those who are wanted must be found

Raku Kobayashi and Ramiro Gutierrez are in front of the shack on which Max stayed for some time. Ramiro puts a cigar on his mouth. he tries to find his lighter. Raku lets him borrow his. Ramiro lights his cigar.

Raku takes his lighter back. Raku looks at his lighter. the lighter has a big meaning to him. it used to belong to someone who was meaningful to him. he thinks about his life on Eartho. how different could be his life if he wasn't here.

Raku knew that Ramiro is close to Maxwell, so Raku asks if he knows about the actual whereabouts of Max. Ramiro answered with a no. Raku knew that he was saying the truth. he didn't asks anything else.

Raku and Ramiro are searching around the small shack. they are looking around on the fields trying to find a hint. Ramiro doesn't find anything and he stops. he keeps smoking as he looks up at the sky.

"what are you doing? we have work to do."

said Raku on an emotionless tone.

"we don't have shit on them. what the fuck you want from me?"

yields Ramiro furiously.

Raku goes back to his horse. Ramiro follows him. the reason why Ramiro is okay about working with Raku is simple, Raku doesn't say more than five sentences per day.

Raku and Ramiro are moving to the next location. Ramiro starts to talk about random stuff. Raku only nods without even looking at his partner. Ramiro keeps talking feeling joy to have a partner who allows him to talk as much as he wants.

Ramiro is starting to think about the choices he has. he can attack Raku and try to find Maxwell, before the assassins working for the Cromwell family does. or he can hide what he is feeling right now deep inside of himself, he can wait for the right time to betray this gang of medieval mafia.

"I want to make something clear. we know that I let the princess go. we know that I saw Max one week ago. but you haven't tell to our superiors. and you haven't try to end me either. so tell me what is your move."

said Ramiro loud & clear.

"no move. you are emotionally weak, so I let you act so you can feel better for your self."

said Raku in a tone so light that almost sounded like a whisper.

Ramiro didn't know what to say. he can't blame a fellow man for exposing his weakness. Ramiro is too proud to even deny what is the truth. he never thought that someone could show pity served as mercy.

Ramiro feels like a loser. silently he calls himself an idiot. if there is something that hurts him really badly is been called a 'weak person' and the reason is a tale for another day. he laughs like an idiot as he pays attention to a beautiful meadow.

"fuck I cry like a kid and I think like an old man. I am indeed a weak idiot."

said Ramiro to himself with a smile.

.....

on a different part of the nation. Prince Theobald Manley is riding his horse around of a town. he is looking for his sister. he could be fighting the traitors and enemies of the nation. but for him saving his sister is even more important.

the prince is leading his men. he is in the middle of the road looking around. he already lost his father, he doesn't want to lose another family member. the prince is trying really hard to be patient.

one knight walks towards him. the knight kneels as he tells the prince that someone saw the princess with a strange man. they saw them on a town that is two hours away on horse. the prince asks him to take him there.

the prince is trembling fearing for the worse and wishing for the best. the prince leaves leading his knights towards the direction in which his sister may be. if she was saw there then she isn't so far away from him. she has to be alive.

the prince looks at a middle age man on the middle of the road at the exit of the town. the middle age man is dressed like a nobleman. he has a golden eye. the nobleman takes a golden watch out of his pockets.

"I can tell you about your sister's location. she is no longer in that town. you can't arrive on time where she is right now, but I can tell you where she is going to be."

said the strange man with a sinister smile.

"you better not been lying. what can I do to have that information?"

said Theobald feeling desperation.

"I am an honest man, all you need is to do a favor for me. not now, but one day I will ask for that favor to be payed."

said the strange sinister man.

the strange man tells him the location and time in which he will be able to find Alice. the man was about to leave. the prince asks him for his name. the stranger answered by telling him a nickname for which he is known 'the Novelista.'

the prince keeps going. he knows a location and a time. he feels anxious thinking about how monstrous and sinister can be the man who kidnapped his sister & murdered his father. he has to be the most sadistic bastard.

a real man will never dare to humiliate a king before killing him. what type of man will dare to kidnap an innocent girl like his sister. he trembles in fear by thinking of how disturbed may be his sister, or even worse he has left her deform.

the man who holds his sister hostage has to be a real monster. the worse part is that he has the crowned ring. with that ring he can acclaim his rightful place as the king, by being the holder of the crowned ring.

there is so much that is on risk here. not anyone can be the holder of the crowned ring. the rage that the prince is feeling is almost visible. he is about to explode thinking in all the damage this situation can cause to the people of Martyrium Kingdom.

someone calls the prince by his name. the prince looks behind of him. he looks at Cole Cotton who decided to help him.

Cole knows the face of the infamous 'King Killer' and the face of the princess. he can be more helpful than the regular knights. Cole is also a mercenary that is more than an expert on killing. a regular knight is really nothing in comparison with this man.

Cole makes sure that his guns are loaded. Cole looks at his watch. he asks the prince if they are going to stop somewhere to eat first. he confess to be really hungry. the prince nods. he knows that everyone must be really hungry. he can't force his men to work till death. he can't allow himself to be seen as a tyrant in front of his people.

"boss, I know you care for your family. I will take care of that assassin by myself."

said Cole so loud that almost sounds like a scream.

Theobald was sure that his father took the right choice by hiring a man like him. a mercenary that is loyal and does a good work is rare. Cole can be a great sword under his command, thinks Theobald.

Theobald asks to one of his men for the location of his brother. he is told that Saer is somewhere on the Kingdom. for Theobald is hard to think of a way to protect his two siblings when none is near him.

Cole confesses to be a really good hunter. there are people from Eartho who feel conflicted on this world, there are those who are been hold behind by their past on Eartho. or there are some who don't feel like they belong in here.

and just like there are some who oppose the life in this world, there are those who feel like they belong on this world, there are some who wish to have come to this world sooner. Cole is one of those who feel at home on this world.

"damn, the only thing I miss from my world was my free time. the days when I use to go to a restaurant called 'el resucitado Bar & Grill.' how delicious are the sopes of chicharron prensado. oh man the chimichangas covered on that green salsa."

said Cole as he thinks about his favorite food.

Theodore tells him that on his castle there is a chef from Eartho. he tells him that the chef specializes on food from Mexico, Center America, and South America. then after some time he also adds Tex-Mex among the food his chef knows.

Cole didn't know about the chef, the reason is obvious. even when the used to be King Bradley's right hand mercenary, he never stayed on the castle because he had work to do. Cole now thinks about the food he can try on this world.

"did you know that on the world I came from. for them, the way in which people on this world lives, may be seen as a primitive way of living. I never saw a single person who was happy having all the technology, nor all the luxury on them. it was on the eyes of those who had nothing, it was on their eyes that I saw a bright light, I saw it on those faces. now this world is less advanced, but it is more bright, it has more light on it."

said Cole with a bright smile.

there was something on Cole's words that drew the prince's attention. prince Theobald Manley can see to understand the meaning of the mercenary's words.

Cole is looking around on the road. the nature on this world is so beautiful, that even a cold man like Cole can appreciate it. Cole sometimes dreams about a time in which he was young, young & innocent, a time that is now nothing less than a memory of the past. a past not worthy remembering.

"I am a man who lived, grow up, and I may die on this land without ever going further on my own world. so I can't imagine another world, when I had never gone further on here."

said the Prince curious for the world.

Cole takes a bottle of tequila out of his backpack. he opens it, he drinks some. he gives the bottle to the prince. the knights are looking at Cole with anger. the prince accepts the bottle. he drinks the tequila and he loves it.

the prince Theobald Manley thanks the mercenary. the other knights are interested on knowing what it taste like. Cole offers another bottle to the knights so they can try it. they all drink some. it was perfect for them.

"this is not from my homeland, but it is great to share with others. at midnight we may share some more of this drink. I have other drinks with me, drinks that are good."

said Cole.

"thanks for the gesture of good will. when the war is over, I will give you a place at my side as one of my most trusted knights. what do you say about that?"

said the prince.

Cole nods. he is a mercenary. he believes that a small change on his profession can do him some good. Cole thanks the prince more than once. Cole is a simple man, something simple can put a smile on him.

the prince treats his subjects with a heavy hand when they are weak. he treats with respect those who are strong or valuable to him.

"my sister is important. no matter how many we have to fight or kill. tomorrow we will continue searching for her. we will keep going until we find her."

yields Prince Theobald.