In their haste to leave, Mahnu could tell that the King was due to come on an expected path and veered down another path instead. The swift, fast action confused William, who asked why they are traveling down a longer road. But then, he suddenly came to question of why she knew of this road in the first place!
The secret of this whole forest wasn't just the town of Havlish, no, even the paths were hidden...A strange trap was set throughout, making the areas into mazes where one could easily get lost and be led out, instead of going in further...
How could an unfamiliar person know of such things...And, wasn't this woman also in the headquarters, and...She had been talking to our leader...Who was she!?
Mahnu didn't answer him, instead made the horse go faster, it wasn't time to chit chat, she thought.
Her companion got confused again when they stopped suddenly, but, when he went to ask this time, Mahnu shushed him before disappearing into the bushes.
After Mahnu left, William wondered if he should have followed. She had just given him the reins to her horse and left without a word. Who was she to have the same level loyalty as the leader of the Loyal Royal Knights?
It seemed stranger still that he had not much of an idea why they were in such a rush and why they had to be quiet. What is going on? He wondered.
After they started off again, she stopped suddenly, again, and said, "You'll find an assassin after the King to the Northeast of here, tied up. Take him into custody. Do not untie him!"
And they left.
William looked behind him, to see someone come down from a tree and run towards where Mahnu had said. How did she know that person was there? He is a secret lookout, yet, how could she know where he had been, even if she knew of him?
They continued to travel east in silence, William wondering, among many other things, if they were going to Cental.
***
The King arrived in Havlish and then greeted Marcus, who wonders if he should even tell the King, when there was nothing they could do and already waiting on Mahnu's news.
The King asks if things are alright, because he had rushed off to get here earlier.
"We are having some...Difficulties."
The King looks at him and Marcus asks about what he knows about The Siege that happened in the year 423. Marcus is surprised that the King knows nothing of it, just like the previous King.
"What has this Siege got to do with what you hurried back for? And why am I only hearing of this now?"
As Marcus tried to find an answer, a tied-up assassin came in, stopping the conversation.
"He was already tied up when we found him." The scout said.
"And no one was with him?" The King asked.
"No, Your Majesty. William's companion told me where he was before they left."
The King takes a second look at how the assassin was roped up and remembered some time ago when he had seen it similar.
Both Marcus and the King said, "Mahnu." At the same time. Then they looked at each other in confusion.
"You know of Mahnu, Your Majesty?" Marcus asked.
"She was here?" His Majesty asked back, instead of answering the question. "She keeps running away from me!"
Marcus remembered Mahnu's anger, and said, "Yes, Mahnu left not long before you got here."
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Mahnu, An Immortal's Journey
FantasíaEven though the God, Mahnu, helped end the war between God's and humans, the land of Kralaide still has shadows. Trouble starts to rise over one of the towns and her journey changes from loneliness to near complete devastation. A tablet, a box and a...
