Chapter 222: Forbidden From Leaving
"No further than that!" Rochelle shouted as she hopped out of the carriage and into the soft, untouched snow.
The woman completely disregarded the fact that she wasn’t wearing clothing made for running through the snow. She held her skirts and sprinted forward as fast as her untrained body could take her.
Her legs were going to be soaked, but she was paying them no mind.
That morning, she followed her husband to the edge of their lands, forcing the driver who held the reins to stay at a distance so he wouldn’t see them right away.
However, an adept knight like Sir Arthur wasn’t so mindless or unaware of his surroundings to not notice a carriage slowly going in the same direction as him. After all, it was the very carriage he had built for his wife when they found that she was pregnant with their first child.
The very child who was facing war while he was living a comfortable existence as a spoiled lord who had little care other than what he could see from his home. He felt useless. Positively useless.
Yet each letter he received from the front lines was full of pleas for him to stay back and protect his region of the duchy. He was right where he needed to be. Since they received help from the Knights of Hydrogia and Royal Knights, his presence wasn’t needed.
What Arthur didn’t know was that a separate letter had been sent to Lady Rochelle telling her of her husband’s responses, threatening to leave if he sensed even the slightest bit of danger. She needed to keep her eyes on the man. They had everything taken care of. He would be most helpful slashing down the stray goblins or wolves that dared to venture north in search of a place away from the battlefield.
Arthur had his own eyes on the front lines. There were knights who served him like some sort of commander, despite them still being very much part of the Knights of Chemois.