I never understood, this character father, he doesn't look like a pushover, but somehow he doesn't do anything to show otherwise.
He works hard doing all the odd jobs in town. But somehow it feels like, he is just lazing around, here in town. He would probably win more if went away to other town, or to the mines.
He also looks like he could be a knight or some kind of strong soldier. But then again a soldier or a knight would not let his family go through all this ordeal.
Until now he hasn't impressed me, even his side of the family, used to step on everyone here, they even made his wife sick.
So.. what hell character Dad. Even in her memories there's nothing special about their relationship, he is just...there.
" Mother ... I will take my leave I will get fruits and see if I can bring something more." I still feel awkward calling this lady mother and that guy father but... Oh well is better than dying alone, I guess.
"Big sister we are also going. " Zack and Zoe approached me already prepared to leave.
Yesterday they had so much energy even to fall asleep was hard for them, their first time eating sugar was just too intense.
Mothers face display a worried look since yesterday they were like possessed demons until the sugar rush was over.
" I will take care that they won't get any sugar today."
They looked very gloomy after hearing that. But they need to detox a little bit before their next dose.
The mother character smiled at me.
" You two please don't give your big sister too much trouble."
"Yes mommy." They said in unison. Like a cute kids. I just want to squeeze those bony kids.
We left the house and went to the woods, we walked a while until we got there.
We picked the fruits this time each of us had a basked to so we could collect alot more berries of every edible kind.
At the end of the morning we had 3 full baskets. I don't think they will manage to carry one basket each. so I carried two full baskets , left the third one, two thirds full so they could drag it.
We reach the point where we said goodbye from Damion the day before, and we waited there.
It had been a while and Damion didn't arrive. Had he forgotten? Or could it be that he couldn't leave his house. It would probably be wierd if a noble person could disappear everyday without noone taking notice.
Maybe we should go ahead since we promised the Lady Morgana that we would make her company.
Both Zack and Zoe, look like they will fall asleep next to me so maybe we should just go.
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"Your Highness is completely out of shape. If you intent to train with the other knights you ought to increase your resistance. " Said the Knight commander.
"I understand." Prince Damion had been training the entire morning. Was completely beaten. If anyone saw his training would think that knights didn't like him at all.
However he wasn't angry about that, he wanted to grow bigger and stronger, it was good that they didn't go easy on him.
*
" Your Highness, your meal is prepared. "
The maids entered his room, preparing is table for the food, while he was reading the book about disgraced mages.
'Is already so late?' He hadn't notice how late it was, since he was immersed reading about the mages towers and it's sins.
'I have to go, she might not wait for me that long. I have to hurry.'
"Your Highness, your food." The food was brought before the Prince, it was a big fat beef, with green vegetables, and something brown to the side.
The Prince looked suspicious how the beef was cooked and the green vegetables it looked raw, felt disgusted, the brown thing smelled horrible.
" I'm not hungry. Take it back."
"Your Highness you can't be sending the food back everyday. You have to eat." The headmaid spoke.
"It looks disgusting. Maybe you should check if the chef knows how to cook. " Damion said leaving the room as fast as possible.
' I can't be caught leaving but I have to move fast. Or she will leave.'
Damion was trying to be very careful not be caught while leaving the palace, he looked around.
"Where does your Highness intends to go?" Damion looks behind and finds his Caretaker with his hands crossed in front of him.
" I would have thought your Highness was eating, at this hour but I heard you sent your food back again. Was it not to your taste?"
Damion was not listening to anything that was being said he was just trying to hurry his exit.
"It was fine. I mean I am not that hungry."
"If you were not that spoiled you would know what is hunger." Said the caretaker between his teeth.
"What??"
"Your Magesty wishes to see you. "
'not today... I don't have time for this.'
"Thank you, I will meet him later."
"No, it can't be done, your Magesty wants to see your Highness now!!"
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" I hear you keep sending your food back, you keep skipping your lessons. You don't listen to your Caretaker. Am I missing anything else? "
The caretaker shook his head. He had complained to the king that the Prince was misbehaving.
"Do you not enjoy everything I provide you without having to move a muscle why is it so hard for you to do your part ?" The king was yelling his face was red in anger, no one dared to say anything, even Damion. He was looking down. However his mind was some place else.
He didn't even knew her name, or what family she belonged to. However he envied her freedom, he thought she was strange but still sounded intelectual, and knew things he knew nothing about.
He caught himself many times admiring her strangeness. All the two times they had met.
"Are you listening to me boy!!!?? How dare you space out while your king is addressing you?" The king was red in anger, "go to your room and don't leave that place untill I tell you to. "
Damion squeezed his hand in anger and bit his lip to prevent saying anything that could rend him a few lashes.
Damion and his dad where not close, or even familiar with eachother, the only reason that they even share a room is either for social events or when he got scolded.
"Come your Highness, I'll lead you to your room. " The caretaker took Damion away.
" It's not good for you to anger your father."
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'I can believe I am stuck I'm my room, I should laugh of this absurdity. However I can't waste time, I have to find a way to leave. ' Damion tried to open the door but it was locked.
'Great I wasn't expecting anything less of you, Dripper.'
Dripper was the caretaker, that has raised Damion since he was 6 years old, when his mother died.
'Maybe she already left, to meet ...' Damion sat on his bed looking at the book, he grabbed and started to browse through it.
" I knew it... I remember hearing her name before. Morgana Gowne, a disgraced mage, known for cannibalism and eating children."
' I can't stay here I have to go. No matter what.'
Before he closed the book, something in the book caught his attention. "Oh that's interesting.."