Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

However, there were so many people who wanted Rafael's attention. Whenever something happened, they would seek him out, leaving him with little time alone with Carissa.

Even the nights were no better, because Carissa was sharing a room with Violet while he was stuck with Dylan. Rafael had grown weary of it. Dylan's snoring was impossible to muffle. In the middle of the night, Rafael would kick his bed. However, Dylan would only turn

over and continue snoring loudly.

Rafael was eager to return to the capital as soon as possible.

When the group was approaching Eastridge, they saw a carriage on the main road. It was overturned, and blocking most of the path.

While riders could pass, Lawrence's carriage couldn't get through.

Dylan rode forward and saw two people trying to lift the overturned carriage. The horse lay nearby, seemingly having suffered from heatstroke.

The woman wore a hood that covered her face, so it was hard to see what she looked like. She was dressed in a pink dress and had an extremely narrow waist. It looked like she had fallen from the carriage, and her clothes were dirty from mud. Although she seemed a bit messy, she was more pitiful than anything else. Dylan approached and asked, "What's the matter?"

A tall man replied, "Sorry for obstructing the road. The horse suffered from heatstroke and fainted, causing the carriage to overturn."

battlefield, he was particularly considerate of horses. He reached out and checked-both

horses are dead," Dylan

sighed. "We're in a rush to get

as he was leading the way with one remaining horse, while

and why are you going to the

extreme heat and the urgency to return, we pushed the horses too hard." He wiped his sweat and added, "Do you have any water?

speak. Having worked as scouts for so long, they were

the young lady

face, her clothing, shoes, and jewelry suggested she was either wealthy or noble. Given such a background, i was unlikely she would travel with only a maid, a guard, and a driver for a trip from the capital to Lanshire, and choose such a scorching day to return to the capital at that. And to have both

see how it would unfold. Hearing the man ask for water, Violet took a leather water bag and

but the young lady quickly intervened, pushing the maid behind her. She took the water

Violet. "Thank

I am

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behind her, waiting for the young lady to finish drinking and return the