章 346: Chapter 25 Guests

When the three men said their farewells to Lieutenant Mason, their senior was full of reluctance. He insistently stuffed several large packs of beef jerky and pork into their saddlebags, claiming they were specialties from the ranch. He even insisted on seeing them off, accompanying them for more than a dozen kilometers.

Just before parting, Mason was almost begging, "You must come to visit me again when you have time, you must." Afterwards, he stood on the roadside embankment, watching until they were out of sight because of the terrain.

Winters, Bard, and Andre embarked on the journey back to their station with heavy hearts.

During a break to rest their horses, Andre spoke in a disheartened tone, "If those sheep-herding bastards hadn't let us go, I'm afraid in a few years we would've ended up just like him."