"He is waking up" "he is waking up" shouting sound filled the rooms, Dreue lips started moving, his tried to open his eyes, his left eyelid felt very heavy, he was hardly able to move it, his right was covered with a bandage.
He felt a terrible headache, his body was aching, he was unable to process what happened to him.
"You are still tired, don't straggle to wake up"
"Here drink this, it will ease your pain and get you back to sleep" unfamiliar person was speaking to him, from the voice it can be judged that it belonged to an old man, Dreue was sure he never met this man, he was unsure of his identity, he was too tired to think, he just followed the old man's words opening his mouth slowly, slowly drinking from the bowel that was placed on his mouth.
The voices around him quieted down, the bit of light he was able to see with his left eye turned into complete darkness, the consciousness faded away.
*Sigh*
"When I first saw the body, I was unable to recognize him, he was just but a kind blind young man, which low life would do such a cruel thing to him" a young boy spoke to the old man, his face was filled with sadness and anger.
"He had been staying in our inn for some time, it seems he found a simple job with a hunting party, he always meets them and they seemed to really take care of him, he is but a blind weak young man what can he do?"
"He was living quietly here, minding his own business, he never bothered anyone"
"It seems some thugs put their eyes on him, going after his money since he is an easy target"
"What a cruel world we live in, at least he is somewhat lucky that you took charge of treating him personally, it seems even god pitied him"
"Anyway, that's what I knew about him, holy priest" the young man spoke respectively and bowed down to the priest before exiting the room.
"Ah I forget, your holiness, would you like to meet his party? Should I summon them?"
"No"
…..
The light was too bright, his eye took some time before adapting to it, it is the first time he saw light in days. Dreue wake up in unfamiliar place, he was still too tired to get up of the bed. Even though he still had headache, it was nothing compared to before. His right eye had tingling sensation.
"You finally woke up young man, you have been sleeping for several day" the old priest came close to the bed.
"You should be still confused, you collapsed in front of the inn after suffering several injuries" the priest gave him a glass of water.
Dreue set up slowing and drank the glass of water.
"You right were burned, your head was injured, your body had some bruises here and there"
"Honestly it does not seem like it was the work of regular thugs, you are a man with story"
Dreue suddenly got out of the bed, but his body was too weak to support himself, he fell directly on his knees in front of the bed, yet he leaned on the small table, slowly standing up, he was fully alerted against this unfamiliar old man.
"No need to get yourself worked up; I am not going to harm" the priest helped him to set up on the bed, although Dreue was still suspicious of him, he accepted his help.
"Who…are…you…?" Dreue's voice was low and dry, after all it was his first time speaking since a long time.
"Ah…pardon my rudeness, I forgot to introduce myself" the priest coughed two times, he sat on a nearby chair.
"My name is William, I am a priest of tranquil temple of the church"
"I happened to pass by when you collapsed in front of the inn"
"Why…did…you…help…me?"
"You will not believe me if I said it was out of my own goodwill, right?" the priest said amusingly, Dreue thought carefully.
"No…I…believe…you" Dreue paused for a while, William was a bit surprised…he waited for Dreue to finish speaking.
"You…helped….me….out…. of…. your…. own…. goodwill….so…you…. will…. demand…. nothing….in…. return"
"Thank…. you…. your…. holiness" Dreue clasped his hands and bowed slightly in a respectful manner.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" William burst out laughing loudly.
"You are an interesting young man indeed, I was not mistaken in helping you, now I want you even more" William stood up and walked toward the window, looking outside at the people in the busy street.
"I know everything about you, you will not be able to escape" suddenly William said in serious tone. Dreue body tensed up, he could hear the sound of his beating heart, he started sweating, he lost his ability to think straight, if his secrets were to be discovered by the church his ending would never be good! His right eye, the books, the strange monsters' nuclei each one of them was enough to send him in a one-way journey to the torture chamber. He would spit out every single thing happened in his life, the pain he suffered now would be like a child's play when compared to their methods.
"Your mana core is broken, your almost blind and now it seems you suffered inhuman torture to the point they burned your right eye"
"It seems like some people of high rank are after you, they don't intend to kill you but they want you to live a life worse than death"
All kinds of thoughts were rushing in Dreue's head, his heart was about to explode, he even thought about killing himself, he could not afford going to this hell, his eyes fell on the empty glass, he extended his hand toward it, thinking about breaking it and stabbing himself.
He would definitely choose death over hell.
Just before his fingers touched it, he stopped, all of his attention was on the priest next words, there is hope that things maybe different than what he thought, still his hand was still in it's place ready to grab the glass at any second, he didn't draw it back
"You have no choice but to come with me, cooperate with me or you will suffer even greater torture"
"Join the tranquil temple and I will protect you" William said slowly as he turned his head toward Dreue.
*Crack*
The sound of broken glass filled the room interrupted William's speech, small pieces flew here and there.