Does "fearing no pursuit" mean "I did not expect anyone to pursuit me" or does it mean "I was not afraid of being pursued"?

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Does “fearing no pursuit” mean “I did not expect anyone to pursuit me” or does it mean “I was not afraid of being pursued”?

“As soon as I had done this I rode on in all haste from Azim Balda, fearing no pursuit and expecting that my father, having received such a letter, would send messages to Ahoshta or go to him himself, and that before the matter was discovered I should be beyond Tashbaan."

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As I understand it he was not being afraid of being followed. Otherwise the author should have written “not being afraid of being pursued”.

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He was confident that he was not being pursued.

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