The Demon King's Paladin

Chapter 68. Northern Border

Waking up in the morning was easy. Sarah and Anna's hands were wrapped around me, and I was gently shaken awake by them. For a few minutes after we all just laid there. IN time Sarah was the first to get up with a regretful look on her face. After she left, Anna and I went through the normal routine of our mornings. I ate breakfast, then changed and went to the stables to grab our horses. Before long we were on our way north. Today, Sarah was my conversation partner. It worked out well for me since I wanted to ask her about this " King's Road" thing.

" Hi John! How was your morning?"

" It was fine, I had savory porridge for breakfast, I even brushed this horse and Anna brushed Her's.

Sarah and I had a light chat as we left the gates of Northern Riposte. I waited until the town was out of our sight before I asked her about the road. Once the conversation had hit a low, I proceeded to ask her about it.

" Sarah, how does this " King's Road" thing work?"

" Hm? Oh! You mean the spell Father uses! Father explained it to me as a special skill that those who have a King Job, can use in the land they rule over. If you were at the front of the convoy the past couple of days, you would have seen it. Basically, this road that we are traveling on appears and the landscape moves out of the way, so it is a straight path."

" What about the bodies of water that might be on the path?"

" You didn't notice the water to our sides that we passed occasionally?"

I rubbed my head in embarrassment.

" Honestly, I've been focused on either a conversation or not falling off my horse."

" Well, I would help balance you but that would just cause the horses walk out of rhythm."

" Thank you for the thought. I've gotten a bit more used to this over the journey. It's kind of fun honestly. Besides the soreness of course."

" You should have told me about that! there's a massage I can do to alleviate it."

I looked at Sarah and thought about it. It seems she thought I thought she was lying as she immediately followed up on what she said.

" It's not like I'm saying this just to touch you, John. Here look."

Sarah moved her horse closer to me and put her hand on my shoulder. I felt mana enter my body and it caused my muscles to relax in the area. It felt good.

" I was just thinking when we would be able to do the massage, Sarah."

" Oh..."

With a joking atmosphere we continued on the road. Before long we saw a giant black wall in our sights. Sarah called to me in excitement.

" Look, John! That's the border!"

I stared at the giant wall and saw that it seemed to go on for miles.

" Why is the wall so big? Where are the soldiers?"

" The border is at the bottom of the wall. There's a tunnel that people take to get in and out of the country. There are guards all around the wall on the top and the bottom!"

" I see. This country really is large. I can't even see where the wall bends to encompass the rest of the land even though we are still so far from it. Is that wall made out of the same blackstone as the capital city?"

" Yup! The traveling has only been this smooth because of my Father after all! And yes, it is! Legend has it that the first leader of the demon race actually used a spell to raise the wall from the earth itself. "