A Safe Journey

On the return journey, Alric noticed that Fred seemed to become more and more withdrawn. And whenever Alric spoke to him, the knight would almost snap his head off, something that was quite out of character. Alric was puzzled by this. Their mission had gone well, had it not? He did not know that Fred was wrestling with his conscience over Belboz's strange offer. [41757] Would it be a betrayal of his sister if he urged her to accept it?

Apart from that, the return journey passed as smoothly as the outward one had done, this time without their encountering any strange portents. Soon they were back at the cave entrance.

1. Astra and Checkers were waiting for them. Fred at once noticed that Astra looked slimmer and also much happier.
2. But Astra, Checkers and Belboz all seemed to have vanished. There was no sign of them either outside or in the part of the cave system that Fred was familiar with. What they did find, though, was a dragon carcass.

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