it's been fifteen days since guild started working.a group of people climbing stairs to the guild by chattering.
"I heard the first batch of language class completed yesterday"
"I heard in a guild there will other classes will start soon "
"yes, it's for children below sixteen.guild will teach them language and something called mathematics"
"oh...i heard guild leader hari is still single.i should make my young girl join classes"
"don't pick up your hope yet, do you know Ella she asked hari to marry her"
"which Ella?"
"it's mason's second girl, she is fifteen this year. she is in her prime time for marriage.already a lot of people asked her hands to marry.do you know what did he say?"
"NO..plese tell faster..don't waste time"
"he said he only interested in girls above eighteen-year-old. which was in his word 'adult'."
"in that age, I have two children, who are going to wait for him."
"yea..that what I think too... I heard a lot of widows joined the class after this incident"
"those bitches..."
unlike these women, hari was mentally tired these days. the first day of his class only 36 people which were his staffs, hunters and their families who joined. that day he met Joseph's wife Evelyn which changed his peace full life.
Evelyn was a slender, graceful woman. hari even felt jealous of Joseph because of marrying this beautiful woman. Even after taking her half-hour hari didn't understand why Joseph fear her like the biggest devil.' maybe because he married her. some beautiful flower we can enjoy its beauty from outside but can't be touched ' hari thought himself.
hari didn't need to wait much time to solve this confusion. from next day morning, a lot of people joined the guild and his class. only after a few families joined hari started to observe certain similarity. whole families joined guild have an unmarried young girl which range from thirteen to sixteen. these people trying to have a small conversation with every time they get chance during language classes. he felt spine-tingling every time these underage girl trying to give him a seductive smile.
after class that day hari went to Agnes to get more information about this problem. he knew there are no secrets between women. especially this small village chances of agnes not knowing about it are low.
"Hello, agnes.."
" guild master, you should have told me first"
"what?"
"it's okay, I know it's personal. if you are ready to wait few more year, I will let you marry joan"
"what?? what are you saying ? I don't understand"
" Yesterday I went to help my sister in law Evelyn. her business where booming. she needs a helping hand."
"oh..her business was booming. unlike me she has skill in business...wait ... what is that matter me"
"nothing...I heard she telling others that you are looking for marriage.it was big news in the village. mysterious guild master looking for partners.parents with unmarried girls getting a loan from Evelyn to join guild"
"she is the devil...she sold me for few silver"
"Are you not looking for a wife"
"no"
"then why did she say like that"
" she asked me am I going live single.I told her I will marry when I found my second half. I just wanted to change the subject."
"that means you are not ready now. do I need to tell others?"
actually, hari wanted to say yes and stop the rumor.but after thinking about his mission he decided to wait until guild get a hundred members. so hari told Agnes to wait few more days.
but nothing went as planned . in the third day when guild membership count reached seventy-six. a beautiful young girl approached hari and asked him to marry her. hari who came from the modern world not interested in underage girls like her.even though he felt smug inside. at last he decided to reject her politely saying he was uninterested in marrying an underage girl. he even advise her follow her dream first before anything else.later he found out that girl's dream was to marry a young hunter and he was her first choice.
next morning hari wake up usual and went open guild. when he opened what he faced was angry Agnes.
"you pervert, I heard you only wanted mature ladies.. people are saying you appointment me because your twisted mind.you sully my name"
"Sister Agnes, I only saw as an elder sister"
" Ohh..maybe I am not beautiful for you"
"no..no...that's not"
"don't say anything"
" it's not like that...I just wanted to marry a girl around my age..not too low...not too high "
" he..he... I just making fun of you"
"...."
"anyway don't expect new members from young girls family from now on"
just like Agnes said there are no new members that day.at the first hari thought his mission will complete faster than he calculated because joining of these families. but now he felt indigent. he felt mission become ' the mountain where Bali can't climb'¹
next day morning something unexpected happened. alot people came to register as new members. and those were all widows of village.atlast he decided to tell the the truth.
"ahem... hello friends...I am happy that you guys want me as a family member. but I am not ready for it. I am searching for my soul partner.to tell you the truth I didn't felt that type of feeling from any girls in our village ...sorry"
next morning, hari felt peace came back to his soul. hari went to open guild door . and what welcomed him is angry shouting of Evelyn.
" you piece of shit...I heard you don't like girls but men.. women in next door saying that my poor hubby Joseph is something called soul mate to you...I will kill you"
"......"
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it's been two days he is running.he is attacked by monsters five times already.his body started to bleed like fountain.he don't know he will reach there in time.
1_ ബാലികേറാമല ( the mountain where Bali can't climb) meaning something impossible to do. Bali/vali was king of kishkindha in the Hindu epic Ramayan. Vaali was invincible during Treta Yuga. Vaali defeated some of the greatest warriors like Ravana. Vaali was blessed with the ability to obtain half the strength of his opponent.but even Bali can't climb a hill named matanga because of a curse.so people used this as proverb when someone doing something impossible by himself.