern part of the continent, today in one of the territories of the Doria Empire, more precisely in the northwestern part of the empire in the grand duchy of Rivas, the streets were unusually packed with people. Crowds lined both sides of the street from the city entrance to a huge luxury manor at the corner of the city.
Many were cheering and shouting, welcoming the occupants of a luxurious carriage pulled by four horses with horns like goats. The carriage was escorted by hundreds of soldiers in a parade formation, most of them at the viscount stage and some at the earl stage, indicating the significant importance of the person inside.
Almost everyone in the city was talking about the excitement of the day.
"Why is there a parade today? Is there some kind of ceremony." a person asked the person beside him.
"Don't you know? The daughter of the grand duke Rivas is come back after she is missing for almost 12 years!"
"What? One of the 'Five Shields of Doria'? The youngest member in history? Didn't they say she was lost in the Everlasting Silent Forest because of the devils' traps?"
"That's why it's a miracle that she's come back alive."
"Well it looks like something has changed in the Everlasting Silent Forest, because a few months ago some people who had been missing for a long time returned."
"Seriously?"
"No wonder the grand duke is making such a big deal of this celebration."