The group of people that tried following the now-dead count at once ran back to the crowd in the middle that was being protected by the knights of the Bragi territory, Ryan spoke up to all, "Everybody please calm down!" Most people looked up to him and he continued, "We have people to help and don't worry, we will try our best to ensure all your safety by the name of the Bragi territory and by my name, Ryan Bragi." It looked as if most people calmed down for a bit until another scream was heard at the back of the crowd of people gathered in the middle, people turned around and were met with the sight of one of the guards on the floor. The guard was on the floor, but he didn't appear to be dead though there was a clear cut on his back that seemed to be deep. Louis looked around seemingly to find the people in the extravagant clothing, he caught sight of one of them. This person seemed to be a woman as he assessed, there was a wine-red dress flowing on the floor where she stood. Louis stood up and kept his blade beside him as he walked down the stairs calmly despite the demanding screams of his family to stay back in his seat, the people at the stairs cleared the way for him and he moved into the crowd. No one saw him for a while until someone caught sight of him moving to the back of the hall and towards a woman, there were whispers heard as the crowd slowly turned towards where he was walking to. "Excuse me, madam. Please move to the area assigned to protect the members of the celebration.", he said calmly, and his fingers gripped the scabbard on his waist, 'no one has noticed', he thought to himself. The woman that he came to talk to stared at him for a long while before a sword came flying at his side and he jumped back landing in a crouching position. There were gasps heard from the crowd, Louis continued to stare straight at the woman and then she rushed forward with impressive speed, she held two daggers in both hands and swung with one at a time. Louis dodged everyone until this time an arrow was shot, and he lost footing, his opponent also tripped because of her now failed attempt. The lady fell on him and one of her daggers fell from her hands and slid across the floor, she swung the other one and Louis pushed her, and she fell back. Louis pulled out his sword, he heard Ryan calling to him, but he had to finish it off. He pounced on the lady and used the sword to press against her neck while using his elbow to hold the hand with the dagger. "Guards, hold her!", Louis screamed and knocked the people out of their stupor, the knights practically ran towards him. One of them helped Louis up as priority and the others tied her up, Louis didn't look back other than his mauve hair that was no longer in the lavender ribbon he was given and the gash along his cheek and his forehead though that didn't stop Ryan from coming running towards him while carrying Caspian in his arms.
"Louis!", Louis turned around to meet the owner of the anxious voice, Ryan. "I'm okay.", Louis said quickly to avoid extra worry from his brother, and he continued, "I noticed a group of people near the fire and cloths in the hall, she is part of the group, I caught her trying to escape." Ryan sighed and let go of Caspian who was struggling to get out of his grasp, she ran towards Louis and hugged his legs and in return Louis carried her this time instead. Ryan faced the crowd, "Everyone look around, if anyone wearing the same type of clothing as the fair lady captured in our mist, please call for help.", Ryan announced to the crowd, "You and you, come with me, search in the crowd.", he took 2 guards and waked away leaving Louis and Caspian with his now defeated opponent. Louis walked towards the woman and asked her, "Where are you from or I'll show no mercy.", the woman was tied face down on the floor and she lifted her head up to look at the one who asked this question. She smiled at him, and Louis knew something was up, he knew all eyes were on Ryan looking for the people and the guards that were with him went to various parts of the hall except for one. Ryan turned around and saw the guard on the ground, blood spewed his now missing arm and he couldn't scream even if he wanted to due to the cloth on his mouth; Louis felt a gush of wind behind him. He was still holding Caspian so he couldn't do anything alarming so he backflipped instead of the original plan which will not be mentioned, he held Caspian tight and landed in a crouching position; he stared but there was no one other than the guard and the woman there. He looked at Caspian and the little girl smiled at him, he stood up and walked towards where their family was while ignoring all the whispers and piercing eyes coming from the people. Louis' mother embraced Caspian then Louis, "Are you okay?" she asked, and Louis left the hug. Their mother put her hand on the slit on his cheek, he held her hand, "Mother, I'm okay besides I'm still elder than Ryan, I'll be his right-hand man.", he said and smiled to reassure her. "I still have work to do anyway, mother wait for me with Caspian and Ryan.", he continued and walked down the steps again, he walked away from the crowd and walked towards the spot where the woman laid. He moved his hands up to touch the scabbard and he heard a wire being stretched, he paused and listened again but there was no sound this time. He used his finger and struck the air, he looked at his finger, 'blood, this is a garrote wire', he thought, the injury stung, and it felt deep. He unsheathed his sword and looked around him, making sure no one saw him, and he closed his eyes and spun around slashing everything around him until he felt safe. He opened his eyes and then heard a snicker in his head, 'Braize, you're a spirit, you should know what to do.', he said to the man in his mind and Braize answered, 'Of course, I was waiting for you to realize boy.' Louis sighed and dropped his blade; he sat down on the ground to start a proper conversation with his pride. 'Okay, Braize, what do I do?', Louis asked as he closed his eyes, 'Get up-', Louis got up, 'Move to where your family are-', Louis ran towards the stairs and jumped to the top, this time everyone was seated together in the middle and they stared at him as he stared up to space, 'Go up to the top using the stairs-', he ran up the stairs and caught two people. One of them had a cross bow and the other a regular blade, the one with the blade came towards him and attacked him, their swords clashed, and his focus was on his current opponent, but he forgot the one with the bow. The one with the sword pushed him against the wall and Louis was cornered, 'CROSSBOW', he heard Braize shout and *thwack*, an arrow was shot. Louis let go of his sword and held his current opponent's arms making him immovable, the arrow went through the man's back and Louis at once dropped him. He walked towards the one that shot the crossbow and *smack*, the man went unconscious. Louis breathed in and out and grabbed the two men by their collar, he walked down to the ground floor with the 2 scraping the ground behind him. "Some help!", he said, and it alerted everyone he was back, 'You can sit down and rest now, the other members have escaped, the one that was pierced with the arrow is dead but the other 2 are alive', Braize said in his mind. Louis sighed and let go of the two people and went to sit down on the ground beside his mother's leg, the guards tied the 2 of them up.
Louis' mother cupped his cheeks and smiled at him and then Ryan came running towards them, "Louis, are you okay?" he said frantically and knelt near him. "I am fine, tell a guard to cut the wire at the door before anyone leaves and explore the perimeter if not there's no one here again", Louis whispered just loud enough for his mother and brother to hear, and Ryan stood up shocked then went to announce it to the public. The rest of the time spent in the court room was to apologize and secure the perimeter and make sure everyone leaves safely. The few who got injured were taken to the medical room, excluding Louis.
Louis went with Ryan after they patched his face up, "What are we doing?" Louis asked genuinely confused. He continued to follow Ryan who led the way silently, after a few more minutes of walking Louis grabbed Ryans shoulder and turned him around, "Where are we going, I'm tired.", Ryan stared at him and then blinked, "Oh, I'm sorry Louis. I want to talk to someone, and I thought I would bring you along as my right-hand man", Ryan said and smiled making Louis blush. Louis nudged Ryan and smiled and then they continued the journey.