“MONARCH?!” shouted acrowded voice.
“Haven’t I proved myself to you already?”
My goodness! How didwe reach this?!
I was laying on the sand, facing the starry night sky, when I, Wvi Tweem, had learned of what I considered my own mother’s true nature, it was by the very tongue of the ingenious, yet honest young man that I admired and respected, Sir Periergeia, whom Imostly refer to as Sir. It was a sad night.
He hadn’t noticed my presence for some time before he finally my heard my weeping, probably because of his fatigue.
“Another survivor, so,you heard me.”
I didn’t reply to his statement, I was in deep melancholy, but he sounded to be more at ease than when he spoke before, his sentences were not broken at least.”
“I don’t empathize with you, but I sure do know your pain is great.”
“She wanted to d-d-dispose of us?! W-was...was that the truth, sir!!!”
“It was.”
“I... I adored her,sir!!! I saw her as my mother!!!”
“That was all part of her plan, deceiving you into loving her.”
“...”
“She was a good strategist, but she blindly believed every word of the elders, every teaching. That whole religion shtick, that there is reincarnation, that the gods destroy the ones to infiltrate their territory, that the elders were the mediators of the gods, she believed it all. It was confirmed by your presence, she genuinely planned and gathered all the outcasts, endured sickness, and thought that by sailing away, the anger of the gods will put anend to our lives and fulfill her mission. The thing is, she had as many hints as no one did, yet she firmly remained loyal to her beliefs.”
“H-How in the world a-a-a-anyone believe that bull?!”
“Lots did, how do you think the elders are still up there reigning? Issi even killed for that 'bull', she thought she was cleaning her world, making it a better place and giving people another chance, when you look at it, she was kind in her own way, she wanted to end suffering and give people a new start.”
“...”
“The elders knew about her, and had no problem with her whatsoever, she was taking out the trash, and securing their thrones, as you people always threatened them, and even when she got captured, all they did was to encourage her to keep the ‘good work’ going.”
“Weren’t her words all about how we should no trust every thing that is said to us?”
“Although those words were true, I tell you. In her mind, she was lying, as if she was luring you with false hope, to believe that other land was present.”
“...”
“Well, Death offered her the truth at last.”
“...”
“Will you stop weeping already?”
“Maybe you don’t understand! But we loved her, all of us, ALL OF US!!”
“But me. Yes, I understood that, I even used that.”
“Also, that! don’t you understand! We were being used by one to another, toyed with like marionettes!”
“Right, now all of you fortunately are not.”
“Are you of any morals, Sir!”
“Of those same morals that got you played? No.”
“...”
“Listen, What’s your name?”
“...”
“What’s your name, kid.”
“Wvi Tweem.”
“How old are you?”
“11 years old.”
“Look, you are young, you still have life ahead of you, so if you have any questions or doubts, dedicate this life of yours to answer them.”
While we were conversing, we heard that some people were approaching, Sir notified me that they were a multitude from the shambled sound of their foots.
“Dear god! This is a catastrophe!”
“Oh no! It can’t be!”
“Hurry! Check if thereare any survivors!”
They hurried towards us, checked us all, and after a while, they announced the unfortunately saddening news:
“There are nosurvivors but these two!”
“Wha..”
This was the destructive blow. Since the depressing truth about Mother, I hoped, nay, I believed that all of my comrades were alive and kicking, but this! They were my family! All I had of this world! And now they are gone! I wept so much I passed out ofweariness, and last thing I heard before I passed was nothing but “Poor fellow”, how pitiful.
I woke up in a soft bed, Sir’s was next to my left, I saw him all patched up, I took a look a look on myself, I was more fortunate than him, only a few scratches here and there, a man who was in sitting on the left side of my bed seemed to be talking to Sir, he was a tall, bearded man, he had a bald head and looked about 40 in age, I called to him, he turned to me revealing his wrinkly face, his piercing blueeyes, and a meaty nose up his oversized moustache.
“Excuse me, my good sir. I want to thank you for your-”
“No need, boy, not that I wasn’t already thanked by this fine young man, and not that I am one to be thanked, I was just doing my job.”
“So it is. How are you, Sir Periergeia?”
“Fine enough.”
“Well, now that you woke up, boy, I’ll leave you two right here, I hope you’ll keep each other company, for I’ve got work to do.”
As the man walked up and away, Sir looked at me with a grin on his face, I didn’t understand what was the reason.
“Didn’t you notice something?”
“What, Sir?”
“This man, he spoke our tongue!”
“No way!! Are you implying that we have returned to where we started?!”
“No, no, no! I travelled all the ‘The Island’, never had I ever heard such an accent, nor met such people, this is a different land, when you passed out, I perceived and learned a lot of things on the way, and through my conversations, this land’s name is ‘Aversr’, but that’s not it, the structure of the buildings was a lot similar to ours in ‘The Island’, the routes, the style of clothes, the names...”
“So, what does that mean?”
“I still haven’t finished, this land is MASSIVE, so massive that it took horses days to get here, and the people were so many!”
“Days! I have been out for days! Also, what is a horse?”
“A being of 4 legs youcan tame and ride that runs very, very fast! you’ll see it eventually, it’s not so rare around here.”
“Where are we in this land?”
“We are in what they call ‘The hospital’, from what I saw, it is a building that holds a community whose sole purpose is to treat sickness and injuries.”
“Well, what to do now, Sir?”
“Look, when I was speaking to about this land, it was just to tell you that you have reached your destination, you don’t have to follow me, you have opportunity, you are no longer an outcast, you have options.”
“I care not for that, I want to accompany you, to keep learning from and with you Sir, perhaps you didn’t notice, but a lot of us in the crew took a liking to you, a lot admired and loved you, to me, you were that smart planner whose every move had a purpose, I’ll keep going with you Sir, if you may allow.”
“Even though I intended to use you?”
“Even so.”
“Suit yourself then, but know that my journey isn’t going to be an easy one.”
The conversation carried on, I had learned from Sir that in the storm, most of our crewmates were drowned, only a little some drifted into the beach with us, yet all of them were dead, the grand vehicle was completely shattered, nearly all of it sunk into the sea, and nothing but scrubs of it remained.
He also told me that he demanded a funeral for our lost crewmates, which eased me a bit.
Sir Periergeia was a man of talent, the man I aspired to be, he was a young-man of a fairly tall and slim build. He was of bone-white pale skin, and had the darkest hair, long and tied at the back of his head. He had shining amber coloured eyes, his eye brows were thin,and he had a hawk, thin nose, and a stubble, it was not boast to say that he was very handsome, I knew him to be perceptive, secretive, knowledgeable and curious. I was, with many others, attracted to him, as he was and still is my Idol, this incident only attracted me to his person more.
...
A week has passed since we arrived at the hospital, we both are now cured of our injuries, the ‘Doctor’ informed us that our ‘family’ was waiting outside, I rolled with it as Sir told to, nobody knows of our identities, that we are intruders, not natives of this land, “it’s much better to keep it this way, we’ll be wasted if we were to be known for who we are.”, such were Sir’s words. We were brought here by a family that happened to live near the place of the incident, they were our saviours, they took the responsibility of our care, we got out of the hospital, and set off with our new companions, this marks the first time I ever saw a horse.
The couple that was escorting us was most dynamic and comforting, they were kind and tried to consoleus, we were in the hands of some good people, the husband was an old man of a fullwhite head, ruddy skin, and grey eyes, who looked really healthy, and the wife, although wrinkled with age, still had a warming charm to her, she had fairer skin than her husband, curly long red hair and clear green eyes.
At one of the stations of our travel, I saw plenty of events, some were where, about a bunch of men of black or brown skin were lined up, and people of fair skin around screamed numbers. Are those the similarities Sir spoke to me about?
“Sir, would you look at that?”
“...”
“I always wondered what was happening in such events? Or what were they?”
“I’ll answer this question in another time, I am in bad humour for this while.”
Sir looked pained at the sight, why such a reaction at a common sight?
Not only that, as we go far and far, I perceive men of white or ruddy skin abuse ones of darker skin, and the same thing with women, I didn’t know what was happening, and I wanted clarification, have the roles flipped all over?!
...
We reached our destination after 5 days, I finally understood what Sir meant when he said that this land was massive. Drained, we alighted from the horses, and went inside the house we were invited in.
I was too tired to even look at the people in, all I did was offer a greeting by waving my hands, but I had the need to thank the people that saved my life, and show my appreciation to their noble deed.
“I thank you from my heart, if it wasn’t for you and your family, we wouldn’t have been able to even see the light of the next day, I truly appreciate it.”
“No need to, that is my job and passion, along with my wife, we help the lost and abandoned, those were the teachings of this land...Anyhow, that’s your room over there. Go, check it out.”
We went to said our room, it was nothing I expected, it was fresh, clean, it had two beds, one over the other, it was wide, and it had two windows, it was beautiful, colourful. It was joyful.
“You two must be tired, rest now, we will prepare you food once you wake up, we’ll introduce ourselves properly to each other then.”
And so, we got on our beds, and we slept.
I woke up, my bed was the one above, I looked down to see Sir, he wasn’t there, I woke up later than he, unexpected, since I’m not so much of a sound sleeper, I got out of my bed,and outside the room. The least to say about that house was lively, it was a little noisy, energetic for sure, I inquired about Sir’s whereabouts, I got that he was outside in the fresh air.
I got outside, I found that Sir was gazing at the graveyard made of our crewmates in the front yard until I interrupted him.
“Wvi, do you remember when you asked me about that event back there?”
“Yes Sir!”
“That was an auction for slaves, auctions are simply meetings where people get to put their property for sale, or to buy new ones, for each item, the one with the highest claim gets to buy it, and slaves...”
He looked pained, just like the last time I saw him like that.
“Slaves are humans as property, they are to do whatever their master tells them, no matter what it is, they are judged to be inferior to their master, taught that their lives are their master’s, and their purpose is their master’s pleasure, for they are always in debt to such a person.”
“So that was it, back there.”
“Yes, you see, slavery originates from the belief that one race is superior to another, much more favorited than the other.”
“...”
“But hear this, this belief itself originates from fear, greed, envy, or any other emotion that the same society judges to be lowly. Ironic.”
I didn’t ask for his opinion about the matter,he just talked of his own accord. I figured out he wanted to let some steam off.
“Sir, why were you so pressed at this topic?”
“It’s because I was a slave once.”
“And... what was so bad about it?”
“Everything relevant to it… from-”
He was interrupted, we were called to dine with bunch. We answered the call, as we entered, we were instructed to wash our hands and sit on the table, and so we did, our plates were given to us, and before we started to eat, they muttered a prayer which we were instructed both myself and Sir to follow, then we begun eating. And as I looked around the ones who I ignored because of my fatigue, my eyes were attracted to a very peculiar man, he had short and messy blond hair, ruddy skin, and dark oceanid eyes, he had also a pronounced jaw and a full beard, he was fairly handsome to be honest, but what was notorious about him was his build. He was abnormally big, super tall, super wide and buff. He certainly was nothing to be toyed with in terms of strength,and... very, very much reminding of some late brothers...
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