"Who are you?"
Y/N replied with a question, the old man stooped down facing her as the sound of bones adjusting to his new position could be heard. He stretched his hand which held out a loaf of bread and handed it to Y/N.
"You must be hungry, here you can have this. I apologise for how roughly you were handled by the guards"
The old man smiled tenderly at her, Y/N reached out cautiously and collected the loaf from him. She took a big bite, she was indeed very hungry. All she wanted was just some food she could use to feed her cows and herself, at least for a week.
Her beautiful E/C got glassy with tears ready to run down her cheeks, she missed her parents. She missed them so much, her heart ached so badly to the point that she couldn't hold her sobs back again.
Damn it all, she wouldn't mind crying right before this kind old man who has been nothing but like a father to her. And with that, Salty tears trickled down her flushed cheeks, her slightly chapped lips parted, she sobbed bitterly both in pain and sadness.
The old man looked at her, surprised to have seen the girl break down all of a sudden, she must've been in great pain to have broken down so fast. He sat beside her and gave her a side hug, Y/N was one who never trusted strangers. But this man was different, something was different about him. It had been long since she had ever felt such peace and comfort. Y/N leaned on his shoulder and wept, she cried her sorrows out as the old man pet her hair in hopes to calm her down.
Y/N finally got a hold of herself and wiped the tears off her eyes, she was a little bit embarrassed for crying before a man who might have had greater worries than she did, after all she could tell that he had been in the dungeon long before she arrived.
"I am so sorry, i didn't mean for that to happen forgive me" she croaked and sighed deeply with an apologetic smile.
"It's okay to cry, tears do not make you weak, it is a sign of a pure heart..." the old man replied with a soft voice, he let out a sneeze for he had unfortunately caught a cold. Y/N instinctively took off her shawl and draped it around him.
"Who are you?" She asked again as the man smiled.
"Forgive me young one, my name is Flavius, former advisor to the king"
Y/N gasped.
"Why are you here? You are a kind man. You shouldn't be here. Unlike me"
The old man laughed and coughed a bit.
"Well you are not a bad person"
"What i did was bad, you don't know what i did."
"Of course let me have a wild guess"
Y/N nodded
"You got caught stealing food supplies?"
Y/N's eyes widened in surprise
"Are you a wizard?! How did you know?"
The old man tensed up a bit and shrugged to ignore her question
"It was just a wild guess" he chuckled nervously and continued
"but you didn't do it with bad intentions"
Y/N lowered her head .
"I just wanted something i could live on for the week" she brushed her H/C locks with her fingers in attempt to get rid of knots.
"Why are you are you here Sir?"
The man let out a heavy sigh and continued "well it depends on if you are willing to listen to an old man"
"I am!" Y/N answered eagerly, her E/C glistening with eagerness to know.
"Well i was the Kings advisor..."
....
"So the Queen framed me when she noticed that i was about to expose her to the king, she threatened the King that she would leave. King Eisendrath feared being alone, she wanted me dead, but the King couldn't bring himself to killing me. So he sent me to the dungeons in hopes to free me again. But that day never came, for on the day i was to be set free. The King passed away and Roan was crowned King. All hope was lost"
"The Queen... the Queen is a witch?"
The old man placed a finger onto his lips
"Lower your voice dear one, the guards might hear you"
"Sorry, we have to convince the King, make him see the truth that Evana is not his mother" Y/N whispered, Flavius eyes widened as he let out a chuckle.
"He trust no one but his mother, as he calls her"
"There has to be a way to convince him! I witnessed the kings powers"
"really? What happened?"
Y/N narrated her experience as Flavius eyes displayed worry.
"he sure seems to be getting stronger, if Evana is not exposed. Then Olklamhive is doomed, she would use him-"
"let me try!" Y/N interrupted
Flavius was surprised to see such fiery determination in Y/N eyes.
"Don't you want to go home and get away from all of this?" He questioned her to forget about the king.
"I can't go home and live with the guilt of not being able to help someone, at least with the little effort that i have"
"you could be executed for interfering, even his brothers can hardly talk to Roan"
"then at least i could die knowing I tried...just like my parents did."
A small smile crept onto her lips. Flavius held her hands in his and grinned out of joy.
"You are indeed of a pure heart, take this with you..." he stuck his hand into his pocket and pulled out an old pouch, he took out the mini metal box.
"You will need it, now let's get you out of here"
"Wait what? What am i going to do? How do i escape?"
Flavius grasped Y/N shoulders as he reassured her.
"You are going to be alright, just follow your heart. Do what you feel and believe is right. You have with you, the Aradian knights. Use them only in critical times. We have to get you out of here immediately, the redemption of Olklamhive rest on your shoulders for now. Follow your heart Y/N!"
Y/N was shocked, when all of a sudden Flavius lifted her up to her feet, he draped her arm around his shoulders as he told her to act as though she was in pain. Y/N played along, Flavius called out with a loud voice.
"GUARDS! GUARDS!!! SOMEONE HELP!!" Flavius banged the bars with a stone, gaining their attention.
"What is it old man?!" A guard answered bitterly.
"The girl, she is dying! A snake bit her and before i could get to it. It escaped through the cracked wall!"
Y/N tried her best to suppress the raging laughter within her, she played along perfectly wailing as though she was bitten by a snake.
"Well there is nothing i could possibly do, let her die. After all you are nothing but human debris" the guard spat bitterly and laughed.
"Except if you want her corpse to disturb your sleep. Since you stay here too, Evana doesn't really care about her servants. Does she even know you? i guess we are all human debris"
Flavius teased as the guard grew enraged,
"Why you old-"
Just as he unlocked the cell, and stepped in ready to throw a punch at Flavius.
Y/N threw a punch at the guard getting him off guard, she grabbed his head and delivered an Up knee technique to his face, his head made impact with her knee as he fell to the floor. She leaped up a bit and landed on the guard delivering an Ax stomp. He yelled in pain.
"You fight well surprisingly!" Flavius stared wide eyed
Y/N smirked and held out her hand.
"Let's get out of here" all of a sudden shouts of guards who overheard the commotion came by and saw Y/N standing over the guard whom she had beaten to pulp. They froze and looked at her then at the guard beneath her foot. A guard muttered to his colleague.
"She ...beat Aaron up"
Another replied "unbelievable"
Y/N, Flavius and the guards just kept staring at each other, Y/N smiled nervously as her eye twitched. Flavius muttered to her
"I think this is where you run, i will be fine"
Y/N nodded
"Yes goodluck!"
And with that, she bolted to the right running with all she had, adrenaline pumped wildly through her system. The guards yelled and followed hot on her heels. Flavius shouted after Y/N.
"Remember to follow your heart and call on the Aradian knights!"
"I FREAKING WILL!!!" Y/N yelled back and took a sharp corner, beads of sweat formed on her temple.
"There she is!" A guard pointed out at her, the others yelled and ran after her. She turned and saw an open door.
"Oh thank heavens"
She sighed
"Get her!"
"Come on guys you don't have to chase after a lady" Y/N showed a bit of her ankle and pretended to take off her blouse as all the guards stopped.
" ohhhh no no!" They all turned away. Y/N smirked knowing her plan had worked.
"Idiots!" She ran away before they could turn back.
"She got away! She tricked us"
Meanwhile Y/N hid in the bushes around the castle awaiting their departure.
"What do we tell the King?!" They walked away.
After a few minutes Y/N stepped out and ran towards the King's Garden. Above was the Balcony to his room. But it was too high for her to climb up to. Y/N saw two guards patrolling and hid in the bushes.
She walked down the halls of the castle, her head turning at the slightest sound, she made her way to the kitchen clearly lost and saw a couple of maids working hard. They all turned and looked at her.
"Who are you?" A maid asked.
"U-um.... the new maid" Y/N lied as they all nodded, she quickly closed the door and walked in another direction climbing up the stairs, when all of a sudden she heard Evana's voice.
She quickly hid behind a knights armour placed as decoration. And watched as Evana kissed her Roan goodnight. Roan smiled and hugged her begging her not to go but she beckoned him to go the bed. Roan bid her goodnight before closing his door. Evana passed by the knights armour but stopped suddenly, her neck craned sideways, as she looked at Y/N's direction. Y/N tensed up, standing still behind the knight, Evana sighed, shook her head and departed.
Y/N released her breath as she surveyed her surroundings. She pulled off the scarlet cloak on the Knight and put it on.
Walking over to the Kings door, she inhaledsharply and raised her knuckles to the gigantic brown doors with intricatedesigns. Filled with determination, her knuckles Made contact with the door asshe called out.
"Your majesty, message from the neighbouring kingdom" she pulled upher hood which hid her face. The door swung open, as Roan glared down at her,she took a moment to analyse the King, he was indeed a very handsome young manwith blood red hair and striking icy blue eyes, she remembered how the girls inthe village swooned over him, why do girls like bad boys? She quickly snappedherself out of her thoughts for she almost got lost in his eyes. He allowed herin, thinking she was a messenger. The king closed the doors and began.
"Why couldn't this wait until morni-" The king could hardly completehis sentence as he stared at Y/N. Shocked to see her before him, He knew he hadsent her to the dungeon. How was she here then? No one has ever escaped! He wassnapped out of his thoughts as Y/N smirked with her hood down. She bowedmockingly at the king and parted her lips, speaking to the king. Her heartbeating in fear, but she was a stubborn girl. She couldn't hold her tongue atthis moment. And so she said.
"If it isn't our dear King Roan...your majesty"