"Adolf, what are you doing here, don't you sleep?"
When he turned towards the sound, he saw a girl there. He recognized the girl. This girl was probably Mia atleast that was the clan leader called her. The same girl he met this morning. Probably a very good warrior but none of that mattered to him right now. He wanted a cigarette and asked her in a hurry.
"Do You have a cigarette, any cigarette will do"
Mia observed him carefully,
Adolf's entire body was covered in sweat and he was clasping his hands tightly as if holding himself back,
She wasn't able to understand why this man suddenly started behaving so strangely, Till this morning he seemed to be absolutely fine. But now, it seems, he is craving for cigarettes. It's as if he hadn't smoked one for years and his behavior now reminded her of the drug addicts she saw in a neighbouring kingdom and she started to feel that this man was unstable. In normal circumstances, she could have ignored such a man or might have given him a one or two punches which would have definitely set his mind right, but based on clan leaders earlier behaviour, she couldn't.
So first of all she tried to calm down the Adolf by saying, "you wait here, I will ask someone and bring it. I don't have it."
Mia left after saying this and after a while she brought Christopher a cigarette.
Christopher snatched the cigarette from Mia's hands and lit it up with the help of a lamp near his cottage.
I took a few puffs of cigarette which calmed my anger.
I had no idea what was happening to me in the last few moments, and I knew that perhaps I had scared the Mia with my actions.
I took a glimpse of Mia from the corner of my eyes and saw her still standing there maintaining a little distance seemingly ready to confront me anytime her entire attention on me.
I took a puff from the cigarette and said, "you don't have to worry so much. I am not going to attack you right now."
Mia looked at me very carefully from top to bottom and asked me, "Are you a smoking addict and do you always get like this when you don't get a cigarette?"
I looked at her and said "No. I don't smoke much and I am not even regular. The thing is cigarettes help me calm my anger"
Mia was surprised at my words, "If you get angry, what's the big deal? Everyone gets angry, then why did you feel the need to smoke a cigarette? Yeah, I know you are a someone important, and you got an image to maintain. But this does not mean you will always be able to control your anger and won't you lose your cool at some point of time. What will you do then?"
I was surprised to hear what Mia said. Then suddenly a new question came to my mind. 'why was angry in the first place? The clan leader just put a small condition before of me. I just had to answer it in yes or no. But why did that small thing made me so angry that I needed a cigarette to calm myself down. Smoking cigarettes wasn't just any other regular habit of mine; I used to smoke only when I was unable to control my anger. This was a signal to the people around me. That's why all my friends would not come near me when they saw me smoking. They would just leave me like that. But now nothing happened and I was practically furious for nothing to and then I realized that this Prince was influencing me. This Prince was deliberately provoking me so that I lose my temper but why? I don't know, but I do know that I cannot fall into his trap. If I do, the situation can get out of my hands. So I have to stay calm.'
I just sighed at her words and said,
"You will never be able to see my anger and pray to God that you never see it. Because the day I lose my composure everything and everyone around me will die. It is getting very late, you should go and sleep. I will also go inside after finishing this."
Mia waved her arms as if it didn't matter to her at all, and walked away while thinking, 'if you are angry and you have the power to destroy everything around you, then even we are no less powerful than you and have the capability to stop you. He is just exaggerating himself. There will be no such thing.'
After a few puffs I felt at peace I knew that Prince must have some reason behind me getting so angry. But I didn't ask him any questions about this and just told him, "I think it is a profitable deal."
The Prince started talking nonsense again,
"What are you talking about? Where do you see any benefit in this? Only he is benefiting from all this. Look what are we giving them food, a way to help their vice leader recover and also providing them with the information of the main conspirator, We are doing three things and In return, what did we ask for from him – just power, and he is unable to give even that?"