The Thousand Year Dynasty
27.5. The Fla Side Story Part 5
Two days later Lily and Val manage to smuggle Fla into the city of Halmd at night through the boundary wall on the west side of the city directly opposite the cliff and forest on the slopes.
"Are you okay until you get here?"
"I'll be fine, thank you Miss Lily. You can come back, I'll take care of it after this"
"Are you sure you only brought food for two days?"
"I'll find it myself later. As long as this is a trading city I can definitely get food here"
"Well then, tomorrow a trio of hunters will enter the city as bounty hunters. May you be protected by the gods. See you later" And then the little bunny quickly climbed up and disappeared behind the city walls without leaving a sound.
Now all Fla had to do was try to explore and memorize this area of the city as quickly as possible without getting caught by the guards.
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Five days later, Fla found one of the people he knew when he was at a cattle station. After the previous two days, he only went around the city at night, and mixed in public places such as markets and places to exchange during the day.
This guy Fla knows is one of the people he's been with for the last 8 months other than Livia. That man is James.
Since Fla has now begun to know the ins and outs of this city, he tries to follow James to find out where he lives carefully so as not to get caught.
And after nightfall, he immediately headed to the building where James lived. A horse stable next to a mansion in the southern part of the city.
Fla sneaked towards the stables. Then carefully open the door and enter it.
The room looked dim, the light was only at the back end of the room. But Fla can still see there are some fence dividers made of wood. It divides the room into six parts. The first three parts are filled by horses, for the fourth and fifth parts are empty. While the last part, where the light came from, appeared four people were sleeping among the straw that was given a cloth mat.
The four men identified Fla as James, James' wife, and two children.
"Fla?!" james was surprised to find Fla approaching from the darkness.
"What's up with James" Fla said later.
"What are you doing here?" Said the man while whispering and wailing to make sure the surrounding situation"
"It's a long James story, but it's important to listen to what I say. In less than a month, there will be a war in this city, I want us to coordinate everyone to escape this city"
"In a moment, are you bouncing? Your head hit something? Or were you tortured to the point of losing your mind?" James said as he pulled Fla's body away from his sleeping wife and child.
"I'm serious James"
"You were lost for 3 weeks, and then came up with this kind of talk? What the hell happened to you?" James is seen staring at Fla from toe to head.
And then Fla took a deep breath and then started telling stories.
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"Trust me. Now I need as much information as I can about this town as James"
"Do you think slaves like us can do that?"
"True, because of such thinking we will not be suspected"
"Are you really crazy?"
"Listen James. They, you, you, don't have to do anything dangerous. Just enough to give me the information you know. That's it"
James's visibly worried face, "and what kind of information do you want?"
"Information about the city. About roads, routes, places that are rarely known to the public. Then when possible the number of guards in certain places, their working time, the position of the guard post and where they gather"
"That kind of information you say isn't dangerous?"
"You are telling me enough that you are observing. Don't force yourself to find out when it's not possible. Indeed, if it is like that we will get a little information, but if we deploy a slave network spread throughout this city, then we will get a lot of information"
"But it may take a long time"
"When it's possible to make it faster"
"You're this." James looked at Fla with a serious look, and then James began to reply, "well I'll try to collect it with the help of the others.They're all right, but still your story doesn't make any sense Fla"
"Thank you James. Oh, and do you even know where Livia is?"
"He was at the mayor's residence, working as a dishwasher there"
"All right then"
"Where are you going now?"
"I'm going to see Livia"
"Wait a minute, are you crazy? The mayor's house is guarded much tighter than the city streets. You can get caught if you just barge in"
"I'll think of a way, you take it easy. I won't be rash. And I hope you take this matter seriously as well James" said Fla, who was answered only by James in silence. "Alright then I'll see you again tomorrow night" he added as he walked out on the waiver.
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