Today marked the fifth day sirocco left segund. No one he told. Not even the king.
He was been secretive.
Sirocco cloak swept the ground as he walked past deep snows. He was very cold, if only he could get a hot tea or a nice welcome shelter. His old weary eyes could barely see, his long white beard kept his neck warm.
All this struggle to win nakir.
All this effort to defeat nakir and take the treasure. Nakir has refused to show up. He thought.
The thought of nakir leaving his body behind was astonishing.
"How is that possible? He asked himself.
"That cunny serpent has ceased my peace. He wheezed.
So much sacrifice he made just to see his foe go down in flames, to see that his name is ever remembered and recognized in the history of segund and even hills.
A sorcerer from segund that defeated their so-called protector. He rolled his eyes in disgust.
Their treasures we shall lay hold of and the richest we will be. He smirked.
Yakutsk has always been like this, cold and foggy. He could barely see anyone on the road. It was as though, no one inhabited it.
Sirocco was so deep in his thought,he didn't notice until he dashed his left foot against a stone. Blood oozed out slowly, he could feel his shoes soaked.
"Upon this blood i loose today, nakir shall suffer,he shall suffer much".He cursed.
Sirocco tried to find a place to stop,so he could dress the wound lest he spend days here and freeze like water.
Alas he found a old cabin. It was quite untidy. He could only stay put for a while. The cabin dust filled his lungs. He sneezed.
Sirocco looked around for where to sit, afterwards he tore part of his cloak and tied his wounded foot while he rested for some time.
***
Hours turned into a day, days into weeks.
Where have nadin been?. Manservant Kim thought. He was very burdened and concerned.
It has been lie upon lie.
"what shall I say next". He asked himself.
He couldn't run away just like that.
"Why are they even so concerned about him now?" He thought.
Nadin had been acting weird even his appearance,very different. It was as though his nadin left and something else dwells in his body.
"This is madness". He said to himself.
"How can it be that I did not know.
The way he displayed and spoke to him was different. He was not the nadin he used to know.
There was a loud bang on the door.
His heart raced. He knows who it is already.
"Let us in... The voice thundered. "Manservant Kim let us see our son.
He recognized the voice. Nadin's mother.
He could no longer hide it. Kim opened the door for them to come in.
"Where is he?". Nadin's mother asked as she walked in.
"Where is my son?"She looked at him with distrust.
"What did you do to him?"
She shaked him with fury,as if to force words out of him.
"I could never do nadin any wrong or harm. I promise. he answered.
"Then did he just disappear or become invisible.
"No,he did not disappear neither did he become invisible. He left with his legs. He left a letter too".
Kim reached for the letter and handed it to her.
The letter goes thus: I'm not trying to erase your name as a mother on this earth. I am alive and well. It's not because of my deformity. I left for a good cause and be sure to behold me once again, this time in awe. Take no displeasure in kim, for my decision has nothing to do with him or anyone in mondo.
Love,
Nadin.
She squeezed the letter with fury.
"Why did you not go with him".
She asked him. He stared deep into her eyes, without fear or tremble.
"Say something". Nadin's father said.
Kim turned to face him.
"He didn't ask me to go with him". Said Kim.
"You should have volunteered,you should have,you should have stopped him from leaving.
"Why didn't you stop my son kim".
"So much concern now,but why?. Kim wondered.
"I really have nothing more to say ma'am.
"Oh look honey, now he has nothing to say. She said to her husband.
"Just calm down,kim has nothing to do with this. let us trust him. He has been with our boy all this while. Nadin's father said reasonably.
"Do you now side with him".
"Darling I take no side. I'm just trying to do the right thing. Nadin will come back to us. We just have to be patient.
Her brown eyes shot daggers at her husband.
"I will listen this time,but I will make sure to torment kim until nadin comes back to me". Said nadin's mother as she dashed for the door.
Nadin's father sighed and went after her.
*
Torment me... Why?
Her voice echoed in his head.
"Oh nadin, look what you're making me go through. He thought.
"Where could he go to?"
" Which village?"
I mean,my nadin only knows mondo,so where else could he had gone to.
"I shall arise and go to another place, a faraway land. He said to himself.
All this constant torment with words and screams will perhaps not end any time soon and I know not the time when nadin will come back that I may tarry here and endure more. He thought.
Kim gathered his belongings and waited until twilight.
"I must go now". He looked around to ensure that no one is watching. He scurried out of mondo.