Chapter 44 Ledoras (a)

I slowly stood with my hands up in the air. As I turned around slowly, she was wearing a cloak with the hood hiding the person s face, the head a bit down. The sword is still onto my neck. "I mean no harm in this place. I m here out of desperation."

"Those who are in despair head into this mountain to die. Is that why you re here?" she asked.

"I did not come all the way here to die."

"That, I believe. This isn t the place for a prince to lose his life," she replied.

"I m not a prince. I am but a lowly peasant," I lied to protect my true identity. I don t know who this woman is and what s her purpose here but I can t just tell her who I really am.

"Young man, may I remind you that this mountain used to be where the ancient gods would hide. Us gatekeepers of this mountain can spot an immortal from far away," she scoffed. "What brings a prince to a place such as this?"