Chapter 4

Since they have been granted permission to go into the village, Jason and his mother followed the middle-aged man's instructions and before long, they were already standing before a shop where bread and some wild fruit were being sold. Since the village is not in a popular location where they could harvest some food, there were limits as to what they could get.

Since bread is the least thing Jason could eat at a place like this, queen Jeanie decided to purchase some bread with jars of water and some wild fruit before leaving the shop in search of where to get a rest which didn't take them much time to locate. 

"What are we supposed to do now that we have left the palace?" asked Jason after they had been given room. 

"First of all, I will advise that you eat some food and get some rest before you think of anything else" replied queen Jeanie while passing him bread and water.

"I'm not hungry at the moment" said Jason as he refused to take the bread from his mother. 

"I know that you are not hungry child but you would need a lot of strength for the days to come so eat up alright" replied queen Jeanie who insisted that he take the bread.

Having no choice but to take the bread from her, Jason took a bite only for him to twitch his face as he forced the bread down his throat and his mother, noticing the strange look on his face, couldn't help but let out a sigh as she said. 

"I know the bread here is not the same as the one we had in the palace, but we had no choice but to make do with what we could find".

Nodding his head in agreement, Jason took another bite before asking his mother a question that has been bothering him.

"What are they going to do to us once they found us"?.

"Since your father has been killed, it is only natural that we been accused of killing him would be killed as well and serve as an example to others and with that, the throne would be vacant and only those find worthy of taking over would be appointed as the new king and that is where Sir Richard comes in" she replied with a frown. 

When Jason heard that they were going to be killed once found, he couldn't help but shiver in fear which didn't go unnoticed by his mother. 

"You don't have to worry about anything son, as long as I'm here with you, no one is going to touch you. Now eat up and get some rest, we have a long day ahead of us" she assured with a bright smile on her face.

After a good night's sleep, it was already morning and queen Jeanie has already changed her clothes to that of the villagers to blend in so as to not draw unnecessary attention to Themselves.

"Is there any need for all this?'' asked Jason who was now dressed in a plain robe.

"If you don't want those sent from the palace to recognize you, then it is important that you change your look son" replied queen Jeanie.

After she was done with things, she took Jason by the hand as they began to exit the inn where they were given a room but Just as they were about to step out of the inn, a deep voice suddenly came from the outside. 

"Have any of you seen a lady with a boy coming into this god-forsaken place?" asked the person.

"Taking a peek outside, queen Jeanie notices a bald man dressed in a fancy robe while looking at the place in disdain. He might seem strange due to the fact that he was not in his regular robe, but queen Jeanie was still able to identify him as one of the guards from the kingdom.

"We haven't seen anyone who matches your requirement coming into a place like this" said the middle-aged man who was keeping watch over the place with respect to the bald man who he couldn't compare to when it comes to strength.

The bald man let out a deep breath before scanning the surroundings with his eyes but then his eyes met with one of the females who were shocked when their eyes met. Letting out an evil smile, the bald man pointed at the lady as he instructed her to come to him which she didn't refuse out of fear.

"Are you scared of me"? Asked the bald man with an evil smile on his face.

"Not..not at all sir" replied the lady while shaking in fear.

"If you are not scared of me, then tell me, why are your legs shaking?" asked the bald man.

Seeing the way that the bald man is acting, the middle-aged man took a step forward to help his fellow villager out.  

"I think you are going too far here sir" said the middle-aged man.

But before he could take another step forward, the bald man suddenly put his hand forward with a deep frown on his face.

"I wasn't talking to you" he replied and the next second a light beam shot out of his hand and hit the middle-aged man on his knee as he was sent falling on both knees with blood flowing out of one of the knees.

"This is what is going to happen to anyone who interrupts me while I'm talking" the bald man with a scoff before turning his attention back to the lady who is now finding it hard to control her body movement.

With the middle-aged man on the floor, the rest of the villagers were shaken in fear, and seeing this, the bald man couldn't help but have a smile on his face. 

"I only have one question and I need answers. Do you see any lady with a boy coming into this village"?.