Chapter 38

**Acacia Point of View**

With a look of solemn, jerk handed me the token of authority and the command seal as if he is giving his life as a sacrifice.

I didn't care though. If I'm to stay on this land for a while, I better know what I'm digging in.

Although he agreed to give me my privacy and gave me a house and land I asked for without a complaint, I still don't believe his intentions behind this are any pure.

The more I learn about him, the more disappointed I'm getting. His attitude and his mindset are making my brain to puke out.

I have never been a calculative and a scheming person. There was never such a situation that I need to plot against others. But from the moment these pests regenerated again from some goddamn curse and started to act so ungratefully, I understood that I need to only rely on myself and should not show my thoughts.

None of these are reliable and trustworthy.

Men are men, I cannot have any hope on them may it be with ancient era mindset or modern era thinking.

Men are always men and this particular lot of chicken heads is proving it again and again.

And women! Nah!

I read that a woman's formidable enemy is another woman. Although women on this land are suppressed and living in dormancy, as a woman I know that a woman's mind and heart are complicated may it be a good person or a bad person.

This makes me feel lonelier than I was alone and abandoned here for a year.

After putting away the seal and the token in a safe place, I looked down at Igses who was playing with hands trying to swallow his own little fist.

Little man, mamma is so alone, you need to grow up as a proper person so mamma can rely on you emotionally!

Although I did not voice these words out loud, I know my son has a very perspective understanding of surroundings even at such a young age.

Feeding breast milk to Igses, I asked Circe to call Eelk once Igses was asleep. Circe was indeed a good help but I'm still not sure enough to give a part of my son's responsibilities to her.

So wherever I go, I take him with. Now that I asked Eelk to come to the study room I'm using, I placed Igses on a crib in the study room so I can be at ease.

Call me Incredulous, but I'm ashamed of being doubtful of everything.

"Milady, greetings." Eelk knocked on the open door and greeted me with a small bow. I nodded and asked him to sit on the visiting chair opposite to me.

"I heard you want to have a talk with me, Milady."

"I heard you will be in charge of my security and follow me to the province that was allocated to me." After giving me the seal and the token, Jerk announced that Eelk and his team will be the first rank security team for me and Igses.

Knowing that Eelk was the one who was coming, I felt better because one, he is rather polite than others and two, he at least gives me the information I ask for.

"Indeed, Milady. I promise to take care of you and young prince with my life." He spoke with conviction and zeal in his eyes is practically flowing out like waterfall.

Okay...!

"The place we are going to... Oudad, what is it like?" At first, when I asked jerk about this place when I was given the required documents and the token, he just said that it was scenic place and we can like in a peaceful environment.

That jerk also has the gall to say that I didn't need to know more about other things and said that I just need to say put in the oudad castle and look after our son.

Hearing those words, I literally felt like pulling out his hair and slap his bald head.

He is too much!

"Milady..." Eelk hesitated and I immediately understood that jerk ordered him to not speak of these details to her.

So he is making things hard for me. Alright!

Until now, I only wanted a free and independent like but now, I want to make something big out of this opportunity.

"Speak. Once we leave the capital, I will be your direct superior. I rather you weigh the options and speak now." It wasn't a threat.

Just a reminded.

Out of all the chickens on this land, I have a neutral impression on Eelk and I don't want that turn to a sour one.

Eelk's face contorted a few times as he fell in thoughtful silence and finally sighed as he decided.

With a small firm nod, he spoke, "I cannot tell you a lot, Milady; after all I was ordered not to. But I honor your position so I shall give you the basic details."

Well, something is better than nothing.

"Oudad province is one of the best and most peaceful places in the whole kingdom. It is like a tourist place where not just Dr'helellis people but other kingdom people too often come to take a good rest. This province is made of nine towns, two major cities, nineteen villages and forty tribal places. Since Oudad is full of mountains, hills and forests, the number of villages and tribal places are rather higher than other provinces."

Sounds like a good place but -

"But this isn't as peaceful as you say, is it?" I asked with a smile.

Eelk was surprised when I said that and soon gave a small nod. I knew it!

"For a place surrounded and filled with mountains ranges and unending forest, there should be good number or gangs too if I'm not wrong."

Be it humankind or inhumane selfish bastard of a supernatural kind, gangsters should be common if my analysis is not wrong.

"I'm surprised, Milady. Indeed there are few notorious gangs who are powerful and use it as advantage for personal gains. But you don't have to worry, Milady, the oudad castle that was build for you is in the place that gangs are prohibited to enter." He assured me to which I only nodded.

"Why are these gangs not punished since your king is much more powerful than them?" Knowing how much of control freak and a bastard he is, he should've suppressed these gangs long back.

After all, if these gangs evolve more, they can cause greater problems for him.

With jerk's standing, he can easily wipe away them then why did he not act on it?

"That is complicated, Milady. But know that no matter how those gangs act, they dare never cross his Majesty. Also, these gangs, however bad they are, they maintain balance in the province and protect the territory from other forces."

So it's like that!

Interesting!

I think, starting my mission with these gangs is not a bad move. One step at a time, one day I will become a force that is no lesser than Jerk and I will get to that point on my own strength.

When I get there, I will, by hook or crook, take my son out of this hell all while pushing that jerk in to a misery of his own kingdom that he is so proud of.

After getting the basic details from Eelk, I came to know that we shall be directly teleporting to Oudad castle.

The ability to teleport anywhere with a flick is something on a very few on this kingdom has and supposedly, jerk shall help us teleport there.

We are supposed to leave capital and teleport to Oudad two weeks later and all of mine and Igses things are already arranged there.

However, after listening to what Eelk told me about Oudad, I fell in thoughts for a couple of days before making a decision.

Hearing it, Jerk gritted his teeth and gave me an aggravated look. Something cold and dangerous lurked in his eyes as he stared down at me as if he intended to drill holes with his stares.

Does it affect me? Not in the least.

"No you can't." He said with finality in his tone.

"Why not?"

"One, not convenient; two, it is dangerous." He supplied briefly.

"I can take care of it. You don't have to worry about it. Aren't Eelk and his team also accompanying me?"

"Woman, you will not take my son on a dangerous road trip to Oudad. It will take twenty days more or less and I will not have both of you suffer the journey when I can get you there with a flick of finger. No more argument. You both will be teleported."

"My son will be safe with me. I know the luxurious carriage you can provide will be well equipped, safe and well protected. No more arguments. We will go by road."

I will not let the opportunity to know more about my territory. If I wish to conquer it, I need to be familiar with about it.

Also Igses may be only days old baby but he is as powerful as jerk is. If he continues to stay confined in four walls, it will not be good so a road trip will be good for him too.

Knowing Jerk, his almighty narcissist nature will make sure we reach our destination without a scratch.

After all, if my guess is right, I'm still the most important person for his kingdom.

"Absolutely not!" He growled with finality and stormed out off like a raging bull.

We will take a road trip; he likes it or not is his problem.

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Hello Sweeties,

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