🐙 Planet Aberat, Kingdom of Selya-Mira 🐙

In her daze, Saki hears the sound of a carriage's wheels and men's voices. – Hey, you. Aren't you asleep? You're a border trespasser, aren't you? You just had to stumble right into an imperial ambush – they caught us and this thief. This scent... The scent of the north... The scent of ancient scrolls... However, the smell of imperial soil and the scent of ash from Red Mountain are still more pleasing to the storyteller's heart, and therefore, the unknown men were actually talking about something completely different. Saki didn't hear what they were talking about, but she felt someone's long fingernails gently scratching her skin, now on her stomach, now on her arm, now on her chest. Opening her eyes, Saki could see a girl of outstanding beauty before her, by the standards of the kingdom of Celia-Mira. Surprisingly, this stranger was even dressed, unlike our unfortunate heroine. Moreover, she was dressed extravagantly: not only in a luxurious dress with a plunging neckline, but also in a complex appliqué pattern that was attached to her skin in a sophisticated way, because the ideology of Celia-Mira forbade drawing anything directly on the body. In addition, there were sacks and chests in the carriage, and a knight sat there, wearing only a helmet and trousers. A strange combination, but he definitely knows better. Behind them was a whole string of carriages, and they were accompanied on all sides by riders of the Brown Banner. Leading this procession, heading somewhere down the road into the unknown, was a captain already well known to her. Next to him, on a raven-black steed, rode an unknown figure in a black hooded cloak. Probably, that very necromancer. So, there weren't just four knights, but a whole shock cavalry detachment. Saki felt a strange weakness. As if she had to work very hard in a short period of time. Unfamiliar liquids, with which her body was smeared, and the very dissolute pose in which she lay on the straw, added to the questions. – Oh, hello, – the stranger perked up, noticing Saki's awakening. – Sorry, this is my doing. I was very bored, so I suggested that the knights spend some time with you. At least some entertainment on this tedious journey, – the stranger shone with innocence and a complete lack of regret. I wonder, what is Saki being punished for... perhaps this is divine retribution for heresy? Or is she just incredibly unlucky?