Xena
3. I'm giving up

They both got out of that bunker. The knight opened the blindfold worn by Prince Alaric. "Go and follow where the bird flies, for he will bring you out of this forest." The knight said, then he rode on a white horse.

"Wait on!! Alaric stopped the knight. "Thank you for saving me and taking care of me. What's your name?." Ask. But the knight did not answer and just left.

We will definitely meet again. I'll definitely find you. Prince Alaric muttered in his heart.

Prince Alaric followed the bird, until he was finally able to get out of the forest. Prince Alaric thanked the bird even though he did not know it heard it or not, because he had flown far away, disappearing from his sight.

Prince Alaric walked towards the direction of the puff of smoke he saw in the air. He was sure the smoke was coming from his camp, and it was true. He quickened his pace until he finally got there. "Prince!! Excited one of the bodyguards when he saw Prince Alaric.

All the guards stood up while looking respectfully. Although embarrassed and afraid, but they were happy and relieved to see the prince had returned and was fine. Everyone knelt down and lowered their heads.

"Our father is prince. We're sloppy. We deserve to die." Conrad, the head of the guard, knelt down and bowed his head, followed by all the other guards.

"Wake up!! There's no need for you to kneel like that." Alaric.

"Thank you prince." Conrad and his guards woke up.

"Prince, are you hurt?." Conrad said worriedly.

"It's just a small wound, I'm fine. I just want to take a break." Prince Alaric, then enter his camp to rest.

Prince Alaric was still thinking about the mysterious knight. He was very sure that the knight figure was a woman. He could see from the body gestures as well as his voice. Although he (the knight) when speaking his voice was made like a male voice, prince Alaric knew he was a female.

His confidence grew stronger as he stared at the mysterious knight's Amber bead, the moment he showed the snake. For a few seconds, Prince Alaric was convinced he was a woman. According to him, there can be no man who has such beautiful eyes. I'll make sure we meet again soon. He saved me anyway. He deserves an award. Mumbled.

General Conrad ordered one of his men to inspect and treat the prince's wounds, as tomorrow they would return to the palace. Prince Alaric and General Conrad were chatting. Prince Alaric told me what happened to him.

"I ask uncle not to tell me what happened to me, if we arrive at the palace." Alaric told Conrad.

"As per prince's orders." Answer Conrad. How could he possibly tell the king all this. If the king knew the prince's life was almost lost, then his life and the nine bodyguards would be peerless.

"Uncle Conrad, who's in charge of leading this region?." Ask Prince Alaric.

"If it is not wrong this region is under the leadership of Dimitri, prince." Answer general Conrad.

"Oh him. Do you know how big this area is, and are there any settlements around here?."

"I want to go there. Uncle wouldn't mind taking me?."

"Of course not prince. But sorry, not now. We must return to the palace immediately. Otherwise, the king would definitely be very angry and worry about the prince. It's been a week since we left the palace." Answer general Conrad.

"All right."

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In a different place, across the forest was a small village inhabited by approximately one hundred and fifty inhabitants, divided into sixty families or houses. The majority of the population there work as farmers of wheat, potatoes, oats and some also take care of livestock such as sheep and cows.

That's where Xena and her family live. She lives with her grandparents, her sister Audrey.

Xena Elvira Corrado, a beautiful girl, who has beautiful eyes. Her slender body with her blonde hair made her the prettiest girl of her village. Not only is her face beautiful, but her heart.

Besides being beautiful, Xena is also good at martial arts, archery also plays a sword. Since childhood until now, Xena was very happy to learn all that with her late father and grandfather. No wonder he is so good now. But, no one knows the greatness that he has, because Xena never shows his greatness in front of others, except in front of his grandfather and uncle Yacob.

Yacob's uncle is Xena's father's best friend, whom Xena and Audrey consider to be his own mother. Uncle Yacob lived not far from Abraham's grandfather's house. Since Hector's death, Yacob and Abraham's grandfather have been guarding Xena and Audrey.

Xena often helped their grandparents in the fields. Although Audrey went to the farm to deliver food and help out occasionally, it wasn't long.

Unlike Xena, Audrey has absolutely no interest in learning what Xena learned from her father and grandfather. Audrey aspires to enter the palace, become a servant or whatever is important she can work in the palace, like her late parents used to.

Living in a remote village like this was really unpleasant for Audrey. He still remembered how happy he was when he was, little Xena and her parents still lived in the palace, and that was why he wanted to return to live there.

Audrey is five years older than Xena. Unlike Xena, Audrey also has a beautiful face, and blonde hair. At first glance they both look like twins, only their irises are different. Their nature and character are also different. Audrey's not as friendly as Xena. He tends to be tall-hearted and a little lazy.

With the pretty face she had, Audrey was very confident of being able to get a man of noble descent. Therefore he was increasingly ambitious to be able to enter the royal palace environment.

In addition to growing wheat and potatoes, Abraham's grandfather also planted flower seeds in his field. Xena was in charge of taking care of the flowers' plants. Like most women in general, Xena loves flowers, especially roses and lilies.

Xena enjoys spending her time in the wild. Playing with horses, dogs and birds. In addition, he was also very happy to play in the river near the forest. The same forest he had saved a Zephyrus man from a wolf pack.

Xena did not know that the man she saved was the man she hated the most. He was the prince of Alaric, the crown prince of the kingdom of Zhepyra. Xena hates him a lot, because he thinks he caused the death of his father, Hector Corrado, thirteen years ago.

Since the death of her father, Xena has held a grudge against the prince. It was Xena Prince Alaric who was responsible for his father's death. Although her mother and grandfather had already explained that her father died in carrying out his very noble duty, which was to protect the crown prince, for Xena it was still all unfair. His father died because of the crown prince, that's what he thought from the past until now.