“STOP There! You!” The soldiers shouted angrily. And ran after the thief.

The only thing they saw was a little shadow of a boy in beggars’ clothes that have taken some things under his shirt. The boy ran as fast as it could, but still, he was caught.

Compared to him big and muscular soldiers, one was older, and the other was much younger than the first.

“Garw, we need to take him to the commander!” Said the younger one.

Then took the boy by his collar and dragged him with them. The boy opposed and struggled but it was in vain because they were stronger.

After fifteen minutes they were before the commander’s study room. They looked anxiously at each other and called “Commander! We caught the thief from the main market!”.

“Come in!” answered a cold and terrifying voice. The guards come in and were scared because of the look the commander had. A cold and piercing look he looked at the boy and then an evil smile appeared.

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“Leave him and go out.” The soldiers exited the room in a hurry.

When there were only the two of them in the room left, the commander said with amusement smile “Do you intend to dress as a boy forever?”

The boy was shocked by these words and took a good look at the man before him. He was handsome, very handsome. He had long hair, knitted in a semi bun. The eyes were green and cold like he didn’t have any emotions, the clothes could show his perfect muscles and the robes couldn’t hide them. He was just perfect in both body and face.

The boy blushed a bit and answered, “I don’t know what you mean" and tried to act like he didn’t know what commander mean.

The commander smirked and wig with an evil smile “If you are really a boy then strip”.

He looked serious, and the boy stiffened and after some time in silence he said, “I can't”.

“So, you really are a girl then," said the evil man in front of a boy.

There were a silence and awkwardness. Then the boy nodded his head slightly and admitted the truth. The commander was satisfied with an answer like that and asked, “Tell me how old you are and what is your name”.

The girl looked him into his green eyes and hesitated a bit, but answered, “I’m 13 and my name is Lou, a-and I don’t have a surname”. The girl couldn’t look any more in his eyes and looked away in embarrassment.

The commander said with an emotionless smile “Then if you don’t have anywhere to go, do you want to work for me?”