Chapter 3 Three

King Daniel is a man of vision and knowledge, he is not proud of himself over his followers, this is the character of his father King Webb, who inherited the kingdom from him, after his death.

After Robbins finished eating, the king said to him: "You haven't eaten the food at all, you have to eat so that we can start discussing the issue."

"Your majesty, I can't add anything to my stomach," Robbins said to the king, bowing his head in respect, "This one is enough, thank you."

King gazed at Rawlings and said to him: "Tell him what happened."

Rawlings told Robbins what happened, from beginning to end, he did not leave anything.

"Robbins, I'm sorry for the mistake I made in letting Mary enter Izao forest alone after knowing that it was a sinister forest. The main thing that worries me is that I don't know where Anastasia is, is she alive or dead." Rawlings held his breath and cried.

Robbins couldn't even move his leg, he lost his appetite, and he was so shocked by the murder of Mary, he didn't know when he started shedding tears. It was the first time he shed a tear since the deaths of Elizabeth and Hawk.

"I have never seen great fighters like Rawlings and Robbins shed tears", King Daniel said in his mind.

Robbins remembers nothing but the way Mary treated him like her husband's elder brother, she was canny; Being that he has never been married and has no desire to be married, he was single. Mary brings food to his house every day.

"Brother Rawlings, I'm sorry, you are not the only one that loss of Mary affected, but it also affects all the people of Decca, because of Mary's behaviour, she was canny I'm sorry" Robbins was saying this while crying, tears pouring down from his eyes like rain was pouring, he gnashed his teeth, he was fierce and he could not say anything other than sorry, he pulled Rawlings to his body, they hugged one another.

Later, the room was as silent as a graveyard, neither the king nor Rawlings and Robbins said anything to themselves. It was only later that the king had the courage and said: "Now it's night, Robbins, you should rest. Tomorrow I will sit with you and see if the issue will be resolved."

King Daniel said that Robbins should sleep with Rawlings. When the king left, Robbins stood up and said to Rawlings, "Let's go."

"Where are we going?"

"Let's go to the place where the corpse of the late Mary was kept, I want to see her with my eyes."

Rawlings takes him and when he sees her body, his mind had a terrible reaction that he had never done before and he promised that they would take revenge for Mary's murder even if that would lead to their death altogether.

They closed the room and went back to the bed that was provided for them. They went in and discussed what they should say to the king in the meeting that will be held tomorrow. They discussed the advice they should give to the king.

"I think the king should suppose to order all the elders of the town to research the oldest of his area or anyone that knows the history of Izao Forest," Robbins said to Rawlings, patting his back in sympathy, "If there is someone who can give the history, they should bring him before the king to explain, and then we will see how we can plan the approach to Izao forest to take revenge." He kept his breath burning like burning charcoal.

Rawlings accepted the advice given by Robbins and agreed that he will tell the king about it in tomorrow's meeting by God's will.

"What did the king say about Anastasia?"

"He said that the problem of Mary's murder will be solved first before we consider that issue. Because if this problem is not considered immediately, the followers may fall into danger because no one knows what will happen in the future."

Robbins complimented Rawlings on his thoughtfulness and pointed out that it was the correct idea. Then he continued to calm him and they all slept.

It dawned on the town, four days after the murder of Mary, the king sent a call for the elders of the town to discuss how to solve the problem.

The king came to where Rawlings and Robbins were and condolences them once again, he gave Robbins a sigh of relief, and told them that he sent for the call to his representatives about the meeting that they will have, " you should prepare, eat and take a bath, I am in the palace waiting for you" said the king as he left the room.

The representatives of the king gathered and waited for Rawlings and Robbins to appear, the palace was silent as if in mourning, everyone's gaze was on the ground with sadness about what happened.

"Hello, your majesty," Rawlings said to the king respectfully, "we're sorry, we couldn't be able to come out early."

King said to Rawlings: "Don't worry, find somewhere and sit."

King Daniel first introduced the purpose of calling them to the meeting, saying: "I welcome everyone to this meeting, and I apologise for not telling you sooner, this happened because we are not in peace like you all know what is going on in the town."

King Daniel corrected his voice, straightened his seat and drank the water that was placed by his side, and said: "I called to ask for your advice about what happened to Mary, as you are my ministers and my representatives in your areas. We discussed with some of my advisers the need to investigate what is happening in Izao Forest, how the lives of our followers are being lost for no reason, and Mary, the wife of our hero Robbins, was among them." The king pointed to Robbins with his finger and continued saying: "What I have decided with some of my advisers is that we will research the history of Izao Forest because knowing the history of the forest will help a lot on how to deal with the forest, what are your pieces of advice on this idea, did you have any observations apart from this?" The king held his breath and adjusted his position for the second time.