Gillian Walked out, heading towards the Old man store…
Speaking of which, it's been a while since he saw Pato…
Seeing the old man care for his daughter reminded him of how Pato used to care for him….
"Dad!!" The soft voice called out directly to the old man…
Gillian wasn't the one that was called, but he was intrigued to find out who had such a sweet voice.
He turned his back while holding the sword, the first sight his eyes caught was a glimpse of how many soldiers were there, strangely he was able to count them all and there were over 50..
Then he raised his head a bit an saw the beautiful figure, dressed in an amor like none…
Her beautiful face shine under the sunlight…
"My daughter" the man said as he turned and hugged her….
He was old and could not hear her coming from afar…..
Being able to serve the king as a servant would make a peasant a noble man, but a general…
Damn!! That'll mean an awful lot…
"How have you been doing? Did you eat before coming? Is the king treating you well?" The man asked with his low voice, he refrained from using his hands to run his daughter, because of the high quality amor she wore..
Wow, such a reunion… Gillian said as he made haste back to his forge, giving the father and daughter some space to reunite…
"Gillian, where are you going?" The old man called out to him…
"Damn, what did I do wrong this time? He thought..
"I ain't going nowhere sir, just going to have a bath a change…
Like you don't expect me to present this gift to your daughter in rags… do you?" Gillian asked from afar…
"What gift dad?"
"Nothing it's a surprise, and hurry up Gillian…meet me at the shade.." the man said as he led the daughter away towards his shade.
Gillian rushed into the forge and went towards the back where the tiny bathroom was located…
He quickly took off his shirt and jumped into the large bowl without wasting time….
"Alright dad, what is it you have for me?" She asked…
Her name is Akemi, only daughter of Ghoris… the old man name…
"Isn't Gillian hear yet? The man asked
"Gillian? Oh you mean that handsome dude who was at your shop with you earlier?"
"Yeah him, he's a black smith and I asked him to make a sword for you… because over the years.. I've refused to accept the fact that this is your destiny, the fact that you'll always be a general is what I'm now accepting..!!"
Just as that moment, Gillian came in…
Wearing leather clothes that a Blacksmith could never afford…
This was actually the first time he had dressed to nicely, on other occasions..
He would wear a robe and his sandals…
But today.. it was like his marriage day…
"Mr Ghoris, here's the gift" he said stretching out his hands and presenting the gift to the man…
"Am I not old enough to use a sword?"
"Oh, sorry" Gillian apologized as he took the sword and held it towards akemi instead…
"Thank you dad…, she said hugging him… as she received the sword from Gillan hands"
"Alright lad, hurry on outta here, you've delivered the sword already…
The figure said.. his belly was as fat a pot..
He sat down on the chair in the middle of the room…
The room was mostly filled with noble men, people who came from nearby city to see the new general.. but Gillian was a oldraken, people who migrated from the east, so by natural law, they were lower than peasants..
"Or you waiting for a tip? The man asked as he took two copper coins and threw it on the floor towards him.
"Hi Gillian, I'm Akemi.. nice meeting you!!" She said outta blue…
Alright, I'm presuming you already know my name.. seeing as you just said it..
"How about you take look the sword?" Gillian said..
"As for your 2 coper coins, we can use them to test it" Gillian said as he picked the coin from the ground and threw it towards Akemi…
She swiftly unsheathed the sword, and cut it in half with a slash…
The two half's of the coin held great impact as they stormed against the wall.
"Wow, great sword… how bout you come work for me in the capital city?" She asked as sheath the sword…
"Nah, I think I'm pretty good the way I am..
I have freedom, friends and most importantly.. I have a family…so there's nothing more I could ask…" Gillian said as he proceeded for the door.
"We'll talk some other time then, my presence is obviously not welcomed here."
He said while walking away.
"How long has he been a black smith for?" She asked her dad…
"Well, technically since he was a kid… he has been working with Pato for a while now and a few days back… Pato just disappeared, no one has seen him.. or talk to him….
[The Forge]
"Damn, I knew I messed up.. I shoulda talked to her when I got the chance…"
Gillian said, swallowing himself in the bottle of wine Pato usually drink's
"There's still a chance if you let me in!!" Akemi said from the door…
Gillian quickly rushed to the door, he saw Akemi who had already changed from her amor to normal clothes..
"I would have come in but, it's pretty late and it's inappropriate… how about you rethink following me to work at the capital city.. I mean… look around.. there's nothing left for you here anymore.. don't you get it?
She said once more.
"Damn, nothing is really here left for me… when do you leave?" Gillian asked
"I leave at first light…"
"Alright I'll be there… goodnight"
"Hold on, just like that?" She asked…
"Yeah, you want me… you got me.. anything else..?
"Alright then, have a good rest "