Caelum walked carefully, trying to remain stealthy. Zarco on the other hand just walked straight past her with his hands behind his head.

Zarco

-Go faster! You are too slow.

Caelum

-Excuse me, but I'm trying to keep us from being surrounded and captured again.

Zarco

-If anything happens we can just beat them up again.

A tall burly man who walked behind them, says.

-Yeah, I think that is better.

A skinny man speaks soon after

-There is no reason to be furtive, there are guards at the exits and important points, we will have to fight or die.

Zarco

-See? I am right.

Caelum tiredly stares at Zarco, who just had a huge dumb smile as he played with a bunch of keys in his hand as a response to her look.

Trying to ignore... that. She turns her attention towards the two men who were following them, one was a six-foot man brute looking man, and the other was skinny and long-nosed, both were wearing filthy clothes and looking very unkempt.

Caelum approaches Zarco, when she gets close enough she puts her hand on his back and pushes him forward.

Zarco

-Hey!

Caelum whispers to him

-Why did you free them?

Zarco

-I felt sorry for them…

Caelum glares at him, her morbid expression making it clear she knew it was a lie.

Zarco

-They can be useful, think of them as reinforcements, or pawns, disposable allies you know?

Caelum

-No.

Zarco

-Okay then, so let's run away from here passing through an entire army alone! Carrying an almost dead old man-pigeon?!

Caelum

-But… they are criminals…

Zarco

-So are we, under our captor's eyes at least.

The huge one approaches them saying

-Hey, what are you doing with the little boss?!

Caelum looks confused at the wall of talking muscle in front of her.

The skinny approaches Zarco talking to him

-Did she bother you, little boss? We can deal with that for you...

Zarco

-Nah, I'm good.

Zarco approaches Caelum and whispers to her

-Also, apparently, they are a group and they will only help us if we release all of their members.

Caelum

-Of course they are…

Zarco

-Now let's go! We have to release all the other prisoners!

The huge one reprimands Zarco.

-Hey, you'll end up getting the attention of some guard screaming like that.

Zarco

-Oh, okay.

The skinny one just gives a quick look at his partner and when he notices the look, his tone quickly changes.

-I mean, little boss! I am glad you understood.

The huge one then whispers to his partner.

-I can't keep acting like an idiot, it goes against my morals and my principles.

The skinny guy answers him.

-Calm down, Albator, remember who this boy is!

Albator

-Yes, I know he is the child of the posters, but...

Albator gets interrupted by his partner, who proceeds by saying.

-Exactly! We just have to earn his trust! Then we drag him back to the mainland, get the reward, and we'll never need to steal cattle again.

Albator

-That would be good…

His partner talks to him in an animated happy tone.

-Yeah, I know, so come on my friend! Towards fortune!

Zarco says to Caelum

-You just heard what they just said too, right?

Caelum

-Yes.

Zarco

-They are pretty idiotic.

Caelum

-Not as much as you.

Zarco

-Hey!

Caelum

-Now hurry, if you aren't even going to try to be stealthy, then at least we can reach Sapere's cell as quickly as possible.

Zarco

-Do you even know where this cell is?

Caelum

-Not really.

Zarco stares at Caelum for a moment, his expression demonstrated the loss of what little respect he still had for her.

Caelum turns to the awful whisperers and says.

-Do you know where the angels' cells are?

Albator

-Why go there? They only have empty cells with rotting corpses.

Caelum glares at him, not even trying to hide her anger at what he had said.

Zarco

-Eh, she has someone important stuck there, you know?

Albator

-Oh, got it, little boss. But I still don't think it's worth it, even if he's alive, we won't be able to take care of his injuries, much less escape with him.

Caelum

-Okay, then run away, I'll go after him.

The skinny one says to her.

-Hey, didn't you hear anything? What about the guards?

Caelum

-I will defeat them.

Albator

-And his injuries?

Caelum

-I'll treat them.

Zarco

-How?

Caelum

-I will find a way.

Zarco

-You really want to save this guy, huh...

Caelum

-I have nothing else to do...

Zarco

-Okay, let's turn this entire prison over looking for him.

Everyone looks at Zarco completely confused by that.

Zarco

-What? I have nothing better to do too.

Caelum is genuinely surprised by him.

-Oh, ok.

Zarco thinks to himself while he makes a gentle, warm smile towards Caelum.

-You dumb creature! You can't leave me alone with these guys! You're my last line of defense here! ARGHKSDFJKDSFKSDJ!!!

Caelum looks away from him and says.

-Let's go.

Zarco answer while keeping the same smile

-OK!

The skinny one says.

-They are stupid.

Albator

-Yeah, I'm surprised they haven't alerted the guards yet.

The skinny one answers him.

-True, there should be a patrol around here, what are they even doing?

Albator

-Sleeping?

-Move! We are under attack! - screams Potentia, in front of a burning building amidst the chaos of a shower of flaming arrows while soldiers wander desperately through the sea of flames.

END OF THE TWENTIETH CHAPTER