The Fate of the First Hero of Light
I will visit my House first.
The House Dominitus's castle looks immaculate.
As I move to enter guards move to stop me. I hit them lightly on the jaw they are knocked out. I push open the door. "Where is my coin!?" "Claurilles what coin do you speak of?" "Thank you Ancient Ancestors! Estonix you are the first one, I kill today.""Claurilles let us be calm! There is no need for violence! What coin are you talking about?" "The one Lord Anxtus gave to me!"
"Never!"
"Tulok scum! Kill him!" "Many of my cousins enter the room. The mages cast magic on me. I move to them. Lady Xanthe is the strongest caster in this room. I squeeze her neck tightly "Identify the witches who cursed me since young. If you are one of them, I will not let you suffer before dying."
Even though my heart has been hardened through years of brutal battles. I still feel like crying. All these witches I know them well. I had always thought them to care dearly for me. Yet they were out to curse me. No doubt laughing at my stupidity at not noticing.
"Lady Xanthe I closed my heart long ago. Still I feel pain. Tell me how this is possible.""Claurilles please forgive me." "Forgive you for what? The spirit in my head was correct you have been cursing me since young. Did you enjoy making me suffer?" "Claurilles.."
snap
I drop her dead body on the floor. "Five left how much do you want to suffer?" "Even if we cursed you. We do not deserve to die. We were just following orders." "Angela you are correct. If you just poisoned my body. That would not be something, to be worth killing over. But there is one difference, that will increase your suffering." "What is that?" "I killed Lord Anaxtus." "What does that have to do with us?" "If I had all my memories. I would never and could never harm him. Prepare yourselves. I kept my promise to Xanthe the witch. Luckily my ice is as clear as glass now. Everyone can enjoy your sufferings." "Suffering?" I produce two ice rods in my hands. "I will not kill you."
I spent two days. My Grandmothers lessons in the other world on how to make people comply, was extremely helpful. The broken bodies of the witches lay on the carpet. They have totally blank stares, they might recover. I am not as good as my Grandmother, but they will never be able to walk again.
I encased the lower levels completely in my clear ice. Everyone is still alive. Now to find that which is most precious to me.
"Micheal where are you?"
"I am here Claurilles." I walk to Lord Anaxtus's office, as if reliving that terrible day. I see myself sliding on the stone floor, I am holding m Broadsword. I reach the door, which I kicked open. I enter the room Micheal is sitting in Lord Anaxtus's Great Chair. I sit down on a side table, remembering the moment when I killed him.
"Micheal did you ever have them curse me?"
"Yes, Claurilles why?"
"What curse did you have them put on me?"
"Do not be ridiculous, a curse is a curse!"
"You get different ones. They cast one, that can confuse the mind."
"What would be the point of that?"
"Yes, Micheal you are right it seems foolish. When you think of it. Do you want to know what mine did?"
"Not particilarly."
"Mine removed all my memories of the time that I spent with Lord Anaxtus."
"What benefit could such a curse do. It does not hurt the person it is pointless!"
"Exactly Micheal, but there is one thing this curse made me do, that I would on my life never have done."
"What is it Claurilles?"
"Kill Lord Anaxtus."
"WHAT!"
"Why would I kill the man, who I spent my most happy moments with? I would have killed Zelda instead. Micheal I killed your father. Someone here in this House laid a path for me that lead me to killing him. The one person, I would never ever harm."
"Claurilles I never knew."
"Micheal now that my memories have returned. I feel there is a hole in my soul. How would you feel if you killed the one most precious to you?"
"..."
"GIVE ME AN ANSWER? I KILLED YOUR FATHER! YOU ENABLED ME! WERE YOU IN SUCH A RUSH TO BECOME THE LEADER?"
"..."
"Do not worry Micheal I killed all the witches...no I am lying they are broken dolls now. Do you think I avenged your father. Is this enough Micheal? Will you accept my apology?"
"..."
"WHY DO YOU NOT SPEAK?! YOUR DREAM CAME TRUE! YOU LEAD THE HOUSE NOW!?"
"...what do you want from me Claurilles..."
"I wanted to fetch the coin Lord Anaxtus gave me. But it is dirty now. He will be upset with me, I casted it into the dirt when I gave it to you. I am going to a different afterlife. I will never see him again. The only person, who saved me from the misery that was my childhood." I stand up and leave.
I close the doors again. I will not suffer alone. He can carry the burden of what happened to his father. He laid a trap and the one who loved me the most, fell in.
On to the most pressing matter.
I have one of my spare parkas on. It is still immaculate. The guards move to restrain me.
"I am here on behalf of the Tulok Tribe, take me to the Royal Adviser."
"We cannot let you enter."
"I want to speak of your promises to my Tribe and to ascertain if your promises will be kept. This is an official visit. I am the leader of the Tribe, by Royal Decree of the previous King you cannot deny me entry."
We will lead you to the Queen."
"Did you not hear? I want to speak to the Advisor."
"You are Geir Warchief of the Tulok if I am not mistaken?"
"You are the Royal Advisor the Minister?"
"How did you know?"
"Your footmen at the city outskirts. The Blackhoods gang told me, I would find you here."
"THE BLACKHOODS GANG WE WERE TOLD TO DETAIN ANYONE WHO HAD INFORMATION!"
"I am sorry Minister Dafor. I must have stumbled upon an investigation in progress. I did not mean to, I was accosted and had to defend myself.""
Guards the Minister must have been working in conjunction with the authorities. I believe if he is not allowed to speak of it. You would want to interview him afterwards just to confirm."
""NOT ALLOWED" EXPLAIN YOURSELF."
"Does the law allow you to just seize you property back, when it was stolen?"
"NO, IT DOES NOT."
"It is the same as for the Minister. You will have to detain him afterwards. Call the authorities, have them escort him and then they will release him."
"WHAT OF YOURSELF?"
"I filed a police report. They are investigating me. I was told to avoid contact with the other department, till they can decide on what action should be taken."
"THAT SEEMS REASONABLE. MINISTER PLEASE ACCOMPANY ME I APOLOGISE FOR..."
"Forgive me for interfering but with the recent going on. This meeting will be of extreme importance. It pertains on how my Tribe could assist the Kingdom. Could I ask you to escort us to a conference room. The investigation might take up crucial time. If we can first have the negotiations. Before you help the Minister with his investigation."
"I UNDERSTAND. TIME IS CRUCIAL IN THIS TIME OF STRIFE. PLEASE FOLLOW ME."
We enter the spacious negotiations room. He is a tall handsome man. I am still taller but he has the eyes of a snake, the same as mine. How will he recover from the "unfortunate" situation I put him in. "Thank you Warchief for understanding the purpose of the investigation."
"Drasus I am glad I could be of help."
"My name is Dafor."
"I know Minister Dasor."
"It is Dafor Warchief."
"I heard you the first time Minister Dofar."
"IT IS DAFOR!"
"Forgive me I was eating some sweets. They make my mouth feel numb. I must have misspoken Minister Dafor."
"Thank you Warchief."
"Minister I would like to discuss our defense plan with you. Let me move closer. I have the charts and documents here." I move to end of the conference table. I sit next him. I am so close our breaths almost touch. His is gagging. The overpowering smell of our Tribes pickled ice beast's fat and liver meat spread. The smell is so potent. I wanted to come to the castle, the day before but after one bite I was so sick I could not move.
Luckily the Dark Elf spent the whole night. Healing my stomach. While I ate a whole jar. She passed out before I left. We have been talking for quiet awhile. I have slowly but surely begun expanding our borders. Sorry Zelda "you snoozeth, you lozeth". He wants to run, I will have to keep him here. "I am sorry. I ate some of our delicious monster guts, cerebrum and ice beast fat jelly this morning." He has thrown up into his mouth. "I have some sweets for my breath please excuse me." I take the strong sugar salts and chew them . My eyes start watering. While looking away, I rub an ointment on my eyes my vision is restored. I turn around again, he emptied his stomach somewhere.
The sugar salts smell is so intense. His eyes tear up and swell up. He can only see barely. The finisher. "Your eyes seem irritated. Have this cream, our tribe makes it, it is made to reduce inflammation." "Thank you Warchief." He puts the ointment on. His vision clears. He seems relieved, I can see his eyes drying out. This ointment is used to bring down inflammation of the muscles. It should not be used on sensitive areas, like close to your face. Bahahahahahaha! I laugh inside my mind.
He is a professional scammer. He tries to keep his cool. Instead of just saying his eyes are dry. He is keeping up a front. Having learned from previous battles to show no weakness. I will pressure him into eating one of the sugar salts soon, then his sufferings will increase even further!
I think I have expanded our territory far enough. When everything is back to normal. It would seem a necessary loss. Zelda crippling the nations people is still going to cost her.
"Thank you Minister for your time." He signed the forms and gave the royal seal which he carries in his jacket's pocket!
"Please have this as a gift. I produce a small ice beasts cerebrum in a jar. I lie. "This is the paste we make. It is formed in a special press." He start throwing up. "Are you ill Minister! Guard the Minister is unwell. Call the Healer!" "AT ONCE!".
"Here take these." I make as if I stumble. The sugar salts fall in his eyes. He is blinded. "Minister I am required to visit the Queen on my visits. I will make sure the healer is quickly dispatched. Please just wait patiently." "WAIT!? NO!" He slides on the ice I made and hits head against the table. I close the door and freeze the hinges.
She is sitting on the throne she looks the same.
She is not Zelda.
Is this another creature? Dafur is a very clever man. There is much salt in this room. Salt impedes my ice magics from forming. The Guards must be loyal to him. They are preparing for combat. Their armor is designed in such a way, that even if I freeze the outside. They can still break through. They also have another one underneath. Their boots have metal claws on them. They will not fall over when the floor freezes.
"Queen Zelda."
"Warchief Geir."
"Why did the rock fly over the moon?"
"What nonsense are talking about."
"The answer was to fetch a pale of water. You are not the real Queen Zelda."
"That is a lie."
"That rhyme is one that was decide upon by the previous King. He told that, that was the code."
"That never happened."
"Queen Zelda would never respond so weekly. Guards why are you not moving on an imposter. She has taken the Queens place, yet you do nothing?" The normal Guards do not know what to do. The "Loyal" Guards start attacking me."
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING! STOP THAT IS THE WARCHIEF!" the Guards do not know how to respond. "This Queen is a fake. She would never allow this to happen."
"THE WARCHIEF IS RIGHT. ARREST THAT WOMAN!"
Zelda changes into a snakelike humanoid. Immediately I have it in my hands. I drop the right arm I ripped off on the floor. "Where is she?" It hesitates. I gouge one eye out with my thumb. "Where is she?" The creature is not responding.
The "Loyal" Guards reach me. "You can make crystals out of salt." They are ripped to shreds. Chunk are falling everywhere. I move to the dungeons. "Gerrick where are you?" "Sir Geir over here." "This is the creature." "I see." "Free the guards. Arrest everyone that is still on duty. Take them to the torture chamber. I will assess their innocence. I will also extract any information quickly about the Queens location." "And the beast?" "I will need expert assistance. Detain the Minister as well." "Understood."
Running through the castle. The men are exiting the dungeon. They are battling the Guards that resist.
"Geir why have you come? I will not leave." I throw the injured snake humanoid in the jail cell. "This is the one. Find out where Zelda is?"
Life has returned to my Grandmothers eyes. They shine brightly. The snake person wails out in pain. Its hands bones having been totally crushed.
Not even five moments later.
"I see. I will have to fetch the Knight."
Finish.
