Zyric was about to move ahead when a shadow fell in front of him.
The next moment, two soldiers stood in his way, stopping him cold.
"Stop." That soldier says to Zyric, and Zyric stops.
"Yes, what?" Zyric says to those soldiers without fear.
"Where are you going? And you don't look like you belong to our tribe. Why are you running into our tribe like this?" Those two soldiers say to Zyric.
"That... I... Well... Well, I have long been wandering. I was lost. Suddenly, I saw the tribe, so I thought I would take some... some things to eat and drink so that I could find my tribe." Zyric says while making some such excuse.
"Oh, is that so? You look strange, I guess, with your dress on, but it is possible that people of high status dress like that. The way you are dressed looks very different from the others to us. Even big people do not wear such attire. But what you are wearing is a bit strange and also a bit good. You look good in appearance. But then, which tribe have you come from?" That soldier says to Zyric.
"I... I cannot recall my tribe's name. I lost several days wandering. I also had an injury on my head. I do not know what happened and got lost from my tribe. When I try to remember something, my head hurts." Zyric says to that soldier.
"Okay, no problem, no problem. It might be that something happened to your memory. If you have come to get food and drink, it's fine. Go, you can stay a few more days. Just a few days, not more. But yes, if we see you here after two days, remember, we will kick you out of here. Understand?" That soldier says to Zyric.
"Oh yes, no problem. Thanks anyway." After saying this much, Zyric enters inside that tribe as soon as possible.
"Phew, entered the tribe." Zyric remains shocked seeing the glitz and glamour there.
"Amazing! From far away, it looked like a village. But coming close, I see how beautiful this tribe is." Zyric says while looking all around.
There were many people there who had worn old-fashioned clothes, like he had seen in dramas and movies, and those people really looked cool and good.
Zyric goes to a market there, where a sweet seller was handing over a sweet to a child in front.
"Yes, yours are two gold coins." That old man, who was the shopkeeper there, says this.
As soon as he says this, that child takes out two gold coins and hands them over to that man.
"Gold coins! Oh my God, their value is quite high in our time." Zyric says with surprise.
"I think I should open a sweet shop here, through which I will become very rich in my time." Zyric thinks to himself, and seeing so many things there, greed arises in Zyric's mind too.
After this, Zyric slowly starts moving forward. Suddenly, Zyric sees many boys and girls in front of him who were glaring only at him.
"Oh man, these clothes are different from these people. I will have to get local clothes for here. Otherwise, they will continue staring at me like this." Zyric thinks to himself.
"Everyone, listen carefully. Prince Edward and Prince Edgar are going to come here with their sister. So, everyone, stay careful." A man goes by announcing there.
After hearing him, Zyric does not understand much, but yes, he starts listening to the other boys.
"Oh man, these Prince Edgar and Prince Edward are very dangerous men. Last time, the boy who just glanced at their sister, they had cut his throat publicly. Let's do one thing--let's not take the risk of staying here. Let's leave from here. Anyway, his sister is very beautiful. One's gaze goes there at least once. So, let's just leave from here." Those boys say this and immediately leave for their homes from there.
"My goodness, there seems to be a lot of fear of those princes here." Zyric says this much.
"Princess... hmm... very beautiful princess. Was it the same girl whom I saw that day in the forest, and after which I had gone back to my time by being teleported? So, was she the same princess? She also was really beautiful. Very beautiful. My goodness, just thinking... although, if she is a princess, then she will recognize me here, and I had even troubled her to the point where she was scared of me, so... her brothers will kill me."
While thinking so much, Zyric suddenly stops because a voice comes from behind: "Who are you, boy? I am seeing you in the tribe for the first time, so you are new." That old man says to Zyric.
Zyric turns back and looks at that old man.
"Oh Uncle, hello. Yes, I... I am new here. I have gotten lost from my tribe and have come here just to make some arrangements for food and water." Zyric says to that old man.
"Oh, is that so? You are here, but keep in mind that the Prince and Princess will pass shortly after. Do not look towards them." That old man says to Zyric.
"Look, I don't know much. If you could tell me some things..." Zyric says to that old man.
"Okay, I'll tell you. The princes here stay very serious regarding their sister.
If someone even looks at their sister, they will gouge out his eyes. That's the situation. But our princess is also no less than anyone. She is so beautiful that you cannot even imagine. Many tribespeople keep making all sorts of plans to get her. Many people even come forcibly here to get the princess. But I do not know why they cannot get her. This mystery will remain a mystery, but the princess's brothers leave no stone unturned to save their sister and..."
Before that old man could say anything more: "The Prince and Princess are coming. Everyone, make way!" Some people shout there, and in no time, everyone there makes a path and bows down.
People were bowed on both sides of the path, and in the middle, a strange carriage was coming which was made of wood.
"This is a chariot." Zyric says with a smile.
Zyric also goes forward and bows with that old man and glances back at the chariot once, where Zyric sees a beautiful girl. Suddenly, someone hits Zyric on the head.
"Hey fool, look down!" That old man says to Zyric and pushes Zyric's head down with his hands so that Zyric immediately lowers his head.
After that, in no time, the chariot starts passing in front of Zyric. But do not know why, with Zyric's bad luck, the chariot stops right in front of Zyric.
"What happened? Why aren't you moving the carriage forward?" Prince Edgar says to that man who was driving the chariot.
"Prince, we don't know. This beast is not moving forward." That man who was driving the chariot says to Prince Edgar.
Some horse was meant to pull that cart, but there was a beast pulling that cart, and he also looked feeble. Then suddenly both beasts in front of the cart begin to get greatly scared, and begin to go here and there, as though frightened at something.
Zyric immediately looks in that direction, but by the time Zyric looks towards those strange beasts that were moving, they become calm.
After this, before Zyric's gaze could go down, it goes to that girl. Both those princes immediately notice Zyric.
"Hey you! Lower your head!" Prince Edgar says to Zyric in anger.
Instead of lowering his head, Zyric stands up straight and keeps looking at Princess Elysia.
For a moment, the entire path falls silent.