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Chapter 7 - Hide in the cave

The mother replied, "Thank you, son." And so everyone sat down and it was very organized and big.

Arthur spoke and said, "I will go down to get some firewood and come back." Helena replied, "I will go with you." Arthur replied, "Okay."

Arthur came down from the mountain and went down to the forest with his black sword. Meanwhile, the night was already falling and it was getting dark.

Helena spoke and said, "How could you live here alone for a year?" He replied, "It was a very difficult start, but I did all this for my dream, and now I have achieved it thanks to training."

Helena replied, "How can training for only one year make you this strong?" Arthur replied, "I have not trained for only one year, I have trained more than that."

Helena replied, "Okay," and then she said, "What will happen to the others? What if monsters really attack? What will happen to them?" Arthur replied, "They will suffer a lot if that happens."

Helena replied, "We will not do anything." Arthur replied, "What shall we do? The beasts are strong and organized and have already wreaked havoc on our forces, next time they will come and disrupt stronger and more organized ones."

Helena replied, "How do you know all these details?" Arthur replied, "I will tell you and keep it a secret." Helena replied, "Your secret is in a well, I will never tell anyone." He replied, "Okay."

Four months ago, when I was looking for some rabbits to hunt but I did not find them, and I was hungry at that time and I had wandered more in the forest than usual. While I was walking carefully, I managed to catch a rabbit, and when I was about to return, I found myself in a strange place in the forest, and suddenly I found some Uruks going with weapons.

I hid among the trees because I did not want to get into a useless fight, while they were passing by on a road, I heard one of them say, "We will attack a village and enslave its people and take all their goods." He said: "We will attack them weakly and when we fight with them we will retreat, when they see us retreat they will think they have won the battle, when night falls we will attack them with all our strength and crush them." Then they laughed and said: "We will occupy the tribes of Elves and Mintaurs."

At that moment I went back and did not care about things because I thought they would attack the Elves or Mintaurs. But I did not expect that our village would be the one being attacked. It was a well-thought-out plan and they attacked us at our worst, I do not think their plan is that simple, I think there are hidden reasons behind their attack.

Helena replied to him and said: "It seems that they have been planning it for a long time, and as I said it seems that there is someone stirring things up behind the scenes. Also why would they attack the Elves, Mintaurs and humans?"

It's very strange, it's more than expanding lands or just food, there must be other great goals hidden behind trivial reasons like expanding lands and fertile lands.

Arthur replied to her and said: "You're right." At that moment, Arthur and Helena gathered a lot of firewood and then returned to the mountain.

Helena wanted to say something but was shy, then she gathered up the courage and said: "Why didn't you take me with you in your training in the mountain? If you had taken me with you, I would have trained with you and you wouldn't have been alone."

Arthur replied to her and said: "Don't be afraid if I did something bad to you or the villagers would say that you are in a relationship with me or something."

Helena replied to him with only one word, which was: "I don't mind all of this, even if you did something to me, I will accept it with gratitude."

Arthur laughed and said: "What a bold girl, next time if you go on training, I will take you with me."

She replied to him and said: "Promise me this."

He replied to her and said: "I promise you."

The two of them arrived at the cave together and were laughing, then Father and Elena looked at Arthur with a strange look. Grandfather laughed and said: "How I envy the young men today."

Arthur replied to them and said: "What are you saying? You embarrassed the girl."

At that moment, Helena's face turned red with embarrassment. Helena then sat down next to Helena.

Elena approached Helena and said: "Tell me the truth, do you love me, brother?"

Helena replied and said: "What are you saying? I don't."

Elena replied and said: "Come on, tell me the truth, if you do, I will help you get my brother, I would rather have you as my brother's wife than another girl."

Helena hesitated to answer and said: "I really love him, but I don't know your brother's feelings towards me."

Elena replied and said: "Leave it to me, don't worry about it."