When Severin opened his eyes, the carriage was moving again at a very high speed. The bumping sound made it creak and groan.
He had been put in a sitting position with two of the masked warriors on each side of him. He didn't make any moves, and since he wore a mask, he used that to observe his surroundings.
The Headless Knight was sitting unmoving in front of him, their helmet turned towards him as if keeping him in their sight. Severin decided to think about the Knight as a 'he.'
One thing about the Headless isn't just about them being geniuses that were purposefully scouted to serve the Emperor. Everything about them was made to make them stronger.
From that armour they wore. The armour looked bulky, but they moved so nimbly in it that it's like a second skin, and it also made them even faster than usual.
