Huli looked at the young woman who was holding her basket tightly. She was skinny and had worn-out clothes. She had dark brown hair and light brown eyes. It was clear that she didn't had much to spend.
He looked at the food and herbs on the floor that she couldn't have saved. These were probably necessities which she had put a lot of effort in to get. When huli saw the blood on her face, he couldn't control his anger.
Huli approached the older man and grabbed him by the collar
"are these the values and norms my father taught his people? is this where the fox tribe stands for? you are all punished for this. I want to see if you still behave the same way if you do the same work for almost no money. Let me see if you will last six months. Now go to the village chief to register your punishment "
The group of people got up from their knees and nodded at Huli.
"Thank you for your mercy your highness. We will never drag your name through the mud again "
Kaida took a handkerchief and approached the young woman. She took off her hood and wanted to clean her face. When the young woman saw that, she fell to her knees and grabbed Kaida her leg and started to cry.
"Your queen I knew you would come for me. For five year i did not give up hope. I never betrayed you even when your brother killed my family and I was driven to despair "
Kaida looked at her in surprise. Was she from the dragon tribe? And does she think I am my mother? Then she remembered what the fat woman had said. She's a witch because she's not burning, did they try to burn her then?
She looked at the young woman and indeed saw that her left arm had a scar from an burn. Poor darling, what did she experienced in those five years? Kaida helped her up
"sorry but I am Kaida, and I firmly believe that my mother would have had faith in you"
The young woman looked at Kaida and started crying even harder. Now that she looked closely, she indeed saw that it was not the queen. Despite the fact that they looked alike, Kaida was slightly longer than her mother and she had more the playful appearance of her father.
"Kaida you look so much like your mother. I no longer know if you recognized me, but I was a student of your aunt Rana, my name is Jaya. "
Kaida looked at her and cleaned her face with a handkerchief. When her face was clean, Kaida looked up in surprise. Although she had lost a lot of weight, she recognized Jaya. Her aunt had taken Jaya as a student because she had a talent for medicine.
The day before her tenth birthday was the last time Kaida had seen her. Jaya would first go to her village to pick up her parents to celebrate Kaida's 10th birthday together.
However, she never showed up for days. Since her parents' bodies had been found, they assumed that she was also among the deceased people. And her little Brother that was saved in the north did not know if she was still alive.
Huli came and stood next to them and looked at Jaya. He felt strongly that he knew her from somewhere, but he could not remember it. He turned to her.
"I'm sorry you had to experience this, if there is something we can do to help,you just need to say it. Are you the resident of the cabin in the forest? "
Jaya looked at Huli and quickly took a step back.
"Greetings Crown Prince I do indeed live in the forest, it is about time that I be on my way"
She was afraid he would recognize her so she wanted to leave as soon as possible.
Kaida realized that Jaya became restless from Huli and therefore quickly wanted to leave. She wanted to know what she had been through lately and how she had survived, so she intended to go with Jaya. She looked at Huli and put a smile on her face
"Does my king need me to visit the village too? I would like to chat with Jaya "
Huli also realized that Jaya wanted to leave quickly and did not feel at ease. He didn't want her to feel even more unsafe
"that is fine my queen, when I'm done I will pick you up"
he nodded to Jaya and walked towards the entrance of the village "
.......
Kaida and jaya were sitting at the table in the cabin. The cabin was small and from the outside it looked like it could collapse any time, but the inside of the cabin was well maintained.
By the way how it was furnished it was clear that Jaya did not have much to spend. Only the much needed furniture was in the cabin. The flowers that were placed in the cabin provided color.
Kaida took a sip and looked at Jaya
"you must have had a hard time, how did you end up here?
Jaya swallowed and looked with a intense gaze at kaida
"your queen it's a long and gloomy story"
**Flashback**
Jaya walked cheerfully through the garden of Rana looking for her Mistress, when she saw her she ran enthusiastically towards her
"mistress Rana I finally succeeded! I have found the antidote to the poison that you have given me as subject material "
Rana looked up and stroked Jaya over her head
"you really are a natural talent, even the most experienced healers won't discover the antidote of this poision so easily. But shouldn't you have left long ago? Aren't you going with your parents to the celebration of the crown princess her tenth birthday"
Jaya jumped up quickly and got ready to leave
"Mistress Rana you are right! It is about time I left. I'll see you again soon "
she turned and whistled on her fingers.
After a few minutes a dark brown dragon came flying in and landed on a lawn in the garden. Jaya walked over to the dragon and gently stroked her scales. Then she climbed on the dragon and signaled that the dragon could leave. When the dragon rose, she cheerfully waved at Rana.
Jaya and her dragon had been flying for half an hour when they were close to her village. Jaya looked ahead and saw a cloud of smoke. She checked around the area and felt that something was wrong. She gestured to her dragon that she had to land.
When the dragon landed in the forest, she looked towards her village. She saw flames and knew something was wrong. She turned to her dragon
"I think it's better if you return and tell that there is a fire in our village"