Chapter 27: The bandits (1)

Camilla POV:

"Master, we are passing through the mountains. After this mountain, we would've successfully reached the capital," the butler announced as he peeped inside the carriage. Uncle Robert nodded and told him to drive slower. "The road is quite bumpy please be careful," Uncle Robert ordered. I noticed that the butler must've heard my voice because he went slower driving through the woods. However, he halted all of a sudden and I fell onto the person sitting in front of me. It was Ryan. I muttered a quick sorry and got up immediately however I must've stepped on the hem of my cloak because I fell on his again. And right now my face was an inch away from his. Not good. I quickly tried to get up again and this time I pulled my cloak up an inch just in case I stepped on it again.

Turning away from Ryan I addressed Uncle Robert "Why did we stop?". He shook his head in reply and stepped out of the carriage. "You three stay inside and don't come out no matter what," he ordered, we all nodded and he got out of the carriage and walked towards the front. I peeped outside the window and saw that there was a bunch of men wearing fully black standing there with a sword in their hands. At this moment Damian and Ryan had come towards the window already. We turned to face each other and I looked at them and back outside.

One of the bandits I suppose opened his mouth and announced "What a big catch we've caught today. Just give me all your valuables and leave any pretty ladies. After that, we might let you guys go or we might not,". Stupid don't they know who Uncle Robert was? As if the butler could read my mind he immediately shouted "Do you know who my master is? This is the Grand Duke Robert Ellis. How dare you try to rob him,". I looked at the other two and we all looked outside as well. "Who? Whatever. I don't care what Duke you're. I only care about having food on the table," he admitted, "anyways as I said before leave all the valuables and any pretty ladies,".

Looks like we will be having a cool fighting scene soon. I've read about all those fighting scenes in the book but now I could finally be able to watch it. Wait the book... Did Damian encounter any bandits on the way to the capital from the orphanage? Wait I remember now the bandit even said the same thing as this bandit. These guys can't die. Later on, he would become a knight because the grand duke loved his martial arts ability and so he became one of the most amazing fighters who also took part in saving my brother back then. He cannot die. The grand duke is merciful so he won't kill him anyway so everything's gonna be fine. I hope...