Chapter 132: On The Road Again
The next day, Kir awoke to aches and pains in places he didn’t know could feel sore.
Stella was sleeping on top of Amarena, so Kir took the chance to get up and slip away.
Stella had provided cleanup for all the exertions of yesterday, but Kir wanted a bath anyway, and he vaguely recalled there was a stream near the town on the north side.
He found the stream readily enough, but the part that was deep enough for him to bathe properly was unfortunately close to the bridge. Even so, he stripped and waded into the clear waters, shivering a bit from the cold and holding mostly still as his body acclimated.
Using his uniform pants - which cleaned themselves - he started to scrub all over, taking off the dead skin and other things that Stella’s magical cleaning had missed.
He was starting to feel more clean than not when he heard the sound of marching.
There was a bend in the road, and so by the time he heard the marching, the soldiers were practically on top of them.
Thinking quickly, Kir ducked under the bridge as a company of soldiers began to march across it. As be waited, he pulled his pants on, not wanting to be caught without them if that was about to happen.
He need not have worried.
From behind the soldiers, the sounds of large, padded feet signaled the arrival of someone riding a raptor, and he began shouting.
"Double-time it, soldiers! We’ve got demons to kill! Move! Move!" a bellowing voice shouted.