Chapter 73: The Tin Knight and The Land of Deep Green (2)
Miraculously, or, as expected, the horses were safe.
Conversely, everything else wasn’t quite so fortunate.
The high-end carriage had sunk to the bottom of the lake in pieces, and the cargo in the compartment had also met its demise.
In truth, from Dorothea’s perspective, these weren’t such significant losses.
The compensation wrested from Franka and the advance payment received from the Halder Company had mostly been spent in Tik-Tok anyway, and the rest were minor items like spare clothes, blankets, and feed for the horses.
The real problem was elsewhere.
“It’s all gone...!”
“Aack,” a lament escaped from Dorothea’s mouth.
It wasn’t a particularly ladylike display, but none in the party could point that out.
Not only the Tin Knight kneeling in the corner with his hands up—guilty of forcibly continuing Adelaide’s training in such a treacherous place, deliberately ignoring Dorothea’s advice—and Sophia—guilty of being useless below the shoulders—but even Adelaide, who alone had avoided being stung, couldn’t say anything.
Dorothea used to carry multipurpose pouches or leather bags attached to her belt, which were full of catalysts she used for magic.