50 Escaping from the Gorilla

"Let me go!" Chance shouted, but the man that the maid was with just ignored him.

Chance continued to resist from the grasp of the man, but the man was getting annoyed by the prince for moving so much. He stopped in his tracks, which startled Chance.

He looked at the man who was staring at him in confusion and gasped when the man bent down to hug his legs with one hand on the back and carried him. The man put Chance on his shoulder and the man's hard body hurt his abdomen, causing him to grunt.

Chance moved his feet to kick him, but it does not affect the man that much and he could feel the man's hand tightening on his legs, making it hard for him to move.

After a mile, they reached the pathway into the forest at the further back of the Canopus palace near the Venus wing. There were two carriages waiting when they arrived.

'We are too far from the palace, no one will hear me if I scream for help…' Chance thought.

The man opened the door of one of the carriages and threw Chance inside with no hesitation. Chance tried hard to hold himself back from shouting when the edge of the seat hit his side when the man threw him.

The maid stood in front of the door to look at Chance, and she smiled with her arms crossed. She wore a smug look, enjoying the sight of the pathetic state that the Crowned Prince was in. 

Chance looked at her, "Where are you taking me and why are you doing this?"

The maid just rolled her eyes at Chance and smirked, "I believe I have already told you, Your Highness. You do not deserve His Highness Caliber."

"Now, to save His Highness, I will take you away from him!"

Chance couldn't hold back his grimace, 'This mad woman is obsessed with Caliber.' he thought. "Where will you take me?"

The smile on the maid's face disappeared, and an irritated expression replaced her smug look, "You do not need to know!"

She looked at the man in charge of Chance and they both nodded. She twisted her heel, turning her back at us and headed to the other carriage. One of her men opened the door for her, assisting her as if she was a noble.

Delusional and ambitious, perfect words to describe her.

The big man came inside the carriage where Chance was in, came inside to sit in the seat across from him. "Why are you still on the floor? Do you not know what a seat is?" the man asked. Chance could not stand up yet to sit down properly because of the pain in his back, so he was still on the floor of the carriage, the spot where the man threw him.

The man glanced at Chance, who was still not going to his seat. He grabbed Chance by the hair and pulled him up and pushed him to his seat. He went near Chance and lowered his head close to his and grabbed him by the collar, "You better not do anything, you will die early if you do."

Chance nodded in agreement with the man. His body trembled because of the aching parts that hit the edge of the seat. 'Damn hell, it hurts!' he thought, keeping his mouth shut to avoid uttering a word that will make the man guarding him mad.

He took a deep breath to calm himself, he would not be able to think properly if he lets himself panic.

He is relieved that Louis was with his knight since he is sure that Alec would protect him and that the little prince will be safe by his side.

Something came across Chance's mind and the maid's words repeated in his head.

"I believe I have already told you, Your Highness. You do not deserve His Highness Caliber."

His forehead formed a crease, 'Your Highness?' he repeated. 'She knew that I was a prince all along?'

Everything that happened was too sudden. A maid that was obviously obsessed with the Canopus prince appeared to poison them. Then large groups of men were able to get inside the palace.

The men follow the maid's orders, but Chance felt that something was off. He finds it impossible for the maid to have power to bring them all in. The two aides, Sherin and Niro are in charge of placing guards to keep all gateways secured. How could they have gotten through the palace's security?

"It is either the maid was actually of noble status or she is doing this under a command of a noble." Chance thought. Either way, if they get caught, the Steins would not give mercy even if that someone is high up in the ranks.

The two possibilities he thought of could explain why the maid knew that he was a royalty. He had also formed deductions of the reasons why they kidnapped him, but there is no point to think about it yet as the carriage was going along the path of his death.

For now, thinking about how he would escape is what matters the most.

'Should I make them stop and say I want to pee, then run away?' he shook his head, 'No, that sounds stupid. They will be able to catch me in no time.'

He bit the nail of his thumb and tried to think of more ways. All plans include stopping the carriage, but he won't be able to run away from them when he gets out. Especially since the large man was keen on not letting me get away. Besides that, there are other men that could chase him.

"Shit." he muttered. It was low enough to not be heard by the man in front of him.

'How will I get through this goddamn gorilla?' he thought.

His gaze suddenly dropped to the coat that the man was wearing, and he turned to the window to peek outside. 'S-should I do it?' he asked himself.

He stopped biting his nail and looked at the barbarian in front of him with a serious stare. 'If all plans that would stop the carriage fail, then why not escape without stopping it?'

The man noticed his stare and also looked at him, which startled Chance. Chance panicked and put both of his hands on his stomach. "Oww, it hurts! It hurts so much! Huhuuu!"

The barbarian-looking man gave Chance a deadpan stare, "Now what?"

"It's-it's so cold ugh, good sir, is it alright if I borrow that thick coat of yours?" he asked with a wincing face and his hands were still on his stomach, acting as if it really hurts.

"Cold?"

"Yes, sir, I feel very cold!"

"But you are sweating." he pointed at the drops of sweat rolling down his cheeks.

The two of them stared at each other in silence, and Chance gulped.

"Ahhhh! It really hurts!" he continued to act like he was in pain then gave the man a glare, "You are so insensible! Do you not know what feeling cold while sweating means?"

He pushed his hands inward to his tummy to give more emphasis that his stomach hurts, then looked at the man, hoping that he would get what he meant.

The man's lips parted and formed an 'O', understanding what Chance was trying to say. "Call of nature?"

Chance almost let out a laugh, but he held it in and nodded quickly, "Yes, I feel it coming and it hurts…" he said to the man.

The man squinted, narrowing his eyes in suspicion, "Then, do you want me to stop the carriage?" he asked, thinking that it was the prince's plan.

"No!" Chance immediately answered.

The man guessed the plan wrong, so he thinks that there would be no problem of him escaping, "Then what do you want to do?" he asked.

"I just want the coat. It will help fight the cold and pain." Chance responded.

The man clicked his tongue in annoyance and threw the coat he was wearing to Chance's face. "Do not bother me next time."

Chance ignored his rude behavior of throwing the coat onto his face and smiled. He wore the thick coat and since the man was big; the coat was a large size, making it perfect for his plan.

The path that they were on was narrow, making it hard and slow for them to turn their horses and carriages around. Seeing as they were driving fast, it will make it difficult for them to stop immediately.

What he was going to do was dangerous, but at least he had the coat on.

'I have to do it now.' he thought.

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"Lilith! Lilith!"

The maid heard someone call her name and she raised a brow, "Stop!" she commanded, making the carriage stop.

The door of the carriage she was in opened, "That man!" said one of her men who was panting from running all the way to her carriage.

"What?" she asked.

"That man you brought, he-"

"What in the world did that filthy thing do now?"

"He jumped!"