He was dragged out of the house by his mother and was taken to a nearby market together withAlarice. The market was about5 minutewalking distance away however it doesn’t really matter for John though. He was sitting onAlarice’sshoulder.Alaricetook John fromDenataand placed him on his shoulder. John felt embarrassed as the passerby looked toward them. They were laughing and he was sure it was on the stupidityofAlarice.They stopped in front of a3 floorbuilding. It looked similar to a shop in his previous world. On front they had glass walls with different kind of clothing and jewelry in showcase on the others side so the ladies passing by would be tempted to buy them. His mom walked in and after thatAlaricewalked in. ‘Bam''’Oww’John head banged on the wall above the door. Door was short for combined height of John andAlaricealso John was looking somewhere so he didn’trealizedthere was a wall ahead of it. John held his forehead. It was painful. He could feel the pain all over his head.Alaricetook him down from her shoulder. She looked at John and then towardDenata. She hadn’t realized anything yet. She just walking toward the counter. She heaved a sigh of relief and looked back at John.
“Don’t cry little John. I’ll buy you a candy later if you won’t cry”
“Don dare to bribe me insensitive woman” said John while pressing his head with both hand at the place it collided with wall. It was second time she hurt him and both time it brought severe pain.
Her mother turned to look at his yelling son. She came near to him. She asked her "what happened? Why are you holding your head?"
"your friend banged my head on wall"
"No! It was an accident" she immediately said as soon as John accused her.
His mom asked him what happened and he honestly told her how his head was banged on wall by her. Then she askedAlariceand she also told the same incident but blaming it on John to not lower his head while entering.
"you are the one who was carrying me so you should have lowered yourself. I''m just a3 yearoldchild. Do you think I would be smart enough to know what to do."
"Yesyou are smart so you should have lowered your head when you saw wall ahead of you" said his mom while lifting him up in his arm.
"Mymywhat do we have here" an old lady entered inshop from one of the room inside the shop. She was old, most probably in her 70s. She was walking toward them with the help of a walking stick which was making a ''thud'' sound every time she moved a step forward.
"OhAlaricewhat happened here." She askedAlarice.
"Madamvalary." BowedAlarice"Nothing happened just a bit problem with my friend''s child," saidAlaricewhile gesturing with her hand towardDeanta.Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.
She looked at them and asked about what happened.
"Nothing madamValary. He just banged his head on wall so he is quite angry about it"
Valarylooked at John. Scanning him from head to toe. She brought her face near to John.
"is he that summoned hero?"
"Yes," repliedDenata.
Valarysmiled and patted John head as she asked John what happened to him. John understood she was trying to be friendly but heisn''t throwing any childish tantrum that he need to be appeased. It wasa genuine anger.
He was going to say this to her but an arrow launched by someone from a midst of a crowd pierced John''s back. The momentum of an arrow was large enough to pierce through his back and come partially out of his chest. He coughed a mouthful of blood.
AlariceandDenatawereconfusedat what happened but it didn''t take long for them to realize someone attacked John. They both went into a state of panic.
Alarice yelled, "Guards find theassassin".
Denataplaced him on the floor while the old lady ran back to her office shouting something while running. John tried to look toward the direction from where the arrow came but the pain restricted him from doing that. The arrow wascoming out of his chest andblood was oozing out from both back and the chest like a small fountain. Pain was becoming unbearable with every passing moment and his head started feeling dizzy.
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''yes'' said John in his mind.
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He read the next notification with his blurred eye. It took him long time to read just one sentence assometimebloodwould come out of hismouth. He touched the arrow. It made a spine chilling sensation course all over his body. How would he take the arrow out if event touching it is thispainful.He tried once again, this time trying to control the pain but her mother who was watching him while crying stopped his hand from touching the arrow.
"just endure a little, healers are on their way"
John wanted to tell her mother that he had to take the arrow out of his body to heal himself but the pain was not letting him to speak. He tried once again butDenataonce again stopped him.
''let me take it out''
His consciousness was becoming cloudy he didn''t have much time he needed to act fast butDenatawouldn''t let him take out the arrow. If he had topull it then it need to be done swiftly elseDenatawill onceagainstop him. John pointed with his finger at something behindDenata. She looked back. John hurriedly gripped the arrow withboth his hand and was ready to pull it out.Denataby now realized something was wrong as there was nothing behind her. She looked at John who was gripping the arrow with both his hand.
John trick didn''tboughthim much time.Denatawas once again stretched her hand toward him to stop him but it was most probably the last chance that John will get So he need do it somehow. He jumpedbackwardwith as much asstrength he was able to muster. Heincreasedthe distance between him and his mother, getting him enough time to pull the arrow out.
"Ahhhhhhhh" John screamed as he pulled the arrow out of his chest.
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Healing option once againpopedup and john quickly activated it before he fell on the floor unconscious with an arrowin his one hand.