Chapter 61 - 60 - Ambushed
The palace messenger, who had been waiting for Lev for a long time, continued to utter curses.
Despite continuing to utter curses, he continued to spur his horse to move the carriage. The palace messenger himself was the person who controlled the carriage, also known as the coachman. The arrival of the palace messenger alone, without any accompanying soldiers or coachmen to help drive the carriage, was probably because Lev’s arrival at the palace was considered insignificant.
Usually, the palace would organize a grand procession when inviting other nobles, but this was not the case with Lev.
The horse-drawn carriage carrying Lev moved north, leaving the capital city of Frostgard and heading towards the Thalvorn mountain range where Eira’Volin Palace was located.
"Hmm?"
Lev tilted his ears slightly to the side when he noticed something interesting.
The horse-drawn carriage Lev was riding was traveling on a very smooth road. Large stones had been cut so that their surfaces were very smooth and neat, and they had been laid out in such a way as to make the road a solid foundation. The road the carriage was traveling on was a special road for members of the royal family to go to the palace.
Both sides of the road were lined with lush trees, but they were very neat, with no weeds daring to grow, as if the area on both sides of the road was being tended by a gardener.
Maple and beech trees dominated both sides of the road.
If Lev did not detect the presence of suspicious people, he would calmly enjoy the beauty of the trees around him while feeling the fresh breeze blowing.
Although he couldn’t see the colors that adorned the maple and beech trees, he could imagine in his mind that the small leaves that were beginning to appear on the trees around him were light green to golden yellow.
There were some tree branches that were still bare and covered with snow because it was the beginning of a new season.