Standing under the moonlight, I unsheathe the sword. My sword movements were clumsy when I started learning, as all small children would be. I was at the age of three when Father began training me. Father said that my talent surpasses anyone he knew. His words convinced me when I faced those assassins.
I managed to kill majority and hold out until he got to us. Mother was shaking from fear, but she was more concerned about my scars as half of my face was bloody. They couldn't tell if it was the assassins' blood or my own. I couldn't bear to tell them until we got back to the Palace. My right eye was extremely painful and hazy.
She immediately panicked and checked my face only to discover the gash along my face. My eyes were fine, but the mixture of dirt and blood made my right eye irritated. I knew from that moment that playing the long game and collecting loot was the best way to proceed if I wanted to survive.
So, I ran off and made friends and subordinates until I ultimately joined in a war as a mercenary. My martial arts improved by leaps and bounds on the battlefield. Those graceful moves, father taught me, gave way to raw and powerful attacks. I lost myself in that style for a few years before I combined both of them to help myself get further in my martial arts.
The bloody and brutal style got sharper but was masked by the elegance of the movements. I turn my body, stopping just before my sword took off the prince's head. It's been a month and everything was becoming better, in terms of Kai's health but everything else was a shit show.
Sheathing my sword, I look at him as he touched his neck. "Forgive me, your highness." He scoffed. "I'm sure you heard me getting closer to you. My smell is engraved into your soul, so how can you not know that I was
here?" I smile. "Your smell? I am not a dog. Even if I heard you, I never told you to interrupt my practice by trying to sneak up behind me."
"Your highness. It's time for dinner." Bira called out to me as she bowed. Throwing her my sword, I walk out of the garden. "Everything is ready?" I asked Bira. "Not quite, there are still some things that aren't done yet." I stopped walking and look at her. "Go and get it done. Lai will accompany me." She bowed and left the Mansion.
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Sitting down at the table, the children were already seated and carrying on a conversation about war tactics. "What if the enemy is driving you towards a cliff, three hundred men behind you and they have six hundred? What would you do then?" Kai asked Heri but she scoffed.
The food was served, and I began eating while listening to the children. "Three things are at the bottom of a cliff. A river, a chasm or a forest. The chasm is a road
that leads to almost all of my men dying. The drop will injure or kill them, and the conditions will not help in healing." Tara and Evian walked in and sat down after bowing to me. They also began eating silently.
"The river causes the maximum of fifty of my men dying. The rest will survive when they get to the shore. There are plenty ways to survive near a river which would be surrounded by vegetation and people. The same with the forest. It is very subjective." Heri finished, challenging him to ask her another question with her eyes.
"What if your men gave you up and you found yourself in an enemy camp? How would you survive?" Lia asked her. Heri took some time to think before she answered.
"I'm not sure. How would you survive?" Heri asked in her return.
"Make yourself seem weaker than they think. Before they take you in, get in a fight. Take more hits than you give. They will tie you up, but they won't be that on guard
against you. Men tend to follow their instincts in this scenario. They would want to attack you against the superior's orders. It'll happen late night or early morning. That is your time to strike." Heri interrupted Lia.
"Why would they want to kill me if I'm captured already?" She asked confused. "You're a young woman." Lia replied quickly. Her words hung in the air solemnly for a few minutes before she continued.
"In these types of attacks, they come in groups. Your hands and feet will be tied up, use your teeth and bite into the throat of the one closest to you. The other men will want to kill you or be afraid of what happened and run out. Use this time to escape. How? Easy. The man, that was bitten to death would have untied or loosened the ropes around your feet. The rest of it is easy." Lia finished speaking and looked at me.
I smiled and she grinned proudly. "This is what you are teaching the children?" The prince's voice cut through the light-hearted atmosphere. "I asked if that is what you are
teaching the children!!" He shouted as he approached me.
"You—!" I raised my hand, stopping Kai from getting angry. Even though he's a bit better, he can't get agitated. "The children were discussing war tactics. A question was posed and there was an answer presented." I replied to him calmly.
"Biting people to death is the answer to that question? You are right, my wife. You aren't a dog, but your children seem to be." I slapped him across the face. He looked at me in shock. "You dare to hit—…" I hit him again. "You dare to call my children dogs?! I think you don't want to continue living. Insulting me is one thing but I will always draw the line at my children." It was about time to let everything go.
I was going to make it seem like I was generous but that will no longer be an option. It's only a pity he doesn't have any children or women. Then I would've enjoyed this even more. It's truly been a while since I've killed to my heart's content.