chapter 3 (the only hope)

the light once again heat my face and open my eyes but I can't recognize where I am this room is a totally new place for me I never seen this place before,but some how it's smells familiar this room is not as wide as my room from the castle but it's still big to be a commoner's room I tried to stand but I just fall I felt so weak and helpless then suddenly the door open.

"are you okay?? the girl ask she seems so familiar but I can't remember her she looks like in her 30's but still beautiful brown soft and wavy hair brown eyes her lips is as red as roses and her skin is fair and white she reminded me of my mother the got the same features.

"I'm sorry but who are you why am I here?? I ask here with confusion

", I am lady freya of lindonland, I am indeed the duchess of this castle remember me we already meet each other at your kingdom back then when your a child?you mistook me and call me your mother back then and you cry a lot. hahaha to think that were gonna meet each other again it's a pleasure.

",Im afraid that I'm still at young age when that happen that I barely remember anything.

", I see but it's okay I heard the rumors that prince charles has been thrown away by the king albritch himself so I rush to your capital and look for you the king order to put you in a slave shop when I saw you at the shop I buy you immediately hoping that we can be together..!?also there's a handsome guy with a golden hair which is looks like a slave who's taking care of you there but I can only afford to buy you.

"why even my mother is not gonna spend a gold for me what is your reasons??I ask her in confusion because no one ever do something that important for me except my head maid,then suddenly the tears come again and my breath is starting to get heavy I remember again what happenedi didn't even notice that I hug her and I cried in her embrace.

"you know I'm one of the former wife of king albritch your father but when he noticed that after a long time I am not capable of having his child so he look for another woman and he only give me this land as for compensation,but until now I still don't have a child and the first time I felt how to be a mother is when a child make a mistake and call me mother he hug me and cry he told me why I'm always cold to him and why I only gives attention to his sister,on that moment I felt really sorry about how her mother treat him and I feel that I have a child to raise for a minute,.

".....is that child??!"

",yes prince charles that child who makes me feel that I am indeed a mother was you when you are a little.

After knowing her reason I burst into tears and willingly hug her of whole my life only the head maid jane is the only one who do something for me and now that she's gone I have someone that I can call mother and can love me like his own. if only head maid is here she's gonna be happy to see that I now have a mother to take care of me.

after a few days of here I learned a lot about her I mean my mother her name is freya greyfrod she is the first wife of my father king albritch and our current situation is in not a good term she is in a big debt and her life is in danger but even with a big debt she manage to buy my freedom which make me touched.

"my dear charles you can leave if you want now that your in a good shape you have to find a better life because I can't give you nothing but problems,then she smile but I saw his tears at the side of his eyes she's happy and yet she's about to cry because she's afraid that I'm leaving him I can read persons emotions by just looking through their gestures.

"don't worry mother I'm not gonna leave you alone after what you sacrifice for me,I'm not gonna bring misfortune to you.".

I said after taking a breakfast I ask for permission to leave.

"I'll be back after an hour just don't worry relax and have some rest" I'll be back mother." I kiss her in the forehead and go after arriving to the slave shop that my mother mentioned which si if I remember this is the slave shop where the cat that I'm chasing run, after a few seconds I enter the shop and the shop owner greet me,.

" well if it isn't the former prince of this kingdom heh...what do you need oh I see you need a job and hoping that I can sell you again??

"stop I'm here to buy a slave show me your slaves,.!

" tsk I doubts that you can afford one I know you no one even you father loves you!"

I grab the pouch that the head maid gave me as a gift and show him.

"are you telling me that I can't buy your slave by this golds"?? I see the owners eyes widen and ask me to follow him while inspecting the slaves I have a glance to a one slave at the corner I remember him he's the guy with the golden hair and gray eyes that I see that day," wait, is he the same person that my mother mentioned me last time.

", hey you do you know me??

I ask him hoping that he is the guy who takes care of me. he immediately bow and kneel infront of me.

"how do you feel re you okay now your majesty I hope I have been help you even for a small gestures.

I see after hearing him I know that he is the one who takes care of me in here,

"hey owner of the shop how much for him?I ask him

"ahm you see this slave is already expired so I'm thinking of disposing him before dawn, can you please choose another.....

I cut his sentence and ask him.

"how much is one of your finest slave here,"?!

"well about the finest I'm selling them 3 gold coin for one do you want to see look at them??

"no I'm gonna buy this guy for 6 gold coin it's double the amount of your best goods,!

"okay but don't ask for a refund because once the contract is done I have nothing to deal with them"

"I don't care just ready him and I'll have to go.i said in angry tune

"okay okay fine here you go."

he handle me the chain that is binding the guys wrist and neck together with the key.we walk together until we saw a rental carriage I rent one since it's a little far from the lindonland,after I sat to the carriage the guy with golden hair just stood outside.

"oh come on come inside I can share you my carriage since your my slaves now"

he turned his face to look at me and I see his blushing, even his still dirty you can see that he's as handsome as a Royalty, wait what am I thinking why do I think that this man is handsome??! I have a lots of problem to solve I don't have time to day dream,as soon as he enter the carriage I signal the operator to go.

after a minute I decided to unlock the chain but it's a little tight that I can't open it at one so I force my self and without noticing I have been too much closer to his face I only notice it after removing the chain to him I feel so akward but at the same time I feel so warm, I grab my clothes where my heart is beating too fast because I feel uneasy to breathe but it's not in a bad way.

"prince Charles are you okay??did I cause you some trouble? the guy ask me

"no I'm fine and you can't bring me some trouble just by getting near to me,

I don't know why but I'm blushing too I do feel something is not right.

" so what's your name and how did you know my name,?!,

",I'm sorry for not introducing my self earlier my name is frosten at your service prince charles,and about your name when the owners put you in my cage he mentioned your name and I remember seeing you before that your looking for a cat, I felt that your so cute in that moment, frosten whisper

"what????

"nothing prince charles"

" stop calling me prince I'm no longer the prince charles charles is enough okay???

"noted my lord.

"wait what???

after an hour we arrive at the lindonland it's a small town but my mother is the one that govern there, at my signal the carriage stop infront of the clothing tailor we enter the shop.

"excuse me can you please make aid suit for him?I ask the tailor

"of course sir is he your slave??

"yes he is"

after taking the measurements of his body the tailor ask us to come back after an hour,wait I should feed him since I guess he haven't eat for a days we head for the bar to eat I ordered a food 2 sets of their finest food and I noticed him looks so disappointed he's looking down on the table and dare not to look at me,the meal I ordered has arrived after a minute of waiting its just looks like the food from the castle but a little cheaper I start eating minding my manners but when I glance at frosten he haven't even touched the food yet.

"do you prefer anything??

he look at me with confusion and decided not to talk or touch the meal

" hey are you going to waste the food that I ordered to you???

he looks at me again but this time his eyes is telling about how he feel.

"young lord do you buy this expensive meal for me??but I thought...I .....I

I smirk at him knowing why he behave like that

"I see you thought I buy all of this for myself???do I look like I can eat all of this? do I looks so fat? I'm asking him

"no...no that's not what I.....I'm...

"hahaha come on it's okay just eat okay I'm just kidding you know ,he start eating too.

"you know somehow you make me smile and happy you make me forgot my problems, I'm smiling at him and.

ehe....ehem... he choke and grabbed the water he looks at me and blush While drinking when he noticed that I look back he immediately look side. he has a cute side huh...it makes me smirk and continue eating after we eat we head wonder and explore the city hoping that I can find a shadow ninja or an a assassin after wondering for hours we end up sitting at the bench near at the lake then I noticed someone under the bridge he is a tall man with all black clothing and holding a mask preparing to wear it.

without any hesitation I run into him and try to catch him but when I almost grab him he just vanished in the shado of the bridge.

"who are you why did you try to catch me??

I heard a voice and response knowing that it is the guys doing.

"do you know any other ninja or assassin's? I need one now.

" and why is that so?

" I have to revenge for the deaths of the person who is dear to me for jane.,!

"jane?? do you mean the head maid of the castle?? he ask

"do you know her?

"yes"

he answered and appear infront of me then he removed his mask and I reveal his face his a tan musculine body and short hair his eyes is grey as same at frosten and he has a scar in he's left cheek.

"her real name is mara jane and she's my sister my older sister, are you prince charles? he gives me a letter before she got executed the letter said to look after prince charles if anything bad happened. by the way I'm igraciel

an assassin ninja from the wooden abascus.

", I am charles do you mind coming with us?

",I'll follow you from the shadows.

okay it's almost dark frosten we should go and get back to the clothing shop we head back together knowing that igraciel is following us when we reached the shop frosten open the door and signal to me to go first,I saw the tailor waiting for us and the tailor smile sir you came back just in time here is your request.

"I see okay thank you how much is this cost?..

"it's is made out of one of our the best fiber but so it's cost a little high it's one gold and to bronze ,.

" okay here you go keep the change"

I'm so much tired so I felt so week after leaving the shop I almost get out of balance but igraciel appear infront of me that looks so worries and frosten help and Carrie to to the nearest rental carriage I signal the carriage operator to go to the duchess mansion and he immediately understand after pointing the mansion and giving the cignal to go there my vision I started to fade and I fainted.