The situation settled quickly. After receiving light treatment for their injuries, Nedvill and Shed were tied down and discarded to a corner of the campsite. Then, someone who appeared to be the captain of this mercenary group hurriedly opened the carriage’s door and went inside.

“Eck!”

“Ughh….”

The captain saw two children hugging each other in fright with teary faces. 

“It’s all right now! It’s okay!” The captain comforted them, and the children burst into tears in his embrace. The children wailed hard as if they were pouring out all the fears they had held inside the carriage. Then, the captain carefully inspected the children. Since the ambushers failed to directly attack the carriage, it didn’t seem likely the children would be injured anywhere, but he needed to make sure. Thankfully, there were no visible injuries. 

Some time later, the children’s cries gradually diminished and changed into quiet breathing noises. Not only was it time for them to be deep asleep, but relief had come to the children after they were stricken with fear; thus, it was probably hard for them to endure a wave of drowsiness and they fell asleep....