56 Details of the plan (2/2)
Turning my head towards my girl, I reached with my hand and grabbed hers, allowing myself to enjoy the pleasant feeling of her fingers locking with mine for a short moment before the unstable pace of our horses forced us to separate.
”But then, what does the sole invite do for us? It's not like the governor will bring his army with him that will help us repel Peter out of Pilzno!”
To be honest, Elia's doubt was pretty warranted. Just like my entire plan was based on buying ourselves into the governor's favour with the smart use of bits of beer and MGS spice, I couldn't make him do all the job for us!
”Don't worry about it, but think deeper. What would happen if the governor accepts our invitation? Let's say, the date of the wedding would be set for one month from now.”
Instead of explaining my plan right away, I allowed both Elia and Al follow my guidance to realise the idea hidden behind openly stupid moves.
”He will depart from his place of residence in about three weeks and in order to calmly reach Pilzno in time with his retinue and gifts. Isn't that obvious?”
Just like in future, marriage ceremony consisted of the proper marriage at the Sunday's mess, and grand festival for both the nobles and the commoners of the marrying parties. And just like in the future, all the guests were supposed to present the newlyweds with a gift befitting the status of the guest and the scale of the entire ceremony.
”And what would happen if, upon arrival, the governor will learn that both the husband and wife-to-be were kidnapped just a few days ago by a warlord who didn't like the idea?”
With the grand title of governor, the gifts would most likely require at least a single carriage to be even brought to the Pilzno in the first place. With that, the time that it would take him to travel the distance would turn from two days that we could take to arrive there, to at least an entire week!
And just like in any other country, such an important person as Governor didn't really have that much free time to spare!
”Wait, are you going to let Peter catch us? He will kill you right away!”
At first, I wanted to reply with the quote from one of the greatest animations I have ever watched in my future life - this is the risk that I'm willing to take - but sadly, it wasn't entirely true!
”First, we will give him a hint that since he raided Pilzno, we will raid his own home. And no, I won't let him catch the both of you. While he will be enjoying his victory by imprisoning me in the basement of his palace in Ropian, you will be safely hidden in Tarnow, so that he won't be able to kill me right away!”