Sleepless nights

As her eyes were now adjusted, Joanna could catch a glimpse of her surroundings inside the carriage through the moonlight that seeped through the window and also through the lanterns that were installed and lit up outside the carriage, along with those that were held by a few Barasca knights.

But she did not catch sight of her companion, who was supposed to be sitting on the seat in front of her.

Joanna's brows knitted at the realization that she was alone in the carriage.

Did he get bored, so he rode on horseback with the Barasca knights? Joanna wondered.

When she thought so as the answer to her silent question, Joanna, who had sat up upright, was about to fix her hair, which might be in a mess due to the friction with everything she used as a support to lay her head.

However, there was something that made her not be able to move her left hand, and it felt heavy as if there was something pressing it.