As they had found the culprit and arrested him, the guards had to leave the inn overnight to begin the journey back to the capital, even though Jack surrendered he was a criminal and a skilled hunter so the guards had to put chains on pinning Jack to the wagon.
That was the only thing they did by treating Jack as a criminal, on the trip back to the capital they shared their water and food with Jack as if he were their guest.
Jack was calm even though he didn't know what could happen to him in the capital, after all, he had taken revenge for the death of his father by killing Luiz and Luiz's subordinates if Jack had killed the merchant Jan, he too would have been at peace even if many years.
After a few days of travel, they finally reached the capital of the kingdom, they passed through the big gates of the castle wall that were more than 10 meters high, it was the first time that Jack visited the capital and he can see hundreds of people on the streets walking.
They had many stores and also several stalls selling vegetables, legumes, and fruits, Jack had heard from the other hunters that there must have been over 100,000 people living in the kingdom's capital, Jack couldn't even imagine so many people living in just one place.
The guards found it funny to see how Jack was surprised to see the city of the capital, they lived all their lives in that city and were used to it, the guards easily passed through the gates of the kingdom because they were recognized.
But in another smaller place at the big gates, there was a long line of people waiting to try to enter the city, the people who lived in the city had some kind of record to say who they were, even the slaves had some kind of record.
That is why people who lived in the village were not considered citizens of the kingdom of Andaria when someone from a village wanted to live in the city they would have to make a record proving that they were citizens of the kingdom.
Jack would also have to make a record because he would be arrested and he had to be a citizen of the kingdom to be arrested, the guards went to one of the towers where the kingdom prison was, even in such a big city the prison was not crowded.
Those who committed serious crimes were executed and many who committed robberies were turned into slaves, whoever was imprisoned normally stayed for only a few years and was already released, so the laws in the kingdom of Andaria worked.
A record would be made for Jack, but the guards took him first to one of the prison cells and removed the chains that hurt Jack's arms and legs, they locked his cell and went to tell the army captain what had happened.
The captain of the army was also the commander of the guards when the kingdom was not at war, this was so as not to have many people leading armed men within the kingdom, so the king could be watching only one capital so as not to have a revolt by his army.
Furthermore, in a war usually one of the kingdom's knights was the one who led the king's army and not the captain of the army, the captain still had to follow someone's orders and only then could he rule the kingdom's soldiers and guards.
The captain's name was Max and another thing that was lucky for Jack was that the captain did not like the merchant Jan Stokes who had Tim killed, Max knew that Jan was a man who took advantage of his power and sent his subordinates to do murders and threats and even kidnappings.
Unfortunately, as Jan was a nobleman in the kingdom and a successful trader, Max couldn't do anything for him, so he was forced to send three guards from him to investigate the disappearance of Luiz and Luiz's subordinates.
So the guards told the whole situation and because Jack had killed Luiz and Luiz's subordinates, Max believed in Jack and knew that Luiz should have killed the blacksmith because Jan had told him to do so.
But Jack would still have to be arrested even though he was right to have killed Luiz and Luiz's subordinates, yet Max didn't intend to execute Jack for it and would just let him stay in jail for a few years and then release him.
Max sent a messenger to tell Jan what had happened to Luiz and that the culprit had been arrested, Max also asked in the letter if Jan knew why Luiz had gone to a distant village to kill a blacksmith.
On the same day the messenger returned with Jan Stokes' reply, Jan was smart and knew that Captain Max was one of his enemies, besides, Jan's only concern was if Luiz had even killed Tim and if he had betrayed him.
But from what he heard from the guard Jan understood that Mary must be dead and that Luiz had killed Tim, from the message that he received a hunter from the village had killed Luiz and Luiz's subordinates for justice and killed them while they were sleeping.
So nobody knew that he was the one who had Luiz kill Tim and several people before him, Luiz was a good subordinate to him, but Jan already thought that it was time maybe to get rid of Luiz who knew many secrets about him.
Of course, to make sure his secrets were kept, he wanted to kill this hunter who killed Luiz, but Jan knew that Max would not allow it and would be even more suspicious of him if he asked to kill the hunter.
So Jan said in the message he sent Max that he didn't know about Luiz's crimes and was disappointed in him, and he also said that Max could decide what to do with the hunter who killed Luiz.
Max knew that Jan would cut off his tail without hesitation if it were to escape some accusation or something that would cause a bad reputation for him, in fact, Jan was a respected merchant in the city and the citizens and the nobility liked him.
Max also did not want to provoke Jan without reason and so he decided to leave Jack in prison for a few years, but Jack would receive good treatment in prison and receive adequate food, Jack was in a cell where he was alone.
He had already accepted that he would have to stay in prison for a few years, at that time Jack decided that he would think more about the sword techniques and the bow that he learned in those years and would also do some physical training in order to be a good warrior and blacksmith in a few years.