When the respective ladies received the summon, they were confused. But when they met with the others on the way, knowing they’ve been through similar situations, they had an idea what the summon was about. The women, four of them, held each other for comfort. What would happen now? What’s the reason for the summon? Those bastards did threaten them. If they don’t behave, if they talked to others about it, they would say the reverse of what actually happened. They would be blamed instead of the men.
The guards escorting them somehow reminded them of the knights who molested them. The women huddled together as they walked, one of them already openly crying. The guards were knights, too. Guard duty is rotated among them. Noticing the women’s reaction, they kept their distance and acted poli
