In a dark cave lit with candles.

"Please ... please don't kill me!!"

"Oh great god give us the power."

The cave was filled with rotten stench with 100's of people chanting something.

"Please have mercy!!"

"We ask for the god to show himself!!"

The cave had a river of blood with a lots of dead bodies of young gril in the corner, some of the bodies looked decayed.

"Mom!! dad... somebody.... please save me!!"

".....show himself!!!"

There was a ritual going on, and what looked like a sacrificial table and young girl was bounded.

The man conducting the Ritual had a red dagger in his hand.

"SHOW HIMSELF!!" As everyone shouted, the voice of the young girl died down.

A dagger was plunged in her head.

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Roch Marth, He was an old and experienced mercenary.

He had been working in this business for the last 30yrs and with all the life threatning situation he has come out alive.

It was not his first time doing an escort mission, He wasn't a C-rank adventurer only in name. He had all the qualities to be a good leader and was a person with good judge of character.

He didn't look someone who was famous with kids, Roch's face was full of scars, giving proof of his years of service.

Normally he would easily complete the escort mission as fast as possible, but this time he needed to take care of noble ladies who were striving to become adventurers themselves. He was happy to see that the girls were not high and mighty. They all were down to earth, though an odd bunch.

The bad thing was they were all stronger than him. So young and still B-rank adventurers. He was the leader of the security maintenance group of the caravan and he needed to order people stronger than him. It was all pretty stressful for him, but keeping the poker face that he has cultivated in years worked like putting something in, after buttering it up(Don't laugh!!).

He ordered the girls and was glad to kknow, not one of them setorted his order.

With his men, He started his journey, even his son has joined him in the journey, to learn a few things about the job.

His son, Rick, unlike him was hotblooded youth. He thirsted for action but to his father's relief didnt bother with the noble ladies.

Roch stationed the noble ladies in the middle, as though, they may have more battle powers than him, But when it comes to keeping gaurd up and sensing enemy from a far. He and his group of men were experienced in that, so he can keep watch in the back and front.

Except for small monsters on the way, nothing noteworthy happened. The caravan had a smooth sailing.At night they camped while keeping a watch out.

At dawn they refreshed themselves and started their journey again. It was the usual occurance. He thought that this journey will end in peace.

Then one day at dawn.

"Uwaaaaaah!! Uwaaah!!*baby crying*"

"Hahah!! food .... food....*lick *lick it taste sweet...... I didn't think I would eat anything beside that damn thing *Lick *lop!!!!"

Roch turned his head in the direction of the crying child, A little boy crying was a normal occurance, usuallly people would ignore, but Roch turned towards him instinctively.

"Whaaaat?"

He got on his gaurd and started running towards the little kid.

What worried him that in the back of the kid, a young man was running towards the caravan like a total lunatic, He had a kids candy in his mouth and was crying while laughing.

Roch couldn't hear what he was rambling about, but something told him.

'A mental unstable case has arrived.'

He ran with all his might, but the speed of the young man was pretty fast, he easily reached another kid who was drinking milk.

"DON'T TOUCH HER!!" Roch shouted aloud, but before his voice can reach the young lunatic, he had already snatched the milk from the girl and started drinking the milk.

"Milk!! HUHU!! Milk!! I missed you so much!!"

'A hungry lunatic!!'

Roch got scared, what was more than a lunatic was a hungry lunatic.

He reached the young llunatic and kicked him, and the young man was thrown on the ground.

'So light?'

"State your name young man!!"

Leo was already surrounded by the caravan members, children were hid in the caravan and more people were coming in his direction.

While pointing his sword in front of Leo, Roch asked.

Leo got up and looked towards the Roch, he didn't try to move from his place. He knew he was in the wrong, but he couldn't help it.

"Si..sir I am just a weary traveller who was hungry!!" Hungry for just 2 days.

After thinking for a while.

"Sir I got lost in the woods, just now I saw people and got a bit mad."

Roch looked towards the condition of the young man. Tattered clothes, bandaged body, dirty smell and a small blade in the back.

He looked like a slum rat you can find in the cities. But considering what the young man told him, Roch still had suspicion of him being a scout for bandits.

Roch always considered having a good judge of character, and seeing the young man for some reasons gave him goosebumps.

"What is all this rukus about.?"

When all this was happening, a group of ladies intruded the scene. They just woke up and there already was a problem in the morning.

"Little girl!! you don't need to stick your head in this matter. This beggar intruded in the group stealing candies and milk from children."

"Stealing candies from children?"

The girl looked towards the young "beggar". The little girl was Maisei and she came with her group.

Fate works in all kinds of ways, if it was the usual Leo, she would have identified him in an instant.

But silver hair, dirty face(Forgot to use life magic), ragged clothes and a small sword on his back.

The boy differed from the image she had of Leowald in her mind, so she didn't even thought of connecting the two people, but as for Leo.

'Fuck!!! what is she doing here?? First she took my mom... now she came here!! now what she wants from me.'

Poor prince didn't even thought of asking her help, the only thing in his mind was his hate for her.

'Well I am prince.... she will at the very least vouch for me to stay!! hehe!"

Leo pitifuly looked towards Maisei and she looked back.

"You boy!! what are you doing here?"

'Boy?... bitch I am your future husband!!'

"Maisei.... don't you remember me!!" While giving out the most beautiful smile Leo was capable of, he requested Maisei.

"I don't remember a dirty boy like you who steals from children... and now that you mention it..... How do you know my name?"

Maisei took out her short sword and pointed it at Leo, in the back her party member also got vigilant of Leo.

'Steals from children..... bitch if you knew my condition you wouldn't say something like this..... and you even forgot about your own husband...?.. are you fucking kidding me?"

"Maisei!! don....don't attack... I am Leowald.... remember your fiance......Omph!!"

As Leo was trying to define himself he was kicked by Maisei in the stomach. She then struck him again with her scabbered and said.

"My fiance is dead.... don't try to weasel your way in the group... You knew my name.... you knew my identity... you tried to imitate the late prince!! Tuzzag!! throw this scoundrel spy in the cage, take his sword away."

She was angered to the extreme.

'Bitch don't think I won't attack.... there are people here, I need them... otherwise I would have teached you a lesson!!'

Maisei ordered towards the beastwoman. But instead of Tuzzag acting up, Roch got close to the boy and lifted him up.

"Little girl I will put him in the cage... you go and get ready for the journey!! his friends may be close, we need to keep watch."

"Yes sir.....!!"

All this time Leo didn't act up, He needed these people, and as long as he reaches a city, it was good for him.

Leo didn't had anything to prove his identity to Maisei and seeing her mood, he thought it may only get worse.

As he was thinking it may be good to stay in a cage and reach the city.

"Kyu!!" the little fox dropped down by his shirt. It went to Roch's pant and started to nip at his leg.

"*Crowl!!!"(Cute growl)

"What is this?" Roch got confused, he has never seen shuch a small fox.

Even steps of Maisei stopped, she turned around, only to see a soft furball nitpicking at Roch's leg.

"What?"

'Don't tell me!!' Thought Leo.

"So cute!!....." The sound didn't came from Maisei... it came from the party's priestess Katherin.

She ran towards Roch and took Kyubi in her bossom.

"Oh!! so cute!!..." she rubbed her cheeks on the little fox's fur and it kept barking at her, but she didn't stopped rubbing him.

"Hey!!! don't touch Kyubi!!"

Leo got worried, the only mental support he had in the forest was the old man and the little fox... and seeing it get irritated, made him worried.

"You shut up!!" Maisei ordered while pointing her sword at leo.

He was going to act this time but.

"kyu!!kyukyu!!" the fox was enjoying in the beauties bossom, even though she was an airhead, she kept jiggling him in her bossom.( I won't use that word!! never ....ever!! this novel is not focus on sex and stuff!!.. there is romance ...but don't read if you are reading it for sensual scenes or a harem...)

Leo seeing the joy the little fox was in, subsided his anger and glared hatefully towards Maisei.

'One day! you will regret treating me like this'

Poor prince didn't know, but for his whole life he will be treated by her like this.

"Now come on boy!! you need to answer some questions.....!!"

Roch took Leo away, Katherin took Kyubi away, and.

"What a wierd sword?"

Marilyn the party's swordswoman took Muramasa away.

The trio was divided, and a new chapter in their life will begin from today.

"Fate's a bitch!!" Whichever eise man/woman said this line was onto something.

Being lost for 4yrs... and the first group of people he met had his fiance in it.

'Fate's a bitch!' thought Leo.