Book 10: Chapter 32
Our army began our march to the North. The light cavalry unit had set out long ago. They should’ve been half-way there already. If they could get there beforehand, I really hoped that they could seize the place and stall them. If that worked out, we’d be able to catch them in a pincer attack. It was very unlikely to succeed, though, for the light cavalry unit severely lacked weapons.
The weather in the North was truly extremely cold. Our army prepared clothing based off of what the temperature at Socina, but I noticed the soldiers doing their best to wrap themselves up and rush to our destination, nonetheless. They hated being sentries at night the most, because it was seriously too cold.
The scarf around my neck was too thin, but I honestly didn’t want to swap it out. I was better off than my soldiers, though, since Ling Yue, who sat in front of me, liked to place her tail behind her, thereby sitting her fur on my chest, warming it up. At night, I finally got her to let me sleep with her so that I could keep warm with her tail, albeit clinging to her and taking a bunch of slaps as a result of performing night infiltrations on her.
However, I had to have my hands tied up every night – not that I minded. Ling Yue was akin to an infant when she sleeps. She curled her body up and rested her tail on my chest. The fur on her tail would tease me every once in a while. Sleeping with Ling Yue keeping me warm in that position every night was bliss.
We were one day away from the valley. According to Ling Yue’s memory, there was a defence structure there built by the original elves. I didn’t know how formidable the defence structure was, but they should’ve been old at this stage. It had been a long time since they were built, after all.
We set up camp at night. We used a simple ice wall, which quickly came full circle. We were only going to stay there for one night, so we didn’t need to prepare much.
I didn’t think that the Panthers plan to attack us even if they did see us. I surmised that what they were trying to do was rush to the valley through the night. It was pointless to stall us here. That’s what I would’ve done if I was Marvel.
Marvel understood military operations, so I could predict his plans.
We had grilled meat for dinner. I looked at the huge rabbit corpse in front and couldn’t help but recall almost getting killed when I tried to solo a rabbit. I couldn’t help but chuckle when recalling the memory. Ling Yue, who was next to me, looked at the rabbit’s corpse with strong curiosity. Her ears twitched as she went around the rabbit. Maybe she was curious about the rabbit due to her fox instincts.