Annoyed

We went into the house together, I went to the guest room and put on my own things, even if I was freezing at night, I don't want to take the things she gave me, they belonged to her daughter, I don't want to ruin them. I now only had one problem with my boots, the sole was too high for long hikes. Even if I could run very well in them and they were very comfortable, they were not suitable for hiking. Then I had an idea, I asked Amalia for two larger towels that I could wrap around my feet. Amalia apparently understood what I was doing and brought me two black cloths of the same size made of heavy material.

"You can use it to wrap your feet so you can walk better."

I said thank you and took the towels.

When I finished wrapping them around my feet, I noticed that they were big enough to wrap my calves as well. Then I looked down at myself, I liked that kind of footwear. I said goodbye to Amalia and hugged her very tightly, I probably won't see her again for a while, she asked me if I really wanted to go like this.

“I am not really interested in what others think of me, because I am not allowed to come back anyway, it's a shame, but I have to live with that now. I'll leave now too, the dark elves are waiting for me outside. You want to accompany me for a while. "

"Take good care of yourself and goodbye."

I smiled at her one last time, then walked out of the house, looked around and walked towards the three dark elves who were waiting for me outside.

Everyone looked at me confused because they didn't know me like that, but I didn't care now. Even if it got colder at night and my clothes didn't give off much warmth, I still had to get used to it.

"Don't you want to put on another coat?", Moran asked me confused when he saw that I was coming out of the house lightly dressed.

"No, I don't have one, this is all I have."

"Well, we should leave before the soldiers change their mind," Sirez interjected and pointed in the direction we are going to go.

"Just a moment!" Someone shouted far behind us, the voice sounded familiar, when I turned around I saw Mayor Lathol approaching us and he had the reins of a horse in his hand and led the horse to me, it was pitch black, even the saddle and the rest of the harness were black.

“Here, take her, I have no use for this horse and you will need it, her name is Storm. I once got it from a very good friend, but since I ride so rarely, you should get it. I think you will like each other. I wish you the best of luck on your journey. "

He gave the four of us a friendly smile and walked away from us again. I stood in front of the horse, rooted to the spot, I really hadn't expected that. She stared at me for a while, then sniffed me and gave me a little nudge. Then I took her reins and got on, hopefully I won't fall down, in my home country you don't really have the time to ride, let alone the money, the space for the horse and its care.

Even Mayor Lathol didn't seem to have anything against the dark elves, that was a sign for me that I could blindly trust the three. What worried me, however, was the giant's target, because I didn't have one, I didn't even know how long they wanted to accompany me. I didn't know anyone in this world for that, so there was no one to go to.

The three of them could just ride home, just not me, I had no home, no refuge, nothing. And since they only want to accompany me for a while, I would have to manage all by myself, how am I supposed to do that? I haven't had any experience in the great outdoors, I don't know anything about it, if I were lucky I wouldn't even recognize a toadstool if it were right in front of me. I would even think it looks delicious and I would probably put it in my mouth and eat it right away. Either I'll come up with something or I'm lost and will soon die in the wilderness.

The three dark elves sat on their horses and rode off slowly, only I was still helpless. Something so stupid, it can only happen to me, because I'm one of those people who can't afford a horse or, better said, can't ride and have no idea about it. So I couldn't ride after them the way I wanted to, but Storm didn't do anything I wanted. I told her to run after them, but she just stopped. I didn't want to yell at her either, then she might have thrown me off and ran away.

That was very annoying and embarrassing, at first I had a big mouth, absolutely had to save the dark elves from certain death and can't even do something as simple as riding. But why does it have to be so complicated to tell a horse to do what you want? I gave up because there was only one thing left to do, I had to ask her for help, even if it was difficult for me because I didn't want to be a block on their legs, but that's exactly what I was now.

"Um, guys? Could you help me handle this horse? She doesn't do what I want. "

And at that moment I put on my dachshund look, hoping that they wouldn't just keep riding and just leave me standing here. But to judge Odim's look, he would just let me stand just because of that look, so that I could go to sleep. Sirez didn't seem to be enthusiastic either and would have liked to pierce me with an arrow. Moran rolled his eyes and reluctantly rode back to me, then took Storm's reins.

"Hold on tight, otherwise you will fall down."

He pulled me behind him, I know how stupid it had to look, I'm embarrassed too, but what should I do?

So we rode off and since I was only being pulled, they couldn't ride very fast either, because I slowed them down. Since I couldn't ride, I had no idea how to hold on without hurting Storm. The dark elves were silent the whole time, it was an oppressive silence, I would have liked to break it, but what should I have said? If I should have talked about myself, they would have had enough of me very quickly. If I should have asked them if they could tell me something about themselves, Moran might have let go of Storm's reins and left me to my fate because they were annoyed with me.

So I was in a quandary, I had to let myself be pulled and that is why we didn't make any progress. For a long time I heard the laughter of the soldiers as they made fun of us. I knew I wasn't looking good on the horse, but that's the way it was, it wasn't my fault that I couldn't ride. But I couldn't tell them that, because then the laughter would get louder and I didn't want to embarrass the dark elves any more than I had already done.