outskirt of town,
Theo was walking along the road to his house, he was so happy today, that he didn't even notice that someone was following him. He was thinking about how he should live from now on, as he got so much money, considering what he save over the years. it was 120 gold coin, which was enough for him to live comfortably for a year. Theo was just a kid and he doesn't have much to buy, so he was little bit reluctance to keep the money, nobody knows what troubles it might bring to him. just like now.
When Theo reach outer area of the forest, the man who was following him block his path, and said to him," give me all your money and i might let you live,". Theo look at the man who was blocking his path.
he remember the face of the man, as he was the guard who ask Theo for compensation when he was carrying the beast to sell at the gate of the town.
He can see greed in the eyes of the guard, with little bit of fear Theo replied," why are doing this, if chief Lan knew he might imprison you,"
after hearing Theo's respond the guard laugh and said," chief Lan, hahaha. that old man, what he gonna do when he won't even know about this."
"do you think you can get out alive to tell him," the guard smirk and ask Theo.
"my name is Tang, Tang Aodi. remember my name cause you will die by my sword today, i thought of letting you live, but when you mention chief Lan, i decide it best to kill you," after saying that he took his sword out. and swing it toward Theo.
Theo hastily took his sword out to defend against Tang. as from yesterday mistake against the Beast, Theo learn that he must carry his sword always, as it might come handy in difficult situation. just like today.
Both start fighting, there was silence, only you can hear the sound of sword swinging against. during the fight Tang can feel he was losing, but he also notice that Theo was hesitating to hit him with sword, so he took the opportunity of this and push Theo to the ground.
"i admit you are strong, but what to do you are still a child, today you will die because of your own mistake." after saying that Tang walk near Theo and was about to swung his sword, when he felt pain in his chest. he look at his chest and saw the sword piercing his chest right at his heart. He smile as well little bit sad and reluctance to give his life, as he was just 27. He got big dreams, but it all lose because of greed.
He smile and said to Theo," hmm, i lost". He felt straight back to the ground.
Theo was shivering, it was his first time killing a human being, he was scare, he was lost and confuse what to do, so he got up and ran fast toward his home in fear that someone will see him.
*pov of Tang*
*tch, the chief let that boy go away free, what a jerk", in one of the corner outside of city gate, a man was complaining to himself. who it might it was Tang.
All afternoon Tang was complaining, about how unfair the chief was to himself, when by the evening he saw the same boy who was carrying the beast walking out of the gate and going to the forest. he was happy, as he might get rich, thinking who will care about an orphan, not knowing it will his last day of life.
*end of pov*
Theo ran fast toward his house, when he reach it, he Threw his thing in the house and ran toward the stream, he start wiping the blood out.
"screach"
"screach"
The forest was in total silence only you can hear the sound of stream and someone scratching so hard, it was obviously Theo.
Theo was disgusted at himself of what happen Today, he want to wipe out everything, so he started scratching at his body, in his body there was mark of his finger nail, from scratching as well as blood was flowing out of there.
Theo was so scare that, he thought someone might notice that he kill someone, so he start scratching his body to remove that dirt, how much he scratch. That dirt was coming, the dirt of the person he kill, he was filling disgust at himself,
After what seems eternity of scratching, Theo calm down, he start thinking , he knew everything was not over so he start calming down.
He went to his house, after this event and lay down on the floor, he was tired mentally, he was just 12 year old boy but he became murderer. so he lay down and start thinking about the future plan, as he was thinking his greed for power grew, Today he learn that greed can let people do crime, he learn that if he was strong, today event won't happen, his feeling was stirred deep within his heart, he was conflicted about such feeling, little by little his mind start calming his heart down.
As his feeling settle down little by little, his emotion for disgust vanish from his heart, and soon he felt asleep, and when into the world of dreams.