GREED
I woke up with an unfamiliar girl next to me. Not only that, she was also... "Waaaah! Why are you touching me." I jumped out of bed and looked at the girl.
The girl was slowly waking up, "mmm... I will help you Lucian," or not.
𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘱, "hey!" There was no response, so I repeated, "hey... wake up!"
She finally reacted with, "yeah yeah just..." After she gibbered, she got back to her consciousness. She immediately went upright and said, "Reuben...? Oh hey Momo!" She knew my name.
"Alright, alright you are cute and stuff... but why did Lucian brought you here? And what is your name anyway?" I trusted Lucian... well sort of, but I have to know what she is doing here.
"My name is Katelyn. Your brother left a note behind. We changed the plans a bit to make it less risky."
I read the note and decided to trust her. After that we discussed a little bit more, before we went outside.
PATIENCE
The wind was blowing in my face, while I was riding on the neighing Terra. "I am sorry girl, but you have to hold on for a while. I wish I could give you a break, but we need to be at the village in time." I patted Terra on her neck and said, " when I am done I will treat you with your favorite salad."
I looked at my watch. We would make it in time, before the sword would be gifted to the prince. However there was no time for a break. If it was not for Terra's wings I would never make it in time. "You are my most favorite present you know that?" Terra was gifted to me when I turned eighty. She was born on my birthday, so we shared the same birthday. However an elven birthday was only celebrated once in the twenty years. However Terra was not the only one I shared birthdays with. I had six brothers born on the exact date and time. 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺. Luckily we were princes, so the whole light continent had to pay for our present.
I was already planning my thoughts out for what I should do after I got the fingerprints. 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬.
GREED
There we were, at the middle of Lori Village. There was a whole crowd standing around something. I was to little to see anything over all those heads, but it seemed like Katelyn could, so I just listened.
It was a low voice that began to speak, "good morning everyone! I am glad that a lot of people came to the prince's birthday! Everyone has to check in by Jeevan over there and check out at the end of the day! If you do not, you can expect punishment!" I recognized that voice. It was the knight who knocked on the door one week ago. He was the one that killed that old lady in front of me, 'Darius.'
After the speech the whole crowd inclusive Katelyn walked at the same direction. I decided to follow them, however...
"You must stay here. Your name is not on the village's list." It was Katelyn who held me.
"They did not...? Well I can not stand out so I will wait here."
Katelyn nodded in satisfied and disappeared in the crowd.
PATIENCE
"Look Terra!" I pointed at Lori Village in the distance. "We are almost there, just a little more."
The sun was slowly starting to shine brighter. It as a beautiful day outside.
"You know what would be funny Terra?" I always talked to my Pegasus. She probably did not understand a single word I was saying, but she would know I was talking to her for sure. I thought it was pretty normal to talk to Terra. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? It was important to have a good bond with your animal. If it trusts you it will listen better to you and will come to you when you call its name. That bond was already passed for a long time. Me and Terra were best friends now. She was the only one I got and I was the only one she had. "You know what would be funny...? What if the killer would be at Lori Village right now? What if he lives there? Haha what if he is that stupid to steal the sword? It would be the best day to steal it back. But that would not happen, if he wanted that sword he would never left it there. Except if he is really possessed by something. Terra, when we find the killer and he tries to run away. Make sure to kick him alright?" While I was fantasizing the we went closer the village until... we arrived.
GREED
When Katelyn came back she showed an anxious face. "Momo..."
"Is something wrong?" 𝘈𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥.
"One of the knights came by to hospital when the blue Reuben..."
"I know that story already. Could you get to the point please." I cut of Katelyn's sentence. We were in a sort of a hurry after all.
"Yes of course... Well he used a cover name, cause yours are not on the list. Julius was the name. That knight in the hospital is the same knight that is checking everyone in. And you never believe it, but the person before me was the real Julius. And the knight was confused, because he remembered that you are called Julius. If he will see your face he will probably arrest you." Katelyn looked really concerned about me.
"Only one knight knows about it?"
Katelyn nodded.
"Well then we just avoid that knight right?" I was kind of relived. I thought I was gonna die or something.
"Right!"
" Attention everyone!" Darius was back on stage, this time I could see his head. I was also able to look at Lucas's head.
A strange looking man walked on the stage and Darius left. Ladies and gentleman welcome the cooking competition of the year! Today you will all witness our new winner of the year!" 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘯, 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦?
"This is our change!" Katelyn said while pulling my yellow jacket.
I nodded and we moved on.
PATIENCE
When I entered the village, I went straight to my objective. I walked past a crowed. I heard someone saying, "where is the prince?" That was when I realized that the prince was indeed not on his throne. His mother and younger brother were still on there chairs though. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺? I made my way to the place where the sword had to lay. I walked inside a large tent where I saw an angry prince and a green suited knight. I looked at the pillow in the back and noticed that it was empty.
Then the prince screamed, "what do you mean stolen?!!"
𝘏𝘢𝘩𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥? 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺...
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