69 Dream and Snow (1/2)
Some time later
After the deaths of the guards and assassins, the bodies had been discovered by someone passing by.
Quickly news of this event spread through the whole country and made its way to those in power.
Dream Family Mansion
The animal skin old man sat in thought in his room as he secluded himself from others after hearing what had happened. 'After so much preparation the plan failed, if the brats of the snow family live through this then the moonlight family will begin doubting our loyalty.'
Suddenly there was a knock on the door, the animal skin old man spoke. ”Come in.”
When the door opened the black robe old man stepped in and closed the door behind him. ”I have sent people out to scout the situation, the prince and princess escaped the assassination at the cost of their guards lives. If the prince is smart enough he would of come to the conclusion that our family is behind this sudden attack, knowing this he will not try to get back to the moonlight family or the snow family until he feels safe.”
The animal skin old man nodded his head in response. ”It would be an obvious move for us to get rid of all traces of being involved so the prince and princess must die. The prince may be strong and talented for his age but he still has to sleep somewhere and gather food so he will have to show his face, he also has the princess with him which will become a big burdon. Get the allied families to keep a blockade to stop them from returning to the snow or moonlight family and let their scouts search for any signs of the prince and princess.”
”Yes, I will inform them right away but why do you think the prince will not return immediately?” The black robe old man responded.
”He is an arrogant fool but he is not completely stupid. After being attacked by low level martial artists and regular civilians his distrust towards others will greatly increase. If he wishes to return so soon with his sister in one piece then he needs to be constantly on guard against everyone. Imagine it... one sighting by a child, man, woman or an elderly person and that could be the fatal cost of his life. Someone matching his description will be passed down to identify him, when we find him we can send more men to kill him this time. Meaning he will find somewhere to hide with his sister and only appear when we let down our guard, to maintain this he will have to make trips to gather food and head back into hiding. This will be our opportunity!” The animal skin old man grinned but then came to another conclusion. ”Also be on the look out for them in places where the death count begins to rise suddenly, if forced into such a situation the prince may resort to killing anyone suspicious. Maybe not at first but after being identified once he may begin to kill anyone who is could potentially expose his position.”
The black robe old manleft the room to perform his duties while the animal skin old man had a look of annoyance on his face.
He had worked hard to raise those assassins in secret for many years, made promises towards the those who participated in the first ambush to make sure their families were well provided for after their deaths, sent one of his own nurtured doctors away in secret to begin gaining attention and helped towards spreading rumours to catch the princes attention.
All of his efforts ended in failure, his goal to help their pawn to inherit the title of king and lead the country in the name of the Dream family.
Once the child who was born from both the Dream and Moonlight family takes their place as king then all of the other families will be under the complete control of the Dream family and will no longer oppose them.
After that happens then there will be no more trouble from the Snow family and their allies, if they still refuse to bow their heads then they will all die as an example to others!