Scabbard

Fred could not find any further clues as to why the painting was here, in a dank hollow beneath the ground. Fred decided to continue further, to see if this part of the caves might be on the fringes of the dragon's lair. He carefully inched forward, with his fingertips of his right hand on the wall, and now holding his improvised lamp with his left hand. What he could see of the wall was a grayish rock with no markings.

His left foot stuck something, and he heard the sound of metal scraping on rock. Fred stooped down, and felt damp leather. He lowered the light so that he could see the object. He was touching part of a scabbard for a sabre. The scabbard might have belonged to the Princess, as Aqualaria was famous for its mounted cavalry.

1. Fred moved the light to see if there was still a sabre in the scabbard.

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