The Master and his Slave

Chapter 1

Thank You

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Kai. He had everything; the best way to describe everything was the world at the tip of his fingers. His father was an explorer, while his grandfather was the king of Nidas, a beautiful kingdom that was near the bay. He lived behind the walls of the palace. He was a spoiled child, no doubt about that since his father declined the throne, he was to inherit it when his grandfather had passed.

Outside the palace walls, was a slave named Tyson. He belonged to the lower class of people in the society of Nidas. His parents were slaves before, and it was something inherited back then, slavery. If they didn't owe such a debt to the bank, this would never have happened. Sad thing was that his parents had already passed, and Tyson had to make a living for himself. The fortunate boy landed a job in the palace to serve the young master, Kai.

When Tyson arrived at the palace gates, he was catching his breath. Who knew that the slope was steeper than it seemed. The gates then opened before him and he entered. The palace courtyard was bigger than it seemed. When he finally reached the doorstep, the doors then opened before him. "We were expecting you and you came just on time." The butler told Tyson gesturing that he should enter. "Well… that was how my parents were back then…" Tyson said looking at his surroundings. The butler then led Tyson his room.

It wasn't much of a room. It was small but good enough for him to manage since it was warm, whereas in his cottage, it wasn't much and it was hard to sleep since there was nothing inside it but a piece of rugged cloth to keep him warm. "I'll leave you for a moment to unpack. When I come back you should be wearing this and afterwards I shall introduce you to the young master." The butler said placing the folded clothes on the chair beside the bed.

When he left, Tyson lied down on the bed, the soft warm bed. He closed his eyes for a moment and enjoyed the silence and tranquility. His parents have served others, so he thought this would be a piece of cake. But Tyson hadn't thought about others. He was easy to please since he didn't have everything.

Then, the door was opened rudely, Tyson, as a reflex movement, sat up immediately to see a boy about his age wearing regal robes in the shade of yellow, looking displeased. "Where is it?" he asked impatiently, Tyson was confused, and what was it? "I'm asking you where is it?!" the boy said furiously. "Where's what?" Tyson said calmly trying to stay collected.

He then entered the room and pushed Tyson off the bed. "Can you just get on your feet and start looking, that was why I asked my grandfather to hire you in the first place, to serve me!" he said furiously. "I'm simply asking what you're looking for so that I could help…" Tyson said as he stood up dusting his clothes and leaning on the desk behind him. He then rolled his eyes at the slave, "It's a--" he was cut when he looked at Tyson showing him a pure gold ring. He snatched it from Tyson's hand. Tyson was then shocked. The boy then walked out of the room, but before he could step out, "Aren't you supposed to say something?" Tyson asked, stopping the other boy in his direction. "Well?" Tyson asked as the boy looked behind him with stern eyes. "What do you want me to say?" the prince asked the slave. "You're supposed to say thank you when somebody does something good for you, don't you know?" the slave said as his master just rolled his eyes at the boy.

"Whatever" the master said turning his back on the slave. "Fine, tell your grandfather I'm better off on my own. I'll be going now sir." He said as he took his bag and walked past the prince. But then he couldn't move, it was like something was strapped to his legs. When he looked down, he saw the prince placing a tight grasp on his lower legs.

"You can't possibly leave! You've only been here for such a short time!" The prince said looking so desperate. "Why? I can leave whenever I want, even as a slave, I have freedom." Tyson said breaking the arms that formed a ring at his lower leg area. "No please I beg you!" The prince lunged at the lower portion once again and Tyson nearly tripped.

"Why not?"

"Because…"

"Listen, there are other grateful people I'd rather be serving right now."

"No!! you can't do that to me I'm a prince!"

"Does it look like I'd mind?"

"Yes, yes you should!"

"No…"

"WHY!?"

"Because you're a rude, sick little pig."

"Please just stay and I promise I'll change!"

"Why should I stay?"

"Because you're the hundredth slave I've ever had!"

"You can't be serious, how long did they last?"

"Just as long as you did, even shorter."

"That gives me more of a reason to leave."

"No!! Please! If my grandfather finds out I've driven another slave away… I'll never get another nanny again, please!"

"Well that would teach you independence."

"NO!"

"You should try it, its fun!"

"NEVER!"

"Why? Is it that hard trying to do something on your own?"

"Well…"

"I'll take that as a yes."

"I guess you could."

"Fine… on a condition…"

"ANYTHING!"

"Say those two words."

"WHAT!?"

"Say them…"

"But…"

"Okay, good bye…"

"Okay fine! THANK YOU!"

"There's no sincerity in that…"

"Thank you…"

"What? I didn't hear you…"

"Thank You! There I said it… can you stay now?"

Tyson then nodded with a smile and gently loosened the grip that was around his lower legs. He then helped the boy up and dusted his clothes. He smiled again and went back to his room to put his bag down. The boy could only stand still there in his place. Tyson then came back out of the room and reached his hand out. "My name is Tyson." He said firmly with a certain cheer. The prince on the other hand was quite reluctant to take the slave's hand, he wasn't supposed to touch a slave, he was royalty, it wasn't normal for him to touch let alone join in normal conversation with slaves.

What was the worst thing that could happen if he did touch a slave? He then extended his arm and it made contact with Tyson's "Mine is… Kai." He said avoiding all eye contact. "Well Kai… I'll be happy to serve you for the amount of time I'll be your servant" he said with that same bright smile.