Today had been a pretty eventful day, we were captured by Ezekiel and his goons who threw us into a dungeon, and were about to get hang us.

Hanged……..I stare at Elizabeth who sat her severed head on the wooden seat, my eyes squinted a bit as I ponder if something was wrong.

“What?”

Elizabeth noticed my sharp staring eyes and asked what I was doing. I think over again still having a feeling as if something was wrong or something that happened was odd. Dullahan……hanging. I take a second to think about those two words together but my thinking was suddenly interrupted by a large bump.

This large bump sent us an inch off the seats and made me forget what I was thinking of. Oh, whatever. I shrug it off ridiculing it as something not worth distracting myself with. But that odd feeling wouldn’t leave me even if I tried to force it out.

It was night but due to the very eventful things that had happened, everyone was wide and awake. You’d think we’d be tired because of the amount of time we spent fleeing but that was not the case. It may be that we are wide awake because we may be paranoid, after all, you could never tell what could happen out here in the dark and in the middle of nowhere.

For example the griffon riders could easily fly here in seconds, swooping us off the ground and back to the capital, of course, anyone would be worried about that happening, we barely managed to escape the first time, starting back at square one with no tricks up our sleeves and them knowing what to do if we were to escape again would be nearly impossible.

During that escape, we took way too many gambles, each street we went on, the griffon riders not knowing the capabilities of my weapon and them not having knowledge about the hole in the wall and a wagon in front of it. Had those things not tip in our favor who knows what could’ve happened to us.

Alexandria, who sat next to me, was still sulking. Even after me and Elizabeth kept on trying to cheer her up, it would lift her spirits up and then she’d relapse back into sulking mode. I had always relied on Alexandria's teleportation magic to get from point A to point B, but I also relied on her fighting prowess, if she wasn't with me I’d have to perform hit and run tactics every time I found myself in a conflict.

In amidst all the chaos that unfolded back in the capital I didn’t ask for my rescuers name, even if there was no time to ask it’s still rude not to ask after all the things he’d done for me.

“Hey what’s your name! Forgot to ask earlier because of the things that have happened.

The gang member without turning his head keeping his head steady and on the road yelled back.

“Robbert sir!”

“Robbert…..thanks for the help!”

“Don’t mention it, boss!”

“So what are the other members back at the capital gonna do?”

“They’ll get out, we planned an escape route beforehand so everyone who came to rescue you should be safe.”

…..I hope they're safe…..

These members of the gang, young and old, were all strangers to Antonio, he had just become their new boss so he didn’t expect this level of loyalty that was displayed back in the capital.

Even back in the old days, people I barely knew would give up their lives in a heartbeat if it meant me living on without a scratch continuing the gang. I already knew some who’ve already done that, and I remember all of them.

Loyalty is something I really admire, I hope everyone who helped rescue me live out the rest of their lives happily without any concerns. I really do mean all of what I say.

“Hey, Robbert how much longer till….”

Even though I lived there I didn’t know the name.

“Scathem sir! About a couple of days!”

“A couple of days!?!?!?” Elizabeth raised her voice.

“It’s only a couple of days, not like we have anything important to do…..you work for me now but at the moment nothing has really come up that would require you to assist me. So just take the time to relax, who knows, this might be the last time you have to rest.

“What do you mean by that!”

“Nothing, hah!”

Elizabeth held onto the collar of my suit and shook me back and work yelling out “What do you mean!!?!?” And “Tell me!!!”

Alexandria came in and karate chopped Elizabeth’s arms making them let go of my suit.

“I think that’s enough!”

Elizabeth and Alexandria’s hands locked as they pushed each other as hard as they could. Elizabeth being the muscle head that she is, might’ve taken the karate chop as an invitation to a one on one duel.

Alexandria has always been kind of…..crude to Elizabeth I guess, Alexandria would always give her the cold shoulder, use force to stop her from doing something, or blame her for something she did. These actions would make Alexandria come off as a terrible person, a person with no regard for others.

But I already know that she isn’t that type of person, she’s fun, strong, and overall a great person once you get to know her and once she warms up to you.

And so my curiosity got the better of me, I asked without hesitation.

“Alexandria why are you always like this to Elizabeth?”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, you always seem like you’d rather not be near Elizabeth.”

There was a small moment of silence, Alexandria looked up at another direction and Elizabeth kept on changing between looking at me and looking at Alexandria.

“Um…..”

Alexandria hesitated for a bit but finally decided to cough out the answer.

“It’s not that I don’t like her……….it’s just that I see her as a little sister and yknow…….”

Alexandria started at me for a bit.

Elizabeth noticed Alexandria's staring and red face.

Elizabeth stared at Alexandria for a bit and took a quick glance at me, she made a face as if she was using her brain to the very fullest, squinting and messaging her temples. She shot up with her eyes wide open and one could imagine a lightbulb floating on top of her head turn on shining as bright as it could.

“Alexandria….. do you-”

Alexandria grabbed Elizabeth's head and covered her mouth, Elizabeth kept on speaking but it was muffled by Alexandria's hand, her face was red panicking trying to muffle as much of what Elizabeth was spouting out.

After Elizabeth was done talking Alexandria was out of breath, panting, and looked a little relieved. Although I'm not sure about what they were talking about I shrugged it off as them just playing around.

We're gonna be in this wagon for a couple of days, hopefully, there are a couple of villages or towns nearby, I wouldn't want to sleep in a wagon for the whole time out here.

I ask Robbert if there were any houses or towns nearby.

“Villages and towns? Yeah, we should encounter a couple of villages and towns, in fact, we should be approaching one, we will arrive before sunrise.”

“Alright, thanks, do you have any money on you?”

Robert throws a couple of bags full of coins behind him, as they landed onto the wagon they made loud “THUNK!!!” noises.

I picked one off the wagon and the bag was of good weight, upon untying it and observing the contents residing in the bag you could see gold coins on top of gold coins. I checked the other bags and it was the same story throughout. This amount of gold mecililles must’ve took years to collect, from my understanding gold mecililles are pretty valuable and aren’t too common.

Since this will be a couple of day road trip we will have to make pit stops to relax and to stock up on supplies.

“You guys hungry?”

After asking out loud they took a second to think.

“Not really.” Said Alexandria rubbing her stomach.

“Nope!!! And even if I were I could easily survive a week without food or water!” Said Elizabeth proudly.

Robert from the driver's seat also responded.

“Not hungry yet! Had a large breakfast and lunch!”

Okay, that's good, we won't have any problems like hunger, for the time being, I myself am not that hungry. Since we don't have any supplies on the wagon someone being hungry would definitely be quite a predicament. Even after running all that time we weren't hungry…..must be our non-human bodies.

Since I had food and eating on my mind I started to think of how the others ate, since Elizabeth is a Dullahan her head is detached from the rest of her body so how the hell does eating and digestion work for her? Hmm, I'll ask her when we're eating. Scientists back home would be baffled about the things I've seen during my time here….. They'd probably non-stop study everything.

Even though we were in a near-death situation it was still exhilarating, running from danger, staring at danger right in its eyes……..I haven't had this much excitement since my mob boss days ...and even then…..they might not compare to what I've experienced here.

I really do hope that more interesting events occur while I’m alive here! I just can’t wait! Even if it could kill me, bring it on! Saying this well knowing that it could come back and bite me in the ass but I’m ready! I’m always ready!

I let out a large contagious yawn, and one by one everyone on the wagon let out a yawn as well, it was finally time to rest our heads and regain the energy that we’d spent back at the capital.

Sleeping in this wagon isn’t gonna be the most comfortable thing in the world but it’s the best we have at the moment. The wood fell in temperature as the night went on and the amount of space where you could sleep was limited.

So we decided to sleep while sitting, I slept next to Alexandria and Elizabeth slept across from us. As for Robbert, I asked him if he was going to sleep but he said he wasn’t, he apparently prepared for this and brought out some kind of metal contraption that would keep him awake. I don’t know what it does and I wouldn’t want to know what it did, so I’m just gonna keep on thinking that it'll help him stay up.

As I start to get tired the tension in my body fades away, I yawn once more and drift off to sleep…………………….

I slowly regain my conscience, I start to hear the wagons wheels and the breathing of other people. It had probably been a couple hours since I’ve fallen asleep and it should be morning.

“Hey, boss wake up.”

After I hear Robberts wake up call I slowly opened my eyes. I felt a bit of weight on my left shoulder, as I glanced over to what it might be, it was Alexandria leaning on me fast asleep.

Since ribber called for me I get off the seat and gently lay Alexandria's head on the seat, If I were to yell back I could easily wake her up so the best option to take was to get up and sit outside next to Robbert.

“So what do you need me for?”

“Yeah, you see that off in the distance?”

Since I just woke up my vision was a bit blurry, I quickly rub my eyes and my vision became a bit clearer. What could be seen in the distance were a couple of houses and crop farms. There were people walking around and plowing the fields.

“We’ll stop there and stock up on supplies.” Said Robbert.

It was a small village, there were no animals but the village was abundant with crop fields.

Once we got close to the village it seemed like someone had noticed us. I wave to them but instead of waving back the villagers scurried into the village, not long after all the other villagers that were tending to the fields also scurried away.

So once we arrived at the village it gave the presence of an abandoned village but I know for sure and so did Robbert that this place was far from deserted.

Robbert tapped me on the shoulder and pointed to my right. When I looked to where he was pointing I saw a billboard full of wanted papers. Most of the papers were jumbled up but on top of that jumbled mess were four wanted papers placed neatly side to side.

Each paper had the same price 10,000 gold mecililles

“10,000 gold Mecililles…….not even nobles make that much……” Robbert said in an astonished voice.

I stare at Robbert suspiciously, he noticed my sharp eyes piercing his skin.

“I would never boss! Honestly! The gang makes more than this so of course I won’t do anything!”

Robbert trying to clear himself up made him look even more suspicous…..but I’ll drop it for now.

But what bothered me the most was the fact that the information got passed on so quickly. We only escaped yesterday and it’s already spread. The other villages have probably also gotten the news.

“So what’s the plan now?”

“If all the villages are like this than we might have to leave Retsnom.”

What Robbert was suggesting was that we flee to another country. If every place in the retsnom empire has already gotten wind of us than there’s no place that we can go to. So fleeing to a foreign country may be the best option.

If the retsnom government were to find us in another country they couldn’t just march in their army to take us, that would be an act of war but they could try to negotiate but I’m sure a foreign countries government would try to abuse this offer and demand for outrageous deals.

“What about money? We can’t use mecililles outside or Retsnom right?”

Robber quickly replied.

“There should be a bank where we can perform a money conversion so we should be fine.”

“Well then I guess it’s settled, by the way what country are we gonna go to?”

“Shashiam, it’s a neighboring country to Retsnom and Xrggsht, they speak a different language but there is a branch of the gang located in there so we’ll meet up with them.”

“Alright let’s get a move on.”

Robbert and I both walk back to the wagon, when we got on Alexandria and Elizabeth both seemed to just wake up.

“What? What happened while I was asleep?” Said Alexandria a bit slurred.

“Change of plan, were going to another country!”

And so we set off on a journey to an unfamiliar land to escape being captured and being executed by Ezekiel and his posse.