State coup…This is exactly what happened in your country, people got tired of tyranny and decided to take matters into their own hands. You, being the heir, ran away, trying to avoid execution. Wandering in the woods you eventually fainted because of the exhaustion.

You woke up and found yourself in an unfamiliar place, you saw an elf next to you, you were wary, because elves have always been hostile to people, especially the nobility