The lessons in perseverance that Irene was continuously handed were weighing heavily on her, but because of her experiences thus far, she managed to hold her head high as they moved on to the next.
Luckily, the village was only a short distance away.
They made it to the inn where Leif and Irene were off of their horses first and headed to the stables. They all offered to walk the horses of the knights to the stables as well, but they were met with words of resistance from all but the Knights of Tenetium.
The Royal Knights and their apprentices remained on their horses to go back into the forest and gather the corpses. On the other hand, Sir Sven and Sir Phillip went into the small inn to say they had arrived. Sir Gunnar decided to branch off even further and took to the town on foot, looking for the village leader. They were likely to be close by since the village was so small.
