Alex jumped to the saddle of his horse, making him trot to get near the carriage. From the driver’s seat, Anika was smiling at him, and from the side window, the Princess looked scared.
He went to her and said, “Everything is safe, Miss Ebell. You don’t need to be so scared.”
“I don’t need to be scared? What about all those Monsters? What are they doing there, gathering the dead horses and taking the clothes of the dead? They are going to join us?”
“Miss Ebell, they are Orcs. At least try not to sound so ignorant. The ones that we faced first were Goblins, together with a huge flock of Harpies. Only uneducated people refer to all those different species as Monsters. From now on, as long as they behave, they will travel with us and help protect you. They are not going with us inside a Ci
