Chapter 151 - He's More Of A Leech

After resting for a while, they venture into the forest with their mother taking the lead. Following the description on the map, they were able to make it out of the forest before the sun was about to go down. Now looking at the town that was before them and although it looks better than Carpie town, it was still considered a small town.

"Is this where we are supposed to get transportation to the capital" asked Jason as he looked at the busy town not far from them.

"That is it alright, Lapis where almost all business is conducted but we have to be careful since we don't know if there is any member of the Wallace family in the vicinity" replied Clara.

"I doubt that there will be any in this place" said Jason.

"Knowing the Wallace family, they are already stationed in other towns just in case we show up" replied Clara.

"Are they really that jobless to be doing something like this" complain Hannah.

"That is just the way they operate since they don't want to give their target the chance to escape to later come and hunt them. We will wait here until it is dark before going inside to purchase some horses" replied Clara.

And that is how they waited in the forest not far from Lapis town to avoid being seen by others until when it get dark before they finally decided to head into the town in hope that some of the citizens have already gone to bed only for them to see that the place was still as noisy as it was in daylight. Making their way toward the stable where they are supposed to get a horse, only for Clara to notice someone among the crowd where a black robe with a mask on, and she quickly drags her children to the side where they hide away from the young man.

"Hey man, sorry if I am bothering you but have you seen a lady walking around with a boy and a girl" asked the young man as he stop a passerby.

"Almost all the woman here has children so how am I supposed to know who you are looking for" replied the passerby before walking away.

Seeing that the man just stop has a point in what he was saying, the young man let out a sigh before walking away.

"Just like I thought it won't be easy searching for them once they get into a town" said Berry before walking away.

Seeing the man walking away, Clara turns to the two before her as she advises. 

"Since we are here it would be very difficult for them to track us so I want you guys to try and blend with the crowd alright".

And reply with a nod before getting out of their hiding place as they continue heading toward the stable which didn't take them much time to reach.

"And how may I help you" said the owner of the stable when seeing the lady hurrying toward him.

"I would like to purchase two horses from you sir" replied Clara.

"That is going to cost you about three hundred spirit stones" said the owner with a straight face.

"Isn't that a little too much for a horse" asked Clara.

"This is business madam, if you want them you can pay up and if you don't, you can just leave" replied the owner.

Seeing that the owner is not in the mood to negotiate the price with them, Clara could only bring out the spirit stone that is left after renting a room to spend the night in Carpie town but unfortunately for her, the spirit stone that was with her was not even up to a hundred and she couldn't help but let out a sigh as she turns to the owner of the stable ready to please when Jason spoke up.

"Sir is it okay if we pay you with some of our valuables" asked Jason.

"As long as it is of the same value with the spirit stones then sure" replied the owner as he turned to Jason.

After getting assurance from the owner of the stable, Jason brought out the storage ring that he took away from Fred as he began to take out weapons after weapons with some pills until there was nothing left before turning to the owner with a smile on his face as he asked.

"Will these be enough sir".

The owner was lost for words as he stare at the bunch of pills and weapons laying in front of him and it was only after Jason has called him again that he was able to regain his reasoning as he cleared his throat before speaking.

"It should be enough for you to get the horses. Right this way please".

Leading them inside the stable where they quickly made their choice before dragging the horses out of the stable. Keeping the stuff away, the owner decided to close for the night leaving them to do their stuff.

"I wonder how am I supposed to ride this thing" said Jason as he look at the horse.

"Easy, just watch as I move around with mine" replied Clara before getting on the horse moving around. 

Seeing how easy it was for his mother to walk around, Jason quickly got on the horse as he hold the reins of the horse just like his mother did before swinging it gently and the horse begins to move forward and he let out a smile. Seeing that he was able to get it right, Clara instructed Hannah to climb on her horse since it is Jason first time riding before they ride out of the stable as they make way towards the entrance leading out of Lapis town but that is when someone yelled hurriedly, Clara turn around to see what it was only to see a drunkard pointing at them and before long the young man who has been asking around look in the direction where the hand is pointing at only to see a lady and two kids riding a horse as he got up from his seat before rushing toward their direction.

"We need to get out of here really quick" warned Clara in an uneasy tone before smacking the reins hard and the horse let out a cry before dashing out in full speed.

Jason also smacks his rein hard and the horse ran out with Berry giving chase from behind but after he failed to catch up to them, he went back to get a horse before riding out of Lapis town.

Getting out of the town without being chased didn't make Clara slow down one bit after seeing the expression on the man's face which tells that he will surely give chase, the only thought that was going through her mind is to move faster to get away from him for if he were to know their destination, it wouldn't be long before they caught and with the state that she is in, she won't be able to put up a good fight against the young man.

After getting far enough, Clara turn around to take a look at her environment to see if the man is on their tail only to see that they were alone in the road as she let out a sigh as she thought of relaxing but that was when a horse cry could be heard as she turns around only to see a horse coming at them at full speed.

"We need to move faster" instructed Clara before moving ahead again and Jason also did the same as they move faster.

"There is no doubt about it, they are the survivals of the Mccray family" muttered Berry as he hit the reins harder.

After riding for some time and seeing that they couldn't shake the young man off, Clara decided they head onto a rocky path to try and confuse their pursuer.

"He more of a leech to you guys" joke the bracelet.

"You are not helping here" said Jason.

"Why haven't you used that liquid you got from killing that spiky frog to shake him off for some time" suggested the bracelet.

"Dammit, I actually forgot about that" replied Jason with a laugh before turning to his mother as he said.

"Mother I think I might have a way we can get rid of him".

"Since you do then go ahead and do it or are you waiting for us to get caught you use that head of yours" replied Hannah who was already panicking in fear.

with a twitched face Jason was just looking at his sister in anger when his mother suddenly spoke up.

"Don't listen to your sister, you can see that she has already lost it. So about that plan of yours, do you think it is going to work".

"Definitely" replied Jason with a nod.

"If you say it would work then I will leave it to you, just tell me when you are ready" said Clara.