The Patchwork Knight (Chapter 26)

It had been several weeks since the patrol of scouts came to the village. I spent that time preparing to leave my cave for the first time in years, other than to go into the forest for trees and to train. I put together some armor from what was in the hidden room. I kept the chain mail shirt, I used my leather gauntlets, I had to add longer twine to keep them on my arms. The armored boots fit well, finally. I found an old pair of leather trousers from my father in a chest. I found an old pair of riding gloves in one of the burnt cabins, that somehow managed to survive the fires. I put my metal…

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