Birth of The Phoenix

chapter 41?

Third Person POV:

When the bird was fully fed, he released the bird into the sky, sending a message to the person who was anticipating the news he was delivering.

When the messenger bird flew into the sky with a certain destination in its mind, the black shadow that sent the message too went deep into the forest and disappeared into the thin air.

“Your highness, are you alright?”, Mason asked in nervousness as his third Prince Theodore was wounded by the arrow.

The blood seemed to be flowing out of his wound, staining his silver gray dress into patches of red think stain.

“Nothing…its just a small wound. Only a scratch…nothing big Mason. Stop worrying too much”, Third prince Theodore said while getting up from the forest floor, while holding the injury made by that stupid arrow.

Seeing the blood staining his Highness, third Prince Theodore, Mason was worried and be blamed himself for being incompetent.

He blamed and felt guilty for allowing his master, third Prince Theodore to get hurt when he was near him.

“Don’t fret over these things. Everything is good that we were able to handle those assassins”, third Prince Theodore said casually trying to convince Mason that it was not his fault and stop Mason from walking down the guilt tripping pathway.

“Well. OK your highness”, Mason said like he was not convinced by the words days by his Master, third Prince Theodore.

Mason was always like this.he respected and also had a very high place in his heart and he took it upon himself that he would take care of his Highness and protect him using his life. That’s why whenever, his Highness, third Prince Theodore got hurt or ambushed by their enemies, and got hurt, even if there was a scratch, Mason would feel extremely guilty as he was not able to protect his Highness.

“I have had injures worst than these in the battlefield. It’s really nothing”, third Prince Theodore said while looking around for any other threats. He couldn’t just let his guard down, incase his enemies had set up some other traps.

“well, your Highness. Please sit down. I will wrap a bandage on your injury”, saying that Mason held the uninjured of third Prince Theodore and helped him to sit under a huge tree.

Mason quickly gathered done twigs and dried branches and leaves to make a fire. Then he heated up some water to disinfect the cut injury, Incase it might have had some poison and to avoid infection.

Using the hot water, Mason quickly infected the injury and wrapped it with a clean cloth warp he cut just now.

“huh….argh”, Third prince Theodore grunted in pain lightly while he was being wrapped up.

“looks like she couldn’t wait until we reach the capital city. She made arrangements for us to be welcomed even before we reached the capital city gates”, third Prince Theodore said while looking into a distance, but nothing in particular.

“You mean it’s Madam’s work?”, Mason asked little curious about his lord's speculation.

“ Looks like this time, the old Madam lost her patience and arranged for them to attack us, so soon. It’s getting more and more interesting, Mason. The returning to the Royal palace would be more exciting this time”, Third prince Theodore nodded and shared his thoughts to his loyal bodyguard.

As he had already started a fire, Mason though of getting some more rest and prepare foods at the same time. As it is, his Highness, Third prince Theodore was injured, and he also needed to take rest for time, before he would ride the horse again. Mason though, taking rest would allow his Highness, Third prince Theodore to have some time to nurse his injury, so that it would not be so painful for him, when he rides the horse again.

So Mason quickly took the foods he had packed and started to cook it.

He took the flat bread and using a stick, he toasted the flat bread. Then he took some potatoes and threw it into the fire for it to be roasted. He waited for their food to be ready and leaned against the bark of the tree.

“This time, I think it’s going to be a little eventful for us in the capital city, seeing how the old Madam had lost her patience and attacked us the moment we planned to return back, your Highness”, Mason said after thinking for a long time.

“yes. That’s how it looks likes to me too. So we have to be extra careful and don’t let the other party to win no matter what the cost is. And also we have to gather strong evidence if we wanted to catch them Red handed”, Third prince Theodore said while looking keenly at the fire burning before him.

“okay, your highness”, Mason nodded and answered with a serious expression on his face.

Even though third Prince Theodore looked at the fire engulfing and burning the woods Infront of him, his mind was else where, and his eyes had a distant look in them. No one knew what his Highness, Third prince Theodore's thoughts were exactly. He was lost deep in his thoughts that he forgot about his surroundings completely.

Only when his loyal bodyguard Mason called out to him, third Prince Theodore came out of his own little world. Mason took one of the stick with the toasted flat bread in them and handed it to his Lord to eat. Then he took the potatoes out of the fire, using a stick and let it cool down, so that they could eat it.

Then he struck the already prepared sticks into the roasted potatoes and gave one to his Highness, third Prince Theodore. Soon both the men finished their foods and decided to take a little rest before starting their journey again.

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