Chapter 4:
"Apprehended all the men of Maghada and bring them to my palace today" The king commanded.
There was chaos in the city the whole day. The men left of the Maghadas were all taken to the King.
Their wives and children all tried to fight back and few were injured. The king's orders were to bring in the men and if anyone yielded an effort in stopping them, They were to be slaughtered.
But Louis gave a different order to the men so the women and young men were only beaten with batons and sticks.
The women of Maghada watched as their husbands were taken or dragged away. (Some of the men left willingly while others Didn't).
The men were all brought to the palace and presented to the king.
Boudica showed up when the man had been huddled up. His eyes burning with rage, Boudica took his Seat and stared at the men.
"I have showed enough mercy to you all by sparing your miserable lives and now you all are planning to take over the throne from me!?" Boudica yelled.
The people all remained silent but fear could clearly be read in their face as most of them were trembling and shivering in fear.
"you all dare keep mute when the king asks you a question!?" Louis yelled.
"We know nothing your majesty..!" The men of Maghada all chorused.
"Oh, my own People are the ones planning on taking over my throne??" Boudica asked in a less sarcastic manner.
"We do not know anything your majesty. We are just taking care of our wives and family your majesty. Why would we want the throne your majesty.." one of the men stated.
"How many of you lost someone you know when we attacked The former king?" Boudica asked.
No reply came. the men of Maghada all stared at themselves expecting the first person to raise his hand or say something.
"Are you all deaf!?" Boudica yelled.
They all slowly raised their hands. Every single man in the room had either lost a son or a brother in the battle against the slaves.
Boudica smirked and rested his back on the sit. "Kill all of them" He ordered.
His men instantly drew their swords. The men of Maghada all cried out. "We do not know anything your majesty. We're innocent!"
"Wait!" Louis suddenly said. The men all paused. Louis walked up to the king.
"We cannot kill them your majesty, let's keep them here till we get to the root of the Incident. We're not sure who could be the person behind the threats but killing these people might not end up working out the way we imagined.."
Boudica paused and stared at the men of Colchis with their swords ready to slay the innocent men.
He slightly nodded and the men lowered their swords. The men of Maghada heaved a sigh of relief and Thanked the king endlessly for sparing their lives.
"Take all of them away and lock them up. Till we find out exactly who wrote those words on my walls, they remain prisoners!" Boudica commanded.
Louis bowed down slightly and nodded at the men of Maghada. They escorted the captives to the cell cages.
"Louis, are you sure we'll find someone out there who is not from Maghada but is responsible for it?" Boudica questioned.
"We cannot tell for sure if these men did it but you can trust me with everything your highness. I'll make you proud as always.." Louis left for the cell.
Aurora was in her cell taking a nap when the sound of the door been unlocked woke her. She stared at the door eagerly as it opened up and some men were brought in.
"What is going on?" She thought.
The men of Maghada, who were up to 58 were all confined in all of the prisons.
Aurora easily recognized it was her people and wondered what could be the reason they were suddenly brought in and detained.
" It's that monster again. What is he up to now?" She asked herself.
A man suddenly walked in with some other armed men of Colchis.
He dressed differently and one would easily notice he was of high status.
Aurora stared at him as he walked to one of the cell cage. " you all only have to stay here till we find the person behind the writings"
"What writings is he talking about?" Aurora wondered.
"This shouldn't take long. I've promised The king and I'm promising you too now that I'll find the pepetrator in a matter of hours" The man added.
The men of Maghada thanked him for his hand and for saving their lives back at the palace. "But why are you helping us?" One of the men asked him.
" I'm just doing my own part of the job I was born to do. I'm meant to save innocent people not hurt them" The man stated.
" He's a Colchis and he his helping my people out. This doesn't sound right. Something Is wrong.." Aurora thought.
Louis turned to leave the cells. He walked past Aurora's cell and she quickly stopped him.
"My Lord!. I am...I was the princess of the kingdom, thank you for helping my People.." She stated.
Louis nodded and wanted to proceed in leaving. "You..you haven't told me your name my Lord.." Aurora mumbled.
" I'm Lord Louis" The man left afterwards.
The cell was locked and the prisoners all murmured indinstinct words after the men of Colchis had left.
"Is he planning to take over the throne from the king?"
"i am not sure but it's obvious he's up to something. He will not be doing all this for nothing"
"What if he his not. You heard him say he was born to help innocent people. Maybe that's just how he really is"
The men argued all day.
Aurora sat back and rested her back on the wall again. Something seemed to have ignited a thought in her.
"Why in the world did his voice sound so familiar with that of the man that snuck in here?" She asked herself.