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Chapter Forty-Three

When Milton heard his friend swearing to kill Florrie, he
became afraid.
Milton was a realistic man, or so he believed, and in
a very short time, he thought of what would happen
between King Matthew and the Prouds if Hammond killed
Princess Florrie. The king would make it his first priority to
kill every single man of the Prouds, and even every woman
and child. He had already done something similar to that
when he killed all the families of the Three Guardians after
Frederick, son of one of the guardians, killed Queen
Heather. He would do everything he could, mobilize every
soldier he had, even those in the most distant parts of
Widea, and all his allies, he would use all the money and
weapons he had to kill the Prouds and finish them. The
Prouds, on the other hand, would go to war defeated and
hurt because their main and strongest knight was killed by
his own brother.
That was why he told Hammond that they needed to
have some sleep, so that he could seize the opportunity
when Hammond fell asleep and go save Princess Florrie
and, consequently, save the Prouds from the wrath of the
mighty king.
As Hammond and the Small One were sleeping,
Milton stood up quietly, took his horse, and headed, filled
with fear, towards the land of the Prouds.