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It was not as if Christian had never solved such disputes between his people before, but today, he could not understand why the entire thing seemed rather fallacious to him. He felt as if the argument was both unreasonable, and nonsensical and it was evident that either one of them was lying, but neither of them would ever accept themselves to be the liar. It was extremely messy.
As a laird, it was his responsibility to make sure none of his people were wronged, and all of them were content with their lives in the clan. He had always made sure to attend to all of his responsibilities as best as he could, and he still tried to do so. Which was the only reason he had left Keira alone to go to the inn with Josh while he had come here.Keira,he thought,I need to be there with her as soon as possible.
“Do ye have any proof that ye sold him those clothes?” Christian asked the first man, his entire focus now directed toward a solution so he could get out of there as soon as possible. Night would approach quickly, and he needed to be with Keira and take her back to the castle before that.
“Nay, me laird,” the man replied, further aggravating Christian.
“So ye just sold clothes to another man with nay money and nay agreements to testify that he had nae given ye money and will have to eventually?” he asked the man, making sure he sounded angry. The entire situation was perplexing.
“It was a mistake on my part,” the man agreed.
“It was a rather childish error on yer part, and right now ye are suffering because of it. If ye had some proof, this man would have never been able to deny that he had never taken clothes from ye.”
“I will make sure to always take proof if someone promises to pay me later in the future,” the man nodded, “although right now, I truly need that money, me laird.”
“Ye need to stop selling clothes to people who can nae afford to pay ye right away. Do nae make yer life more difficult by harboring additional stress of extracting payments from people who are refusing to pay ye at all,” Christian reprimanded, unsure about which one of them was lying.
“Ye are right, me laird,” the man said, “I will nay longer give away clothes without taking money right there and then.”
“Good,” Christian replied, turning towards the other man, “Now do ye have any proof that this man is putting up false allegations on ye?”
“Nay, me laird,” the other man shook his head, “he has just decided to blame me out of nowhere.”
“Is this man yer friend?” Christian asked him again.
“Nay, we just ken each other in passing,” the man explained.
“Ye must work on yer self-image and make yerself strong enough to make sure nay one blames on ye for such things. Why can someone put an allegation on ye so easily? It means ye have some flaws in yer character, which is why this acquaintance of yers decided to choose ye for a false allegation. He must have had the idea that people would believe him if ye were the one blamed,” Christian said. He knew there was no solution to the entire matter, and now he simply needed to make sure that things were somehow brought to a solution and a conclusion.
“Ye are right, me laird,” the man nodded, “I will try to become a better person.”
“Good,” Christian sighed, turning around to look at the soldier beside him, “give this cloth seller the money he claims has been lost and then escort both to their houses. Everyone should disperse and return to their work or houses since the matter has been resolved here.”
“Thank ye, me laird. Thank ye so much,” the cloth seller replied, ecstatic at the prospect of receiving the money that had apparently been lost. At this point, Christian certainly did not know who was right and who was wrong. Good thing was, the matter had finally arrived at a solution, even if it had taken him the entire evening to do so.
“Ye are welcome,” Christian replied, looking up at the sky, which had already darkened. He knew he needed to be with Keira sooner rather than later because she must have been waiting for him. He had already been gone long enough.
“We will always remember this kindness, me laird,” the other man thanked him, and Christian nodded, his mind entirely focused on immediately getting to Keira.
He quickly sat atop his horse, slowly walking out of the marketplace until he was back on the main street, which was largely deserted. Christian increased his speed as he quickly made his way to the other side of town, where the inn was located. It was funny and both strange how the feud had taken place rather far from the inn, or else he might have been able to keep a check on Keira. Although right now, he knew nothing.
Christian rode as fast as he possibly could until he finally reached the marketplace where the inn was located. He knew some of his soldiers had followed him, and Christian handed the horse to them before running inside the inn, still hoping to find Keira inside. He knew there was quite a big chance of her having left back for the castle considering it was dinner soon. Despite that, Christian walked towards a wooden desk where a young man was seated, and she looked up with a smile as she saw Christian approach.
“Laird MacPherson,” he greeted Christian immediately, “what are ye doing here?”
“I have come to look for Keira, my betrothed, and her faither, the Laird O’Donnely. I know the laird is staying here, and Keira came to see him today,” Christian explained, continuing to look around, hoping to find a glimpse of Keira somewhere.
“The Laird O’Donnely was staying with us. He only checked in this morning but is not here currently,” the man told him.
“Where did he go?”
“As far as I have gotten to ken, he was here until Lady Keira did indeed come to see him, and he was gone shortly after. It does nae make much sense to me.”
“So ye saw Lady Keira?”
“Yes, She was here but left in a haste. The Laird O’Donnelly was also seen the last time during the day. I reckon wherever they are right now, they might be together,” the man said.Or might be dead,a part of his mind responded, and he truly did not know where that thought had emerged from, but he pushed it aside, knowing it could not be the case.
“Thank ye,” he replied to the young man.
