After hearing the whole story, Aisia briefly forgot her fatigue and smiled.
She'd been irritable from the dwindling supplies.
The fact that a knight-at-arms had to personally step in just to bring back a few merchants was telling of how dire the situation was.
What an utterly inefficient way to handle things.
That was just the kind of city Thousand Brick was. Being a knight-at-arms didn’t give anyone the luxury of acting high and mighty here.
Even Aisia needed time to adjust to the place. The feeling she had when she saw Lady Oara hammering a nail in with the flat of her short sword—well, it was hard to put into words.
It was like watching someone plow a field with a holy sword.
