Ivo slid the window open and jumped into the room, Jakob was in the other room, probably soaking in the tub. He slowly walked towards the bathroom, where he saw Jakob sitting there, a towel over his head. He grabbed his shirt, throwing it at Jakob, who looked up surprised.

“We have to go” Ivo called out, Jakob squinted his eyes to see his face,

“Ivo?” He called out.

“No Santa Claus, get dressed we have to go now”

“Go where?” Jakob asked as he got out of the tub.

“First of all, get some clothes on and second of all, Ida is in trouble, so are you coming or not?” Ivo asked.

Jakob jumped out of the tub and grabbed his pants, throwing it on.

“How did you get in?” He asked.

“Oh, your friend let me in” Ivo replied with sarcasm.

Jakob turned to look at Ivo then the door and then the open window.

“You came in through the window, didn't you?” He asked, but Ivo didn't reply, He just stared at the time watch and then at the door.

Any minute Rivera was going to walk through that door and Ivo didn't want to take a sword through his heart. He hurried to Jakob and pulled a rope and hook from his bag, throwing it over the fire place, he tested it a couple of times pulling it before throwing the rope down the window.

“You first Lover boy” Ivo called out.

Jakob was slow climbing down, too slow that they were only half way when Rivera noticed that Jakob was not in his room, he noticed the open window and two gentlemen men or in Rivera's eyes one helpless prince and a kidnapper.

Ivo had to take the shortcut which was cutting the rope, they bought fell into the heap of straw that Ivo had ready in case of a situation like this. The bell tolled in the distance, why wouldn't it the prince was missing.

“We run straight through the mountains, and we will reach the swallowing river by morning” Ivo informed Jakob, he folded the map, but Jakob pulled him back.

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“I have to get my rapier.”

“Wait seriously? Did you hear the bell?”

“I need my rapier, I gave it to the blacksmith for maintaince.”

“We will get another one, two, if it pleases you.”

“No, I don't want another one, I only fight with heart piercer, another weapon would be adultery.”

“Seriously? It's just a piece of steel.”

“My sister gave it to me, no rapier, no saving Ida.”

“I would tell her you said that” Ivo informed him.

“Where in the castle is the rapier being kept ?”

“The king's weapon inventory” Jakob replied

“Oh that's just great, now we have to break into the safest vault in the castle?so I look like Tom Cruise to you?”

“What's a cruise?”

“Never mind.”

“I have the key” Jakob said, pulling out a weird shaped key attracted to a string around his neck.

“That solves half of it” Ivo said as guards pulled out from the small metal gate.

“You two stop there” one of the guards said, but Ivo simply turned to Jakob.

“Now we run” he said as he took off.

Kidnapping a prince, vault breaking, convincing some guards with mid violent, Ivo knew his criminal record was growing, but the silverhaired buffalo just sang through the entire ordeal.

“You are the one who is going to get hanged for this, not me” he informed Ivo, the vault was at the east end of the room. Jakob's room was at the west. They had to avoid as much attention as they could, which was not an easy task as the guards were flocking the castle.

The front gate must have been shut down by now for sure, they took another turn as Ivo bumped into someone, a familiar unpleasant smell entered his nose as he looked up. It was the kitchen master.

“Hi Mrs.… ”Ivo tried to remember her actual name.

Bumble.

“Yes bumble, I wasn't expecting to see you here” Ivo called out.

“I was expecting to see you in your room mashle we had an agreement” she called out as her skin blushed red, which was very visible from her pale skin. It took everything for Ivo not to spill his guts out.

Lucky she was too engrossed in her fantasies of having him between her that she didn't seem to notice Jakob behind him.

“Well that's the thing bumble, you and me we just can't work” Ivo said as he slammed his hand against her throat knocking her out. There goes gender equality, he thought.

“Help me move her to the side” he told Jakob who was reluctant, but he didn't need any convincing from Ivo so he simply helped.

Soon they stood in front of a larger portrait painting of the first fair haven.

“Cool guy” Ivo said as Jakob walked past him sliding the key into the nose of the portrait that looking back looked a bit awkward for a regular nose.

“Wait why is your sword here again?”Ivo asked.

“Oh my sword isn't here, I intend to steal the family heirloom rapier. If you hadn't come by I would have left tonight anyway”

“Oh that's shocking” Ivo said, but he wasn't impressed.

He knew that Jakob had left the castle and fought against the snowcrawlers at Ida's side, they both did, and he was super torn up that night. Meeting Jakob now he felt like he had wasted his tears and should just let the fool die.

“Are you coming or not?” Jakob asked as he pushed the door open.