Chapter 7 What !

The next day, Swift got ready with me against all odds, I made sure to beg him so much that he didn't know when he agreed, we had already planned out the route, that we know the purple carriage, taking the Courtesan, usually takes.

The guards won't be that attentive when they are in the kingdom, they will never expect to be ambushed and that's when we will strike.

We waited in the lonely bushy path behind a huge tree, with mace bats, covered with black from head to toe, so we can't be easily recognized, it was completely empty.

Soon, the long awaited purple carriage came passing by, with two guards on a Welsh pony that's dark brown in colour, as usual.

"Ready?" I asked Swift, holding a club.

"Yes..." swift answered nervously, scratching his head and holding a mace bat.

"Halt!" I shouted menacingly revealing myself, swift also came out.

"Everyone, down!" Swift shouted and I nodded in approval.

The guards immediately stopped, coming down from the horses, the first thing I noticed was that they weren't armed, that's unusual, I usually see them with a main gauche.

They both raised their hands to the back of their head, shaking with fear.

"What do you want?" One of the guard asked.

"Open the carriage" swift said

"What's happening?" We heard a man's voice from inside, I looked at Swift surprised.

A man? Was it the wrong carriage? The door opened revealing a middle aged man, he was dressed like an elder, he did not look like a king.

"Oh no! Not again" he said putting up his hands in a surrender position.

"All of you, kneel" I commanded and they obliged

"Please let us go" the other guard said

Swift opened the carriage door and shouted.

"What?!" I asked, wondering why he reacted like that.

"The Courtesan is dead!" He said

What?! I could not believe my ears, I quickly went to have a look and it was true, the Courtesan who was a beautiful lady in a very low-neckline green dress, she had gold hair, had a stabbed wound and the cut was huge, she wasn't breathing.

"What! What happened to the Courtesan?" I found myself asking, this was totally unexpected.

"We were ambushed while coming, they killed the Courtesan, I was quickly informed and had to run down to see for myself, if the king hears of this, he's going to kill us, we are going to look for a way to remedy the situation" the man said

Oh, he is not the king...

I scoffed, I pity the lady but I am not here for this. Since my plan won't take place, let's take the things she brought along, I heard Princesses Courtesans usually packed a lot of good stuff when coming to this journey.

I looked to her side and indeed, I saw a lot of boxes.

Hopefully, I will sell her jewelry.

"Let's take what we can" I told Swift, dropped the club and started unpacking them.

The next thing i heard, was a sharp pain on my head and I blanked.