"Mind taking me somewhere?" the first time Frieda ever talked to him was that morning, when he was fifteen years old. She was much younger than him, but already independent enough to leave the Reiss state every time she wanted to thank the farmers for their work. She was very loved because of that. He stared at her for a moment, noticing how different she was from the baby he remembered her to be.
"Where?" he asked, noticing the bag she was carrying, full of sweets and books for little children. She and Ulkyn now had a little brother, Dirk, whose ceremony of presentation to the church he was forced to attend. And he tried to escape, but it didn´t matter if he ran or hide, Uri-san still managed to catch him. in the end the animosity he felt towards the Reiss family, sans the king, only skyrocketed. But Frieda was tolerable.
"I will tell you" he watched her for a moment. Apparently, he was not to know where she wanted to go and perhaps should stay where she is, but in the end curiosity got the better of him. everything that was related to her family was a weapon he could use against them in the future, something he would need if he wanted to survive.
"Alright" the Ackerman got up from his favourite tree, where he liked to read. He put his book on a hole in the trunk, jumping down from the branches. The teen went to the stable, saddling his horse. The girl climbed up behind him, hugging his waist to keep herself on the animal. The two of them marched out of the Reiss state. Once outside, Frieda signalled the left. In that moment he started galloping, following her instruction except for the "watch out!" and the "slow down!" screams. "Shut up"
"Don´t tell me to shut up!" the future queen said, pressing her face to his back. Soon they were in the farming zone of Mytras, where little flowery properties were located. He slowed down in that zone, not wanting to drop the girl if they need to dodge something. "Where to now?"
"I… I think I can find my way now, thank you" he raised an eyebrow, but helped her get down and go away on her own. After all, they were in Reiss territory and she was very capable of defending herself. Besides, he would know if she was in problems from a mile away, so he only waited for the little girl to show up. Perhaps he also should buy some sleeves of tea now that he was there, his stock of black tea was running thin.
"You are a spoiled brat" the words of his uncle came to haunt him again, so he kept reading, no matter how much he wanted to spend his large quantity of pocket money on his favourite beverage. It was difficult, as he was practically addicted to the drink. He was reconsidering his decision when the little girl appeared out of nowhere.
"I´m back!" announced Frieda, appearing out of nowhere a few hours later. She looked very happy, as if she had just being playing with a dear friend. He grunted in response and helped her on the horse again so she didn´t hurt it. He loved the black stallion dearly, it was a birthday gift from Uri-san and the perfect mount. The Ackerman was sure that it could outrun the titans he read about in Uri´s books. They returned to the house, where he climbed the tree again. "What are you doing?"
"Reading" He kept his eyes on the antique book he found in Uri-san´s library… it was surely strange. It showed a girl with some kind of demon, who was talking to her. She was listening carefully. He tried to read it, but it was written in a language he couldn´t read, so he simply looked at the images. There was only one thing he could understand, because he caught the Reiss family talking about it the night before he took the book: YMIR.
"I will need… why do you have that?" Levi quickly put the book away, hiding it in the hole in the trunk. He was so absorbed in his own business that he didn´t notice the little girl came back. She was eyeing him curiously, wondering what he was reading about. "What is that book about? Please, please, tell me, tell me."
"It´s about a little girl… I don´t know anything else, I can´t understand the language" Frieda was even more curious, trying to reach the Ackerman in the tree. She grabbed some nearby branches, that broke when she tried to pull herself up. The noise didn´t bother the reader at first, as he was trying to decode the enigmatic text. Another thumb made him flinch, not being able to concentrate enough with the noises. A third failure made him snap. "Could you stop? I´m trying to read up here."
"Why? You can read with me!" the girl tried again, catching the attention of the other inhabitants of the house. The child turned around to see her uncle walking towards her, a kind smile on his lips. Frieda quickly ran to him.
"Sweetie, you are all dirty, what happened to you?" he started dusting her face, that also had some dirt from the road. He hasn´t seen Levi yet, who was trying to focus on his lecture again. "Just look at your dress, Rainy is going to kill you if she sees you like this. What were you doing in my backyard anyway?"
"He doesn´t want to play with me!" she pointed at him, making the teen roll his eyes. He has never played with Frieda before… in fact Rod didn´t even let him near his children unless he was forced to, and that was only for a family dinner of doom, as everybody in the Reiss State but Uri wanted to call it.
"Levi, you have to be… what are you reading?" the blond looked at his godson, frowning when he saw the cover of his book. The raven male closed it, giving it back to his proper owner. Only one more check was needed for the older to confirm that it was what he thought he was. "You shouldn´t have grabbed this, it´s private."
"It sounded very public for me when you were reading it in the library with your brother"
"Well… Rod can read it, he is a grown up. You are a brat" he tried to explain it. That was not something he should know, it could cause him some problems with Rod, who will most likely be the next king. "Anyway, don´t touch it again. Frieda, you go to Carine. She will give you a bath before sending you home. What were you doing here anyway?"
"I wanted him to take me somewhere!" answered the girl. "We were together on a horse until he decided he didn´t want to play with me."
"Maybe it´s because Rod doesn´t want you to get close to him… and sometimes I understand him" he shot his protégée a nasty look. Levi didn´t even returned it, he had already grabbed another book and opened it. It was not the first time Uri complained about his bad habits of drinking in the low class bars and picking fights with tugs. He was like a younger version of Kenny! "Can you come down please?"
"No" Levi said when the future queen left. Rod and Rainy were top two on his black list, along with some snobbish nobles from Mytras. Uri stayed where he was. "Can I have some privacy here? I´m not a child anymore."
"I know, believe me" with his impending death approaching, even with the family secret to extend the life of a shifter, it was a little bit difficult not knowing that his protégée was beginning to approach adulthood. "I just want to make sure that you are going to be alright… you know…"
"I am going to be alright" Levi closed the book. "I´m not turning out like uncle Kenny, I promise you that."
"I´m glad to hear that" he accepted. "Come down and change your clothes, you have lessons in the afternoon and after that we are attending a party. Lord Innocencio is finally making a birthday party after all these years and he invited all the high society" the Ackerman rolled his eyes. He heard about that man, he was some sort of Matusalen that used to be an important member of the military police. The man was also a very rich and heirless, a very appetizing piece of jam in the middle of a shark tank, being rounded before he was eaten. "The crème of the crème is going to be there with lots of young men and women."
"Aja" he opened the book again, returning to his lecture. He didn´t know why, but since he reached fifteen Uri-san became obsessed with finding a match for him. His continuous acceptances to parties and high society balls, dragging him along… that was making him crazy. "Are you introducing me to a rich heir again?"
"Yes, the son of the portly Royal Government minister. I met him before and he is a nice young man, you should get along with him. so get down, take a bath and dress yourself. We are going to a party" Uri walked away happily, leaving his growling godson on the tree. He hadn´t told him everything… he wanted it to be a surprise. He was walking to his library to place the book on the shelf when someone got to his encounter.
"You are pressuring him too much" Kenny appeared there, his typical smoke on his mouth. Apparently he just returned from some mission… something he didn´t want to know. "Don´t try to pair him up with some snob from the nobility, he is not one of them."
"It´s that bad to want the best for him?" the king turned to his bodyguard, facing him. "Look, I know he is your nephew, but I consider him my son. And… we talked about this already, I´m not going to…"
"Last forever? Yes, you told me, king" he approached, looking sad. Uri and Levi… they were all for him. The perspective of losing one of them was desolating. The Reiss said that he will continue living through his successor, but… "You also told me that you have like ten years more."
"You made it sound like it is a lot of time"
"It is" the military police approached him. "Don´t worry about Levi, he is an Ackerman. We know who to give our loyalty to… and our hearts too. Kuchel wasn´t fortunate enough to find someone like that, but believe in him. he will find someone."
"I… I just want to know that he is secure before I leave this world. I need to know that he is going to have someone good by his side that is going to take care of him."
"Do you think that he needs someone to take care of him?" the raven raised an eyebrow. "For fuck´s sake, king, he is an Ackerman! He doesn´t need someone to take care of him. HE is the one that is going to take care of the damn fucker lucky enough to gain him."
"Anyway, I want the best for him" the Reiss continued his advances. He placed the book on it´s place, sighing and deciding never to let Rod know that Levi touched that particular piece of antique literature. "Staying in the nobility is the best"
"Really? Because those rich snobs doesn´t do anything apart from getting fatter and uglier" commented the Ripper, missing the times when he could gun anyone he wanted and won´t have someone to reprehend him about it… too bad he valued Uri too much for his regret to last for long. "Apart from that, why are you only introducing him to male heirs? I think you were going to give him more room to choice."
"I was planning to find a girl to be his bride at first, but then I realised that he doesn´t have a last name they respected" Kenny looked at him in a weird way. "I said respect, not fear" the bodyguard let him continue. "If he marry some girl there could be problems after my death, because currently my last name is the only thing that protects him" another look. "In the noble way" again, he let the blond continue. "So, if he marries a make heir, he would gain a last name well respected and will be protected by it."
"Yes… I don´t understand. Like I said, he doesn´t need protection" Kenny trailed behind him as he went to the office. "He will take care of himself. Get those pairing up ideas out of your head and leave everything to him. from my side, I think that he will be better in the military system"
"With you? I don´t think so" Uri growled, making the other look at him in a funny way. after a moment of silence, the king sighed. "Sorry, I didn´t want to blow up at you. I know that everything you do is for me and the crown."
"It isn´t as easy to me as it sounds. I can be a trigger happy bastard… a bastard that does everything for you. Because of loyalty" he advanced, grabbing his hands. "Loyalty to the only person I can call a friend, the only person I will follow, the only person that I found worthy of my loyalty" he let him go. "That´s the way of the Ackerman clan."
"You made your family sound like a bunch of dogs."
"Yeah, a bunch of dogs who would choose their masters and keep loyal to them, masters who had to show us that they are worthy. And…" he lifted a hand. "we protect the ones we love to. We don´t want to lose anyone in our pack. Family, subordinates… no one."
"Pack?"
"Didn´t I tell you? My grandfather once showed me the family crest" Kenny grabbed a piece of paper. "It´s an animal like this…" he drew a big canine with his bared teeth over a mountain of broken weapons. "It´s a wolf or a dog of prey... or something in between. But it means the same. We protect the people closest to us, to the death. And no one can stop us because of that" Kenny sat down with him. "He will be alright."
"Even so, I want to make sure of that" the Reiss sat down too, still troubled. "I… I already told you… I want to make sure he is alright. And if he joins the military, he will surely join a dangerous squad like the Scouting Legion… or enter the Military Police, as he will of course classify as one of the ten best. I don´t want him to see the same things as you or how is it inside."
"Uri, the kid is not blind, he already knows that the MP is corrupted as hell" he stretched. "Besides, you might get lucky and he will end up in the Garrison."
"Kenny, not even you believe that. The Garrison is just too boring for his Ackerman blood to even consider joining it. No, I am sure that if he ends up joining he will go straight to the Scouts… and end up eaten by a Titan."
"Or eating a Titan, that can happen" Kenny commented. "I fought with you in your invincible Titan form, didn´t I? And I managed to land a few bullets in your giant ass before you grabbed me."
"More than a few bullets" he smiled. "And Levi is so skilled with the device and the knifes… I have never seen someone use them in reverse to slash a fake Titan before"
"Yes, I was so proud of that tiny midget…"
"He could definitely take a titan… or a thousand of them" the king sighed. "But I´m not changing my mind. I don´t want him to join me so soon, I will never forgive myself… or you" he glared at him. "I´m sorry if you don´t agree with me, but, as I said, I won´t change my mind."
"Sure you won´t" Kenny got up. How was he going to make him understand that he is doing no favour to the teen? That he wanted nothing to do with anyone in the nobility, nor staying in that circle? "So, you are marrying him off like one of those rich nobility girls? When have you planned the wedding?"
"I will tell you when I found the right groom" Uri answered a little pissed. "Now go make sure he is changed and get your vertical manoeuvring gear. We are attending to a party and you" he signalled "have to guard me."
"As always" the older Ackerman got up, growling. He somehow had to change the king´s mind before it affects Levi too much. Soon he was forceful dragging his nephew into a carriage and making him attend one of those parties he despised so much. "Sorry, kid, but what the boss says is final."
"I´m getting you for this" the teen promised once he was inside. The ride was spent in complete silence, the youngest not seeing anything but the floor. Once they were inside the ballroom, Uri went straight for someone else. Levi stayed against a wall, in a corner, watching the other guests. He saw Frieda and her brat older brother along with Rainy near the buffet. Ulkyn was beginning to show the first signs of hormonal changes, especially the growing up. His mother had little Dirk in her arms.
"And guess our surprise when Rainy became pregnant again less than a year after…" Rod was babbling to a congressman called Nicholas Lobov, one of his usual business partners. Levi rolled his eyes, knowing Dirk and that future baby were only a manoeuvre from Rod to make his wife forget about the affair he had with a maid like a year ago. It was the only time Levi ever heard the Reiss brothers fight, with Uri shouting at him just how much of an irresponsible idiot he is and Rod answering that she was the only one that understood him. the shouting got worse and worse until he got out of the house for a few drinks with the worst influence in the whole known world.
"Minister Billion! How have you been?" a voice broke him out of his thoughts. He turned to see Uri greeting someone fat… which could describe most of his nobility friends. Levi turned around to go to grab a glass of wine to stop the pain in his head. "And your son, how is him? I was wondering if he would agree to have a horse ride with Levi some day."
"Levi?" the minister coughed.
"Yes, Levi" the king crossed his arms. "You know he is a great match, but some boys from the lower nobility and even some wannabes are circling him to get a grab of his inheritance, which are properties from the crown" the man rolled his eyes, not understanding why his kind showed so much favouritism towards a low class dog. Kenny he could understand, but Levi? "I just want to be sure he is with the correct person before I have to… abdicate."
"Well, your majesty" he whispered, not wanting anyone else to hear him. "I don´t know if my son should approach him. He probably won´t be able to control him. besides… perhaps there are some things that should stay in the family, like the properties of the royalty. Haven´t you thought about that?"
"Staying in the family? No, usually no… but it´s a good advice considering the current situation" Uri turned to see his godson eyeing his family with a cup of wine on his hand. "Thank you, Minister. I will take you on account in the next meeting of the council."
"It is my pleasure, your majesty" answering the man, happy that he finally managed to get away with this. Prince Rod was going to reward him for finally making the king disinherit the dog that somehow crawled his way into the royal family. He was already fantasising with the money he would get and the political boon…
-A few weeks later-
"Are you out of your mind?!" Kenny said when he stood in front of his boss, an incredulity expression on his face. "Ulkyn? Seriously, Uri? You want to marry Levi to Ulkyn?" the Ackerman got closer to his desk, where the king was writing some document. "Uri, are you listening to me?! Stop writing!"
"Yes, I´m listening to you, Kenny" the blond let go of his pen, neither of them noticing that Levi was approaching to grab something from the library. "And I will tell you that I´m doing this on his best interest."
"On his best interest? Uri, Levi and Ulkyn couldn´t even be in the same room for five minutes without fighting. They will kill each other before the damn ceremony, for fuck´s sake! And let´s not talk about the wedding night! He won´t let Ulkyn put a hand on him!" he ran a hand through his hair. "You have to be completely out of your mind if you think that is going to work for either of them."
"Come on, they are not related and the minister said that some things are better kept in the family. I was thinking about it and decided that this can also be kept inside of the family given the special circumstances" Uri grabbed his pen again.
"Screw what that old fool said! They hate each other! Quite literally!"
"Their relationship is not that bad"
"King, open your eyes, they are even a worse match that the one you were planning with the minister´s son, who Levi hasn´t seen in his life" the bodyguard stated, grabbing the pen and throwing it at the other end of the room. "They absolutely despise the other. Don´t you remember their fights?"
"That was when they were children"
"I´m talking about last month, when Levi tried to use his gear on Ulkyn"
"Well… I think he learned the lesson, that won´t be happening again" Kenny wanted to comment that Levi didn´t need a gear to kill someone as stupid as Ulkyn, but kept that from himself. "And it´s not like they are going to be wedded tomorrow, they are teens. It´s only an engagement. The wedding will be when Ulkyn reaches age."
"No…" Levi covered his mouth with his hands when he muttered that word. He peered inside in fear of being found out, but apparently no one knew he was eavesdropping. Or maybe Kenny did, deciding to keep his secret just so he was under alert. And what level of alert he was right now. Ulkyn was the last person he could ever want to be bonded with. He was spoilt, irresponsible, arrogant, snobbish and a prone to temper tantrums. There was no way this wedding was being celebrated.
"Uri, they are not even the same age" tried to reason with him once again the bodyguard. "Do you think Levi would want to be a younger man´s bride? It´s uncommon for not saying anything else."
"It´s not that uncommon, many young maidens in the nobility are married to younger men" answered Uri, getting up to pick up his pen. "And it´s very beneficial for all of us. Levi will gain my last name at last, earning the status of a prince and no one could argue that again; and Ulkyn will gain a beautiful husband… something I´m not sure he will manage to do by himself."
"Hummmm, you are right on that" the older Ackerman crossed his arms. "By the way, what did the fatty wonder said when you told him about your plans?" there it was, the last resort. Appealing to Rod, who was most likely to be their strongest ally in that matter? "Is he fine with your plan?"
"Well… I haven´t had the opportunity to talk to him about this matter yet" admitted the king, a little bit red in the face. "He… might be difficult, so I´m waiting for the right moment. Besides" he quickly grabbed the pen and glared at him. "It´s not like he could say no to me. I´m the king and leader of this family, what I say is law. And I am saying that those two are going to get married."
"How considerate of you to consider everyone´s opinion" sighed Kenny, feeling defeated. He was not going to stop trying, but… for now the conversation was over. Perhaps with the help of the despised person in the family (aka Rod) he was going to be able to change his mind. Levi, for his part, fled the scene. He had to find a way out of that quickly… he went to the stables and saddled his horse. A few hours later he was back, a little bit more calm.
"Where did you go?" Uri asked him when he returned. It was unusual in him to just take his horse and go ridding for hours and hours. Even in Mytras or Stohess there were some dangerous spots… which Levi knew more than him, but that was not the point. "We were waiting for you to have dinner."
"We? Do we have visitors?" the Ackerman asked while entering, freezing in the spot. in the dinning room there was the entirety of the Reiss family, plus Kenny on a corner. The bodyguard looked grim, apparently all his attempts at stopping the king´s mad plan failed. In the table, Rod was fuming and Rainy like a stone statue. The children looked like they have just came back from a funeral, except for their clothing. The only one that seeming a little bit happy, playing with his food.
"They have all come to celebrate you and Ulkyn´s engagement"
"More like to mourn something" he entered and placed himself on his usual spot, crossing his arms to signal his utter rejection to this idea. But his godfather didn´t listen to anyone, raising his wine cup to cheer for the future couple, something no one else did. And an idea formed in the teen´s mind… this wasn´t going to happen.
-A week later-
"There is no way I´m letting this happen, not a way in the world" Levi finished making a rope out of the curtains in his room. He threw them out of the window, wishing it was enough to support him until he reached the ground. Then he will go to the place the manoeuvring gears were kept and get his. He grabbed the thing, jumping from his window. He descended carefully and finally touched the ground, all in complete silence. Or so he thought.
"You are making a scandal, brat" Kenny appeared from the darkness, holding his gear in his hands. Levi got into fighting stance, not knowing his uncle´s intentions. In his defence, the guy was unpredictable, he could let him escape his accursed engagement as much as dragging his back to his precious king.
"And here I thought I managed to do it in complete silence" he answered, crossing his arms. The two stared at each other for another moment before reassuming their conversation. "Are you going to give me that?"
"I don´t know, are you sure a spoiled brat like you could live without all the commodities of this house?" his nephew just stared at him, defiant. "Here, take it. I will surely have a blast counting with my fingers the hours you spoiled brat managed to live outside of this property. Without the warm bed, without the servants, without the pretty little horse Uri gave you and your precious black tea…"
"I will survive without it" assured Levi, grabbing the gear. There was no way he was returning, at least not until he was sure Uri-san changed his opinion about forcing him to marry Ulkyn Reiss.
"I highly doubt about it" the bodyguard turned around. "You want a final advice? Don´t do anything stupid like staying in Mytras or Stohess. In fact, going to Trost or anything like would be equally stupid, so avoid those places. Go to the underground city, there you will be away from Uri´s sight."
"The underground…" Levi parroted those words. He remembered that place… vaguely. He was only a little kid then, but remembered the kind of place it was, the murders, thugs, brothels and crime. It was hardly a place anyone would like to be in.
"You will be surprised of how safe it is, especially for the ones that want to disappear. Why do you think Kuchel went there? It was the only safe place in the middle of the Ackerman persecution" Kenny answered without looking at him. "Besides… it´s even safer for you. Why would you want to go there after Uri took you out? No one returns willingly once they get out, believe me."
"I do"
"Good" Kenny started to melt away with the shadows. "Let´s see how much you can endure a life on the run like Kuchel and I had. It will surely be a good show to see you return with your tail between your legs."
"I won´t return" at least not so soon, Levi added in his head, fastening the gear. He ran to the darkness, with only the gear, a change of clothes and some pocket money on his back. He used the gear to escape the manor and quickly approached Mytras.
-Some days after-
"This is bad" Levi commented, seeing the First Interior Squad of the military police search through the streets of Stohess. He has been staying in a hotel room for some days, planning his escape to the underground city. The Ackerman knew that he at least had to have the essential, like knifes to protect himself and food for some days. Unfortunately, the dogs of his godfather already were on his toes.
"Search" was the only order they received from the captain. It was not the anti-personnel squad; he would recognize the idiot he had for an uncle between them. And his little dogs, that too. Apparently he was going to have to move on unprepared to the next stage of his plan. He quickly grabbed everything in the room and escaped, going to the first entrance to the underground city he could find.
"There you go, kid" Kenny said while he watched him entering from a building. The anti-personnel squad was also participating of the search, but he sent his men other way and stayed to watch him enter and disappear in the earth.
"Captain!" Traute Carven approached him that moment. "Have you found him?"
"No, and I think we never might" Kenny pushed his hat a bit, smiling wickedly. "That Levi… should have put a chain on his neck while I could, no?"
"Sorry, captain, this might be hard for you" Duran said, appearing at that moment.
"Hard? Nah, the midget is going to be fine" he started to retreat, lighting another cigarette. His men watched him in confusion. "He is an Ackerman after all"
"An Ackerman" the woman asked, wondering a bit. She heard his boss mentioning that before, as if it was the great thing. At first she didn´t understood it, but after seeing Kenny´s way to fight and Levi´s training, she was completely sure it meant something. And she was going to find out what the hell it was. Inside of the underground city, the fugitive was running down the stairs. He paid his pass and continue his way out.
"I did it" Levi said when he finally put a foot on the ground. It haven´t changed a bit since he left it, as horrible as that was. In fact, the only thing he found different was that more people agonized in the street if that was possible. He pondered on what he should do, go to his mother´s old house or get a new one. He still has the money after all. "Perhaps I should keep some money." He started walking towards the old apartment, which surprisingly he remembered. "I´m…"
"Hey, what are you doing here?" an old man that smelled worse than a sewer appeared. Showing his only three yellow teeth. "This is my house, get out of here, you brat!"
"That´s incorrect" answered the teen without flinching. The smell was powerful, making him scrunch up his nose. "This used to be my mother´s house before she died, so this is my house. You get out of here."
"I don´t think so, get out of here before me and ma boys beat the hell out of you"
"The hard way then" Levi said, as if it was easy. The other thugs got out of their hiding places, ready to beat the stranger up. The Ackerman didn´t show the fear someone usually would in a situation like that. He raised his fists, giving those men the beating of their lives publically. His kicks were fast, his fists too strong for someone his size. And yet there was some elegance on them. The thugs escaped, running for their lives, screaming…
"Hummm, apparently there is someone new in the city, Farlan" Jan commented as he passed with his boss by his side. They have just made a little theft and were returning home with the winnings. Merchants were so easy to manage! "Do you think he is material for our band?"
"Perhaps" the blond answered, making a thoughtful expression. "But I may have to test him first. After all, we can´t have just anyone joining us, can we?"
"Nope"
-A few weeks later-
"I´m in no mood to play, so you better get the hell out of here or suffer the consequences" Levi was definitely angry by now. He spent nearly all the day walking through the entire city to find a simple bag of black tea, only to find out the price was so exorbitant that not even the king could pay it. He got angry and started a street fight, only to end up beating the merchant and his dogs a bloody pulp and gaining more of a reputation in that accursed place. And buying black tea seemed so easy back home!
"Hi, I´m Farlan Church, this guys are my friends" he said cheerfully. "We are searching for new recruits today and… guess what? You are first on the list" the Ackerman raised an eyebrow. "But first, you have to pass our little entrance test" the other thugs cracked their knuckled. "Don´t worry, they won´t kill you."
"I would be more worried about what they are going to end up as when I finish with them, you little piece of shit" the short man left his bag on the floor, finally using the language he felt comfortable with, the one learned from uncle Kenny. Talking like those stuck up nobles was starting to bore him. "And then you will follow"
"Teme, don´t underestimate us!" Jan and the others attacked, but didn´t last three minutes. Farlan watched in complete awe how his men were now lying on the floor, covered in bruises.
"Now, where was I?"
"Hey, hey, there is no need to get so violent" Farlan took a step back, raising his hands in surrender. "That was awesome, the most awesome! The most… can I join you?"
"What?"
"If I can join you" the blond extended a hand. "Never in my life have I seen someone fight like that, you must be a genius! With you as our leader there is no way we can be defeated!" Levi raised an eyebrow. "Come on, everyone needs a crew here. Or you do things in group or you die alone when the others band together against you. So… can I join you?"
"Hum…" the Ackerman thought about the proposition. He wasn´t scared of the others, but having some back up didn´t sound like a bad idea. "Do you have some experience with the vertical manoeuvring gear?"
Hello! Finally I finished the second chapter. Hope ypu liked it. About the thing with Ulkyn... I was searching for reasons for leaving an accomadate and lovable family in a hurry and then I had this idea. It´s crazy, I know, but I went on with it. Hope you like it. Send your reviews!
