" I plan to attack them and cause them various and huge amounts of trouble while using a mask to hide my identity so that they have no time to be worried about a guy called 'Saved' ".
Stephen's expression did not change but one could guess that he was thinking heavily right now, and after 3 seconds of silence he tossed the sword over to me
" Sorry about that ,but I had to know atleast, and here's the information "(handed the files personally)
With a sigh I took the files
" You can leave now Chhan, and about your plan, it's gonna be extremely hard to pull off so be careful and goodluck "
I was surprised so I stopped just before I took the letter, I found it astonishing that the prince actually took my plan seriously, even I know how small of a chance of flawless success this plan has, and seeing how he seemed to believe in said plan and me ,I was both suspicious of him and happy
Stephen :{he seems...happy?} " Chhan? "
" Ah... sorry,I was just a bit surprised to see you not laugh at my plan (took the files)"
" I don't laugh at anyone's honest efforts , especially not that of my friends "
I stared at him for a whole moment,so did Carmen from his side, both of us seemed pleased and both shook a little bit, this guy, it would be dangerous if he was a girl honestly
I smiled
" ...A friend huh, (leaned back and face palmed myself) I can't believe the prince of a nation is telling me that ahaha "
Stephen offered a small smile
" It's nothing, and I was also gonna say, your friends have been released now, we have confirmed that they are all innocent now, they are currently waiting for you in the gates, the guards were told by them to tell you that "
" { Them as well, truly, It's nice not to feel all alone } (straightened myself and stood up and offered my right hand) Thank you Stephen, (continued with a confident look) though it might not seem much from someone like me ,call me whenever you need my help "
Stephen looked at my hand for a moment and suddenly
He showed a very humane like smile that I never thought was possible to see on his stone cold face back in the audience room, and after that he shook my hand
" I will "
With that I left the room with a pleasant feeling, most of the suspicions I had against Stephen had subsisded from this conversation which I found pleasant, I left with a smile not noticing Carmen who looked heavenly pleased seeing Stephen's angelic smile
Stephen then looked at Carmen after I left the floor breaking the atmosphere, his usual monotonous expression back on his face and asked
" Did father make a move? "
Carmen who snapped back to reality and regained composure nodded and responded
" He has master, two agents with the assassin and ranger jobs of the 7th classes have been deployed to watch Chhan's movements, he'll probably recognise them though ".
" ....{He'll definitely recognised them in no time, he's gotten a lot stronger and sharper, and..} What about my sister?"
" Lady Vilier hasn't made any movements towards him ,she seems to have no intentions of doing so . "
Stephen then took his sword that was on the side of his dest and strapped it on his waist, Carmen also brought him his coat ,they made their move
" I'll meet father and talk to him about this ,you look for a suitable friend for Chhan ,one who can fight and he'll let observe him among our staff ".
" Yes master ,give me three days "
" You have two "
***
I hurriedly went down the stairs, walking down the castle I felt many gazes upon me and heard small chatters about me as they looked my way but
{ Two of them (could sense two people dressed as guards following him from two directions)...are they the ones who'll be keeping an eye on me? Seriously they are all so generic,Hmm...}
' I don't laugh at anyone's honest efforts , especially not that of my friends '
{...As long as they don't cross the lines}
With that I made way down the castle and hurried towards the gate where I found the three people who were waiting for me
Ginko was sleeping, she was sitting on one of the benches near the gate's main road along with two other people, Snakeblade also slept like Ginko ,both were leaning on Richard's should left and right ,Richard who also looked tired turned to me sensing my presence
" You're finally out "
{ They look spent! }
" Don't try to get up , I'll also sit there you guys looked spent "
" Ahh (stopped himself midway before he tried to move) Thanks "
" What happened to you guys (sat next to Ginko on the left) ?".
Richard's expression paled as he seems to be experiencing what I called Vietnam flashbacks in my world
" Those assholes ...They actually used kept us in a mana room filled with divine energy to prevent us from lying ,fuck I wanted to punch their face off ".
" Mana room full of divine energy?? "{Now that's a first}
With that I asked Richard to give me a short explanation on the mana room filled with divine energy, basically it was a room filled with mana blessed by a god, it foces you to tell the truth but strains you mind and body a lot .
" That's basically it "
He looked utterly spent by only talking for 5 minutes
" I'm sorry about all that " (looked very guilty right now)
" Treat us to some good food later okay ,and what's that on your hand ,papers? "
" I'll tell you later man and about that food , I'll definitely treat you guys some time later "
" mm for now (yaawwns) let me rest for a bit)
" Yeah sure "
The suns were setting, it was a pleasant evening under the suns that lit up the kingdom's evening, the scenes ,the air and the atmosphere, everything about the situation right now, it made me wish I was born in this world to an extent, and a bit sleepy too
Yaaaawn
" I should rest as....heh ,he already fell asleep (looks at Richard who also fell flat asleep )... I'll wake them up in an hour ".
An hour later when it was night I got scolded by the three for not waking them up while we were in our way to Richard and Snakeblade's place
End of chapter