“Your Majesty I went on a vacation for those days that I was not at the shop and most of my workers knows that I usually go on those types of holidays once in a while,” Hudson answered softly hoping that the king would understand his excuse.The king started stroking his chin. He thought that since Hudson went on a holiday somewhere in Magnitoz city at least he would have heard that they were looking for him.“Are you sure you went on a vacation?” Alexander asked curiously. He wanted to believe Hudson but he had to be thorough.“Your majesty pardon me, there is something I need to add!” Athens raised his hand from next to Hudson.“Go ahead,” Alexander permitted.“Your Majesty, if Hudson went on a vacation just like he said, he would have at-least heard that we were looking for him or better still not have spent as much days away as he did. Even when he came back to the shop, we didn’t see where he came from, it was like he sprung out of nowhere. I think he is lying to us,” Athens stat
Suddenly, a loud knock came from the dungeon’s door. "Open the door for me!" Athens screamed from outside. Hudson quickly recognized that it was Athens. ‘What is he doing here at this time?’ Hudson wondered. The door opened as Athens entered the dungeon with a tray containing food in his hands. He ambled over to where Hudson was as he dropped the tray on the ground and sat in front of him. "What are you doing here, and why are you bringing food for me?" Hudson asked rudely. He knew how Athens was instigating the king against him in the palace earlier. "You look pale, Hudson; are you not feeling hungry? We can’t just leave you here in this dungeon and not bring you food," Athens answered. "I know I need the food, but I didn’t expect you to bring food for me, not after everything you did in front of the king," Hudson said calmly. "And what exactly did I do in front of the king?" Athens asked softly. Hudson went quiet; he couldn’t say that Athens was trying to complicate matters for
Hudson was sitting on the ground of the dungeon with his hands chained to the ground. He was feeling a rush of different emotions flowing through his body. ‘Of course everything I said about the resort was a lie, and I don’t know how the king knows it’s a lie, but from just gazing into his eyes, I could tell that he knew it was a lie, but he still wants to investigate it and then take over all my shops. If he does that, I am sure my workers will realize that he has me locked up inside the palace. I hope Ajax realizes it too. Because I don’t see an easy way out of this and he is giving me two weeks before he poisons me to death, the time I have on my mission now is not even up to those two weeks. I will have to find a way to escape from this dungeon before then. I can’t afford to fail this mission and then be demoted down two missions, and I also need to find a way to get rid of this grip that the king now has on me. I don’t see any crime that I have committed against him that he would
He stood up and grabbed a jacket at the entrance of his house as he went out.***Ajax approached Hudson’s shop as he saw that three guards were standing in front of the shop. From their uniforms, he could tell that they belonged to King Alexander.Ajax wondered what the guards were doing in front of Hudson’s shop as he walked past it to get a clearer view of what was going on. He saw a royal seal in front of the shop that shows that the king is now the owner of the shop.‘What the hell is going on here? Why is the king claiming ownership over all Atonal franchises? Does this mean that he has killed Hudson? No, that can’t be; I don’t have to jump to conclusions; I will have to head over to a different Hudson’s shop and talk to one of his workers. Multiple thoughts ran through Ajax’s mind.Ajax quickly ran away from the shop area as he attempted to head over to one of Hudson’s nearby shop locations.***About an hour later, Ajax arrived in front of one of Hudson’s shops that had the si
Ajax's face-changing potion didn’t just change his face into a random face; it was the face of one of the top-ranked guards in the palace. The potion was designed to give him the face of anyone within a particular field that the drinker was thinking about, which in Ajax's case was a palace guard. So Ajax knew he had that to his advantage.Ajax noticed a group of guards that were all heading into the fortress. He saw that they were all carrying different items that seemed to look like food items as they were all going through the main gate. Ajax quickly snuck over to the carriage that had the food that the guards were grabbing, stood up, and picked up a bag of food that he had no idea what was inside. After that, he joined the line of guards as he slowly went into the palace.‘What is inside this bag? My best guess is wheat or rice; I don’t know, but that doesn’t matter; this must mean that all the guards that are carrying these bags are heading towards the palace food storage or kitch
"Can you climb down the rope?" He asked raising an eyebrow."I don’t know for sure; I am weak, but I will try my best," Hudson responded in a weak tone. From Hudson’s tone, Ajax felt that Hudson wouldn’t be able to do it, and he felt bad that Hudson was dehydrated. Ajax remembered a spell that would make him enchant water out of thin air. He told Hudson to quickly open up his mouth as he started waving hand signs and saying the enchantment words as water appeared out of thin air and splashed all over Hudson as some went into his mouth."Woah!" Hudson screamed with a lot of excitement; he almost doesn’t remember what it feels like to drink water."Be quiet, come; let’s quickly get out of here before anyone comes over," Ajax said softly. Hudson stood up as Ajax helped him go down the rope. They both landed on the ground as they looked around to see if any guards were in sight.Ajax tapped Hudson on the shoulder. "Make sure you follow behind me carefully; we need to get out of here quiet
***Hudson and Ajax were sitting in front of each other behind a table in a fancy restaurant. They just finished eating when Ajax called the waiter to come and clear the dishes as he paid for their food."How do you feel now after eating?" Ajax asked, staring at Hudson."I feel good; it has been a while since I ate a full meal like this," Hudson responded with a bright smile."So, tell me, how did you end up getting arrested by the king, and since when have you been in his custody?" Ajax inquired. He looked around the restaurant to make sure that no one was eavesdropping on their conversation."It’s a long story; I will try to summarize everything as quickly as I can," Hudson responded. He started narrating to Ajax how he got arrested when he came back from the modern world and was taken to the king. He narrated how the king questioned him to know where he had been for the past couple of days as they had been spying on him. After lying to the king multiple times about his whereabouts,
"I don’t know, but that is what the system asked me to do. I was shocked myself, but I have no choice but to pass the mission, and it’s not like I haven’t killed someone before; this won’t be my first time. I will have to get it done. Yes, I hate ending someone’s life, but at some point, I will have to accept that killing is now a part of me," Hudson explained.Hearing all this, Ajax went quiet. Yes, one part of him was happy that Hudson now accepts that he is now a killer. But his other part is not happy that Hudson has thrown away his decency."You are right," Ajax muttered."Tell me, where are we going to find Morris? And how do we go about killing him?" Hudson asked calmly. That was the only thing on his mind since he told Ajax about the mission.Suddenly, a loud scream came from the entrance of the restaurant. "Nobody move!" Everyone turned to look at the entrance of the restaurant as they saw three royal guards standing there.Ajax and Hudson gaped as they turned to look at eac