Prince Lee looked at the receding figure, gave a sigh and took off his clothes to have a quick bath.
'life outside is totally different from that in the palace' he thought
In less than a day, he had experienced things in the outside world that would be labelled 'outrageous' in the palace.
He was used to the privileged life and this was the extreme opposite!.
What with the hard cold floor he slept on for the night, the smoked rabbit without side dishes that had no appealing taste, this cold bath at an open stream and no change of clothes whatsoever.
He wondered if this was how some of the commoners who were the least previledged in the Kingdom lived everyday.
'I wonder how Li Yu is doing' he thought of his close pal and bodyguard and hoped he was alive and well.
Who knew if he had been thrown in the prison cell by the King?, or worse, beheaded?
Their plans of leaving without the royal guards must have consequences other than being attacked by assassins.
He could only try to come out of here alive.
He had just put on the last of his clothes when Su emerged from the distance and walked towards him.
"I have found a path between the low shrubs. It is after the plains over there, it is about the only way to leave this forest without going down the hill"
"can we make it without getting caught?"
"We should... I have been in this forest sometime when i was younger, in similar circumstance. But it seems so much different and confusing now. Perhaps this is just another part of the big jungle"
"a similar circumstance...?" the 'Man' grabbed the highlight of the sentence
"I do not wish to speak about it, what I wish to say now is that we keep moving"
"alright, but first take your own bath..."
"I am alright, I do not need a bath" Su declared but went close to the steam, bent low, scooped some water into his hands and poured it over his face.
He repeated the process three more times and proceeded to wash his arms and legs too.
Then he drank some water and saved some in a makeshift guord.
He felt his waist for his small dagger, looked around and started to walk away.
The 'Man' looked at him meaningfully and walked behind him.
"Keep up, we have to stay together" Su looked back at him and instructed firmly