Right after facing Mother.
Even the next day, our schedule didn’t change much.
We were still headed for Anhui; daylight didn’t change our route.
Hiiing—!!!
The horse’s cry and the sound of turning wheels. I endured the damn racket I’d been listening to for days.
The jolting that kept pressing our shoulders together was the same as ever.
It was thoroughly unpleasant, but I didn’t show it. Mi Hyoran had warned that if we caused another scene in the morning, she’d toss us out.
Maybe because of that, Namgung Jin kept his mouth shut this time.
The irritation and displeasure on his face, though, didn’t go away.
‘Hmm.’
Leaving that guy behind me, I recalled what had happened earlier.
Naturally, it was about Mother and Father.
‘In the end, it looks like we’re going together.’
In the morning, before the carriages set out, Father said something to Mi Hyoran and So-i. Their eyes went wide, and it was plain they found it troublesome.
Seeing that—
‘It must be because of…