"Alright, if that's what you think is best," she smiled up at Farron. Once they got to Rosgard, what would Andra be planning? Azura made it her goal to figure out Farron's mother before they arrived to Rosgard. Maybe Andra wanted to see her husband? Or she was planning something dangerous?
Farron placed a kiss to her forehead before moving to pull his shirt over his head. It took longer then usual, obviously because of the injury.
"I'll walk behind the two of you," she said as they headed towards the town exit. They still had to look out for Sarge's men, so they went through a different exit than the one they had previously used. Azura listened to Farron's conversation with his mother, furious about how quickly that woman could flip a switch.
The conversation between mother and son was less then interesting, Farron not even having an interest in it completely. Azura’s slightly odd behaviour bothered him but more so was his mothers yet he pushed it aside, knowing he was probably over reacting.
She was deep in thought when her eyes were drawn to a bush about a hundred feet away. It shifted a bit, and something peeked up out of the top.
"Farron," Az said in a low voice. She drew her bow and let it rest in her hands. "Look."
Farron’s head shot to the bush, hand on his sword ready to attack.
Azura turned her gaze towards Andra, to see what she would do. She seemed unfazed by the soldiers.
“Well, they’ve seen us, so we can’t run,” Azura said. “Andra, what do you think we should do?”
Andra flicked her gaze from Azura to the bushes to Farron then back to Azura, "We'll have to fight, there's no other way."
“Alright,” Azura replied. The men were headed towards them now, running. Az could see that there were about 6 of them. She ran to meet them, digging small trenches with her feet in the mud.
Andra and Farron followed, both drawing weapons, "Az, you take the two on the left, mother, the middle two and I'll take the two on the right." Farron said before swinging to block an attack.
Two of the men came in Azura's direction, both much larger than her. She twisted her torso and blocked one of the swings, then ducked behind the other, who clumsily bumped himself into his contemporary. She sliced her sword across his back, then his front, and he went down.
Farron took down his two men easily, both being smaller and not as strong as he was. The first went down to a slice across the neck, the other dodging the first of Farrons attacks only to leave his left side exposed for a moment and earnt him a sword in the side.
Azura defeated the next man that was attacking her just as easily. They had brute strength, but absolutely no coordination. Whoever sent them must have been desperate. Soon all six of the men were strewn across the ground, and Azura, Farron, and Andra moved on. They decided to move faster, just in case more men came after them.
Luckily for them, no more men found them. Whether it was because they had stopped looking for they were just terrible at tracking, they were soon lost in the woods, shielded by the trees that blocked out most of the sun.
Then they begun to slow down again, and they felt much more at ease.
“If I may ask,” Azura began when they were deep in the woods, “how exactly did you get kidnapped?”
"After the war," Andra said, "When my husband thought I was dead, I was on the run. Sarge he… he and his men found me then."
"Why did everyone think you were dead?"
"Because most saw my stabbed, including my husband and he was king so, everyone believed him."
“So you just ran? You didn’t get help, you just made a beeline for the countryside?” Azura was hoping Farron would catch on. “Why’d you do that?”
"It was too dangerous to come back," She lied, though it sounded convincing and honest, "I didn't want to endanger my children or my husband."
“You do realize they were still in danger, right?” She knew there must be another reason. Andras family could have been used as a ransom to get her to come back, or even just been killed in order to steal the throne.
“I know. But the longer I was around, the more people would try and attack the city. If I was away, they’d come after me and try and attack me, not the city. It was likely they would attack the city but they didn’t so it doesn’t matter,”
"Right," Azura said, clearly unconvinced. She glanced over at Farron to see what he was thinking about all this.
Farron seemed to have zoned out just a little. He was frowning, as he had heard some of what was being said and it got him in deep thought.
Az figured she’d change the subject and come back to that later. “How are we going to get into the castle? And what’s gonna happen when we get there?”