Sapientia

Capter 17's

The horse is speeding. A man with a woman on the horse, soared violently splitting the air. Diana's golden hair that was grazed, fluttered in the wind.

For men who have never rode a horse before, running fast like this is not an easy thing. But, it seems like this horse is already highly trained. Nigel simply directed him to the street and the horse knew what he had to do. Not only that, this brown horse ran very fast. Even when turning, the pace is very stable.

This is so weird. His steps did not slow down even though he had run for more than half a day. For any living creature, rest is much needed. Not with this horse. In fact, they had already passed Whirlwind City and he still continued to run.

A few hours later, they passed the luxurious inn they had stayed at that time.

Nigel tried to pull the reins to stop however, the horse would not stop. He ran and kept running, as if something was chasing him and he did not want to be caught.

"What's up, Nigel," asked Diana. He felt the anger in the young man.

"This horse .., he will not stop. I think it's time for us to rest" replied Nigel.

"You're right. He's been running all day. Does he feel tired?"

"I've tried to stop him. But he refused my direction" said Nigel who appeared resigned.

For Diana, this was absurd. This horse acts like a non-living creature, more like a marionette doll that obeys all manipulator commands.

The sun started to sink however, the galloping of the horse's steps showed no intention to stop. The speed is stable. It's a little dangerous for Nigel and Diana. Riding a horse in the dark is reckless. But, even though Nigel tried to stop him, this horse was still unwilling to stop.

Nigel looked increasingly anxious. The moonlight might shine brightly up there however, its light was unable to penetrate through the cracks of the forest. Nigel pointed at something in front while chanting a spell. "Dur-Haus."  Nigel's index finger glowed, then he jolted into the air and let the light slip from his hand.

A light point floated in the air following the young man. The light point was getting bigger and bigger to the size of the head. And the ball floated by itself in front of them as illumination.

"In this way, we know what we're going through" Nigel said.

After running far enough, the strangeness of this horse is again visible. When passing through the intersection, this horse turns by itself following the direction of the road. Very quaint. What might be this horse is often used to drive so that he memorized which road to go. But even so, from where these horses knew which area they were headed.

Now they arrive in Everton. Without showing it would slow down, the brown horse darted into the city with the same speed.

"Nigel what happened? Stop horse!" diana said, she looked a little scared.

"If I could, I have done it since then" said Nigel.

The swift horse sped up, splitting the night air of the city.

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