Chapter 33: First Camp
"You scream like a girl!" Felix shouted as he ran forward to see what the commotion was about.
Leif who had arrived shortly before had a kinder approach as he offered his hand and helped Irene onto her feet.
"Thank you," she quietly said to the younger apprentice, but she turned to Felix and glared at him. "Who wouldn't scream seeing a dead body like that?"
The knights were quick to the apprentice as well and they both were observing the half decomposed body. It was mostly skeleton but there was still quite a bit of meat left on it. Particularly where it was stuck in the tree by a lance was still fleshy and enough to hold it onto the branch.
"Seems like a regular person based on whats left of their clothes," Sir Phillip observed. "Not a sheath in sight either."
"I wonder if there's a missing person in the township," Sir Gunnar agreed. "Perhaps it's one final report we ought to give to the reeve before we leave."
"Wouldn't hurt, Sir Gunnar," Phillip answered. "Lead the way."
Irene brushed herself off as she walked forward and looked at what the knights were doing now. Perhaps it would be something she would have to do one day. It was best to gain as much information as she possibly could.
To her horror, Sir Gunnar held the body while Sir Phillip pulled the lance from the tree branch, and the person was lowered to the ground. When the body was next to the tree trunk, the older knight began to search the person's clothing for something else.