In the cracking of the thunderstorm a loud cry was heard, it was the wail of a new born infant who was abandoned in a horse stable. After hearing the cry of the baby a man entered the stable , the man seemed to be in his mid to late twenties, had brown hair and a pair of striking amber eyes. The man approached the sobbing baby, cradled the baby in his arms and shouted in frustrated yet concerned manner
"Whose child is this? How can you leave your child here in this cold stable to starve and die"
Hearing his loud shout a woman rushed into the stable and asked the man
"What happened dear? aghh!! Whose baby is that"
The man who knew he would never become a father... Looked at that woman for a brief second with some thought on his mind and then with a tender smile on his face he responded
"Darling it's our child, it seems like God has blessed us with this little baby ,to brighten up our dull days"
The woman took a moment to gather herself after hearing those words and then looked at her husband's face ...his eyes were sparkling and had hope in them.
She said "Is that so..." In a loving tone
Tears of happiness escaped from her cognac brown eyes... Seeing his wife happy the man also got some tears in his copper tint eyes.
The couple adopted the infant on that dark and stormy night...
But little did they know the baby they adopted that day would one day become 'The light of the the darkened world'.
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TIME WENT BY IN A COUPLE OF BLINKS....The little baby was now 8 years old.
"Lumièr, what are you doing dear"
A woman asked in a feathery voice, To which a young boy having deep ocean blue eyes and shining golden yellow hair , gazed up at the woman and answered in a cheerful voice
"Mom I am reading the book which aunty Seelia gave me yesterday, it's about Magic."
To which the woman replied
"Aww dear that's great, don't forget to thank your aunt afterall not only did she taught you how to read but also got a lot of books for you ."
"Yes mom! ....ahm mom"
"Yes dear, what is it?"
The woman asked while doing a touch up in the delicious cake which she had made for dinner
"Mom I... I WANT TO BECOME A MAGE" , Lumière said.
The woman got astonished by what her son had just said, she paused and thought for a while and then said
"Lumièr follow your heart, Your father and I will support you in whatever you do as long a it's the right thing."
After hearing such sweet phrases from his mother Lumièr got really happy and said
"Yes mom I will"
The woman was just about to pat Lumièr's head after hearing him, that's when she heard a sound which was coming from their horse stable
She went to check the stable that's when she saw that his husband is back...
"Darling you are back!!" she said in a loving tone.
"Yes honey, And I hunted 3 ilen wolves this time." her husband replied
"Ilen wolf!!" The woman said with a face which showed excitement , then paused for a second and with a perplexed look on her face, asked her husband
"But ilen wolves are pretty rare to find in the Aren forest, where you frequently hunt.
"Yes you are right honey" The man said this and then looked at the sky with a blank expression on his face, as if worried about something but didn't know what it was. The man then continued
"But with this" pointing at the three ilen wolves which he had hunted "our winter will be easy this year
"Yes honey. Come inside, I have prepared a cake for us today"
"Cake!"
"Yes haha, but first take a bath honey"
"Alright....well honey what is lumièr doing"
"Oh well do you remember my sister Seelia taught him some letters and got some books to read, when you were away for hunting"
"Yes I do remember"
"So amm he is reading one of those books... and it's about Magic.
"I see, as I thought lumièr should not become a hunter like him, he should not follow my footsteps." The man said in a firm tone
"..."
"Did something happen while I was away darling?"
"Well... You see today lumièr told me that he wants to become a mage"
"I.... " The man said, unsure what to say further as he knew in the world where they live it's nearly impossible for a commoner to become a mage; only the aristocrats or affluent people can do so.
The man glanced at lumièr for a few moments who's eyes were sparkling while reading the book he was holding ....then spoke in a confident tone
"Our child.. our lumièr will undoubtedly grow up to be a mage someday, and I will do everything in my power to help him in becoming a mage"
The woman looked at the bold face of her husband and said
"I know you will" with a soft smile on her face
AT THE DINNER TABLE
Liliana looked at her husband as if she wanted him to say something
Noah looked at his wife then paused for a moment as if thinking something and then spoke in warm tone
"Lumièr, do you want to go to the city with me ?"
Lumièr stated without hesitation in an eager voice.
"Yess dad!!" He halted and asked his father
"Dad didn't you say that the city is dangerous?"
Noah replied "yes child that's why the condition for you to go to the city is that you will not leave my side and won't wander around, if you promise to do this then you can come with me"
Lumièr answered "Roger that dad"
Noah gently smiled as he looked at his adorable child who was now eating the delicious cake that was prepared by his mother.
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Day Of Departure
Liliana was speaking to Noah about Lumièr, she was asking him to look after their child while they are in the town, that's when Lumièr came towards them running with a brown bag hanging from his shoulder, which contained some of his belongings and a book about magic that he had not yet read.
Liliana asked "Lumièr have you brought everything you would need on your outing to town? Did you forget something?, Your bag appears to be fairly light.
"Yes mom I think I did pack everything which I might need" Lumièr answered.
"Okay. Child... The town is extremely dangerous so just stick with your father, okay?" Liliana said in an anxious tone
"Darling that's enough", Noah said in a warm tone then kissing liliana's forehead gently, "I'll be there with Lumière to take care of him"
While gently caressing her forehead, Liliana said "Please be safe and sound"
Noah helped Lumière to sit on the horse then he too sat on the horse, with their belongings being tied on the back of the horse.
"Come back soon" Liliana said
"Yes honey, you too take care of yourself. There won't be any danger of monsters attacking as just the other day a new party of adventurers who seemed pretty strong came to our village, but still just in case, don't go near the forest" Noah said in a anxious manner
"Okay honey"
Noah gently squeezed the middle of the horse's ribcage with the calves of his legs to cue the horse to move forward
"Then we will be off now...Hiiyaa"
"Neigh" the horse began.
The blowing wind gently touched Lumièr's golden hair which was shining in the warm propitious sunlight
The sound of the wind whistling and the leaves of the tree wafting, the sun which shined so brightly as lumièr's hair, and the impending break in the silence.
The voyage of the young boy who would eventually revolutionize the structure of the world was about to begin.
To be continued...
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