Chapter 19: Carriage
Vacuse’s life in his previous one was a life filled with caution. As a weak person, he had to rely on everything to keep himself alive, like observing things and making quick calculations and choices.
So when Vacuse saw the Knights earlier, he noticed some things about them and knew things were not that simple.
The first thing he noticed was that all the Knights were a bit harried, as if they wore their clothes at the last moment. Some even had bits of leaves and splinters on them.
They also had mud on their shoes, thick mud that coated them as if they had to move out of the standard road into somewhere a bit muddier.
But what sent Vacuse into high alert was the concealed blood he saw on them, little splashes that were hidden.
Vacuse’s face tightened. "They must not be from Father. They must have killed the original Knights that were sent, but why? Why do they want to hijack this carriage?"
"What’s so important that they have to go to such lengths?"
Vacuse knew the answer was him. Out of all the candidates in the carriage, he was the only one who was a bastard and likely heir of the Vorrakyn.
But he still did not understand.
"Why me specifically? Unless you have already killed Lyra or Drenvar, there is no use since the family Head would just make more children."
"Or do they feel threatened by me and want to cut me off already? What a cruel thing to do!"