CHASE | AWESAMDUDE

CHAPTER SEVEN: LYING

'Crap, he remember me?' You smiled and nodded, "Yes, I'd just like to thank you for helping me out yesterday. I really appreciate it." 

He then shook his head, "It's no problem, the duke would like to send you his deepest apology for his son's trouble." he then sighed, it was muffled due to his gas mask. "That kid is the embodiment of trouble and mischief, I'm really sorry again for the trouble he caused you yesterday." 

You only shake your hands in front of you and shook your head in return, "Oh, no! It's totally fine, I was just surprised that's all." You smiled sheepishly at him, 'Actually, no. it's not fine.'

He nodded in return, "I'm glad you aren't displeased with the duke's son." He then moved to the side where a nearby guard stood, you contemplated for a bit before following him and standing besides him. "Not at all, kids can be handful. I understand the duke." as soon as you said that your thought immediately followed you. 'No I don't.'

 He then looked down at you, you returned his gaze and looked up at him. "I believe I didn't caught your name." 

You mentally cursed at your mind, "My name is rina." you lied through gritted teeth, you don't want to tell him your actual name. he's a warden and a smart one at that, you can't take the risk of being caught by a simple mistake. so instead, you spoke out the first simple name you can think of. (If your name is rina then feel free to change it!)

"Rina, what a lovely name for a lovely gal. My name is sam, although I assume you already know that from the supposed public execution." He then extended his hand, you hesitated a bit before grasping his hand and giving it a firm shake. Your stomach churned from the mention of the public execution.

"Oh, I actually left the scene before the execution began. but I heard that It didn't end well." You were careful of your words, afraid that you might slip and get caught. especially that you were the one who ruined the supposed public execution. Sam only nodded and sighed in distress. "Indeed, someone with a scythe just appeared and started fighting me. I assumed that she have a connection to the thief who's supposed to get executed but when we interrogated him he told us that he wasn't involved on any of her doings." wow, he already know that you're a she despite the disguise? well, he wasn't the warden for nothing. "I've sent guards to follow her and her disciple, sadly they lost their lead of them when they managed to lost my guards through the woods." 

You flashed him a worried expression that you made up, "That's horrible, do you guys have any lead to where they are now?" now that you think of it, this might be a good chance to get some info from him. he then shook his head, "Unfortunately, no. But I sent a report to the new king, he seem to be displeased at our job." His voice seems to falter at that.

You tilted your head, "Hey, don't droop now. I'm sure you guys will catch them." You then flashed him your signature smile. 'As if you guys will have a chance on catching us.' you smiled and gave him a pat on the shoulder.

 "Oh, speaking of the new king- I haven't been tuning on the news lately, care to enlighten me about him?" You spoke, it's true. you haven't been looking at the news lately so you were shocked when you heard there's a new king in throne.

He then nodded, his expression seems to lighten up. "No problem. the previous king, duke philza, lost the election for the next throne. the new king, King Apollo, won the election and is now currently sitting on the throne." He then paused, you took this chance and replied. "What is he like?" You asked, sam's shoulders dropped a bit before he fixed his posture. "King Apollo is really excellent at hosting parties, although his lead at taking care of the kingdom seems to be slowing down at these past few days. of course this didn't go unnoticed by the council and they were displeased to say the least." He then paused, "After a long meeting with the council, he finally took his first serious step at taking care of this kingdom." He seem to smile under his mask at the mention of the kingdom.

You frown, before he can even glance at your frown you immediately flashed him a friendly smile. "What is his first step?" You asked, "Well, as you can see- he ordered the royal guards and me to eliminate any thief that was lingering on the town." Your eyes widened at that, "And he also told us to host a public execution for each thief we caught." Your hands shake at his explanation, your hands were itching to hold the handle of your scythe and just fight the warden here and there just to shut him up, but you knew you cannot do that. you need to gather up more info about this king,.

"Why is that? don't you think that is a bit gruesome? why not just kill them inside the palace?" You asked, flashing him a small frown. he caught your frown and he shook his head. "The king said that it would be a great lesson for the citizens here to not steal." You can feel a liquid falling down at your palm, you glanced at your hand that was balled into a fist to see your nails digging at the flesh of your palm. blood poured out from the wound and dropped to the ground. as you were about to reply a guard walked up to the two of you, he was holding a guy in his twenty's. "Sir, we caught this man trying to steal jewelry from the jewelry store." The guard spoke to sam.

Sam's expression darkened as he looked down at the guy who's currently in handcuffs, he then looked back at the guard. "Bring him to the cell, I will follow afterwards." with that, the guard dragged the man who was struggling in his hold to the carriage.

Sam then looked down at you, his cheekbones rise a bit- indicating he's probably smiling underneath his gas mask. "I suppose this is our goodbye." He spoke, you then smiled at him and nodded. "Sorry for distracting you from your job, it was nice talking to you." You lied through gritted teeth. He then shook his head as if he's disagreeing. "No, it's fine. I was just patrolling the town. your company made saved me from the boredom." You then chuckled, "I guess this is my cue to leave." You then turn around, just before you were about to walk away you turn around and waved goodbye at him.

He then smiled underneath the mask and waved goodbye at you too, you then turn around and dropped your smile. It was replaced by a glare that could scare anyone. your palm was aching from how hard your were digging your nails at them. you weren't that far away from the scene where you and sam had talked before you heard him called out your 'name'. "Rina!" You then dropped your glare and turn around to see him jogging up towards you, you stopped your walking and waited for him even though your brain was yelling at you to turn around act like you didn't heard him. when he had caught up to you he then gasp for a air for a moment before speaking, "Are you gonna be here tomorrow?" 

Your eye twitched at the question, "Yeah! Me and my roommate is almost out of supply so I think I'm gonna be back here shopping for some food." You spoke through gritted teeth, of course you're gonna be here tomorrow. you need to observe the guard's routine once again to make sure it's now clear to go back to your 'job'. You were hoping to just be roaming around the town while secretly observing the guard's routine in silence but it seems like that idea is going to the window so soon. "Oh that's perfect, tomorrow there's gonna be another public execution- If you're interested feel free to go."

More blood dripped from your palm as you dig your nails deeper at your skin, is he seriously inviting you to a literal funeral of the thieves? the way he said that with a calm demeanor made you rage inside. "Sure, I'll try if I can go there." He seem to light up at your response and he nodded, "See you tomorrow." and with that, he waved goodbye at you and turn around and followed the other guards who's already in the carriages with thieves inside them. 

There were multiple carriages displayed on the road, inside them were thieves that the guards caught today. you watch as sam got on a black stallion horse, he gave the horse a light kick before the horse walked forward with a small ruff. the drivers of the carriages then started to follow their leader, leading the criminals that they caught today to the dungeons of the palace.

You flash the carriages a glare, you turn your gaze to sam who's back was turn to you. you then shot him the deadliest glare you could muster, you then turn around and started heading back to your home.