Chapter 133: Nobody Knew

There was cold in her bones when she opened her eyes, smelling the damp earth and the moss on her. Alexa took the weight off the layers of dead leaves on her, in time to see the dawn entering the clearing, and the ghost knight who made the guard of her resting place turn to her with a serious expression. Romeo chirped happily when the maiden sat on her bed of leaves,

~ Alexa! ~

She felt satisfied too, that nothing bad had happened to her precious body during the night. Looking around, she realized that Magnus was not there. Her hope of the night before was extinguished with sadness. Alexa also did not see Mildred, and was concerned,

"Where is ...?"

The ghostly knight walked slowly away from her, towards the beams of sunlight that were penetrating the treetops.

Before anything else, Alexa needed to free him from his promise and guide him. The princess reached Ulrich's Shade, and stood beside him,