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It was only a few days later, about three days that have gone by so fast already after the three trials that Arteria Blaze had gone through and passed them all.
She was very glad that she succeeded and the group of freedom fighters has accepted her like she's a new member in their ranks now. Still, Arty wondered about what she'll be planning to do next after she had done what she did but still have not gotten the complete training to become a good fighter and warrior.
She'll have to think about the other worries or concerns about it later and decided to just continue with her training so that she'll make decisions and think about anything more in the future.
However, little did she know, there will be something surprising and unexpected that's about to come to Arty on the next day while she stayed with the freedom fighting group.
It was the next morning after those three days that gone by, that Arty was approached by one of the freedom fighters and told her that the leader had called her to come to his tent for there is something urgent that she is needed for.
Arty wondered what it is about since it sounded urgent from the message told by the messenger, but she hastily went to the leader's tent fast so that she'll find out what it is. Once she got in, the leader turned to look at her and she was a little surprised when she saw a harried worried expression on his face like something is bothering him deeply and making him overly anxious.
"Among the scouts that were guarding the perimeter of this camp, there is a carriage about to pass by the path that will lead straight to this site. From what they have said, it appeared to be a nobleman's carriage but I fear that it might be one of the slave-masters who has come to investigate the possible whereabouts of our hiding location, such as this one," the leader said hurriedly, giving the urgent matter of this grave situation.
"I've already prepared some men to get ready to deal with them if that were the case, but the reason I called you is that I need your knowledge about knowing what is truly noble or not before we even try to stop that carriage from spotting this place. Will you come?"
Now Arty understood the gravity of this situation. It will be bad if the group of freedom fighters might end up hurting some noble rich people and that they will be hunted down by the authorities if it turns out they were innocent.
So Arty nodded, accepting the mission and the leader sighed with relief before he gestured her to go prepare her weapons and then told her to meet them at a designated spot where they will intercept the approaching carriage coming.
It was a good thing that before she started training with the freedom fighters back in the first days before that she imparted that she has good knowledge about what kind of people are truly noble and rich and those of the poor ones.
Even though Arty hasn't gone out much from her family before as a simple peasant girl with two magician friends, as the creator and writer of the story, she knows on who are the rich and the poor and in between statuses.
By the time that she made it to the meeting spot where the leader was and the other few freedom fighters that were hiding in the edges of forests behind the trees right next to the path where the carriage will be coming through, she's already prepared and ready for whatever it is will come there.
It was a tense silence as they waited and then the carriage came and they become tenser and looked like they were wanting to already go out from their hiding places and attack, but they didn't because of the leader's orders to stand down first.
Arty quickly did her work and gazed sharply right at the incoming carriage, studying it intensely and also starting at its carriage riders and occupants on it. It didn't take long for her to realize and deduce that it is truly a nobleman's carriage and there were no signs or traces anywhere that anyone in that carriage is a slave-master that the group of freedom fighters was worried about.
She imparted this quickly to the leader and he was relieved at that, and then he softly ordered his people to keep standing down and let the carriage pass through, but make sure that they don't give themselves away from their hiding places so that the rich nobles wouldn't notice anything amiss during their carriage ride.
It only took a few minutes for the carriage to disappear and all the freedom fighters were relieved that it's completely gone away and they went back to their campsite. The leader congratulated Arty for a job well done and was very grateful for the work she's done for them.
But then when they returned to the camp, the leader told Arty something else that surprised her completely and got her stunned of knowing about it from what the leader had said to her.
As they got back, Arty didn't think that she would be encountering these unexpected surprises when the leader of the freedom fighters decided to tell her the truth about him not being the true main leader of the group after that noble carriage incident and that he has offered her a chance to meet with the real one.
She wondered about who she is going to be meeting soon and finding out about who was the true leader and founder of the freedom fighters. And she also wondered why she was kept in the dark about knowing the real leader of the group.
Hopefully, the person she will meet in the future will be a friendly one, and if not, then she'll strive to get into their good side so that she'll be able to continue with her goals and plans to become the heroine of the story.
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