15 days after the explosion - Palace Prison

Luckily for the prince, Susan knew a spell to wake up the Orator, so they didn't have to wait for him to wake up normally. Of course, he was inside the cell when he woke up and he didn't understand what was going on at the beginning until he saw the prince face and the cell bars

"Whaaats going on?"(orator) ask while fearing for the worst

"Isn't it obvious? you are in jail"(prince)smiled at him

"Why? I didn't do anything"(orator) shakes his head and hands in denial

"Starting a rebellion is nothing? you must have a different sense of right and wrong from the rest of country if you really believe that"(Prince)

"I didn't start a rebellion!!!"(orator)was panicking

"What would you call a person that feeds false information and spreads lies and half-truths to instigated the people if not someone trying to start a rebellion?"(prince)acted smug with an evil smile

"but but I wasn't trying to start a rebellion, I was just telling what I heard. I am just a concern citizen"(the "concern citizen")

"Riggght, concern citizen. Would a concerned citizen bring hundreds of people to a secret meeting in an abandoned factory to spread lies?"(prince) use the extreme sarcasm card

"It wasn't a secret meeting, anyone could go if they knew about it, and I didn't spread lies"(the "concern citizen") acted innocent

"of course not, ii was just a meeting that anyone that showed hate for the prince would be invited to, and what you said there wasn't a lie, it just happens to be it wasn't true"(prince)kept the sarcasm

"I never said that I was telling the truth, they were just rumors on the street and speculations, that's all. And I wasn't inviting the people, it was for each person to decided who they bring" ("concern citizen")

"And where did you heard those "rumors" "(prince) went to the real reason he imprisons the guy

"everywhere, In bars, market, the street etc. Every time you talked to someone about the prince, a new story pop up"("concern citizen") said, and the prince didn't think he was lying since even him had heard a rumor when he talked with the barkeeper by chance

"Fine, It may be true that there are all kind of rumors out there but how come you not only find out the ones that were close to what really happened while also changing them in a way that made me look like the bad guy"(prince)confront him

"Ehhh, it was just by chance"(orator)lied, and the prince knew it

"You know, there is a lie detector in the room"(prince) also lied, but started to really consider finding one in the future

"No way"(orator)turned a little pale

"yep, so no bullsh-t, tell me the truth"(prince)smiled with a smug face

"I don't know what you are talking about"(orator)acted dumb

"lie"(prince)

"I am not l"(orator)

"lie"(prince)interrupt him

"let me finish"(orator)

I already explained at the start that I could charge you with starting a rebellion, and it shouldn't be too hard to sentence you to dead, so start talking or......"(prince)threatened the guy

The orator understood that he was screw, he couldn't lie, and the prince would force him to speak or sentence him to dead if he didn't talk, and after what he saw the prince do outside, he knew he could find a way to do it

"If I tell you, would you promise not to kill or imprison me?"(orator) tried to bargain

"If it's the truth and you didn't do anything too bad, yes"(prince)

"Do you really promise, without any tricks or deceptions?"(orator)

"I promise in the name of my family"(prince) promise, but he didn't care much for his family honor. Still, it did sound serious that way

"I got paid"(orator)

"???"(prince)with a questioning look

"Someone paid me to talk about the prince"(orator)

"Who?"(prince) curious

"I don't know"(orator)

"what do you mean you don't know, how did you get the money then"(prince)

"I got a letter in my house one day with an address and some money. It said I needed to find bad rumors about you and talk about them there"(orator)

"And you just did it?"(prince)

"Well, I do this kind of stuff for a living, and I always take a job as long as I get paid"(orator)said proudly

"Even if it's is against the law?"(prince)

"It's not against the law to talk about someone, even if it's badly"(orator) tried to defend himself

"I think I already said multiple times that starting a rebellion IS against the law"

"I was just talking, and you promise to let me go!"(orator)

"Fine, keep going"(prince)

"Well, first it was a small crowd, and even if most were against the prince, I didn't have much information to go on"(orator)

"I feel a but coming"(prince)

"But the next day I got more money, with a new address and new information, so I went more prepare this time"(orator)

"and?"(prince)

"And it went better. But the next day I got even more money, so I did a little research and find more stuff to talk about. This kept repeating every day, with more money each day, and when I showed more initiative, I got more money send to me. Sometimes I found interesting stuff by myself, and other times they send it by the cards, that's how the speech ended like that in yesterday meeting"(orator)

"Did you kept the letters?"(prince)

"Yes, I kept them in a safe place"(orator)

The prince deliberate for a second. He could question him a little more, but he doubted he would have anything else important to say and he knew that the moment he asks him to giving him the cards, he would have to let him go

"and you don't know anything about who hired you or have any clue or suspicion, right?"(prince)

"sorry"(orator)

"Fine, Aria, take him to his home and bring me the letters. IF he lied or tries to run, break his legs and bring him back"(prince)said it with a serious face, and the orator gulped and looked at the mad dog with a worried face

"and don't eat him"(prince)said, and for a second, the orator believe she was capable

"Hey!(Aria) got offended

"I am joking I am joking, just take him, but do break his legs if he doesn't behave"(prince)

"Fine, let's go mister"(Aria) grabbed the guy and push him out of the cell

The prince would have wanted to keep him longer, and wouldn't have minded a little torture to find out everything he knew, but he was a key figure in the rebellion, and whoever was behind it would use any harm that came to him from the prince, and keeping him for long wouldn't help

For now, his best bet would analyze the letters and maybe speak with the information broker again. And now that the prince thought about Roxanne, he still needed to find if the warrior she talked about was his brother Paul

So in the end, the prince, the orator and the two bodyguards got out of the palace prison and found the servant awake waiting for the prince

"Oh, great timing, I need you to do a couple of things for me. Aria, take this guy home and get the letters"(prince)

Aria kept pushing the guy and the two of them left the place. The prince waited for Aria to be out of sight to talk

"I want you to find two people to discreetly follow him around 24/7 and see who he talks to"(prince) told the servant

He doubted he would get much out of it, but it was worth a shot

"No problem sir"(servant)

"And I also need to go to this city soon. Make the proper preparations for five"(prince) handed the paper Roxanne gave him yesterday

" Can I see the place?"(Susan) ask curiously

"Why?"(prince) wonder why the sudden interest

"I want to know where we are going, is that a problem?"(Susan) answer defensively and razing an eye brow

"Fine, show her the paper"(prince) Told the servant since he didn't remember the name

"Here miss"(servant) Handed the paper to Susan

"Thank you"(Susan) Took the paper and after memorizing the name of the city, he returned it to the servant

"Do you know it?"(prince)

"No, Sorry"(Susan)

"I think it is a city in the north near the border"(Servant) answered

"Oh, That sounds about right, make the preparations for going there then"(prince)

" Of course sir, bur first you must fulfill your duty"(servant) said while smiling at the prince

"Wuuuaaat do you mean?"(prince) fear the worst

"Guards, take him you know where"(servant) Snaped his fingers and two guards appear at each side of the prince and lift him from the ground

"Wait wait, please not there again!!!!"(prince) was almost shouting to the heavens

Susan send a small pray to the gods and reluctantly follow the prince to another session of hell

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