In a dark jungle a boy was running.

“I am not going to die!not gonna die! ………”

He was scared, the boy looked like a pampered young man.

Long hair even though he was not a girl and wearing luxurious clothes. The boy was very fat, having a pale skintone.

From the look of things he seemed to be running from something.

“Hey!! Bartards this way….!”

There was a group of rough looking people who were searching for the boy.

From their equipment and apparel anybody can see that they were bandits.

They didn’t look the average bandits though, their coordination was better than even the official army.

“This fat piss of a shit sure runs fast”

While running toward the boy a man cried.

“He’s a prince!! even though he looks like that he still has royal bloodline.”

Even though they said that, no one in the group look tired unlike the boy… now prince.

The bandits looked like they were hunting a boar, they didn’t took the prince seriously.

‘How the hell did they know I was going to pass from here?…..But still to hunt me they should have brought a mage too’

“There I saw him…… FireArrows..”

A man in a robe threw magic at the prince

‘Fuck!! me and my big mouth’

For a prince he sure was foul mouthed. he didn’t look too young, only 12yrs old.

“What the hell is wrong is with that kid…. as soon as we find him he runs away like hell.”

“Boss I think we should get this job over with.”

A young man said he was starting to show signs of breathlessness.

“Yeah boss!! I don’t feel good about this place too.”

The blury man who was called boss had a grim face. he too didn’t felt good but as a captain he needed to maintain a stern attitude.

“Don’t worry men…. let’s catch that piece of fat shit then we can be set for life!!”

The Boss of the bandits tried to lift their spirits.

“Yeah boss!!”

“We will catch him.”

“I am going to have a grand wedding”

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“You are already married”

“A man needs to have hobbies”

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They didn’t looked serious in the least.

‘You dumb shits do know that I can hear you’

The boy was annoyed. He can hear them scream careless thoughts. the color of the boy was going pale as the chase continued.

“At…atleast huff!! they don’t have archers.”

As he spoke that out loud.

“I am going to get that prince.”

A man in the group took out his bow and fired 3 arrows in succession.

‘What the heck!!…’

The boy got away from the incoming arrows but still one of them got stuck in his shoulder.

“Argh!!” He stopped for a second… but maintaning his balance he started to run again.

‘I won’t die today…. I haven’t eaten every everything in the world.’

The bandits were getting annoyed.

“Boss something is definitely wrong. Huff!! how can that fat boy run for so long.”

Their boss didn’t listen.

‘Something is definitely watching us. Need to get away from this place.’

“Listen men!! we are going out of here…. that boy can’t survive in this forest for long.”

“But boss…. according to the contract we need to bring his head back.”

An old man who was running beside the Boss said.

“No!!…. this forest doesn’t feel good… lets just get out of here.”

The young bandit that was already scared heaved a sigh of relief.

“MEN LET’s GE THE HELL OUT OF THIS PLACE…. WE ARE ENDING THIS HUNT”

Not a single bandit oppose this decision anymore. they were a loyal group, unlike other bandits.

“HUff!! AHH!! I….I left them behind……. hahaha!! …… I am the fastest man on earth….hahaha!!”

“Just leave that poor pig…. how can a pathetic piece of shit was the crown prince.”

The bandits can too hear his scream in this dead silent jungle. they didn’t give him any thought anymore and went away to regroup.

After seeing that nobody was following him anymore. The boy went to sit beside a tree.

‘It sure hurts a lot.’

He was in pain. He didn’t took out the arrow that was stuck in his shoulder.

“1.. 2.. 3.. and …Argh.”

As he took out the arrow blood start to flow from his wound.

He ripped some of his cloth and bandaged his wound. He really was a pampered boy who was trained in everything it needs to be king.

‘Now what!!….. what’s gonna happen now’

He looked up to see he was in the dark part of the jungle.

“Where the heck am I!!”

After resting for a while. the boy got up and started to look for a way out.

He noticed manythings in this jungle. There was rotten wood everywhere and mushrooms growing everywhere too.

“They can’t be edible….”

He saw many swamps and dead trees…. this forest was something called a dead forest filled with deadly things and poison in every step.

But due to the teaching he got in his home. he knew what to touch and what souldn’t be touched.

He was wondering aimlessly. He never found anything or anylife beside him and mushrooms.

He was hungry and thirsty… he ran a lot trying to escape from the badits so he hasn’t eaten for a long time. The only thing that was sustaining his life was a thick layer of fat in his body.

As the time passed hhis eyes grew dim. although he got enough energy from the fat but water… there was no edible water in the vicinity.

The only water was poisoned puddles that can kill him instead of saving his life.

After hours of wandering around, it had already gotten dark.

‘AM I going to die like this?’

The boy got depressed… even though he had bookish knowledge he didn’t ahd any experience in the wild.

He was just imagining how his body is going to rot in this place… and he can’t even see his mother one last time.

‘Is father going to cry?’

‘NAH!!’

As he was remembering the old times in his castle with his 2 older brothers and small sister his feelings got down.

He was going to give up on life but then he saw a ray of hope.

“Is that a fire.”

He saw fire in a little distance away from him.

Thinking that it may be the bandits.. he slowly went toward the source of the light.

But when he got there the scene caused him to vomit.

“What happened here….*puke*”

The place definitely belonged to the bandits. but the bodies of the bandits was rotten beyond recognition.

The only way to distinguish them was through their uniform.

“How can their bodies get decompose so fast?…”

He looked around he can see the fire was still burning.. that means it wasn’t long that they were killed.

He can see the water bottle and food beside the bandits corpses.

“I need to get out of here fast… but food is more important.”

he went and collected all the food he can.. and even took one of the corpses clothes and bag.

After he collected all the food and water, his fat body looked even more fat due to the big bag behind his back.

“Well everything’s done….and thank you.”

He bowed while saying that.

‘At least whatever killed them is long gone.’

As he was thinking that.

“ANNAAGGA!!*ROAR*”

“Fuck me!! in the asshole!!”

He definitely was a foul mouthed prince.

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Somewhere in a big castle.

“What? the convoy was attacked?”

“Yes! My liege… we don’t know why but it was attacked in the border of the Undead forest”

The man who had a crown on his head had an ugly expression on his face.

“Undead forest?…. why would my son go to that place?”

The man didn’t even flinch answering.

“From the report we got, except the carriage driver and the head gaurdsman along with the prince there was bodies of everyone that was escorting that carriage. From this we can say either the Prince escaped with the other 2 or he was captured and the 2 men were working for whoever staged this attack.”

“Have you checked the area thoroughly?”

“Yes!! my liege we were able to see some burn marks in the direction of the undead forest… there are 60-70% chances the Prince went in that direction to escape his pursuit.”

The King who looked like a 45yrs old man sat down on the chair holding his head. He was worried! even though he didn’t show it, he loved all 4 children… and the most he loved was his third youngest son and his daughter. He had the best potential of becoming a good king instead of others.

After some time.

“Send the search party and adventurers inside that damn forest if he’s alive I need him back and if he’s dead I need to see his body. Don’t rest until any lead is found. And check who else knows about the young prince’s visit to Falmar kingdom”

“As you say My Liege”

The man stood up and with a stern face started to look towards his 2nd wife’s room.

‘I don’t know how to tell her’

He was a good king and great husband. But he was scared .

Even though she was his 2nd wife. He loved her a lot too.

He knew that this knew can cause her to break down.

After contemplating for a minute. He descended down from the chair and started walking towards his wife’s room.