Chapter 158

—Clatter, clatter, clatter, clatter.

The hired carriage shot forward like a runaway locomotive.

I was sent rolling around the inside like a hamster in a wheel.

"Aaagh — hff! Hngh—!"

It felt rather like a 360-degree rotating roller coaster.

—Jolt, rattle! Clatter, clatter, clatter!

"Kyaaa! Mmph! Haaah!"

I groaned and tumbled. Or perhaps I was more accurately flying.

Fortunately, I was not the only thing rolling around. My cap and wig had both come off and were also bouncing around the carriage interior.

The driver was also going airborne at irregular intervals, letting out strangled cries.

"Hyaah! Ogh! Not my head—!"

Hurtling at full speed, the man was clinging to his own head with both hands for dear life.

—Screech! Jolt! EEEEK!

From the roadside, Emily threw the carriage into a hard left drift.

"Ggk!"

I let out a strangled cry as though I'd been punched in the stomach and…