A group of people traveled through one of the many paths that led to Athame. They transported merchandise through a vehicle that stored a certain amount of cargo, but at the same time moved with a remarkable slowness.

Although there were vehicles with capacities many times higher than this, that did not mean that they were available to everyone. Especially in a place as small as Belius and the surrounding cities. So even the merchants themselves would have to settle for this type of transport for their businesses.

Because of this, many chose to use horses when making short trips. But from time to time, there were some eccentric people at the time of traveling. This was one of those cases ...

Several armed men surrounded the vehicle, their equipment ranging from some incomplete armored leather garments, to small daggers hidden around the waist. On the other hand, the individual who ran what appeared to be an escort group, hid a firearm near his right thigh.

On one side of the road, there was an extensive river of calm water that accompanied them passageways. Which was to beautify the sight next to the leafy trees and the song of the birds, also it provided a sensation of coolness before the rays of the sun.

This scene attracted the attention of a little girl with pigtails who passed by the crowd. At first, she was sitting in the back of the vehicle, swinging her slender legs and moving her head from side to side to the rhythm of her innocent humming. However, these actions stopped as soon as his attention was directed towards the slight undulations in the river, causing a look of anxious curiosity to appear on his face. Soon after, his eyes flashed with a touch of astonishment and he brought his hands to his mouth.

Although at first the adults ignored the girl while they were still concentrating on their conversations, they could not continue acting as usual when the little girl raised her voice in surprise. With an evident strangeness, all of them paid attention to the little girl only to direct their gaze to where she was pointing with her finger.

-What's wrong dear? You know we can not take any ... "Before the man finished speaking, his words were stuck in his mouth.

Right in the part of the river where the little girl had pointed, a strange black liquid like tar began to spread at a snail's pace. This ambiguous scene caused discomfort in those who looked at it, making them frown and become more cautious than usual.

- Dad, what's that?

- Honey, get inside the vehicle and do not leave. The boys and I will take care of this. -The man nodded to the woman who accompanied him and she hid with the girl.

Soon after, when none of the present expected anything else to happen, an arm emerged from the viscous dark liquid. In the next instant, the figure began to swim towards the shore as it became more and more visible.

It was not long before the obvious guy came out of the water, revealing an appearance that surprised the spectators. The person in question was a young man with white hair of gray tones, light brown eyes and a pale complexion that would make one wonder more than once if he was really alive. If one looked at him with more attention, he could see that the young man had a bewitching face that was unfortunately clouded by the fierceness in his eyes.

-Who are you? The man in charge of the escort asked as he brought his hand to the hidden weapon near his thigh.

However, he did not receive any response. Instead, the peculiar looking boy kept looking at his hands with a confused expression, it was as if he inspected every detail of a body foreign to his.

- Answer me, who are you! Seeing how the pale young man ignored his words, the man repeated his words but this time with a remarkable increase in his tone of voice.

-And ... -Finally Arlhen turned his gaze to the person speaking to him. However, although he had intended to present at first, this idea was diverted as soon as he saw the strands of white hair that covered part of his vision. This is…

-Mom, look at that boy's hair! Is not it strange? "The little girl who should have been hiding in the car, suddenly raised her voice as she pointed in the direction of young Bareare, attracting the attention of others.

"Honey, get back to the vehicle. Do not go near that guy! -To the man's bad luck, his warning became too late. The girl had just escaped from her mother's arms at the same time that she was running gracefully because of her short legs.

Once she got close enough, she stopped to look carefully at the peculiar characteristics of the person in front of her. Although at his young age he had already traveled many places, he never met an individual with white hair. In fact, if not even his own father had witnessed such a thing, then it was even more unlikely that someone so small had done it.

-Sir, why is your hair white? You still look young.

-N-I do not know. Arlhen put his hand to his face as if confused. He had no idea how he ended up inside a river, the last thing that remained in his memory was that he fell into a deep abyss. In fact, if it were not for the discomfort he felt, he would have already panicked long ago because of the excessive change in his appearance.

- Get away from there right now! -The owner of the goods approached them in a fit of fear for his daughter.

- Easy, dad. This man does not seem bad, he's just a little confused ... Look, he has not done anything to me.

"You ..." As soon as the man heard his daughter's words, he decided to inspect the boy closely. It did not take long to get a surprise to see the painful expression on his face, from his point of view it seemed as if he was suffering from some discomfort. Hey, are you okay? Tell me, why are you here?

- Dad, he does not seem to remember anything. It seems that he hit his head when he was in the river ... Dad, we have to help him, you told me that we do it with those who need it.

-I-that's true? Friend, if you have come to this place by the currents of the river, we could help you to go part of the way, at least remember where was your home? Seeing how the boy seemed bewildered about his surroundings, the merchant was convinced by the words of his girl.

-A-athame ... I'm from there. Young Bareare stammered a few words as he struggled to maintain control of his pains.

-Athame? That's great! My father and I were heading there. It has to do with something about business, right, dad?

-S-yes. I am a trader who sells basic agricultural products, since we are already in the middle of autumn I was transporting several of my reserves to Athame. As you know, winter is coming and I do not have too many vehicles, I had planned to make several trips from Asiris to here. Right now, I'm doing the last transport, is not this a great coincidence? If you want, you can join us, what do you say?

-Then I apologize for the inconvenience.