Near one of the Lihyan villages, a boy of about five years old, dressed in white and blue robes was trying to find a way to enter without being seen.
'Aaahhhh, I have to be careful of being seen, they would tell my parents that I was out of the village, the good thing is that Grandma Daein can serve as an alibi in the worst case. Come on Ru, use all your senses' Ru began to go from house to house, as carefully as possible, the last thing he wanted apart from meeting someone from the village was his mother.
'Why does my house have to be in the middle of the village, it makes everything more difficult! Thinking about it, all the houses in the village look alike, unlike what I've read about the other races, with the so-called castles where their rulers live or the different designs of the citizens' houses. Although they are not very different from each other, they have their charm, it gives a warm feeling to the whole village'.
Soon Ru arrived at the door of his house. 'Come on, Mom, please don't be inside,' Ru thought, as he slowly poked his head through the door. Luckily for him, there was no one inside, or so he thought. The moment he took a step inside the house, he felt himself being pulled with great force.
"Where was my little one?!" With a playful voice and a hint of anger, Ru's mother grabbed him, bringing his head to her chest, holding him tightly.
Surprised by his mother's appearance out of nowhere, Ru could only blame his weakness. With a low voice due to the lack of air from being pressed against his mother, he replied "ha ha ha ha, hello mom, I was at Grandma Daein's."
"HA HA HA HA, of course young man, I went to her when I noticed you weren't there, and in a "kind" way I asked for you, and they told me you weren't there, so tell me where you went or I won't let you go out on your first hunt tomorrow" Fa said as he held his son even tighter to his chest making him squirm in his arms due to lack of oxygen.
'So mom threatened grandma, I knew that could happen but I decided to bet, I hope that by telling her the truth she won't deny me the outing tomorrow. I didn't expect her to come back so soon, since she went to prepare things for my birthday, the previous years she took her time'.
"Ma..ma... please... can you... let go of me..., I... can't... breathe..." Ru spoke with difficulty.
"Fu fu fu, of course honey, but I want answers, okay?" Fa answered him loosening his grip in the process.
Being able to breathe well he finally decided to answer. "I was out of town, I got to the river, since it was my birthday I thought it wouldn't happen." While he was talking he gave his mother a puppy face, he knew she had a soft spot for him, he had to use it to reduce the damage because of her eagerness to leave.
"So you left town, I don't want to hold you back son, but be careful when you leave and don't go too far, I don't want you to leave our lands, you never took off the bracelet right? Remember it's for your safety" Fa said in a motherly voice while lovingly hugging Ru.
"Yes I know mom, I never took it off, and I also know that I shouldn't go too far from town" Ru replied while returning his mother's hug.
"Fu fu fu, that's my little one, now that I remember it, the other time you ran away was when you were two years old, HA HA HA, you ended up in the women's hot springs" With joy Fa remembered his son's first escape.
Ru in his arms could only smile with irony. 'Now that mom mentions it...'
When Ru was two years old
In the house of one of the leaders, where night had already fallen some time ago, you could see little Ru in his pajamas looking at the ceiling and his parents sleeping next to him, his father tired from issues to deal with in the village, and his mother from playing all day with her son, she never thought that such a small child had so much energy, now she understood her parents, she could only apologize in her mind.
Ru not being able to sleep, sat up in bed, looking towards the door where thoughts ran through your head 'Outside... Go out...', after a while of looking at it she made a decision, checking that her parents were deeply asleep she got out of bed gently, hoping not to wake them, she went to the door, opening it gently and leaving.
Leaving the house alone for the first time, Ru felt that it was completely different from when he went out with his parents, the night gave him a feeling that he did not understand at that moment, later when he remembered this moment in the future he would understand that what he felt was nostalgia, To what?, he would never know very well, but the darkness of the night provided him with peace and tranquility. looking up at the sky and walking through the town without a fixed destination for a long time.
As he walked aimlessly, he heard the sound of splashing water and several voices talking happily. Like a good little boy, he was curious and headed to where the sound was coming from. Finding a large house with two doors, he entered through which he heard the voices and the water.
Upon entering he saw several beautiful women in what would be hot springs, playing and laughing among themselves. One of them noticed little Ru watching the scene with an innocent look, smiling she spoke in a playful voice "Look who we have here, isn't it the leader's little son, what are you doing out of bed so late at night, honey?" Thanks to the woman's words, the others focused on him, Ru responding calmly said "I couldn't sleep, so I went out for a walk for a while, the sound of the water attracted me."
One of the women laughing, came out of the water and approached little Ru, "So you couldn't sleep, but you shouldn't go out like that, from what I see, you went out without telling your parents, don't do it again you'll make them worry," Nodding his head he replied cheerfully "okay miss, I'll avoid worrying my parents," making them laugh at his innocence, one of the ones inside the hot springs spoke "Do you want to go in Little Ru, the hot springs are good for relaxing the body, it will help you get sleepy."
Ru, taking his time to think, accepted the idea. With their help he took off the robes he was wearing and then entered the waters, where after a while he regretted that decision, they had taken him like a toy, playing with him, bouncing from chest to chest, making him dizzy, receiving praise, hugs and kisses.
'After a long time my mother would arrive saving me from the hands of those monsters as I would call them at that age, but thinking about it now, men would call them succubi, I guess I will cherish those memories when I grow up, I will be too young to understand what the sight of beautiful women without clothes, laughing and playing with each other, with water falling from their bodies generates' Ru thought while his mother fed him fruit on her lap, after telling the truth, as he predicted, his mother did not let go of him and began to feed him, he assumed he would have to be in that position until his birthday celebration, he could only sigh.