The morning came, everyone was ready to leave.
Alex was out of herself because of yesterday' incident.
Rusk turned to cheer her up, "Hey, cheer up, we will get your brother".
Alex was disappointed in herself that she couldn't do anything, but cry for help, when danger came.
Rusk said, "I know, you might be powerless right now, but I can help you become strong".
She didn't believe him, "What, who are you supposed to be, Master Swordsman?".
Jace defended him, "Yeah, he is, he can also use magic".
Alex laughed, "What magic, get real. We are not in a fantasy novel".
Jace replied, "If you don't believe us, we can show you. Kael, do the thing you did with the sword".
Kael, "Okay".
Kael started gathering mana in the edge of the sword, and he swung it. Just like that tree cut into two.
Alex was in disbelief, "How did you do that?".
Rusk smiled, Kael said, "I learned using magic from Rusk, I am sure he can help you".
Alex ashamed of what she said, "Sorry Rusk, I was rude".
Rusk put his hand on Alex's head, "Don't worry, if you become cheerful as always, I will teach you how to use magic too".
With that, they left to rescue the kids captured by bandits. They walked half a day to reach the nearest village.
They were hungry and tired. Rusk led them to an inn, where they can rest and eat.
When they got there, the drunk man was making a scene. Everyone avoided him.
The drunk man saw Rusk and stood there, like he saw his face before.
He walked towards Rusk slowly, "Hey, I have seen you somewhere. What is your name?".
Rusk stood there frozen, thinking he had recognized him from the bounty pictures:
"I am Rusk, I am just a traveler, I wanted rest here".
The drunk man leaned towards Rusk's face, He said, "Ah whatever, I thought you looked like that traitor Torian Ironlaw".
The drunk man spotted Alex, "Hey cute girl, come have a drink with me, I will buy".
She said, "No I am fine".
He grabbed Alex's arm, "Don't play hard to get, come here".
Kael stopped him with eyes that could pierce through anything.
The drunk man startled, "Okay, Okay, I am leaving, but watch out. There are a lot of bad people here kid".
"I keep that in mind", Kael replied.
"See you again, kids", the drunk man left.
Everyone felt relief. They went to the innkeeper, "Hey do you have a room for us to stay in".
The innkeeper said, "Yes we do sir, how many rooms will you be needing?".
Rusk said, "Three rooms, one for me, one for the boys, one for this girl".
The innkeeper asked, "How long do you intend to stay?".
He said, "Two days, we have things to do here".
"Okay that will be four silver coins and six copper coins, meals are included", the innkeeper said.
*one gold coin = ten silver coin, one silver coin = twenty copper coin.
Rusk checked his pockets, he did not have enough money. Then Kael and Jace showed him a bag full of gold coins.
The boys said, "I thought we might need money, if we want to catch the bandits. So we took a few coins with us from the treasure".
Rusk smiled and handed the innkeeper one gold coin, the innkeeper gave them the change. And they left to their rooms.
Everyone was watching the scene, some local thieves planned to rob the boys, since they had the money.
After reaching their room, they split up to go into their room. Alex, Jace and Kael left the rooms to go sightseeing.
The night came, the kids were still outside. Local thieves, thinking the kids were sleeping, went into their room, no one was there. Then they tried the Rusk's room, there was nobody as well.
When they looked for any valuables, and they checked the under the sheet:
"Shit, there is nothing as well".
At that time, Rusk went into the room. The thieves were hiding. Rusk took out his sword and sat on the bed, saying: "If you don't come out now, I will kill everyone last one of you, starting with the guy behind the closet".
The thieves started attacking all at once, as they showed themselves, Rusk chopped off their head with a single swing of his sword.
He reported this to the innkeeper and checked the kids' room. They still didn't return.
Kael, Jace and Alex were shopping snacks and having fun.
Kael and Jace planned this make Alex happy. After hanging around, they found a place to sit not far from the inn.
They were sitting talking about how delicious the apple pie they ate.
Alex was happy, "Hey thanks guys, I had lots of fun today".
Jace said, "Don't worry about it, this was our first time too".
Kael added, "If you wanna hang out, just ask us".
"By the way how old are you guys? if I am older, you should call me captain", Alex asked with a smirk on her face.
"Hehe I am twelve, Jace is thirteen", Kael said.
"I am thirteen too, I guess you are the youngest Kael, so you should call us with respect", Alex laughed.
"No way, I am stronger than both of you, age is just a number", Kael shouted blushing.
They all laughed after that.
When they were talking, the drunk man came back, "Hey guys, I came to apologize".
He sat next to Alex to harass her, Kael stood up and pulled Alex.
"If you want to apologize, do it away from here", Kael said with am angry attitude.
"Just leave us alone", Jace added.
The drunk man pointed to Kael, "What is your name? you the angry one".
Kael said, "I am Kael, what do you need?".
The man asked, "And what is your last name?"
"I don't have a last name", Kael replied.
"Hahaha", The drunk man laughed, "So you were slave, where did you get all that money? did you steal it after killing your master?".
Kael became angry, nobody called him a slave in a while.
Jace couldn't tolerate it, he grabbed him to beat. But the drunk man was stronger, he beat up everyone to a pulp.
The boys was lying helplessly, the man tried to take Alex with him. Kael stood up on his last legs and threw a rock at him, falling. The rock hit him hard, but it still wasn't enough. He tried to kick Kael in the face.
Fortunately, Rusk stepped in, "What are you doing?".
The drunk man surprised, "Oh Oh, I remember now, You are the real Torian Ironlaw".
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