Chapter 539 - Babysitting

Ludwig hurried back up, taking far less time to arrive back at camp than when he took to get into the heart of the elven kingdom, with the assistance of the forest itself, it parted ways for him and showed him where to head until he reached the swamps. The path that had wound like a question on the way in straightened for him now, roots bending just enough to spare his ankles, ferns folding away from his knees, low branches lifting as if a careful hand passed over them. The light came thinner here, a green that had learned the color of water, and in that light the trunks leaned with a slow, listening grace.