Outside the cottage, Emily bumped into Edmund, who had been eavesdropping on their conversation all along. He turned red on being caught and blurted out a stuttering apology.
“I...didn’t mean to. I was about to enter when I heard your voices. Please forgive me, my Queen.”
Instead of reprimanding him, Emily looked him in the eye and said, “Join me. We are going back to Sylvarium. And call Lucis too. There is much that needs to be done.”
After surveying the damage caused by the Dark Dragon, Lord Vilmund ordered the best builders to immediately get to work, repairing the walls. The stone and bricks were easy to replace but the soldiers who had laid down their lives, trying to protect the kingdom, left a lingering void. One could only begin to imagine the absolute catastrophe which would ha
