As Marino lay in he's bed dreaming of eggs and greatness, he frowned.
'Marino come down here!' Came he's mother's voice from downstairs.
Opening he's sleepy yellow eyes he yawned. He could see that it was still dark outside and there was light rain hitting the window. As he got up and started to put on pants. A thought came to him. Did they find out? No it can't be, it's probably not even been an hour since I came home.
Thinking of this he's heart started to race as he quickly went downstairs with only pants on. Since during this time period the use of underwear was not common. People might wear loincloths underneath but nothing else.
As he hastily walked down the stairs he froze in shock. There in the kitchen next to the fireplace he's parents were taking care of a girl and her dog. No way. It can't be. He thought as he approached the scene.
Seeing he's son arriving, Jesus said. 'Good you are here. Come here and take care of this girl. I need to go to town.' Jesus said as he got up and pushed Marino closer to the girl.
'Father, what's going on? Why is this girl here?' He asked with concern and anticipation.
'She didn't say much as she's in shock, but by the looks of her clothes and the marks on her neck. It's clear to me that something horrible has happened. As the only man of the house. I need you to keep the girls safe. Ok?' Jesus said.
Hearing this Marino was relieved. It appears that he still had a chance.
As Jesus looked at Marino he halted and took he's sons face in he's hand's. He started to examine it as he spoke. 'What has happened to you my son? Your eyes are yellow and what's this scar? Who did this?'
'Oh well, yesterday as I was doing pushups a rat attached me. That's how I got the scar. But what do you mean by saying that my eyes are yellow Father?' Marino said confused.
Hearing this he's mother joined in as she snatched he's face into her hands and said. 'Ohh, my poor little boy. Look at your eyes they are completely yellow, it must be a side effect of the rat's attack.' She suggested to Marino's relief.
'All though, I have never seen such a thing before. Well, as long as you are safe that's all that matters. But now I must go.' Jesus said as he turned around and left.
When Marino turned he's attention to the girl he saw that she was looking straight at him. Her eyes where scanning him from head to toe. Seeing this Marino froze in anticipation as he looked at her also.
Finally, as the girls light blue eyes met Marino she blushed and quickly turned around, while playing with her hair.
Marino and Mary were stunned but for different reasons. Mary smiled as she thought to herself, is this love at first sight? While Marino smiled and cheered in he's head, did I just get away with murder?
As he was curious about this, he started to question the girl. 'So what's your name?'
Seeing this Mary smiled as she thought. Oh my god is did my son just make the first move? You go, son. She cheered.
The girl stuttered as she nervously answered without looking at him. 'I'm Lara.'
He smiled and said joyfully. 'I'm Marino by the way. Mm, so where are you from?'
The girl didn't answer and just remained still, in thought.
Marino couldn't wait and asked. 'So what happened? Those mark's on your neck, how did you get those?'
Hearing this the girl started to shiver.
As tiers fell down her face she tried to answer but couldn't.
Mary took her into a bear hug and placed the girls head on her chest as she comforted her. 'Its ok. You are safe now. Nobody's gonna hurt you. My son is strong he'll protect you.'
After a while, the girl managed to say a few words. ' It was a black red-eyed demon.' After saying that the girl started to cry even more as if she had just recalled something truly horrible.
Nodding he's head in understanding Marino thought to himself as a small smile came to him. Mission accomplished.
After a while Mary decided to try and hook he's son up with this girl so she commanded him to share he's bed with her. So now Marino lay in he's bed peculiarly as the girl was wrapped around him in deep sleep.
During this time Jesus had alerted the guard's and now three guards and Jesus had made it to the farm. There they were greeted by a horrible sight a true and gruesome murder scene.
Immediately it was obvious that the tenant's had fought fiercely. But why were the two dead men in the same place as the chicken's? Did a beast attack the chicken house first which alerted the two men, to go look in there?
And the fact that many of the chicken's were clearly eaten also points to the possibility of a beast being responsible for this.
But then in the main building, there was a man with an axe inserted in him. This pointed to it being an intelligent creature capable of using an axe. All the bodies were also cut in many places so maybe a claw or a knife.
These were some of the only conclusions that could be determined from the crime scene.
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As weeks passed there was no real progress in the murder investigation. They were able to find torn-up clothes but they did not lead anywhere.
Warrior priests visited the farm in search of any signs of darkness. But nothing was found. While some priest's are said to have magical divine abilities, most do not. The number of warrior priest's able to use the divine is very small. So all they accomplished was to spend some time there, blessing the farm with their strange rituals.
Lara was no help either. She had severe PTSD and kept on talking about a red-eyed demon. So a hunting party was sent out to find this demon but nothing was found. As such the case was dropped and forgotten, Just like so many other murders during this time period.
During this time new tenants had moved to the farm as Lara had decided to stay with the Colombo's. Lara and Marino had gotten extremely close during this time.
Marino decided to honour the oldman's memory by keeping Lara he's only grandchild safe.
While Lara thanks to her PTSD had become extremely fearful of the dark and of being alone. So she stayed beside Marino all day every day, like a magnet. While he trained she trained, while he studied she studied when he worked she worked. During the night they would sleep in the same bed.
Jesus did not approve of such a close relationship and thought that some boundaries should be kept. He had tried to separate them when he caught them once doing their business at the same time in the outhouse. Apparently, even then she didn't want to separate from Marino.
Mary had defended them. Not seeing anything strange about it. To her, this was just young love.
During training one day Marino had watched he's mother doing push-ups and got an idea. He's mother also wanted to be fit but due to her massive breasts, she could not run or do push-ups.
When Mary would do push-ups she could only do half rep's as her breasts wouldn't let her go lower. During run's, she would have to hold her breasts or else they would start to hurt.
So he started to do experiments in the creation of underwear. Using Lara as he's test subject. Trying out different styles and asking for her input. Lara also helped with the creation process as he was not good at sewing. Also as he thought of this he decided to start working on the spinning wheel. But first, he would create the easier version of the spindle and distaff.
With the help of these inventions, he would be able to create a Colombo food and clothing brand.