The ways of the old (part 1)

**Half an hour earlier**

"Come on, boys, keep it up! The princess is watching!"

Luan rolled his eyes when he heard the major's encouraging words. 

"He could stop reminding us," Luan muttered while fixing his hold over the reins. "It doesn't make it any easier to ride while maintaining a formal position."

With their backs straightened and legs only loosely sitting in the stirrups, a rider could hardly compensate for the movement of the horse's back. And with how their legion's cavalry used the evolved horses for the mounts… 

The effects of not cooperating as well with their horses only grew harder and harder to endure. 

And with the shifting body of their mounts below their asses wasn't enough of a bother, keeping a perfectly straight back and looking ahead with their chin raised at all times…

It was a recipe for a dental disaster! 

"Shush, you moron," Carl, riding to Luan's left, scolded his friend. "Do you want him to hear you?"