The Akez tribe and the man is....

After three days and three nights of travel, Cecile finally arrived in the northern region of the Akez tribe. She could not imagine how her father would react to her escape.

But she was sure how angry and disappointed her father was with her.

And as for Anne, she hoped that her father would not suspect that her female cousin had helped her. But the possibility was difficult, her father must be suspicious of Anne at this time.

Hopefully Anne could handle everything well.

The horse-drawn carriage stopped right at an inn. Cecile came down after completing the cost of her long trip to the coachman.

It was the middle of the night. The surrounding chill was almost piercing to the bone.

Cecile wore a plain white dress that was sheer, of course it was not enough to warm her body from the cold night breeze.

Soon Cecile stepped into the inn or she could catch a cold if she was outside for too long.

The inn consisted of two floors. Looked alive with several lanterns hanging in front of it. From its simple and very ordinary building, it was clear that this was not for the elite.

But at least it was in accordance with her current conditions.

A high-end inn would cost a lot of silver and even gold coins, while the silver coins left in her pocket weren't not many. So this inn was more than adequate for her now.

"Good night! Can we help you?"

A beautiful receptionist greeted her generously, her hands clasped gracefully in front of her chest and her head bent slightly while smiling.

Cecile returned her smile politely. Judging from the colour of the skin, it was the typical fair of the Pataw tribe.

This was the first time Cecile had seen someone with such skin colour.

Due to the lack of socialization with the outside world, she never met various other tribes except her own tribe. But she remembered, only father's Edwin had ever met. The man with brown skin which was also typical of the Pataw tribe.

"Night! Can I book a room for the night?"

"Ah, just a moment!"

The woman bent down slightly to pick up something in the desk drawer. After that she put down a key on the desk.

"The price for one night stay is only 50 pieces of silver. Our accommodation only facilitates a room and not for consumption or anything else. Have a good rest!"

She said politely. Taking the key, Cecile nodded her head with a smile. "Thank you"

"Let our staff escort you"

"Em!"

"Someone..."

"Yes?" A male staff member came.

After listening to the explanation of the receptionist, he escorted Cecile to her room.

It was on the top floor, because the lower floor was full. It seemed that many people stay at this place even though it was not equipped with adequate facilities but the price was quite economical.

"This is your room miss, have a good rest!"

The male staff member said, taking a step back and bowing politely.

"Thank you!"

And the staff left.

Opening the door, she saw a small room with a mattress in it. It was very remote when compared to her spacious room with a large wardrobe and bed.

The room was very small with very simple decoration. But at least that was more than enough for her to rest in peace.

After putting the bag in one corner of the room. She heard a roar from the window blinds.

There the wind howled in, slapping the white curtains of the window hard. Looked like it was going to be a very cold night.

Just when she was about to take a step to close the window, suddenly a figure appeared through the window.

Unintentionally hit her body until she fell. Cecile suddenly wanted to scream but someone quickly covered her mouth.

"Shh ... shut up!" Said someone who crushed her. It was a man with white skin typical of the Zeath tribe.

Under the clash of the candlelight, it revealed the contours of his very handsome face.

Cecile could see his crystal-like blue eyes, they looked alive and sparkling. His thick eyebrows and perfect bridge of his nose seemed familiar to her memory.

Realising the closeness between men and women is a negative thing, Cecile regained consciousness. After being hypnotized for a while with that man's face which was somehow very bewitching.

Seeing her mouth which was still smothering. Cecile without hesitation bit the hand that was clasping her mouth hard.

"Argh .."

The reflex that the man's hand left her mouth. That way Cecile could speak freely.

"Who are you? Why did you disrespectfully come into my room"

Waving his hand in the air several times, the man was no longer complaining of pain.

Instead of getting up, he pressed her even more. His blue eyes were sparkling, they then shone sharply expressing something mischievous.

"Miss it is your fault for leaving your inn room window open, someone can freely enter. So, blame your own carelessness!"

"You..."

Just as Cecile was getting ready to lift her pinched knee to kick the man. But the man suddenly woke up. While standing, he lifted Cecile away in his arms.

In anger Cecile hit the man's body, thrashed him and asked him to put her down.

"You wank*r! Hurry up and get me down .."

"Ah girl why are you so rude I only helped you to stand up" he said with an oppressed look.

Even though the man was clearly teasing her. But still don't want to admit it?

Anne was probably right, it was very dangerous for a home girl like her who didn't really know the outside world decided to run away. Cecile didn't know whether to regret her decision or not.

"Then hurry now let me go and you get out of my room"

"Miss ..,seems like for now I can't ..."

"What did you say, ahhh ..."

Suddenly the man brought her to bed. Because Cecile didn't cooperate, they fell and rolled over each other until they were wrapped in a thick white blanket making them trapped like cocoons.

"You - what the bloody hell you did-"

The man quickly lowered his head to press the lips of the girl below him to stop speaking.

Because his hands were trapped in the blanket, he couldn't do it freely. Therefore he used his forehead to cover the girl's mouth.

Cecile gasped and clearly wanted to rebel but the man said firmly and no longer played around like that.

"There are some more people who will jump into your lodging room. To make them leave, I beg your cooperation"

The man was not lying. Immediately a group of men jumped into her room. They wore white furred cloaks and others black.

The furred cloak didn't look like fleece, but in a situation like this she couldn't notice it clearly.

Cecile was unable to see the man's expression because his head was lowered and pressed against her lips. But this time because of her fear, she decided to cooperate with that man.

"W-who are you? Why barging into someone's room without permission, so disrespectful!" Said Cecile in a voice that sounded a little angry.

Besides that she felt a little awkward with her position like this.

"Sorry miss looks like we will search your room" Said one of them.

Knitting her brows Cecile said angrily. "Can't! This is very disturbing privacy. Get out or I'll scream" She threatened.

Actually in her heart she was afraid. She was just a little girl how could she possibly be compared to a group of men.

But considering there was a strange man who was with her, somehow she wasn't that worried about her.

"Miss then did you see someone jump into your room?" That question came from the same person who said he wanted to search her room.

Cecile guessed that the man was the leader of the group.

"I didn't!"

"That's impossible, our smells can't be wrong" interrupted one of the others.

"That someone ---" Finally the man who Cecile thought was the leader of the squad, seemed to start to get suspicious. The man stared at the man trapped with her in the blanket.

Somehow Cecile reflexively said aloud.

"This is my husband, he is very tired and sleeping. You are not allowed to disturb him"

"Ah, is it possible that we are being played around?"

"It seems so, we might be tricked"

"His Majesty is very shrewd ..."

Finally, the group discussed with each other. Cecile did not understand what they were talking about. Cecile only hoped that they would leave soon and she could get out of this awkward situation soon.

"Sorry miss disturbing your night's rest, then excuse me"

And a group of men in black and white fur, jumped out of the window again. Even though this room was on the second floor but they seem very well trained to do it.

Who are they?

After the departure of the strange group of men, finally Cecile could breathe a sigh of relief.

The man no longer pressed his forehead against her lips. But this time his face was perfectly lifted, with a seductive smile he said.

"Miss, you are very good at playing!"

This time Cecile was silent.

Finally she caught something from her memory. Gaze once again at the contours of his handsome face and stunning crystal blue eyes. Cecile floated back on the night of the year-end festival and sword dance.

Instantly she gasped in surprise.

The man...

The man was the one playing the sword dance on the night of the year-end festival.

Ah, Cecile would never have thought that she still kept that face in her memory and that they could be reunited in an unexpected situation like this.

"Girl why are you silent? Did you just realise how handsome I am to be so mesmerised like this?"

"We've met before" Cecile no longer responded to his words earlier which sounded a little narcissistic.

"What did you say?"

"You were the man who performed the sword dance at the night of the year-end festival right?"

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