Another World

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

I had toleave here, somehow. My hope to be with the robbers had been smashed,now that Saluk has dived again. I pressed my face into the nearestpillow. How Saluk came to the idea that an indiscriminately chosencitizen from my world could change the secret words. I myself had noidea how I should manage this, besides, I had no desire to do Salukany favor. After all, he wants to exchange me for payment. Who is hissecret principal? No matter I need to get away. This is the mostimportant to me now. I turned to the side and tried to stand up. Notso easy with the handcuffs.

Well, what is that? When I sat up,the fetters loosened. I looked at them thoughtfully. Normally therobbers would have to know how to tie someone up, without which onegets them so simply on. Were they doing this on purpose? So manyquestions.

But that could give me an advantage. Cautiously I looked under the tent to explore if I was guarded. I saw no one standing in front of my tent. Neither back nor front nor sideways. But I kept seeing robbers. There was an excited whisper. So it's impossible for me to get out of here. I should wait until everyone went to sleep. A weapon would not be bad either. In case of emergency. I looked into my tent. It had tons of pillows and blankets. For a pillowfight, I would be well equipped, but it does not really help me against the swords and certainly not for defense. Then I noticed a pitcher. I looked inside, he was empty. I had an idea. I wrapped the jug in one of the blankets and stuffed the jug into a pillow, then I put it on the floor and stepped on it several times. A soft crunch and crack sound. I listened to someone who had heard that.

I was lucky no one came in the tent. Quickly I continued. I wiped the jug. Perfect, the jug is broken into several pieces. A hand-sized piece ran towards sharp. I took this to myself and tried to cut a piece of fabric from the blanket. Without problems I could remove a piece of it. That should be enough to defend, at least in close combat, if the opponents had no swords. I wrapped it in the cut piece of fabric I did not want to cut myself and hid it in my pants. I hid the remaining shards under the pillows. (But not among those I wanted to sleep;))

Voices nourished my tent I lay down quickly on the back and crossed my hands so under it, that it seemed that I was still tied. The triplets entered the tent. "Saluk will see you," they said in chorus. I stood up and forgot that I should be bound. Damn short-term memory. But there was no question of the three, yes, Saluk had only said it to Shun and Genghis. They did not know that I was tied.

I followed them to Saluk. He did not notice it with the chains, probably he thought the triplets had taken them from me.

Like a king he sat again on the throne. Now a richly laid table stood before him, full of exquisite treasures. Already at the sight I got hungry. Saluk raised his voice, "As you should know," he looked at me more closely and gave me a skeptical look to "change the secret words of this cave." "Yes, but I have no idea how I should do that." I myself do not. Saluk nodded approving, very constructive. "I was prophesied and I will try to believe in it ..... so far it has not disappointed me .... however. As my robbers have told me, you helped them against the palace guard .... "" That is unimportant that I've helped you, I've only done to revenge myself for their help in the desert, "I interrupted Saluk. Angrily, he narrowed his eyes and glared at me, but all the frustration in me broke loose and I continued, "And even if I knew how to change the secret words, I will definitely do not like you, just around Then fall into the hands of the next, whoever or whatever. "The angry look of Saluk still pierced me, but he quickly turned to a laugh, which irritated me a lot. Some of the robbers who stood around us fell into the laughter. Saluk stopped and left with a hand sign, silenced her. "You really think you can re-enact ME? I do not think so, because you're one-forty here, and if you do not parry, I find a way to change your mind. "

Arenewed sparkle in his eyes made the blood freeze in my veins. "Afterall, here we are forty men who want to have some fun every now andthen, there is a nice company like a young girl like you, verywelcome." To me it was quiet, my thoughts fell, he would notdare! Or is it? I looked him in the face and knew it wasserious.

"Whatever you do, you can look around here inthe cave, after all, you have a task, or do you still prefer to pushyourself against it?"

"No," I said, "I'llchange the secret words." Saluk nodded contentedly. To my horrorI saw some disappointed faces among the robbers Saluk's threat hadprobably fallen. Terrible!

"Then go to work," Salukordered me. I turned around and tried to make the appearance that Iwould examine the cave more closely. It seemed to work. The otherrobbers did not follow me and did not pay any further attention.Despite all, I had an idea. And it just has to work.