Bab 101: Carrot and the stick

Blueflame, The Healer Granny, and Uncle Bamboo all froze. Their faces cramping up as they glared at the Bald Prince. To become his slave?

"How dare you!" Bamboo rose to his feet and glared at Ace's black eyes, his anger and disbelief rising.

Ace calmly looked back at him and shifted his gaze to the chief behind him, "Don't take it as an offense BlueFlame," looking back into Bamboo's eyes, "and you too Bamboo, sit down there calmly like the dog you are."

Bamboo flinched, this! THE NERVE!

He almost couldn't believe this was the same kid he was giving guidance a second ago.

His veins popping all over his body, he said through gritted teeth, "Never had a youngster ever been so rude infront of me. Hahaha, to believe I liked you for a second."

Startled out of his daze, Blueflame said, "Calm down Bamboo, you are talking to a prince."

"I am calm, or he would have been long dead," Bamboo said, his eyes those of an experienced hunter.