Chapter 10 Along the March
"Go prepare the carriage." Hamilcar said, turning to walk towards the temple. Maximus followed closely behind, and the two of them arrived at the courtyard behind the temple. Two horses and a donkey were tethered there, happily munching on the barley that the gladiators had brought from the school.
The two of them led the horses to the carriage, harnessed them, and connected them to the shafts...
Although the original host had grown up studying with the young master, he had also done this kind of work as a slave, so Maximus quickly got the hang of it. He then harnessed the donkey to the carriage.
Hamilcar, meanwhile, was throwing bags of flour out of the donkey cart.
"What good flour, why throw it all out?" After having a meal of barley porridge, Maximus could not adapt to the food the gladiators used to eat, so he was puzzled to see Hamilcar discarding the good flour.
"We have to make as much space as possible to carry those weapons. We can always loot flour from the farms, but it's not so easy to come by these weapons," Hamilcar answered.
Maximus thought it made sense but felt it was a pity. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Why not give this flour to the temple's priest as our compensation?"
Hamilcar didn't speak, tacitly agreeing.
But when Maximus faced the temple priestess's swollen, resentment-filled eyes, he hastily finished his sentence, turned, and ran.