Chapter 10: The past (4)

"---h it does look like an accident, but who would trot a horse so near to an edge, especially when it's highland?"

"Some drunk men, I think?"

"It's quite high up there, I wonder if anyone survived,"

"The horses did. I figured from their pulse they were medicated.... and it wasn't any kind of drugging,"

"Wait!... You mean..."

"Yeah."

"A schemed work I see. Gather anything you find skeptical, we'll be heading to the council to display our discoveries. Someone is practicing witchcraft..... "

"The carriage is shut from outside, got anything on you? I bet there's something valuable inside,"

"Some bunch of keys and pins. Here,"

Lexi, who had been hearing voices, unfolded her eyes unhurriedly. Her body aches along with her throbbing head. The blood crawling from her injured head had ceased. And the loud voices outside didn't make anything less.

She felt weak, and her muscles were aching but she raised her hand to open the carriage door. From her laid position, she comprehended the carriage