~Roman~
"Many thanks, your majesty, but my skills pale in comparison to your skill." he said to the little girl. "And now I believe it is time for me to leave." he said at last. He no longer needed to find out where the princess snuck off too, and there wasn't much more for him to do.
~Ashia~
After the road came to a fork, one path leading to the castle, one back to town, she stopped singing. Obviously she turned toward town... why would she ever go to the castle? That'd be like a royal coming and slumming it in a commoners tavern. But before she started walking, she noticed another path. Smaller, less used, it looked. But, never having noticed it before, she was curious. After about 2 yards, she came to something she'd never seen before. The borders. The borders between the kingdoms. She couldn't stop herself. She quickly climbed over a fence, leaving herself in a new and foreign land, only a few feet away from her old and familiar home. She saw a few paths near her, and took the one looking most traveled. As she walked she kept her hood up, not wanting attention drawn to her. Soon, though, she came onto a place filled with people, where she would be of little notice. A market place it looked....
"Many thanks, your majesty, but my skills pale in comparison to your skill." he said to the little girl. "And now I believe it is time for me to leave." he said at last. He no longer needed to find out where the princess snuck off too, and there wasn't much more for him to do.
~Ashia~
After the road came to a fork, one path leading to the castle, one back to town, she stopped singing. Obviously she turned toward town... why would she ever go to the castle? That'd be like a royal coming and slumming it in a commoners tavern. But before she started walking, she noticed another path. Smaller, less used, it looked. But, never having noticed it before, she was curious. After about 2 yards, she came to something she'd never seen before. The borders. The borders between the kingdoms. She couldn't stop herself. She quickly climbed over a fence, leaving herself in a new and foreign land, only a few feet away from her old and familiar home. She saw a few paths near her, and took the one looking most traveled. As she walked she kept her hood up, not wanting attention drawn to her. Soon, though, she came onto a place filled with people, where she would be of little notice. A market place it looked....
