In reality, however, it was not that anything of Yu's was broken by the crazy lady. Just as she was about to break his arms, the other hooded lady told her to stop, but she did not listen, so the first hooded lady punched the crazy lady out of the blue.
Unfortunately, the crazy lady let go of his arms in time and defended herself, however, the sound from the exchange between the two had indeed frightened the red-eyed slave, who had yelled out, resulting in the various sounds within the carriage as they entered through the gate belonging to the palace which was their destination.
"Take off the two of them. Take them for a shower and get them some attendant clothing for them. They will be attendants for Her Majesty if all goes well, so treat them as such." The first lady said to a palace guard waiting outside the carriage for them as she dragged the crazy lady with her to enter the palace, the whole time the crazy lady was busy trying to escape the first lady.
As Yu got out of the carriage, he noticed that only a single guard was there in front of him, with no other guards in sight. It was unfortunate that he did not have the skills necessary to pick locks, since he only just found himself in these chains at the beginning of the day, and he was here by night-time. Meanwhile, Kai was too busy trying his best to protect his buttocks from the merciless horse to be learning new skills like lockpicking.
However, Yu did not waste a single moment and immediately glanced everywhere to find the best route of escape, and found one.
Just as the guard took hold of the chain of the red-eyed slave, Yu ducked to avoid the hand aiming for his chain and rolled on the ground once, before immediately rushing towards the bushed on his right, the only escape route he could find that was not the manor where the crazy lady was. Plus, the bush was comparatively lower in height compared to the tall metal gate and fencing from where they entered and the just as tall brick wall to his left.
"Hey!" The guard shouted as he ran after Yu, but he could not just leave the red-eyed slave alone either, so he picked her up in his arms before chasing after Yu, giving up a considerable 2-second lead.
Yu turned to face the oncoming guard in cloth uniform, before smirking and throwing his body backwards. Trying to just across the bush face-first could only result in unwanted injuries to the front of his body, especially considering he was wearing nothing but the cloak.
Unfortunately for him, the bush was thicker than he expected and he had not cleared it in one leap as he felt the sensation of having countless branches stab into his backside all at once from all possible angles.
And it was most definitely not pleasant!
However, Yu struggled with all his might as he wiggled across the barrier of thorn-like structures and finally fell down on the other side. He did not have too much time as the guard was right behind him so he quickly sprang to his feet and began running, ignoring the pain not just from the cuts and scrapes he got on his back, but also from having the heavy chained pulling at his neck and limbs with every step he took.
As he was running, he also glanced around to find the perfect escape route, and soon enough he found it.
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Inside the palace, two rather stunning-looking beauties were watching the entire incident with rapt attention.
"I knew it would have been him!" The one who Yu referred to as the Crazy lady said, her sparkling azure eyes enhanced the beauty of her jade-like skin.
"Yes. It was bound to be him. Her Majesty already knows everything we could find about about the two of them. He is definitely smart enough to find the situation and allow himself to escape. However, I fear that he is a bit too smart. Even if his ability to decode Ancient Santok in a single day is just a bluff to keep him alive, he still possesses enough intellect to understand Ancient Santok. I'm afraid Her Majesty's scheme to win them over like this will not work on him." The second lady, who was a spitting image of the crazy lady in every way spoke in a serious tone, the cloak she had been wearing until now was behind her on the bed.
…
Yu stumbled over a few tree roots and tumbled into a clearing in the forest-like garden. In front of him was a serene pond, and a small pagoda built next to it, elegantly gracing nature with its magnificence.
Inside the pagoda was a young lady around the age of 20, with deep emerald eyes and bright golden hair. If Yu were back on Earth, he would have assumed that she was a super-model or a famous actress.
Despite it being the Year 2845 of the Earth Alliance, and robots did a lot of work, humans still had jobs. There were hard labour jobs when those in charge of construction could not afford the robots either due to time constraints or financial. There were jobs in manufacturing and the retail sectors, as well as the service sectors.
Despite the emergence of AI and computer graphics that can build entire personas from scratch, supermodels and actors still somehow found their way into fame and built followings behind themselves.
"Oh my, and who might you be?" The lady who was just about 10 meters from Yu exclaimed in faint surprise.
"Yu. Hello. And Goodbye." Yu had already put two and two together. The fact that this was likely a princess' palace, there was a beautiful young lady sitting here having a cup of tea in the night breeze. She was most likely the princess.
And the utter lack of security was astonishing unless she made it so, or someone around her made it so.
Therefore, instead of getting any more entangled with her or those around her, he would just make use of this to escape and figure out a way to leave this city after he left the palace.
Yu scrambled to his feet and rushed off away from the young lady, whose expression turned from gentle surprise to an exasperated pout.
"Alright, we can stop here." She said with a sigh, and all of a sudden people from all over the place suddenly appeared, including the once panting guard who was holding onto the red-eyes slave. Only he was not panting at all and looked like he was in peak condition.
"Tch. I knew it…" Yu cursed softly as he was held up in the air by two guards, dressed in red just like the one who had been following behind him. Only, their grips were so strong that Yu could not even think of escaping again.
The one Yu assumed to be the princess turned her attention back to Yu with curiosity in her emerald eyes.