Kaida suddenly thought of the village of Daisuke and Eiko. She wondered how they were doing. In two months, it would have been a year that she had helped them.
It was about time she would visit them. She assumed that the village was also on the list for supplies.
"My king, if the transport for the supplies is approved, how long does it take before it is brought to the villages?"
Huli looked at Kaida and knew where she wanted to go with that question.
"Since it will be our anniversary within a month and a half, it would certainly take another two months. I am counting on your company during the journey to the villages, my Queen"
When Huli had finished speaking, he got up and put Hiroi who had fallen asleep back in the box. Then he kissed the triplets and approached Kaida and kissed her on the forehead
"It is time that we leave, I will see you soon my queen"
Then he turned and nodded at his aunt and niece
"Auntie and niece Hama, I wish you a safe journey and I will ask the gods for you to have a quick return"
Hanh stood up and gave his mother and sister a hug. As they went to the Elders it was not certain when they would return. He was very concerned about his mother, especially because he had secretly followed her the night she visited their father.
When his mother ran out of prison during the night crying, he had been too curious and couldn't resist taking a look. He was pretty surprised when he saw their father in a prison cell after five years.
However, he did not have the courage to face his father. Especially when he heard the spoken words of his father.
"Mama takes good care of yourself, Hama makes sure she eats and sleeps enough"
When he had said goodbye to everyone, he walked out the door behind Huli. Haruka also got up and turned to Kaida
"My darling it is also time for Hama and I to make our journey. I will probably also see the fifth princess and the fourth prince of the dragon tribe there. It's great that the last twins from Zuko and Katsumi are both a seer "
Kaida smiled she couldn't remember when the last time was, that she had seen her brother Kanea and sister Kana. They were ten years old, but because they were both a seer, their great-grandmother had taken them under her wing from childhood.
"When you see them give them the message that I miss them a lot"
Then Haruka and her four children left the chamber. Because the triplets were already asleep, Kaida had no intention of moving them to the nursery and decided to take a nap on the sofa in the chamber.
....
Teru was in his prison cell and watched the changing of the guard. He had been busy for a week now to keep an eye on the routine of changing the guard.
The first few days he had given up hope to escape because there was no set schedule in the changing of the guard. But after one week he realized what the routine was.
Not a single day was the routine the same, the time itself differed. But on the fourth day he began to see the pattern of the changing of the guard. The routine was the same as the first day, and on the fifth day it was the same as the second day.
Teru looked at the guards and knew that if he were to take them out now, it would be half an hour before they realized that something had happened. By that time he would have long since reached the maze and the guards were all of the younger generation. They would not be able to keep up with him in the maze.
He also knew that it was customary around this time for the king to inspect the transport for the supplies, so Huli would not be in the palace.
Kaida would not be a problem if he made sure not to sound an alarm within those 30 minutes. That would not be difficult for him because he knew all escape routes from the dungeon. In addition, there was something else he had to do in the fox tribe.
Teru saw that the guards were busy handing out the meals. Because only Teru and the other two assassins were imprisoned in the dungeon, there were only two guards. He waited until one of the guards came to bring his meal and the other was at a good distance.
The moment the guard put down the meal, Teru moved to the bars of his prison cell in a flash and grabbed the guard's arm with a quick movement and pulled at it with great force.
The guard did not see it coming and could not prepare in time and was thus overpowered by Teru. When the guard was unconscious, he quickly grabbed the key and opened his prison cell.
The other guard who heard the noise came running ready to start the attack. However, he was not a match for a recovered Teru and was eliminated within minutes.
Teru walked calmly toward the south of the dungeon. the two assassins who were imprisoned looked at him in surprise
"Are you not helping us out of our prison cell?"
"Which way are you heading? The exit is the other way! "
Teru ignored the two assassins and kept walking until he disappeared into the darkness. In a few minutes he came in front of a wall.
He pressed a stone and a small opening appeared in the wall, shining a bright beam of sunlight in. Through the opening, Teru left the dungeon of the prison and hurried to the Maze.
....
"Big brothers! Big brothers! When will you read my story book? "
Harue glanced at Harvir and Haru who visibly showed no interest in Her. Since their mother and big brother and sister had left, they stayed in the playchamber in the west wing of the palace. The boys were studying and had no time for Harue.
She had been trying to try to attract them but nothing helped and she got bored. She got up and walked out of the playchamber without her brothers noticing.
She had heard that her uncle Okuri had a beautiful garden made for her aunt Haya with the most beautiful flowers, and she wanted to look at it!
She walked determinedly through the corridors of the palace, and after a while she had finally found the beautiful garden. She ran enthusiastic into the garden and looked at all the flowers in full of wonder
She knew that most flowers would wither during this season, but only in her aunt's beautiful garden did they never wither.
As she walked past the flame flowers, she saw a beautiful butterfly, which she ran after. She was so busy chasing the butterfly that she did not realize that she was leaving the glass walls of the beautiful garden and was running toward the maze.
The butterfly flew into the maze and without thinking, Harue ran into the maze in search of the butterfly. But no matter how far she walked and how hard she continued to search, she could no longer find the butterfly. And when she wanted to walk back, she found out she didn't know where she was.