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A broad smile swept across Wilhelm's face. "I must return to the keep of the Lady Louve before sundown, but I will return to you soon, and I will have your metal," he said.
"The battlefield lies on your way to the swamp," said the wizened old man. "If you mean to retrieve it, go now. I sense the noose of fate sliding closed around you."
Wilhelm looked toward the cathedral. "That man, Ulfred." The old man nodded and Wilhelm continued. "He wears the crest of the House of the Wolf, yet he did not see this cape as a token of his house."
Beraht gestured toward the woods with his staff. "Fifteen years ago, I found Ulfred at death's door, on the bank of the stream near the waterfall. He has no memories of his life before that day. I have worked to mend his flesh and spirit ever since."
"I shall tell his house of his fate," Wilhelm said, and climbed onto Asphodel's saddle.
