The Royal Bodyguard

23

       "It's me! Ahmad! You know, from knight camp!"

      The vice captain, Ahmad said with hand gestures trying to help Lorry remember him.

      "Sorry! I still can't remember!" Lorry said embarrassed.

     The others quietly watched the comedic exchange between the two.

      "Ow come on! Sigh! I know you'll definitely remember me if I say this but I don't want too! It's all ready embarrassing as it is! I don't need you to or the others to make fun of me!" Ahmad said.

        The others, including Lorry, just silently watched him weirdly as he talked to himself not wanting to disturb him.

         "Do you remember crybaby?!" Ahmad said dejected.

      "Pfft! Sorry!" Aaron said trying to hold his laughter when he saw Ahmad looking at him.

      The others looked sideways so as not to be caught too but Ahmad could see their raised mouth.

       "Ahhh! I remember! So it's you! How have you been doing?!" Lorry said being enlightened.

       "You remember? That's awesome!" Ahmad said happily.

        "I knew it was you from the beginning! I just wanted to here you call yourself that! Hahaha!" Lorry said laughing.

     "I knew it!" Ahmad said fuming.

...

      "Anyway..." Abdullah said trying to save his subordinate from any further embarrassment.

       "...we were just about to send words to the King of Riel that the culprit has been caught and that they was no need to send an envoy here but it seems that's not possible anymore!"

       "The culprit has been caught?!" Austin asked baffled.

      "Yes!" Abdullah replied.

      "Who is it?!" Aaron asked.

     "The assistant of the finance officer in the Duke's home. Apparently he got too greedy after slipping some money unnoticed away from Dukes family.

       Right now, we have all ready apprehended him and he has confessed to his crimes too.

        We also found out that  he has 5 accomplices. Thought they are just Amateur Knights, they are not to be underestimated. They have taking arms from the Dukedom with them."

        Abdullah explained the situation to them. The others now knew the whole story of the thing.

      "Well, since we are here, it won't be nice for us to just turn around and head back without any work! We'll help you out in finding them!"

      Lorry volunteered and the rest nodded along.

       "That will be truly helpful!" Abdullah replied honestly.

        "Why are you staying here in plain sight?!"

      Mallory asked seeing that they were mostly surrounded by desert.

       The capital seem to be a distance away from them while the forest they had came out from was also some distance from them.

       "Let's go! Onwards!"

     Lorry exclaimed before Abdullah could answer and moved towards their left.

        "WAIT! They are---" Abdullah said but it was too late.

        The next thing they all saw was Lorry seemingly falling down.

       'What?' Lorry thought to herself as she no longer felt the ground beneath her.

       All she saw was everyone's shocked expression as she gradually fall cluelessly.

...

       "PAH!"

      "Gotcha!" Mallory said in relieve as she grapped Lorry's hands.

       The others finally came out of their trance to see Mallory holding unto Lorry's hand tightly.

       "Pull the rope!" Ahmad said when he saw the rope Mallory held was about to get dragged down with the two.

       The rest hurriedly pulled it up and the two where back on the surface.

      "Are you OK?!" Mallory asked Lorry while they were catching their breaths.

      "I'm supposed to be the one to ask you that! Are you crazy to begin with?! Jumping in like that! You could have fallen with me down there!"

    Lorry yelled out enraged by Mallory's actions.

    If the rest had not caught the rope on time, not only her but even Mallory could have fallen into the hole!