Chapter 11
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"What a long and tiring night"
Eleanor let out a sigh recalling the moment where the queen tried to persuade her on spending her night at the main palace. It took her a lot of excuses to get away with the queen's request.
Confirming that she is finally alone, she takes out her aumonieres. The plan is clear, she will escape tonight.
After changing into comfortable tunic and breeches, she covers herself with black cloak.
"It's now or never"
Eleanor traipse away from the castle.
Determined to find the magicicans from magic tower to help her with her darkness affinity, Eleanor left with her horse.
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Morning came and the palace was in chaos with the missing of Eleanor. The King who received the news, sent his best knights lead by Sir Winter to find the Eleanor. He was devastated, blaming himself all over again.
"So you really hate me..." Winter let out a sigh and embark to find his fiancée.
Ruth on the other hand, who met the Eleanor before she went away, smirk.
"Be safe, Eleanor. I will find you soon."
He rather sees Eleanor went away other than seeing her in another man's arm.
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The journey was hard, Eleanor had to disguise herself as a male in order to protect himself. She used Camellius as her fake male name and covered her face, pretending to be hideous.
Magic Tower located at the border Anathor and it takes a whole month journey to arrived there.
During her journey, she met a lot of people and learned a lot of skills. Of course travelling alone is dangerous hence she often join merchants group, hop on and off. Her skill with sword made the merchants to gladly accept her as addition to current protection.
She also learned to eat cold and hard food.
"Excuse me madam, what is this?"
Eleanor asked the wife of a merchant during the beginning of her journey.
"That is a stale bread young man. Have you never seen one?"
That's how Eleanor learned to eat stale foods, one after another. How lucky she was to be able to eat warm food everyday as a princess.
How fast time flies, it has been twenty-five days since she escaped the palace.
"Magic Tower should be anywhere now"
Delighted with the thought, Eleanor went to sleep on her hammock.
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