The people in the village cheered after the guards, sensing their approaching victory under the royal flag of Isdis's knights.
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"Hum," Lydia mumbled, standing outside the front gate, leaning on her sheathed sword.
"You don't look well," Isdis, who stood beside her, asked.
"This isn't a place for a princess to stand in." Lydia looked at her with a smile.
"Don't change the subject. The volley was bad?" Isdis smiled, "Even if I'm a princess, I will respect the opinion of someone more experienced than me."
"It's not about that. The volley was perfect." Lydia sighed, "It's just there are a lot of goblins. I didn't expect any to show up, considering we sent Arad to their nest,"
It also clicked in Isdis's head, "Arad cleared a giant nest. How could mere goblins escape from him? There were a lot of them, and some slipped. It doesn't seem that way with those numbers."
The two looked at each other, "Those aren't the goblins he's smoking out?" Lydia asked.
