87 – The Fallen Horse
“That’s what happened yesterday?”
“That’s right.”
“Why didn’t you wake me up?”
“You don’t remember either…”
As we were driving for a long time after getting out of town in a wagon, she wanted to talk to Stella, so she brought out yesterday’s incident and told me about it.
Since she was a sleepy Stella, she doesn’t seem to remember anything about what happened yesterday.
Well, isn’t my older sister famous for not being able to wake up once she sleeps?
Even if you acted like a child asking me to hold you and pet you, you won’t be able to remember it properly.
“You don’t remember going down to the first floor with me in my arms yesterday, right?”
“I had a dream similar to that…”
“It’s not a dream, it’s a reality.”
Still, it doesn’t seem like he can’t remember at all.
As expected, the saintess is not something anyone can do.
Looking outside, the hot sun is beating down.
The inside of the carriage was kept at around 20 degrees thanks to the air conditioner, but the weather outside seemed to be 33 degrees.
“Fish… Is that okay?”
“I put a preservation magic on it, and it’s a dried fish, so it won’t be possible.”
Remembering that my father-in-law and mother-in-law really like Lim Yeon-soo, I bought it in bulk.
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Perhaps because it is a port city, the price of dried fish was very cheap.
Of course, the low price may also have had an impact.
“My father will really like it.”
“…I hope so.”
“hehehe, don’t worry too much. Father treats you as if he were your own son.”
“What about your mother-in-law?”
“Your mother was happy that she had a cute son instead of a disgusting son?”
It’s dark…
Maybe it’s because I’ve never been loved this much, my heart feels like it’s overflowing.
I think it’s too much to be loved by Stella, but isn’t it that her in-laws also love her immensely?
“I’ll do my best not to be hated.”
“Seobangnim would do well. He’s my husband.”
Stella smiled sweetly, stroked her hair, and held it in her own arms.
I just slammed her face into her chest and acted foolishly.
***
The wagon, which had been running for a while, began to stand slowly.
It was truly a sight to see each carriage slowly pull up in front, and the carriage in the back slowly stopped as well.
Because the wagon is literally pulled by a horse, you need to take a break between sections.
Infusing mana with magical tools and treating with recovery magic, you need to take care of them so that they can drive safely without getting hurt.
“It’s been a while, so shall we camp like this today?”
“Hmm… It’s time for that… But it’s kind of weird.”
Stella jumped off the wagon, saying that it might be something else.
In an instant, her knights surrounded her, and I got out of her wagon to follow her.
“Captain? What’s wrong?”
“It seems that there is a problem with the horses in the front ranks.”
“You mean?”
The horses ate recovery magic, rice, and water yesterday and took a good rest.
There must have been no problems when I checked in the morning, right?
If a horse has a problem, it means that time is delayed.
This is a problem that needs to be resolved quickly because the schedule is distorted as much as the delay.
I passed dozens of wagons and came to the front of the procession. Several knights and priests were doing something around the wagons.
Seeing this, Stella asked the knights for their understanding and moved forward slowly.
“What’s going on?”
“Yeah…Yeha…It’s dangerous, so please don’t get too close.”
Once Stella held her arm in front of her to keep her from moving forward.
Because I’m the only one who can hold Stella’s body here.
She then went to check what was in front of her.
At first, she wondered if there was a monster or something.
But she said that her sad premonition was not wrong. What was there was a horse lying on the ground, probably from exhaustion or disease, lying on the ground, sucking on foam.
She felt a huge headache in her head at the moment, but I’m not going to lie down for now.
I need to calm down…
“Please bring all the knights and priests who can use recovery magic.”
“Yes, Mrs. Ma.”
The captain, who earlier said that she had better not go to Stella, bowed her head and headed back.
She nodded her head appropriately and looked at the horse lying in front of her.
“Huh?”
Stella, who had been holding her hand until just now, trodded towards her horse.
What if her fallen horse had a seizure and got hurt?
“Sister, hold my hand.”
“Seobang… What’s going on with this child?”
Stella still listens to me.
She gets down on her knees and strokes her horse’s head, but with one hand she holds my hand.
“Hmm… If it doesn’t recover, I’ll have no choice but to let it go.”
“I feel so sorry…”
Since Stella is stroking her, she’s breathing hard, but she’s not fussing.
It must have been because it was a trained horse.
Stella stroked his head for a while, not knowing how to leave, as if he was very sorry for the words.
I can’t help it.
Because Stella’s intentions are the most important to me.
“We’ll camp here today and set off tomorrow. All the horse sitters please come to me.”
“Yes, Mrs. Mama, I will follow your orders.”
First of all, let’s spend the day here.
If the recovery wizards and horse handlers take care of it as much as possible, it may end without dying.
“Sister, take care of it until tomorrow…If it doesn’t work tomorrow…”
“I know. Thank you, Mr. Seo.”
“Thank you.”
It hurts my heart to just send the words of my hard work.
I want to give him at least some time to recover.
***
“Haa…But I think I’ve recovered a bit…”
“To run like this…”
In the morning of that day.
I headed to the place where the recovery wizard and the horse caretaker were to check the condition of the horse.
The horse showed signs of improvement due to the recovery magic, but the answer was that it was too much to recover enough to run tomorrow.
If it doesn’t recover by tomorrow, it seems that it has no choice but to leave it or let it go in peace.
“Mother, don’t worry too much.”
“It’s my first time experiencing something like this…”
“I was originally a member of the Knights of the Livestock Farm, where livestock with injured ankles are so terrifying that they are immediately disposed of.”
“Yes? Light wounds…?”
Isn’t it enough to treat a minor ankle injury?
If it is a livestock, it will live in a barn…
“No. No matter how many animals live their entire lives in a barn, there are always fights within the herd.
No matter how much people raise them, there will be competition for food, and injured animals will be pushed out of it and their growth will be slow. If that happens, there may be problems with shipping.”
“Is it isolated and raised?”
Wouldn’t that kind of fights be reduced if the injured children were collected together?
Then the recovery would be quicker…
“First of all, it is difficult to quarantine itself. No matter how large the land is, it is difficult for injured cows to live there.”
“………”
“And the same goes for horses. A good horse on the racetrack may retire and have value as a riding experience or stallion even if it is injured, but an injured racer will only pay for fodder.”
That must be so.
Athletes who compete in racecourses ride horses to make money.
A horse that can’t even run because it’s injured is just a nuisance that costs money for feed.
“The same goes for our knights. It is impossible to harbor a horse wounded on the battlefield.
“As expected…The reality is harsh.”
“Rather, it would be a peaceful death rather than being eaten by monsters or starving to death. We rationalize that.”
A word full of regret.
I think you can see how hard he is struggling.
Maybe everyone is like that.
I know all the words used in the Knights from childhood.
It must be the same children as your own children, how painful that must be.
“Maybe this kid won’t last.”
“Is that so… Stella must be having a hard time.”
“My husband will take care of me. Isn’t that my husband?”
How to calm down…
On the contrary, I’m younger and I want to be comforted.
*
“Perry…What should I do…”
“Bung!”
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Peri is licking my cheek as much as he wants as I lie down and sigh.
Yongyong is sitting on his shoulder and yawning, and Yuri is sleeping on his head.
Because the spirits do not die and live a long, healthy life, you may feel that the life of burning a short moment is far away.
I know very well that doing this to my daughters will not help anything.
“It’s not like there’s no way to come to mind…”
Since it is so great that it can save a person, can it be allowed to use it for words?
In the first place, depending on Stella’s decision, whether to use it or not, but isn’t it on a trip right now?
I don’t know.
First of all, I should take a deep breath today and wake up tomorrow and think about it.