Knock, Knock
Lord Kailer opened the door to the two royal guards, None of wish had a helmet on
"Another inspection?" Lord Kailer asked, His tone of someone who got tired of it already
"There are no tracks of the terrorists," said the first guard "We need to tighten the search if we wish for any clues"
Staring behind them and across the street, multiple houses had to go along with such treatment, losing their privacy on top of their long-gone freedom
Some had hunger carved into their cheeks, others were exhausted from the lack of sleep
"Come in" said Lord Kailer pulling the door fully
The first guard was the one to step forward, once inside he found the plates of food with only remains and tracks
"I see you are eating good," said the guard
"Thanks to his highness" replied Lord Kailer
"Don't worry, the next meal will be brought here shortly" said the second guard
"Can't wait for that" said Fraymon with and obviously annoyed tone and a full mouth. Torden kicked him in the leg from underneath the table with the intention to shut him up
"This won't last long. Once they are caught, everybody shall be released" said the second guard
"Chimney?" asked the first guard holding a paper and a Quill
The second leaned down checking beneath the burnt wood, staring upwards and towards the dark he threw couple of rocks
"Clean" he replied
They went on beneath the beds, checking the floor, in the toilets, even the windows and the clothes
Lord Kailer was obviously annoyed once they went looking in between his wife's clothing, but his anger was forced down his throat
Leaving the house the first guard said "The second shall be brought by none, thank you for your patience"
Slam
The door closed in their faces
Step, Step, Step, Step
Lord Kailer reached the dining room, without wording anything Fraymon stood up and went towards the toilet in his hand a basket of the food that was on the plate
Knees on the floor he spit out whatever his mouth, after rinsing his mouth clean, Fraymon gagging over and over again, he vomited whatever there was inside his stomach
With heavy breaths he opened the door allowing Torden in
"Your turn" he said
Torden ended up doing the same, cleaning off both his stomach and mouth
The plank by the roof was pulled upwards slowly letting a fire's smoke out
Rushing out and slamming it shut Fraymon said "Cough, Cough, At least, Cough wait until we are finished, Cough, Cough, Cough…"
Hearing footsteps coming up the stairs, He met his father's gaze
"Is it finished?" Lord Kailer asked
"Cough, ask him" replied Fraymon pointing with his thumb at the closed door
Once opened allowing smoke out, Torden was already suffocating from the cheer amount that covered him
"Apologies my lords" said their hidden knight coming down from the roof, covering both moth and nose
"You're not the one that has to apologies" said Torden washing his face
Leaving through the messing plank, the knight of theirs came masked nose down, holding in his hand some featherless grilled birds
"That is the only thing I was able to catch from the nearby roofs" he said
"That'll do" said Lord Kailer taking one
"So?" Fraymon seemed to be awaiting something else, and so were the rest
Torden peaked outside checking the hallway before closing off the door
"They seemed to be tightening the security wish each passing day or night" said the Knight of theirs whilst eating what he brought
"Where are they coming with all of those reinforcements?" asked Fraymon
"From the commoner's part, right beyond the walls" replied the knight
"If what you say is the truth" said Torden "Where are they? I mean we've been here for quite a while, and yet I don't see much of them nearby"
The knight was silent for a moment; he spoke with the shocking information "They are placing them by the edges"
It felt a if a cold sharp knife struck them with a paralyzes poison, the realisation of how trapped they are, how sever the situation was, this is too much for anyone to handle
"That makes it" said lord Kailer standing up
Both Fraymon and Torden were confused seated down
"We can't stay here any longer, escape shall be tonight," said Lord Kailer
"But what about Grandmother?" asked Fraymon
"She was no where to be seen back at the castle after the terrorizing attack" said Lord Kailer "She is either dead and her body is hidden from the public, or she is held hostage by either party"
"We can't just leave her behind and go!" said Fraymon finding this decision absurd
"Staying here or wasting time in a backless search is more harming than it is benefiting for us" replied Torden
"But still…" Fraymon seemed hopeless saying so
"There is no discussion it, she probably fled by herself like always so don't give it much thought" said lord Kailer "Barmen will work as a disguise giving us the chance"
"Barmen?!" said Torden "I mean no offense but he is a silver knight, you know how many of those roam the streets, he'd be nothing more then a sacrifice"
Lord Kailer nodded to the knight allowing with some decision
Taking a knife of his he carved a scratch showing the gold beneath
"He is a gold one!?" said Torden open jawed
"We have one of those??!" Fraymon said in shock
"How do you think I keep roaming the streets untouched," said Barmen
"Why knives though?" said Fraymon
"I don't know how to say it…" said Barmen giving it deep thought "What do you kids call it in fantasy story? Thieves?" he said pulling own some weapons, 2 swords and an axe
"Every major house have them hidden inside his ranks, leaving plain sight fakes used as sacrificial sheep," said Barmen
"Enough chitchatting, we need to go down before another inspection party arrives" said Lord Kailer opening the door as Barmen climbed up hiding once more
The moon clawed its way up repeating the same routine without any complaints
Barmen moved like a shadow avoiding any sparks of light, climbing down some houses and jumping over others
Reaching into a dark alley, he watched over some guards, awaiting the right moment, and once they were in sight he threw a rock between them towards the other street he faced
Instead of looking its way, the guard shouted "It came from that direction!"
"There is some, follow him!" said the second alerting the place using his horn
"What was that stupid act, does he think of us as some stupid children?" said the guard as they followed after him
Barmen smiled before masking himself and luring them away
The dark narrow street on the side of the house Torden and his family stayed at had little to no protection, 2 of the guards stood by its window
It opened slowly taking their attention as Torden jumped out
The first one held the horn ready to alert the rest, while the second unsheathed his sword attempting to get into a defence pose
In that moment right from behind the wooden wall, Lord Kailer had his blade pointy head was carving its way, before a hard push forced it through both the wood and the guard's skull
Torden slashed forward making sure the living one is paralyzed to any other attack
Without wasting Time Fraymon jumped out after him cutting off the guards unprotected neck using his axe
"Let's go" said Lord Kailer guiding both his sons in the opposite direction from their knight. Each party continued to march forward
Barmen reached a dead end
"Unmask yourself" said the guard in front
"I guess it will be the rough path" said Barmen unsheathing his knives slowly
Blades, axes, and arrows rained upon the place from above
"What the!" Barmen were confused, but to waste such a chance is stupide, breaking the window, he went from inside one house to another
Finally, after a long path he managed to catch up with the others, with no one on his tail they can plan out how to get through the walls
"Now we can—" Barmen stopped mid-sentence hovering his attention towards the end of the street
"What is the problem?" asked Lord Kailer
A dark figure of a man stepped out, one hand was made of a rope, and the other held a shield shaped like a bee's needle
He was the armless commander
"You can hold him off" said Lord Kailer "We will meet at point B—"
"No…" said Barmen stopping them from any reckless decisions "We are surrounded" as he got serious
Behind them, on the rooftops, using the windows and doors those Vikings already had them in their palm
"I will try to push a path through, follow after me and leave" Whispered Barmen
Right when they were about to do so, another one walked slowly from that commander, taking off the Robe's head she showed herself
It was Grand lady rose of house Waster, their grandmother