Inside a moving carriage meant for a wounded patient, The Queen and the eldest princess was taking care of the injured second princess to prevent the wound to not get worsen with all the bumps.
Half an hour ago-
"Wait! I'll stay with you and can help-"
"NO! You need to leave with the others!" The queen tried to stay but the King stopped her next words and came near her.
"I know you're the Queen and you have the responsibility to not retreat but I'm begging you, as a husband, to take care of our daughters. If you stay here, I won't be fully focused on the enemy but with you to be on their side I would be relieved." He held the shoulders of her Queen, her beloved wife who always supported him and always by her side.
"Wha- what about you?" She couldn't control her tears as it flowed uncontrollably from her eyes.
"I'll be fine, We will be defending inside a fortress. Don't forget that I invited a top class engineer from the Empire to design this fort. If there is any chance that the enemy would find another path inside, so that I can defend with all my heart, I need you, with the knights, to defend our capital." He embraced her, it could be their last so he just want to feel the warmth from his wife. "If we are defeated, you three should go to the north port and go to the Empire for protection."
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"Mother, everything will be fine. Father and the knights would defend on the fortress and with the terrain, it is easy to defend and harder to attack." Sarah was trying to comfort her mother, she was silent since they departed from her father.
Though Sarah knows that the enemy still outnumbered them but they are defending inside a fortress surrounded by a 10 meter high wall and soldiers both from their Kingdom and the Cecilion soldiers that retreated. With food and water that was prepared that can last for a month, they should last till reinforcements arrived from the allied Kingdoms and the Empire.
Looking at her eldest daughter who was trying to comfort her and acting more mature than her. Hearing her words she snapped out of her daze and remembered although she is a Queen she is also a mother of two. Though the youngest was still in a coma but the eldest was doing her best.
"I'm better now, I'm sorry Sarah for you to see your mother in this state, and yes with your father's command they will surely win."
She patter the head of her daughter while watching the other daughter. Although Scarlet has lost a lot of blood but she is still breathing. With the help of the medicines it can treat her temporarily but even if she survives, she might not handle the future of loosing her dominant arm.
"Oh Almighty, please bless my daughters."
Knock!
Their was a knock on the carriage door breaking the solemn atmosphere of the two.
"My Queen, I'm sorry to disturb but we found and identified fortress like building right by the road."
"A building?"(2x) Both the queen and Sarah exclaimed as they have passed this road multiple time and they knew that there was currently no structures or houses here. It was a dense forest used as the hunting ground by the nearby villages, full of ferocious wild animals and also prey.