Marshal lubaumatsky held a ball for the king, which was extremely luxurious. Even twenty years later, the nobles and squires who attended the ball still had a fresh memory of the ball. They lamented to their grandchildren and sons that they were born in the best age and the worst age. If you can have a feast twenty years earlier, even if you die right away, there will be no regret.


    But Natalie didn''t regret that she couldn''t attend the meeting at that time. She is riding a whip and galloping on the official road.


    The king and queen have arrived safely in Lvov, and their mission has been completed. Next, Natalie is going to do what she has always wanted to do - to Lithuania.


    Natalie also knew she had to hide it from her father and mitzkevich. Otherwise, according to his father''s temper, he would not let go; And mitzkevich will certainly stand on his father''s side and try his best to stop himself.


    Therefore, Natalie quietly went out of the door while yanush and mitsky fell asleep. In order to keep her actions secret for a longer time, Natalie didn''t even ride her horse, but walked out of the house, and bought a grassland horse sold to Lvov by a Tatar merchant in a nearby tavern. The characteristic of this kind of horse is that it runs very fast, but it is difficult to control, but Natalie believes that her riding can be controlled.


    Natalie had never been to Lvov before, and she didn''t know which way to go from Lvov to Lithuania. Fortunately, the area from Lvov to dubinsk castle is a rare area in the Republic that has not been ravaged by war, and the population is relatively dense. Natalie asked the way all the way, and finally she didn''t go in the wrong direction.


    Outside dubinsk, the surroundings began to become desolate. Refugees and war ravaged ruins can be encountered everywhere.


    And Natalie knows what a dog is worse than a human life in troubled times. Once Natalie spent the night in an abandoned pasture. He and she saw a gang of robbers torture a Polish deserter. Through the cracks between the boards of the forage yard, Natalie saw that the three robbers first asked the Polish deserter to worship the Virgin Mary, and the Polish deserter may be a Protestant and refused to do it. (the state religion of the Republic of Poland pays special respect to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and respects her as a "patroness goddess", while Protestants do not have this week.) , the robbers put one hand of the Polish deserter into a bucket of boiling water. The deserter screamed in pain, which woke Natalie''s horse.


    The prairie horse barked, which attracted the attention of the robbers. If Natalie hadn''t jumped on the horse immediately, she might have suffered bad luck.


    Once again, Natalie was intercepted by a group of people halfway. When Natalie reacted, her front and rear were blocked. Fortunately, these people were the rebels of the Polish Republic. After they confirmed that Natalie was a polish and not a Protestant, these cold people lifted the obstruction and warmly invited her to the camp for dinner.


    But while eating, Natalie vomited out. Because she heard how these rebels cut the heart and liver of the captured imperial Association army. These rebel soldiers talked about it with interest, as if they had done something great.


    Natalie didn''t realize it (she didn''t have the experience to realize it) In the past, the Republic of Poland used to be a country of religious freedom. The orthodox lucenians, the Protestant minority poles and Lithuanians, and the Jewish Jews can maintain their faith and be respected in this country. But now, due to rebellion and invasion of the Republic In all countries that believe in orthodox and Protestant religions, the people have become conservative. While they regard foreign enemies as enemies, they also regard their compatriots of these religions as enemies, just like the German states in the thirty year war. In the long run, even if the Republic expels foreign enemies, internal division will destroy the Republic.


    The next morning, Natalie said goodbye in a hurry. The two encounters made Natalie more careful. But after being lucky twice, bad luck finally came to her.


    One night, Natalie fell asleep behind the ruins of a desolate suburb. There were many ashes after campfires around the ruins, and it was obvious that many tourists had stayed here. Natalie tied the prairie horse to a dead poplar tree, which was only seven or eight meters away from where Natalie slept. Natalie could know when there was a wind or grass I feel it.


    In the first half of the night, everything was calm. But in the second half of the night, a group of hungry wolves waking up from the winter stared at Natalie and her horse.


    These animals, who haven''t eaten meat in a cold winter, have green eyes. They come out of the woods with light steps and slowly disperse the surrounding circle.


    The prairie horse was the first to find itself in danger. The night breeze sent the smell of the wolf that frightened other animals to the nose of the prairie horse. The prairie horse raised its head and cried in horror. Its four hoofs kept trampling on the ground and wanted to escape from the wolves. However, the reins were firmly tied to the poplar tree, and all its efforts were in vain.


    Natalie slept so heavily that the first cry of the prairie horse did not wake her up.


    Three hungry wolves surrounded the prairie horse in a triangle. The prairie horses kept jumping and trying to scare off the hungry wolves, but these hungry wolves were unmoved and their encirclement became smaller and smaller.


    A wolf behind the prairie horse bit the left hind leg of the prairie horse. The bite force was so strong that it broke the leg bone of the horse''s left hind leg in one bite.


    The prairie horse couldn''t stand steadily, bent down and knelt down on the ground. Another wolf took advantage of this opportunity and bit the horse''s neck.


    The prairie horse wailed.


    This finally woke Natalie up.


    When Natalie woke up, a dark shadow with green eyes had moved to Natalie''s side. The shadow saw Natalie wake up and pounced on Natalie''s neck. Fortunately, Natalie, who practices fencing all year round, has a faster reaction than ordinary people.


    When the shadow was about to rush to Natalie, Natalie''s saber had been out of its sheath and inserted into the shadow''s mouth.


    Natalie waved her saber and shook the shadow off. The wolf''s body splashed to the ground with blood.


    The three wolves who besieged the prairie horse saw that Natalie had killed her head wolf, so they threw down the prairie horse that had been on their plate and rushed at Natalie.


    Natalie fought with a knife without fear. She soon cut down the two wolves. On the third day, the wolf obviously saw lenatali''s power. It lowered its head in fear. Although it put on a ferocious posture, it ran backwards.


    Natalie put the knife back in its sheath. Although she repelled the hungry wolf, the grassland horse she rode on had already been bitten by the wolf and lay twitching on the ground.


    Without a horse, it''s like without legs for Natalie. She could never get out of the strange wilderness. Now the only way is to wait for passers-by to take a ride.


    Natalie sat with the saber all night because she was worried that the wolf would come back. Just as the sky was white, Natalie heard the sound of a horse''s hoof.