The errand at the Marketplace - Part 2

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After we left the huge house, we are walking on foot to the nearest market zone where we have to take the poison Thornosian Father will need it to use on tonight dinner. But on whom exactly? This is a question I and Fiona we are asking. A poison can be either used for one or one more people. I remember in one novel I read at the Orphanage, a man made a big quantity of poison to more than six people rather than putting small equal parts of a small poison bottle on all six people. And this caused only a stomach ache, not death.

Anyway, we left the big house, and head to the marketplace by walking rather than taking anything else. Thankfully, that said marketplace it is not very far, at approximately of almost half a clock of walking. We did get there safely and not attracting much attention after us.

At the marketplace, we see lots of merchants, all selling weapons, goods, potions, clothes, food and much more things. We did not got overwhelmed by this because this might be a big marketplace, but not as big as the ones in the kingdom I live in and I with Diana use as a source to get income by selling meat, fur and weapons.

Fiona goes to the stalls where merchants are selling vegetables and fruits, while I stay behind her, playing the role of the slave child even outside the house of Thornosian family because the marketplace it's familiar with Thornosian family slaves. Fiona buys a few carrots, potatoes, onions and any other vegetables, enough to almost fill the basket.

After she bought the vegetables and some fruits, she looks at me.

"Can you go to a stall and buy a knife." she says on a tone as she speaks on the same tone on the Thornosian family house.

"Sure thing." I say to Fiona and I walk to a stall that sells knives and weapons.

I look at the stall, I observe their very many types of weapons. From small daggers to swords, and appliances such as a wooden fork, a wooden spoon, knife made out of cooper and many other types of weapons. But I was only interested in a small knife. So I ask the merchant about a knife, and the man sold me a common knife used for cutting and peeling. I bought that knife by using three gold coins Fiona gave me before I was going to the stall to buy the instrument she desired.

I take the knife, and I was about to hand to Fiona, but she tells me.

"Keep it hidden under clothes."

"Oh. Alright." I do as she say, I hid the knife under my clothes and I walk with her to the next stall that sells potions.

After a few moments, we arrive at the stall that sells potions, we take a bottle from the seller that was specially made a few days ago by the Thornosian family. The seller only handed the bottle, not wanting a gold coin back.

"Enjoy tonight dinner." he says after takes a look at the vegetables on Fiona basket.

Fiona only nods her head in agreement, and we left the marketplace. Ready to go at the house by taking the same road we took to get here.

After we left the marketplace, a few soldiers got in our way, Romanian special knights have stopped us from moving, and they look at Fiona.

"We have got the message."

"The attack will begin tonight. Has the King sent one of the ten powerful knights?" asks Fiona in her normal voice.

"He sends five." says the knight who is believed to lead the group of nineteen knights.

"Good."

"We will be hidden at a distance from two hundred steps from the big house. When the time will come, we will attack the house and seize the targets."

"Not seize. Eliminate them." says Fiona to that man. "The third target is also there. If we manage to kill all two of them, we will be able to stop the event."

"What event?" I ask Fiona, but she did not listen to me. Nor any knight from the special category.

"The Majesty ordered us to either seize or kill the creatures."

"So, we will kill them." says Fiona feeling a bit irritated. "Now. we have to go. Tonight I will signal you by burning the roof of the big house. When the burning will happen, this will be the signal to go all out."

"Got it." says the knight, and the band of knights is going in the marketplace.

After the squad of knight left, Fiona and I continued to walk to the house. None of us wanted to talk about the event. After we arrived at the house, Big Father saw us coming with the grocers, and yelled at us to go at the kitchen and prepare the breakfast for them. He ordered us to make scrambled eggs with sheep meat. We obey the orders and head to the kitchen zone, preparing the breakfast.