Chapter 2: Relief
The boy stirred, he can barely see his surroundings, and then a mysterious voice spoke,
"Wake up, you're safe now..." The boy turned to his left and saw a man who seem to be
In his forties, he had yellow eyes and long green hair that was pony tailed. His Skin was a
Lovely tan color, His body was twice the size of the boy. The man wore armor that was
as red as blood. The man spoke again; his raspy low voice was quite scary for the boy.
"Don't worry about that man, he has been arrested...." The boy was surprised at what he
Heard, inside, he felt relief at the same time pity for the man who was arrested, who tortured him endlessly day after day. The man spoke again,
"So what's your name Kid?" The boy weakly said "Baldric"
"Baldric? That man gave you that name right?" The boy merely nodded
"Well kid, nice to meet ya, I'm Theodore Crozenhart, Leader of the Guild, Blood Advocates and a Knight in service for King Tristam III."
Theodore offered a hand to the boy, Baldric. Baldric tried to lift his arm but couldn't even move a finger. He struggled to lift his arm, his face expressed all the pain he was feeling right now. The Knight quickly noticed this,
"Hey easy there, don't strain yourself, I think I know what to do with you..."
The Knight drew his sword; Baldric was shocked and covered his face with his hands.
Theodore tipped the shoulder of the scared boy. The knight sheathed his sword instantly after that.
"From now on Baldric, You shall be my apprentice..." The boy lowered his hands,
he felt pain surge again from his fingertips to his shoulder, Baldric finally uttered
something, "A, Apprentice?!" The boy tried to smile but it seems his face muscles can't react anymore.
"That's right, you're going to be a Knight like me!!" Theodore smirked at the boy
"Well then, so that you can forget your horrible past, let's give you a new name..."
The Knight thought of something for several minutes,
"I know! From now on your new name will be Blades!!"
Baldric now Blades spoke, "Yes, I think it suits me Mr. Theodore!!"
Theodore patted his new apprentice as hard as can be that Blades tumbled from his bed.
"Whoa! Sorry bout that, don't know my own strength!!" The Knight picked up Blades
And put him back in his bed. The boy finally laughed after several minutes.
"Now then, you rest, that bastard that kept you here must have treated you so badly these
Last..." The Knight was cut short when Blades cut him off.
"...Seven Years..." The Knight noticed he was contemplating, he saw tears come down
from those emerald like eyes.
"There, There Blades, the past is over now, we cannot change it, but we can change
the future..." Blades cried, trying to suppress his agony inside...
The Knight suddenly hugged the poor boy, the boy found comfort on Theodore's chest.
"Mr. Theodore, You were like my father ever was..." The Knight broke the hug.
Theodore tucked Blades in... "Goodnight..." The Knight walked out the door and
slowly closed the steel door slightly to allow some light to enter the room.
"Good night Mr. Theodore..." Blades closed his eyes and slept peacefully...
The next day, they left the horrible home of Blades' torturer. The boy was surprised at
what he saw, The sun was shining brightly, he saw a lot of people walking in and out of
buildings, People performing magic and armored men telling tales to the children.
"Well Blades, since that creep locked you in that cellar, you never got a chance to
see sunshine for the last seven years have you?" Blades wasn't even listening, he was
thrilled at what he saw, he had forgotten what outside felt like after all these years.
"Mr. Theodore...Where are we?" The Knight answered, "We are in the magic city of
Geffen Blades, where, magic is their way of life."
"Mr. Theodore who are those people?" The Knight politely answered,
"Just call me Theodore; oh those people are called wizards..." The boy continued to be in
awe. "They can control the elements freely, wizards also never grow old and is said they
draw their power from nature itself." Blades spoke, "I see, they are so cool!!"
The Knight sweat dropped,
"Yes, well they are amazing, now then let's get going shall we?"
"Where are we going?" Said the inquisitive Blades, The Knight replied
"Well you can't begin your training with uh...rags, so we will get ya some new clothes
first. Well, let's get going to my house..." The two walked around the arcane tower and
saw a big purple roofed house and its walls were painted with blue and indigo.
"Welcome to my home here in Geffen, Make yourself at home!!" The boy
immediately jumped onto the sofa, "So Soft!!" Blades bounced on the sofa several times.
"You just wait there while I get you some clothes. "OK Theodore!!" Blades continued on
bouncing the sofa.
The Knight rummaged through his wardrobe, "Whoa never thought I'd have this much
clothes, lets see here..." The Knight found his old swordsman uniform, "Yup this will fit
him nicely..." The Knight brought the clothes to an eager Blades.
"Now then try it on..." The Knight gave Blades the uniform...
The boy went into Theodore's room and changed, the Knight awaited Blades.
Blades came out of the room, "Well now, Blades!! You look like a new man uh I mean boy!!"
Theodore then took a sword that was hanging from a wall and gave it to Blades,
The boy felt the weight of the sword, It was light yet it's blade looked sharp enough
to cut a piece of steel.
"Well now, that there's a tsurugi, lightweight, easy to handle and best of all, powerful;
A standard swordsman weapon..." Blades stared at the blade, he noticed an engraving on
it.
"Spellbinder..."
The Knight explained why the engraving there existed.
"That's no ordinary tsurugi, that's been custom made by a wizard and a blacksmith,
the wizard infused all four elements to that there blade, the blacksmith also coated it with
10 oridecon stones, the strongest metal in midgard second only to mythril, metal of the
gods. The wizard also coated it with aether which makes a weapon indestructible. The
engraving there signifies the surname of the one who created it, in this case,
Spellbinder..."
Blades Replied, "I see, then what happened to the ones that forged that?"
The Knight answered, "Well, that's a family heirloom, I really didn't know
Who forged that but I do have an ancestor that has a last name Spellbinder.
That sword's been in my family for generations..."
Blades asked another question, "So are you lending this to me?"
The Knight smirked, "Yes, of course, that's the only sword here that you can carry for
now anyway..."
"Well then let's get to training..."
Blades only wondered what he would encounter in his training....
I'm sorry for making chapter one so short, Hope you bear with me -
Hope you liked this update