During the past few days of travel, Erwin would always initially eat together with Lanyon and the others at mealtimes, then instruct Lanyon to prepare a separate meal, which he would then carry to a certain horse-drawn carriage in person.

Lanyon was rather curious to see this. Who could possibly be in that carriage that warrants food being delivered to them by the deputy commander in person?

He asked Erwin about this on several occasions, but Erwin only told him that it was a distant relative of his who was suffering from an illness, which was why they were constantly staying in the horse-drawn carriage.

Lanyon was quite suspicious of this, but it wasn't his place to dig any deeper.

Similarly, Larwood and the others were also quite perplexed. During these past few days, Erwin had always been having his meals at the back of the contingent instead of eating with them, and he wasn't sleeping with them at night, either.

Larwood and the others also asked Erwin about this a few times, but Erwin placated them each time, telling them that their supplies were very important and had to be looked after with care. They could see that they weren't going to be able to get anything out of Erwin, so they decided to interrogate Lanyon instead.

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