Kaida laid with her belly on the bed of the carriage, she just woke up but was still exhausted. She rubbed her eyes and looked around, Huli was nowhere to be seen. She sat up and was looking for clothes to dress.
She saw that someone had laid out a simple warm dress for her at the foot of the bed and on the floor of the carraige stood a small basin with water and a cloth with which she could wash herself. She sat down at the foot of the bed and began to freshen up.
A maid next to the carriage heard noise and knocked softly
"Your highness are you already awake? The king has asked me to help you with your daily activities during this visit "
Kaida looked surprised at the side where she heard the voice coming from. She didn't think it was necessary to take a maid with her during the trip because she was used to do everything herself. Rei only helped her with soaking and dressing on special occasions
"I am already awake, when I am dressed I will come out"
The maid was surprised and did not know what to do. After all, it was her job to help the queen with washing and dressing. But she respected the wishes of the queen.
When Kaida opened the door of the carriage, the maid bowed and hurried to set the steps for leaving the carriage in front of the door. However, before she could do that, Kaida had already jumped out of the carriage and walked calmly to the maid.
This was the first time the maid met Kaida and she had already heard stories that she was different from the noble women of the fox tribe, but she was still surprised to meet the sober Kaida.
"Sorry I don't want to offend you, but why did my king appoint you as my maid?"
The maid turned red and lowered her eyes
"The king said that your highness might be tired because of the efforts you have made in the carriage. After all, your highness has slept half the day and he wanted to relieve you with the extra help "
Kaida frowned. Was it not Huli's fault that she was tired? She gave him a finger, but he had taken her hand as well as her whole arm. She did not think he would need so much to satisfy his hunger.
The road to the first village would take a day. Only an hour before they arrived in the village was his hunger satisfied and she had the chance to rest. She didn't know she was so exhausted, but apparently she was if she had slept half a day.
"Where are we now?"
The maid stood up and smiled
"Your highness this is the second village on the list to visit."
Kaida was not happy that she had missed the first village visit, and she was afraid she might have offended the villagers with her absence.
"I would like to visit the village, could you show me around?"
The maid beamed and smiled even wider
"It would be an honor your highness, this is my home village and I am proud of it"
Just as they were on their way to the gates of the village, Kyro came riding on a horse. He stopped right in front of them and grinned at Kaida.
"My niece I see that you are awake? Did you enjoy the ride? At such moments I really think it's a shame that I have to miss my wife "
Kaida rolled her eyes and looked annoyed at Kyro.
"I see that my big cousin still thinks he is funny, maybe I should send a message to my father and uncle that you are bored in the north"
Kyro, who realized what she meant, immediately stopped grinning.
"You can't take a joke , my niece? You know I can't miss Rei for more than two weeks "
Kaida walked past Kyro and said spotting
"Do you also know how long she can miss you?"
Kyro laughed loudly and slid off his horse and followed the two women with his horse by the hand.
"I hope she will miss me as much as I miss her!"
Kyro laugh disappeared and he looked seriously
"Niece can we talk privately?"
Kaida gestured to the maid that they needed space and the maid went a long way behind.
"What's wrong?"
Kyro sighed
"The boy you asked us to look for is still untraceable, but Teru was seen where his dragon was last seen. Rumor has it that Teru injured or killed almost everyone there because they tried to kill his wife and daughter. According to rumors, it was a warning to Liula to make it clear to her that there is a line that she should not cross "
Kaida was already aware of what had happened and if she had not stopped her brother and sister they would probably have killed all the warriors without taking them prisoner. And they couldn't have received any information at all.
It was already bad enough that her brother and sister had killed all the animals of the warriors before they made their hands dirty on the warriors. The animals could not be blamed, they only followed the orders of their masters.
"Keep looking for him and leave Teru for the time being. Long follows him and he now knows that he cannot just shake off Long. And it is indeed true that Haruka and Hama have been attacked. Unfortunately, the warriors had the luck that the twins would welcome Haruka and Hama. "
At the thoughts of the twins Kyro got shivers all over his body. His nephew and niece were wonderful and sweet, but as soon as their switch was on it was a different story.
"By the way, I have a surprise for you! I was also pleasantly surprised "
Kaida looked at Kyro who was beaming and had a big smile on his face.
"I am curious what the surprise is"
In the meantime, they had walked through the gates of the village and Kaida looked suprised. She was always amazed at how different the villages were in the North than in the South.
The houses in the south were simple and often made of Wood, but the Houses in the villages of the north close to the Palace were made of stone and luxurious.
Also there were more stores in the north. Sometimes several stores that sold the same. In the south, each village had only one store that sold the same.