After a week, Ren arrived in Zeta in horseback, this was where the second prince from weeks ago, but he didn't go as far as actually cross the border, except the day he rescued the lady
Ren walked through the town, hoping to see a familiar face, but no, the place is lively and cozy, and it smells like home
The smell of fresh bread and the fishs fresh from the sea, the sunlight that shine in the town really gave it a cozy vibe, something Ren could never feel in the capital
He starts to ask questions, asking if they had seen the lady while giving them a self-drawn picture of her
Only one person had answer, a Fisherman, he claimed he had saw her in the hill, just before the so called haunted town
"She's probably crossing the border by now" the fisherman says
Ren nodded, giving him a pouch filled with gold coins as a token of appreciation, "Thank you, sir" Ren says again before going to where his horse was
Climbing on the horseback and leaving to go beyond Zeta, around noon, he arrived in the ruins, it was one of the knight's bases when the war is happening
He walked through rocky roads, his eyes scanning wherever the girl will be, vines had grown so much on the walls it looks even more abandoned, like nature eating the stones up
Then he saw his first clue, a campfire, it was stomped all over now, yet the coal is still a bit warm as well as the wood
He then saw footsteps drawn out by the coal, he followed it, his horse neighing in the process, the trail ended up in a cabin
He called out, "M'lady, I know you're in there, come out please" he sighs
He then hears footsteps, it was her opening the door, her face looks exhausted and her hair messy, "Let me guess, Syrion ordered you to find me?"
He sighs, "No M'lady, I'm bringing you back in the palace"
"That's so much worse." She rolled her eyes
"How did you even manage to reach here in just a week? It could take atleast two weeks going here by foot." He asks
"Oh, I borrowed a horse in the estate's stable" she says, the horse looking at Ren
"Yeah, he kinda gives off a creepy vibe, he always looks at people like that"
"I feel like he just stared through my soul" Ren sighs, the horse still looking at him