Chapter 281: Captured again 2

What a fine plan I must say!" he said with a mocking laugh, but his eyes have long turned cold. All the care and brotherhood they were showing us were lost and only doubt remained making us bewildered.

The man that had come with him to protect us was looking at him and he moved his face and they all covered us.

"Look there is some misunderstanding. We are not trying to capture you, we did not even know about you before meeting you and it was you who found us not the other way around." said Cassius and I nodded.

"Ha! So you didn't know about us, yet you asked the girl to have a blood oath with you. And how the hell did you come to know about that, by intuition or magic?" he mocked and then entered and closed the door.

The hut was not big to begin with and by entering the 5 men it became further cramped.

"I understand that you are worried about your safety. But trust us we are not going to tell anyone about your liar. It will always remain a secret. You have helped us and treated us as your family so we will always take you as our family too.'' I added and the man looked at us.

"For trust there should be honesty. You have been lying to us since the start. If not, you should have told us about your brother being a knight, and now you are making big promises, who would believe on them. Huh"

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If not, you should have told us about your brother being a knight, and now you are making big promises, who would believe in them. Huh?"

"Then tell us, what do you want?" asked Cassius as he stood in front of me, trying to hide me behind him.

Seriously was it even the time to be a hero.

"I want you to stay here forever so that you can not tell anyone where we live and what we do." he said with convection and we both looked at each other.

"This is not a practical solution" said Cassius and he chuckled.

"Why not, we are not hurting you, we are giving you work, a place to live. What else you can get in the outside world. You work there, now you work here." he said, shrugging his shoulders as if it was a normal thing to do.

"We have family out there, i have a son." said Cassius with gritted teeth and the man chuckled.

"Your wife said that she only married you one year ago and you told others that you have a son. Do you think we all are fools?" he said tilting his head and Cassius looked at me.

'How in the world would I have known why they asked me how many years had it been to our marriage…'

who would have thought what he had said would not match mine. Now even if we tell them that he had done a second marriage they would take it as an excuse.

"Why not try to find a solution in the middle. You can send your people with us to keep an eye on us so that we would not tell anyone where you live?" I said and the man shook his head.

"You can easily kill him and get rid of him. Why would i sent them on suicide mission." he said shaking his head.

"Then what have you taught me, can you stay hidden all your life here? Have  you ever wanted the kids to live a free life like others? They did not need to hide in the four walls? We can help you in making that dream come true.`` Cassius offered but I doubt that the man ever cared about it.

"Why would I want that? We have everything we need here. We have a safe home. Food, clothing,. Rivers, nature…" before they could speak further I laughed.

"And freedom what about that? Possession is thief, an outlaw, or maybe assasination to. That  all they do when they grow old? And you say you have all here? You don't grow crops you steal them." i moved and Cassius nodded.

"If your life is so perfect, why are you afraid of getting seen by knights. You want your future generation to stray here hidden too." he added following my plan.

"And you think you can give us that freedom, huh? Though I am sure you are not just average workers, is it not like you are emperor or archduke that can give us forgiveness for our crime? So you better live her silently." he said and turned to walk out.

"What if I say we can.. We can give you anything you ask for?" asked Cassius

"But if you would not let us go, do you think that the troop of knights would not find this place forever? It is just a matter of time did they notice this place" i added, supporting him and all the men looked at him.

"We will kill them if they try to enter. It is not like they would send the whole empire army for you too or the best knights. They have already sent 1 order of knights. This was something already too big for both of you." he added confidently and I shook my head.

"I am telling you last time, think about it. Why do you want to wage a war for nothing. I assure you to help your clan in getting legal work. So that you can live freely." I added and Cassius nodded but the man was adamant and left the room.

"I have told you to leave the place, but you were too fascinated by that oracle. Now ask that oracle to help you. Go on" said Cassius and I sighed.

Who would have thought that Jamie's timing would be that bad.

"I don't want a war because of me." I asked and he shook his head. 

"This would be worse than you can think"