*Thoughts*
~Sound effects~
+”Whispers”+
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Chapter 44: Escape from the castle
Before Neuron stood up he grabbed a knife that laid on the table and hid it within one of his sleeves as a precautionary measure since he wanted to be prepared for anything, if necessary even taking the king as a hostage.
While Neuron went after them Michael joined their little group too *What’s going on, why is he coming too?* Neuron asked himself
While the small group went towards a small door in the back of the throne room the eyes of everyone inside where glued upon them, then the queen opened the door and everyone went inside.
As soon as they went through a storm of words started which was soon cut out by the door Michael closed.
The room was really small, only a table was placed inside with three chairs since it was used as a guard station for emergency purpose. On those chairs the king his wife and daughter seated themselves and after they did the King said: “Alright, what do you have to say about the matter at hand Alex?”
“Ähm, what’s the matter Majesty, I can`t follow what you are saying” neuron said while deciding to be polite to play it save
“Haven`t you paid any attention to what was said, ah yeah right you were eating like a pig”
“Don’t say that father!” the princess exclaimed
“Psssht” came from the queen while Michael placed himself near a wall while looking at neuron with bloodshot eyes who stood in the middle of the room not knowing what was going on
“Have you read the invitation?” the King sighed and Neuron thought *Crap* while he crossed his arms to hide their shaking
“Stop asking him rude questions!” the princess shouted rather angry
“Loranna, let your father deal with the situation” the queen said
“No, he is just going to imprison him because he is hindering his plans of marriage!” she practically shouted
* Wait don´t tell me, no can´t be I never met the princess… or maybe, arrrrgh, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!!!! *
“See, Michael is a good catch, he is calm, well known, everyone likes him, a good fighter so he can protect you in times of needs” while the queen said that Neuron turned around to look at Michael who stood there proudly showing his chest but after noticing Neurons look of displeasure he just frowned
“Lies!” the princess shouted towards her mother
“Loranna, I have to tell you something too” the king said in a really calm voice, then he inhaled much air and said loudly: ”You dare to disagree with me, your father, the king, and that before all of my guests!?”
*Yeah you are the king come on get to the point*
“I don`t want to be betrothed to Michael” the princess just shouted back while jumping up from her chair, without caring that her father practically screamed towards her, apparently that wasn`t the only time they disagreed
*I don’t want to marry! Wait, it doesn`t concern me, I am just here because I ate during his speech, riiight?* Neuron thought confused
“You are going to do what I, the KING says after hearing that Neuron barely managed to prevent a face palm even though he had more serious problems like figuring out the reason zhe was called into that room
“I don`t want to” the princess just retorted while turning around and crossing her arms
“I am the King and you do what I say!”
*Now it’s getting boring* neuron thought while looking towards the queen who was just rolling her eyes: *Guess this happens often* Neuron thought who got distracted by the scene that was played before him. It wasn´t everyday after all that you can look at a royal family arguing, well it was like any ordinary family though.
“NO WAY!!” the princess shouted and then the Queen finally decided to interrupt the escalating dispute
“Why you have changed your mind, the day before you were so eager to become betrothed to Michael, in the past you even wrote some love letters to Michael in secret but you where to shy to send them” the queen said while the princess`s face became dark red
“Don´t say that” she yelled while looking towards neuron in embarrassment and not Michael to whom the letters where addressed to and that made it clear for neuron
*FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK, she fell in love with me… how, when, why?* Neuron thought completely confused which was understandable but the situation now demanded neurons full attention
“So what made you change your mind?” the queen asked
“Yeah, tell me why you changed from such a well behaved young man like Michael who is good at fighting, mannerism and smart”; while the king was voicing Michaels strong points his pale face cleared somewhat and he also straightened his back: ”to such a brute who dares to eat like a pig before I, the King allowed everyone to eat!”
After hearing this Loranna got a little embarrassed but she soon regained her composure and retorted while imitating the king: ”Michael who is good at fighting, mannerism and smart, totally true” she said her voice throbbing from sarcasm: “Yes it is true that Alex ate without being allowed to but he definitely had good reasons to do so” she said in a normal voice while looking at Neuron
“hrrm, ah, yeah, right if I wouldn´t have eaten I would have died from starvation” he answered and then he added since he noticed all the stares: ”I knew nobody would believe it, so here you have proof” Neuron said and then his hands moved through the air operating with his system log
“Yeah, where is that proof you were talking about” Michael asked tauntingly
“Patience is a virtue, which you don`t have I see” neuron only replied and because he was too preoccupied with his system window he didn`t notice that the princess practically swooned, well only he was oblivious to that fact.
“Alright, show that message to everyone in this room!” neuron shouted afterwards
“hrrm, I guess you are saying the truth but why did this happen?” the king asked after he read the message neuron showed to him
“I simply wanted to eat as much as possible so I didn´t eat anything today” Neuron lied trough his teeth while showing it on his face but everyone believed it to be nervousness originating from the situation he was in
“Alright I believe you, so now to you Loranna, tell me why you suddenly refuse to be betrothed to Michael”
“I disguised myself so that I could see him today before the feast, and even get to know him better” she said
“WHAT!” everyone except Neuron shouted who thought *what is with that hackneyed plot?* while dropping his head
“Loranna what do you mean with that!?” but she ignored her father and said: ”Yes, I disguisd myself as a maid” she said and since neuron was still looking towards Michael he saw him going paler with each moment while Neurons head was filled with one fought since all the pieces finally stuck together: *NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*
“Sigh, and what did you realize?” the queen simply asked since it already happened
“Shut up, Loranna go into your chamber from now on you are grounded and you are still marrying Michael” the king screamed his real intentions out loud
“No way am I going to marry such a brute as Michael, he is rude, a sore loser, a skirt chaser, has a short temper, he can`t even win a fight if he cheats!” Loranna shouted back at her father
While the princess made her characterization of Michael he rushed outside of the room, of course Loranna used this to say: ”See, all I said is the truth!”
*Sucks to be him, and me too by the way*
“You are still going to do what I say, I am the king!”
“Never, If I have to marry someone it has to be Alex!” she shouted back while stomping the floor with her right foot
*Oh come on, don´t I get to say anything* Neuron thought depressed but he didn´t dare to raise an objection
“Alright, so please could you tell me why you decided that it has to be him?” the queen asked since she knew it was very unlikely that her daughter would change her mind once she decided on something.
“He is chivalrous,”
*Nope*
“Always steps in when wrong is to be righted”
*Where did she get that?*
“He is the best fighter I ever saw”
*You haven`t seen many if you think that Michael is a good one, so should I count this as a compliment?*
“he is really gentle”
*I don´t know what to say about that*
“Brave and frank”
*Brave yes, frank, hmm, I say what I think, does that count?*
“And on what are you basing your characterization?” the queen asked now interested in the story while the king leaned back in his seat while pouting
“Michael was harassing me and everyone around saw it and did nothing although I said that he should stop but the only one of them who approached him and said that he should stop was Alex”
*so this is how she saw the situation, but what about me talking to Michael about Kyle, has she completely forgotten about that?*
“He wasn`t even afraid of Michael’s status and you always said that to be a good king you can`t be afraid of other people and their opinions. Michael also ridiculed Alex`s fashion sense but he just reacted calmly like a stone in a river”
*true, but only because I hate those clothes too, and then he had to insult my topknot*
“And even though Michael was insulting him he was the one who lost his temper at the end and challenged Alex to a fight and how he fought, he completely toyed with Michael” she said thinking back while a shiver run down her spine
“Alex even gave up the right to choose his weapon of choice after Michael challenged him” After hearing this the queen made a unbelieving sound but her daughter still continued praising neuron while the person in question was beginning to feel rather uncomfortable because the King was now gazing at Neuron to evaluate him.
“So I was chosen as Alex`s second and Michael came back with two rapiers, of course I looked at the one Alex took but only later did I find out that it was just a half ruined training rapier but Alex who knew so from the beginning didn´t say a word about it!” while saying the last part she raised her voice to praise Alex even further.
“Why did you not tell her that the duel was unfair?” the queen asked Neuron
“Äh, I didn`t want to embarrass her” *I Can`t say that I wanted to shove my victory up Michaels ass*
“Good, good, I get it” the king said while he rose up and clapped his hands: ”My daughter has decided to become your fiancé, but I also have a word to say about it. I am going to perform a background check for Alex and if I find anything that isn´t to my and my wife’s liking the betrothal is naught!”
“Thank you father!” she said and then she embraced him
*How stupid is she, anything to our liking can mean all and nothing, not that I want to marry her anyway. Wait didn`t that sound like the line of some tsundere Character?*
“I am sure you won`t find anything” she said after she let go of her father then she smiled towards Alex and took his hand
*Yeah anything to your liking* Neuron thought while he got dragged out of the room by the Princess.
“Dear guests, sorry for the inconvenience please enjoy the meal!” the king said as soon as he went outside of the room
Now Neuron was forced to seat himself on the lone table near the princess while she didn´t stop talking for even a second
*can`t she just shut up* neuron thought while he pretended to listen to her sermon, then after the meal was finally over all guests stood up and where led back to the large ballroom where music was being played while on a table many beverages where placed and servants run around with plates overloaded with filled glasses.
*Don`t tell me she wants to dance with me* neuron thought depressed after he noticed Lorannas look.
“ähm, I want to walk around within the pleasure garden” Neuron said and because she looked like she wanted to go with him he added: ”Alone if possible”
After he said that her eyes became watery and because Neuron was afraid what would happen to him if she shed a single tear because of him since he was aware of all the glares of jealousy that where shot at him.
“Don’t worry, I just want some time to think” Neuron tried his best to lie, luckily Lorannas vision was blurry due to the almost shed tears so she didn`t notice it.
“Promise that you will come back soon” she said while sniffling a bit
“Yeah, promise” Neuron managed to say through his teeth and then he sauntered into the pleasure garden, of course he wanted to run away but that sadly was out of option for now.
Now while walking in between all those statues Neuron recollected his thoughts while using stealth just to be sure that he wouldn`t get spotted immediately: *This is bad, really bad, I can`t stay inside the castle for long. The king will soon find out that I wasn`t on the invitation list, maybe he knows it right know but refuses to make a scene before everyone else. Damn, why does this have to happen to me, what have I done wrong!* neuron shouted in his mind while reaching his hands towards heaven. Then he saw two persons walking right in front of him so he had to cancel his act.
Suddenly they both left the footpath and steered towards the castle wall and then while carefully looking around they went behind a bush so that they were sheltered from being spotted by passerby’s.
*Suspicious* neuron thought and so he sneaked after them and placed himself with the back to the wall to get a clear look at the two persons talking without being spotted, which was rather easy since the two persons where really careful while choosing the place where they could talk.
It was a full moon and so the pleasure garden was enlightened but due to that the shadows beneath the wall where they placed themselves was impenetrable by normal eyes, of course Neuron could have gotten a good look at both persons but he refused to use the Hawkeyes since he was afraid that he would get spotted if he activated them, after all his yellow orange Hawkeyes would be clearly visible even within the dark.
1 “Hey, I have bad news” one of them whispered sounding preoccupied
2 “Tell me” the other one answered
1 “Do you remember the group of bandits we hired to distract the army of Agakyos?”
2” Yeah, but we haven´t received even a single report regarding them”
1 “Yeah, that’s what worried me too, so I send a spy to their hiding place”
*What the fuck!*
1 “He came back yesterday and he reported that all bandits where gone, instead there is a town where their hiding place used to be”
2 “WHAT!”
1 “Pshhht,”
2 “What” he whispered: “Then we can discard out plan”
1 “Don`t worry, we can always use the mercenaries we hired to distract the guards of Saramas, nobody knows about them anyway, hehehe” he snickered
2 “But without those pesky bandits it will be much harder”
1 “not really, we just have to time everything right, and change the plan a little bit”
2 “Do you already have a plan in mind?”
1 “Yeah, we will use the tournament”
2 “How do you think that is possible?”
1 “You know that the king always watches the fights and then he personally rewards the winner” he said while sounding really evil
2 “I get it, we will rig the tournament so that the winner is one of our men and have him kill my brother”
1 “ Yes, but there is still a problem”
2 “Money right?”
1 “Yes, I already talked with Lucro and he said most fighters already have enlisted themselves in the tournament and he will also order his men to do so while bribing and threatening those who have a chance to win”
2 “So how much money does he want”
1 “50.000 gold, but he said that if we succeed we have to make him a noble”
2 “No problem let’s give him the money then we make him a noble and put the blame for killing my brother on him”
1 “Good idea” so see you at the tournament, tomorrow I will go and instruct the mercenaries of the change of plan”
2 “Yeah do so” After that was said both parted ways
*The brother of the king wants to become king himself, so predictable* neuron sighed and then he began to follow the other person that didn´t reveal his identity but before he could do so a system message filled his field of vision and so he just decided to read it, it wasn`t important to Neuron who the other person was anyway.
* You completed the Quest: Find out what is going on inside Saramas!
You have leveled up!
You have leveled up!
You have leveled up!
You have leveled up!
* Quest: Save the King!
You have gotten information that the king of Agakyos is going to be assassinated.
If you bring the perpetrators to justice personally additional rewards will be given to you.
Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions.
Rank D
Rewards:
Intimacy with Agakyos Kingdom
Unknown
Failure:
The King dies
After Neuron read it he immediately closed the window and searched for the other person but sadly he was nowhere to be seen ~sigh~ *guess I have to go back to the annoying princess* neuron thought depressed while he went towards the ballroom.
Close to midnight two hours many dances and glasses of alcohol later all guests where accompanied back to their ships and brought back into the city, some of them even had to be supported by guards since they looked too deep into their glasses, Neuron was nearly one of them too but he had to have a clear mind if he wanted to escape, but the one who was wasted the most was Michael who had to be carried to the boat waiting for him.
Neuron saw that with amusement from the window of his new room that was assigned to him because he was now betrothed to the princess although against his will. Then neuron finally fell into his fluffy bed exhausted since he had to deal with that annoying girl. But he couldn´t fall asleep since his mind was filled with thoughts.
*What’s going to happen now, the king will surely find out tomorrow that someone named Alex wasn’t invited, and even though he won´t someone will connect Alex and the smiling Chinese, In short I am screwed. Damn, why me!* neuron cried in his mind, *wait, this means that the wanted poster for the smiling Chinese will be updated and I can´t let my face be seen again, damn I really wonder what the head mage meant by what he said.* after thinking that Neuron said the integrated alarm clock at 5 so that he won´t miss the first boat that would come from the city and if needed he also resolved to steal a boat.
At 2 o clock Neuron rose up inside his bed and thought *MY STUFF! Damn I can´t believe I forgot about the things I left in the attic of the tower and there is everything I stole in the room of the smiling boar that I rented, and Kyles stuff too, what am I going to do with that?! Damn why had this to happen!* neuron asked himself while holding his head in his hands while shaking it, then he rose his head up and thought:*I’m so going to wreak havoc inside the castle before I leave!* neuron thought with determination since his situation couldn´t get any worse anyway, only the bounty could increase but since it would surely increase anyway why not help it a little bit…
While neuron thought that he noticed a yellow red gleam coming from the city but because his window was rather low in the tower he couldn’t see what it was so neuron decided to look at it, he needed to climb the tower anyway, but before he left his room he placed a note on his pillow addressed to Loranna
* Sorry Loranna, this with us isn`t meant to be.
I wish you a happy life, by
Now on top Neuron placed himself on its tip and gazed towards the origin of said light. The light was produced by a fire that consumed a rather large building that was placed within the slum *huh, was there such a large building within the slum. The biggest I can think of only has three stories and this clearly has four, what could it be* neuron asked himself while he looked at it with his Hawkeyes.
What he saw where some men who tried to extinguish the fire with buckets of water, strange was that they were hindered and even punched by other guys who dressed themselves in black while hiding their faces, then Neuron realized what was going on and his mind was filled with only one thought.
*LUCRO!!!*
Neuron remained on the roof gazing towards the building he now recognized as the orphanage for fifteen minutes while many ways to get revenge on Lucro where formed and discarded in his mind and then Neuron finally knew what to do and a smile appeared on his face born from rage and pleasant anticipation while he thought: *I am so glad that I haven`t posed as an assassin sent from Lucro, now its personal*
* New skill: Smile!
Because you have already reached the 10 skill limitation it is impossible to learn the skill.
The skill can be learned if you repeat the action which let to its creation.
To be able to learn the skill you have to reach level 100 or choose a class
*I wonder what that skill does, sigh, again repeating the action that let to its creation…, anyway time to do something* neuron thought and so he turned his back to the burning Orphanage and climbed down to the window that leads to the kings bedroom, there he looked into the room while activating his Hawkeyes.
Since neuron thought that the king would have placed guards inside his bedroom after he broke into it yesterday Neuron looked into the room from above. His reason to do so was that he wouldn`t get spotted immediately and if someone was inside he would surely rub his eyes and Neuron could use that time to hide himself. But he couldn´t see anyone so neuron activated his Hawkeyes to get a better look.-
If someone would have looked out of the window now he would have gotten the scare of his life, it isn´t every day after all that you see a head looking into the highest window of a tower from the outside. To boot that head had eyes that gleamed in a yellow orange light.
*Huh, nobody is inside* Neuron realized and so he just climbed down to open the window like he did the night before.
After neuron was done he got out of the kings bedroom and removed any signs of how he broke in and then neuron climbed down the tower while thinking
*I wonder what the king’s reaction is going to be?* of course Neuron knew that what he did right now was one of the stupidest things ever but since the bounty would rise anyway…. Why not raise it a little more
But of course neuron had a plan to slip out of the whole situation but for that he would need the help of Kyle, so he hadn`t any more options than to stay quietly in the library, but of course the night would be different since it was his playground
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As soon as the gentle sunrays of the morning sun reached the harbor a small rowboat left it and turned its bow towards the castle while the two rays of rows produced a steady sound in the still silent morning.
Once it reached the harbor of the castle servants run up to it to unload its wares which were mainly fresh baked bread that was still steaming, some meat, eggs and milk, basically everything the king would need for a hearty breakfast.
“Hey, you what happened?” one of the servants fully loaded under the boxes of bread shouted after he saw a figure dressed in green laying near the wall of the castle. Because the figure wasn´t moving he placed the boxes on the ground and rushed to the person to shake him while shouting: ”Hey, what’s the matter?!”
But the figures only reply was: ”oh shut it, my head is killing me!”
“Hey, here is one of those nobles from the party yesterday, I guess he couldn´t hold his liquor!” the servant shouted while laughing and everyone joined in.
“Hey, if you want to, we could take you back to the city, of course for some tip!” one of the guys who rowed shouted while making the universal sign for money which was his thumb rubbing on his pointer and middle finger.
After hearing this the figure who of course was Neuron staggeringly stood up and dragged himself to the boat, of course while shielding his eyes from the sun and occasionally grunting. All in all this was neurons best performance, well he already had many hangovers in his life so he knew what to do.
Of course this scene was accompanied by the smirks of the three guys who arrived with the rowboat since the servants already went back into the castle with their loads.
“Hey faster, we don´t have much more time!” one of those three shouted but Neuron only grunted and so the guy nocked his elbow into the side of his companion who nodded then they got off the boat and went towards Neuron then they both bowed and said: ”Dear lordship please let us help you out” and before Neuron could even answer they both grabbed him under the shoulders, lifted him up and dragged him to the boat where they dumped him into the bow: ”Hey you, before we part you have to pay! I don`t want you to just up and leave once we arrive!”
“Hrrrrrgh” Neuron just replied which again provoked some laughter
“50 Silver cash on the spot” the one who seated himself on the stern of the ship said while the other two looked into each other’s eyes while stunned and then they turned around and whispered: ”Hey isn`t that too much?”
But Neuron already dropped the required coins on the floor of the rowboat without saying anything and so they just silently took the coins while grinning and seated themselves.
As soon as the ship left the harbor neuron manifested a mana thread and on the harbor hidden by many sheets a bundle dropped into the water. This bundle of course contained neurons stuff, what he stole from the castle and the garments of the king. Of course Neuron wrapped it all up in waterproof leather so that it wouldn`t get wet.
A moment after the bundle was in the water one of the row men said: ”Hey, isn’t it getting harder to row?”
“Yeah, we also became slower” the other one replied
“Stop bitching around, this is just a current” the man on the helm stated
*Yes* Neuron thought while he still was showing a pathetic sight, his upper body was arched over the ship`s rail and every time the ship rocked Neuron groaned, then in the middle of their way back they could hear loud shouts originating from the castle.
“Hey what’s that!?” one of the rowers asked and the other one replied while panting
“I don´t know, and if you suggest to turn around I’m going to mutiny”
“Easy, the king is stupid, so maybe he saw his own reflection and that scared the shit out of him” the one the stirring wheel said and everyone laughed even Neuron but because of a wholly different reason.
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Again the king woke up after a not so pleasant slumber since that ordinary person dared to set some weird delusion into the head of his only daughter so he decided to order his men to make a detailed report about that guy called Alex and if he wasn´t meeting his standards he would reject the marriage and of course he won´t meet them. After thinking that the king chuckled for a bit and then he reached to the bedside table with fear but to his delight no note was placed there.
Then he rang a bell and a maid entered his bedroom and opened his wardrobe which was still empty besides two garments that where hurriedly made yesterday, but they were still quite comfortable to wear so the king decided to give the tailor, a girl apparently, who made them the honor to make his clothes from now on.
Once fully dressed the king waited for the maid to place the royal crown on his head, and waited. After a while he turned around to look at the maid who was laying on the ground. Then the king raised his eyes expecting the worst but what he saw he didn’t expect at all.
The showcase in which his crown gets locked in every night was empty! Only a single note was placed on the velvet pillow in which the imprint of the crown was still present. But the king didn´t notice any of this, as soon as he saw that his crown was gone he screamed in a high pitched voice.
A split second later the door that was repaired just yesterday was broken down again and ten guards rushed in who saw the king sitting on the floor near an unconscious maid while he pointed towards the case in which a single not laid while shouting.
The first thing the guards did was secure the room while one of them opened the showcase and took the paper out of it, unfolded it and started reading, and after he read it his face became red with anger and unconsciously he performed a fist wrinkling the paper in the process.
“Hey you, what’s written there, read it aloud!” one of the other guards shouted
“ähm, maybe that isn`t a good idea” he answered while glancing towards the king who was placed in the bed by two other guards while the maid was still lying on the ground
“DO IT!” the king hissed and so the guard had to obey and begun reading it out aloud
* Hey there!
I am not your enemy and I think not killing you in your sleep, TWICE, proves that fact pretty damn much but I am sure that you still won`t believe me so I took the liberty to steal your crown.
I know, I know, stealing is a crime, and stealing your crown is like a declaration of war but to prove my point I haven`t taken it with me, I simply hid it inside your castle, have fun searching for it!
PS: I can`t believe you haven`t placed any guards inside your room after I broke into it YESTERDAY!
MORON!
With all due deference:
The Smiling Chinese
Sadly the guard wasn`t able to reproduce the emotions that where placed inside this letter, after all he read it without emphasis but even though he tried his best the mocking tone of the smiling Chinese still got conveyed.
“Raaaaaah” the king shouted in a fit of rage: “Double his bounty, triple it, I want his head on a silver platter now!” the king shouted while everyone else who was in the room and still conscious could only stare at the letter and its contents.
“Hurry, search my crown!” the king ordered
“But, your majesty, you really believe his words?” a guard asked
“Do it now!” the king only hissed and so all guards stormed outside the room while shaking their heads and thinking the same namely:*this idiot really believes the smiling Chinese hid the crown somewhere* nonetheless they mobilized all of the guards who were inside the castle to search for which they believed would not be found.
Well of course they thought so, after all if you managed to steal the crown from a king you could demand a high ransom since it is the symbol of his might or try to become king yourself which is luckily nearly impossible without the consent of the populace
But some hours later something happened that made everyone question the sanity of the smiling Chinese, this was the high pitched scream of a maid who was cleaning the floor of the ballroom. When the guards who were near rushed inside they saw the maid kneeling on the ground while looking straight upwards with a stunned expression so everyone followed her gaze and what they saw was the symbol of royalty, the crown of their king hanging from the ceiling while being fastened to a knife that stuck deep into the wood of the ceiling.
Of course the guards who saw it screamed in surprise and like that the whole personnel of the castle gathered inside the ballroom one after the other looking upwards to the crown hanging down from the middle of the ceiling way out of their reach as if to mock them.
As soon as their stun wore of the guards who saw the crown first rushed out of the ballroom to get a ladder to take the crown down. Unluckily the ladders they had where much too short or had to be placed near a wall to stand up and so they were unable to get the crown down.
So because nothing else worked everyone worked together to make a pyramid out of all the tables and chairs that where inside the castle and then the most brave one, actually they drew lots, began climbing up the unsteady tower and cut of the crown then he threw it back down since he needed both hands to sustain himself while climbing down and the crown was caught by a spread tablecloth.
After the crown was safely recovered one of the guards hurried to bring it back to the king who immediately put it on his head but then he looked troubled took it off again and examined it.
Then he cursed trough his teeth opened the padding that was placed around the crown so that it would be comfortable to wear and pulled out a little sheet of paper, opened it and read:
* See, I am not your enemy!
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When they finally arrived at the harbor the two row men where drenched in sweat and as soon as the boat docked on the harbor they fell down exhausted.
“Strange that this current was so strong” the one who was stirring then he looked towards Neuron who still wasn´t moving and asked: ”hey you alright?”
“Do I look alright!?” neuron shouted and then he put his right hand on his head
After seeing that those three looked at each other while smirking and disembarked while the rower said: ”Alright stay here and cure your drunkenness, but don`t hurl inside the boat!”
“Got it” Neuron answered while mimicking pain. As soon as he was alone inside the boat neuron got up brushed the dirt from his noble disguise and disembarked too while pulling his backpack out from the water, then he removed the waterproof leather put the backpack on his back and went his ways.
Inside an empty alleyway neuron unequipped his disguise and equipped the leather armor he wore for now and then he hurried towards the mage tower since he didn´t know when the first wanted poster would appear.
End Chapter 44
Hope you enjoyed reading the chapter