《Someone more bored than me.》 01 - Dilemma. Chapter 1: Dilemma It''s weird that every morning I get up and see the technology around me. I can''t seem to fathom the idea why I find it weird as well. I know a lot of things, but not much about the world around me. Before I go rambling of about my endless thoughts and of that I do not know, why or what I''m supposed to do in this boring world, let me introduce myself. I''m Xavier Evens, just turned 16 this year on the 25th of March. I know, I know, I have heard everyone from my parents, teachers and even myself telling me that I shouldn''t be sceptical about life. Let me clear the background a little before you all start to question, "Who is this spoiled and screwed up kid?". My parents moved to this city, which I will not say as to not involve them in my dilemma, to start a new life. Everything went along fine, of course we had money problem, which family didn''t, but we lived through it to see another day. I am soon to start my college in a couple of months, but why should I? I had a lot of options, I could take any course I did like, Medical, Engineering and business or other which I haven''t any idea about. Medical - I am interested to learn about medicine and how the human body works, but I am 16 now, I will have to work myself to the bone for over 10 years to be a fully fledged doctor, or so, my father says that I can enjoy my life after the age of 26 years. Yea rite... Engineering - I have a few older friends who did Engineering. If any Engineer is reading this now. I sympathise, I really do. You guys have it hard. Business - I don''t know. Learning business from books, I can read all those finance books within days, but I believe it should take more practise than reading to get business right, but I might go with business or just join my dad and start a business and learn on the job, I think. But, Engineering looks more promising at the moment, why you ask? - Well let me see, It''s more challenging, but not time taking, if my interest change, I can move to another stream before I waste my time with something I don''t like. I would love to do Medical, maybe when I really get bored and have a lot of money, so that I can waste 10 years of my life learning and later enough to keep be afloat a few more decades after as well. Who am I kidding rite? You guessed it by now. I''m a bit.. no a lot of lazy. NO! I''m not fat, I like being healthy, I have a good physique. Wait... did I just get physically conscious with you just thinking about this... Ok, let''s start again. Why am I rambling in my mind... Well the questions before me, makes me want to think of the life I had, because this might lead to a better or more interesting life. Really!! Literally there are questions before me in white boxes and grey text asking me 10 questions.
Re-birth Trivia. Salutations, you don''t think it''s fair you were born too late, i.e., in centuries not after your brother. So, WE ( not gonna say who) have decided that you get a.. let''s say like : re-roll of the dice, choose your own pack of cards or pick your game. We won''t ask you, just you need to answer the questions below as truth fully as you can, don''t worry about time, you have a whole life to decide, but, let US warn you, we get bored easy.. You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version. 1. You see a wormhole(black hole, whatever you wanna call it..), you can''t see the other side, would you jump in or forget you even saw it? 2. Would you call yourself a people person- meaning, would you go out of your way to mend the misunderstanding between yourself and another, or would you rather just forget you even knew the guy. 3. This is an MCQ, choose the best answer, I would rather be, (a) A limping thief than a necromancer. (b) A necromancer than the other sex. (I actually wrote ''woman'', but I don''t like the rage posts later.). ? The other sex than a creature of choice (actually, you get to be a cat or a dog or... a pigeon, WE couldn''t get approval for more and yes, WE have Others above US as well. See all the Capitals, yeah, We''re all powereful.) (d) A creature than a looney soothsayer. (e) I don''t mind being a looney soothsayer, will a bit less looney. 4. I am a ..(another MCQ) (a) Tea person. (b) Coffee person. ? Beer person. (d) Ginger Lemon Tea with Honey person. 5. I don''t.. (yeah we can never have enough of MCQs) (a) believe in God. (b) care if there is God, HE doesn''t control me. ? really understand, what this has to do with God, but I have no comments. (d) want to answer any more questions. 6. I get bored easy because, (yeah, a MCQ). (a) Life''s easy, I need more challenges. (b) I feel lost without a quest window. ? I need a superpower and a super villain to keep me occupied. (d) it''s the government''s fault, they make people lazy with their stupid talks of peace. Let there be war. (e) care, I just don''t care. 7. If you were give one wish, what would you choose? (you think this is a question, guess again, MCQ). (a) All the knowledge existing and non-existing. (b) A super power from Marvel Comics universe. ? good health and good sleep. (d) A huge investment, where your bank account is always full or never empty. (8). WE don''t really have any more questions, but it''s standard to ask 10 questions, so.. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? (9) Another question, Why did the chicken cross the road? (10) Last one, let make this interesting. I would rather be.. (a) A peasant in the dark ages rather than being born in the 21st century. (b) A future man in the 25th century. ? bored than answer any more questions. (d) dead than live ever again.
You see my dilemma? What''s a soothsayer? 2 - Laazy
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So have you come up with the answers?
"Wait dammit, it looks like you''re forcing me to be a soothsayer, which I have no idea what it is?", he shouted at the screen before him.
What!!! US!!! Don''t be ridiculous
Z(yeah, Xavier Evans, XE = Z) frowned at the window before him, even though it was just letters he could actually hear a Morgan Freeman - with a cold voice in his mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCpsusTta4w
.... Was it that obvious?"
"Just... Am I dead?"
Why so ask such a question? why so late actually?
"I know the last thing I remember is returning home from my friends cabin at the top the hill and on the way down my scooter died without gas. I lost control going down and fell off the side...So am I..?"
You are, but you were not happy in this life.
"I am.. I was, I think. "
You do know your are border line psychotic right? Don''t look surprised.
Z looked at the window confused, he had never known himself to be psychotic or even crazy, in the contrary he was very rational. Emotion defied his logic, but sometimes it overflowed.
Well you are at the tip of the borderline. That''s is why you never get fulfilled by anything and everything looks like a waste of time. WE offer you this new life, it would be hard and as you had always desired. It''s not the time of peace you are living in, if you say yes, WE will take you there.
"What about the 10 questions?"
You already answered them as soon as you looked at them. We know your answers, do you? So are you ready for the new life?
"If you knew my answers before, don''t you know mine by now. "
For some questions, we prefer to hear them.
Z was sure there was a chuckle in his mind as he read the last window. "Yes." ***** "WAKE UP!!!", Shouted the woman at the boy sleeping in the barn. "YA UNGREATFUL BASTARD, GET THE FUCK OFF YOUR ASS AND GET TO WORK!!!", she screamed in his ear pouring a bucket of water onto his face. "uh.. wha.. Mistress!! ", the boy jumped to his feet and stood there in terror. He knew what she would do to him now. "Ya made me waste a bucket of water. I hope ya ''no what ya gotta do. If I see ya standing still anywhere, I will ask the stable masters to use your back as their hammering this time." The boy shuddered in fear hearing that, "Yes.. Mistress." He ran outside, as the weariness of having been sleeping has already diminished from his body and he was as alert as he could be. This was not the first time he had slept in and the Mistress punished him. The Mistress was a full figured woman with black eyes that looked like they were about to pop out of their sockets when she shouted. She was in charge of all the hands of the house. Most hands are orphan boys adopted by an household which could afford to take care of them. The lad was running down the streets of Regar Hill, a village at the Western edge of the continent facing the sea. Surrounded by water on all three sides, it was a fishing village and the wind always had the taste of salt mixed in it. Stolen novel; please report. The boy was balancing a stick on his shoulders with two water carriers as half his height on either side. The water containers were empty, for now and he ran outside the village towards the only source of fresh water to the village, a stream flowing from the north across the many lands and finally to the banks of Regar Hill. The boy reached the stream and started to dip the water carrier into the stream and fill it with water almost to it brim, but not completely and he did the same for the other. "You''re late again, Laazy. So, the Mistress Haga caught you sleeping again. I don''t know when you will learn to behave yourself. How many buckets has she told you to get?" The boy looked at the woman, Margis, she was Stanus, the hunter''s wife. The woman was slim and held a good figure for her age, she lived outside the village, but no one dared to do mischief with her and Stanus was the reason. Stanus, the hunter was as tall as the best horses in the Regar household and as strong as 10 horses on their best days. A rumour was that he used to be a retired Captain in the Occlar''s army many year ago and was a demon on the battlefield. He left the army after the war and married Margis of Regar Hill and spent his retirement as the hunter of the village. Supplying the fur, meat and bones to the village. Half the fur coats belonging to the Regar household woman were killed by Stanus. "I.. don''t know. Until she says so, I guess.", Laazy was used to these kinds of punishments. Even though the Regar household had many mares which were used to bring freshwater to refill the large water barrels which supplied them to the house, Laazy would now do the job of five mares refilling the barrels five times, so a total of twenty five times for today, but that was not all, he would get more work after. "You poor boy, I assume you will not have a bite to eat until this is over with. ", Margis said, to which the boy nodded looking down at the water carriers filled with water. Margis approached him and gave him few pieces of dried meat. Laazy looked at the dried meat in delight and smiled at the kind woman. "Eat then slowly and drink enough water so that you don''t sweat it all out. Off you go before she tells you to do something else." "Thank you!!", he blurted out, red in face. Laazy ate a bit of the dried meat and put his head into the lake drinking his full. He then put the stick in between the water carriers hooks as the leather water carrier closed up under the weight. He lifted the water carriers with a grunt and began to balance them both while walking slowly towards the village and then up the hill towards the Regar household. He had got used to this kind of punishment and his body had developed for the better. He was as strong as any man in the village, though he was short for his age because of all the heavy stuffs he had to lift since a young age, like the one he was carrying now. Last time the Mistress made him carry the gardener on his shoulders to help trim the garden''s long bushes and even had the gardener stand on his head when it was not reachable. Laazy knew not to complain, he was an orphan, a bastard taken in by the Regar household. For good or for worse, he would serve then as they gave him a place to sleep, food to eat and clothes to wear. He was not tired by the work, for he had just started, but he paced slowly and carefully as not to trip as it was a nasty fall down the hill. On his way he tried to remember his dream, as usual it was a confusing one which made no sense to him and he barely remembered the rest. He was talking to a white wall before him with letters was all he could remember. He tried to remember what it was he was talking about, but he was unable to recollect anything. "So you want me to be this guy??"
Yup!! He is more compatible with yourself. If you say, Yes, WE will begin the transfer. You will not remember your past or current self until you remember who you really are, so basically you will have the memory of this boy and yourself, i.e., if you can remember yourself.
Laazy was on his fifth trip up the hill carrying the large water carriers, sweating like a pig, grunting with every step he took. People around him were laughing at the sound he made, while some people looked at him with pity. "Do I get another choice?"
Nope. Minimal funding.
Z sighed at the window before him and said, "Sure, beam me up, Scotty!!" 3 - Why him?
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Very dramatic. WE applaud your decision, but, are You sure?
Z looked at the box irritated, then he started to think about it for a while. "What happens to the boy, if I take over his body?"
Nothing. You don''t take over nor does he disappear. You will both be one in the same.
"How? Who would I be then or he be for the matter. I don''t understand will I not be myself when I enter his body?."
This is hard to explain...
Z looked at the window and did a ''knock, knock'' at it.
Do you play PC games?
"DUH!!!", said Z with a pissed off tone.
What if something corrupted your OS, but you have a game which you played till 90%.
"I would backup the game itself in drive."
OR you would backup the save game folder.
"That sounds about right."
So, what do you think the saved games are to your character. You change a PC or move the saved game to another machine.
"I don''t know - instances, lives, memories, I got no idea."
Memories sound about right. So you change to a new PC , but with the old saved game, what if WE told you WE could take the progression from two saved game and merge it into one.
"I don''t understand anything at all... "
WE thought as much. Let US think..
"I don''t care about the explanation, Will I be myself?"
Yes... in a sense.
"Then, do it. Let get to copy pasting my memories..."
It''s not that simple..
"You can''t do it now, can you? That''s why you were stalling and wanted to keep me confused until you can just jolt be into that body. So what are we waiting for?", he looked at the window in question and looking at the poor lad who was resting eating the last piece of dried meat. It was almost noon and he had around five more trips to complete the punishment.
Well, we have to wait for him to sleep...
"Err... Might as well look at my life style before I am uploaded." Laazy went along with his chores of the house and Z got terrified by the end of the day. The lad fell right to sleep as soon as he hit the straw bed he made for himself at the stables around past midnight. Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more.
Shall we start?
"I don''t think so... Did you see what he was doing all day? "
I think, today he was given less work because of the punishment.
"WHAT!!! That was less work? You gotta be kidding me!! I don''t what this slaves life. I don''t want to clean all these 20 stables where each table is the size of the parking lot of a football stadium, and that lunch , yuk!!! The horses got a better soup than this lad and he smiled happily when he ate it, so I guess this was the good food. I don''t want to find out which one is the bad one."
But...
" And after lunch, or whatever they called it and after finishing all these stables. He then had to help put on all those candles up. OMG, how many candles do this house use for just one night. I just wanted to burn this place down and those annoying brats that keep pushing him down, I just wanna hang then upside down and make then scream. "
Is that all..?
"Not really. He then had to clean that banquet table, a table set of seven people. Did you see the wasted food from that house, they practically made food for 100 people to just serve to seven people and they ate a spoon from each of the food and discarded the rest and they had the nerve to give him just two pieces of bread and a watered down soup. Just thinking of this.... Gr...."
This is the life you always thought you should live. A life in the dark ages. WE are giving it to you. Here everything is for the taking, but you only get ONE LIFE!
"Yes, but as an adventurer. I don''t want to be a slave. "
You''re dead. If you don''t make up your mind before he wakes up. You will remain that way for the rest of eternity.
"..." Z looked at the sleeping lad as he smiled in his sleep, content in his own world. All the thoughts of the day went through his mind, what could he have done better to make his life simpler. How would it affect the boy with the future life. He had no idea what to say or do, but looking at the lad he thought to himself, "This will be a good lore to talk about if I ever get to talk about it." "Ok. I''m ready. "
Done.
Just as Z read the window before him, the white consciousness near the boy disappeared as the sun slowly started to hover over the sky. The boy woke up as soon as the light touched his face and was glad he didn''t have to do any punishment today. He stretched trying to relieve the soreness while thinking to himself, "Weird dream.." 4 - Crazy man
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Chapter 4 : Crazy man Laazy was happy today for he had woken up before the Mistress and ran with the mules to fetch the water as the sun was still not at the its peak in the horizon. He could do it quickly today and luckily get breakfast as well. Slowly pacing the mules train out the house walls by crossing the draw bridge and down the hill. The journey downhill was more accustomed to him than these mules he carefully guided downhill or they would stumble with each other. The village was starting it''s day as well with the people who had too much Ale last night trying hard to get their bearing to return home while others clean up their shops for the day ahead. Regar Hill was a small village with just over 1500 occupants and the Regar family owned all the land. There are five families which rule the west which are : Family Trezt, Family Qhuil, Family Wine, Family Rize and Family Regar. There was no king which rule the land and those who have tried were all in history scrolls in every house library teaching the future generation on how not to control the land. The hands of the family household are usually orphans handpicked by the house mister or mistress. They are taken at an early age and groomed to be loyal sla...hands of the house. Laazy was taken in when he was around five years old, most young boys don''t live past three years of age even when under a parents warmth and care. The young boy five year old was woken up in pain as the Mistress pinched his buttocks and after a while he went back to sleep in tears. Mistress took the lad home with a smile on her face and called him Laazy. Laazy was happy and even felt lucky he was adopted into the Regar family, he knew what happened to children after 10 years of age, they die or that was what Mistress always told him, "You should be great full I took you in or you would have died.." and she added "Last year", "two years ago", "three years ago", etc since the day he was older than 11 years old. He slowly passed through the village and crossed the walls towards the fresh water stream about half a league from the village gates. He found many before him, the potters apprentice, the blacksmiths apprentice, the tavern boys and maidens, all carrying pots with them to fetch water from the stream. Laazy always looked at the different people as they gathered water and everyone collected the differently. The potter apprentices have two pots to collect the water from the side of the stream where the silt of the purest and richest minerals collect, they also carry a large leather bag to collect the silt they find which their masters would appreciate to work on. The blacksmiths apprentice always collected water where the stream is divided and still. It is at these still places where the water is the purest and without impurities. Laazy had asked them why they needed such clean water and they replied it is to temper the steel. He seldom understood anything other than what he was told, so he didn''t ask anymore, but today he really understood what tempering was and it confused him. The tavern boys and maiden collected water where they stood when they stopped talking to look at the water and after collecting the water to its brim they would chatter back towards the village. Laazy always gathered water nearby Stanis''s hut and the water was always sweeter there or he told himself. The other reason was to meet Margis, the kindest person he had ever met, but the thought of meeting the brazen Stanis did trouble him. As Laazy was carrying the last water barrel towards the mule, he saw the bushes shaking behind him and he turned quickly to see a bear in the far end of his view. He quickly tried to tie the barrel to the mules side, but he was not able to as his hands were trembling with fear and with the weight of the barrel. He wanted to run away, but he could not leave the mules, the Mistress would punish him and he didn''t want that. He looked back again and saw that the bear was closing in slowly. He lifted the barrel and balanced it on his thighs as he fastened it around the mules sides and he started pulling at the mule''s rope, but the mules were moving slowly with the weight of the barrels holding them back. Laazy looked worriedly towards the bear and saw a man like shape instead as it was much closer now and Laazy was more scared, it was Stanis. "What are you looking at boy?", asked Stanis "Nothing Sir, I thought... I saw... a bear.", he said slowly trying not the offend him speaking fast. "You did or it was a bear.", he said and showed the bear pelt lying on his back, "I found this one nearby the village, so I took care of it. I wonder if Lord Regar would like to have it.", he said holding the bear pelt twice as large as him which was still dripping with blood before Laazy. "Boy", he said looking at Laazy, "Yeess Sirr?", he replied. "You work for the Regar household, don''t ya?". "Yes Sir." "Tell your Mistress that Stanis, the hunter has a bear pelt which he would like to sell and that it should be ready within a week. If she is interested, she can send her someone to appraise it for the price. Do you understand?" "Yes Sir, Bear pelt, sell, tell Mistress. Got it." "Don''t forget, I will pay you for this. Yes?" If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. "I don''t require payment Sir, but thank you. " "Dear, why are you scaring the young lad with that beastly thing around your shoulder. Look at your clothes, it''s completely covered in blood. I got a child in my hand...", Interruped Margis looking at her husband. Stanis looked guilty, "I''m...'', he coughed, "Well be off then", he said turning and looking at Laazy who was more than happy to leave as he pulled the mules and progressed slowly towards the village. Laazy completed four more trips after the first one and also managed to slip Stanis'' message to the Mistress. He even got some breakfast which was some tomato soup and bread. It was better than usual, but he was happy for the food, when he first started working they would not make enough food to feed another, so he had to make due with a few scraps of bread they left over from the table. Later he helped clean the carpets, windows and then lit the candles of the house, also collect the wax in a wooden bucket to return it to the house chandler. The days went by and seasons changes in months, and with passing time the chores increased, the bear from Stanis was a rug in the Main Studyroom for which he was paid handsomely. It was the end of Autumn and the season of final harvest before the winter. The food would be scarce and Laazy hated the winter because, bread would never be served with soup and it was always radish or carrot soup for the hands of the house. But this winter was different, the Regar House had a quest and an important one at that, he was a friend of the Lord Regar itself. The word around the house was that he was a "Medicine man" of the old people, but old hands of the house will always need rumours to speak of during the winter and Laazy had heard many in his hard years at the house. Laazy had to sleep inside the house''s hand chambers like the others because it had grown colder as days neared winter and since he had seldom used his bed, others used it as a place to store their effects. He didn''t care and slept on the ground wrapping himself in the blankets given to all hands, it was a blanket made from the fur of the hill side pigs which had a thick coat. It stinks with all the cheap work done to it, but it was better than any other blanket in the house. The next day he would be woken up as usual by the other hands of the house and his routine would start again, but today was different. The mistress had asked for him and told Hearold, a year younger than him to go fetch the water for the house. Laazy reached the kitchen awaiting to talk with the Mistress as she was directing the cooks and the maids for the tasks of the day. She looked at him, but didn''t address him until she was done with the other maids. Laazy stood there motionless and didn''t show any emotion on his face. The reason for that was because once he yawned and she punished him for that and another time he smiled, for which she made him serve all the quests and help clean their rooms with a smile, and he never smiled before her again. "umm.. Yes, Laazy.", she said looking at him now and trying to remember what to make him do, ".. I believe you know we have a guest to entertain, Master Helldrew, and he has asked for a hand to help him with his personal tasks. Go to his room and see that you listen to everything he says. No Questions asked. Understand!!!. Good, now off with you." "Yes Mistress.", said Laazy and left to see the guest at his room. He didn''t want to ask what or why he was asked for, better to learn it by himself than be punished. He knocked at the door and awaited for him for him to call him in, but no answer came. He knocked again, but no answer. He stood there for a few minutes, then a few more minutes passed by and he knocked again and that is when he heard it, not a call, but a loud bang, loud enough to open the door and knock Laazy a few steps back. "OH, THAT FAILED AGAIN!!! HEY YOU... WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?", the man was shouting even though he was just few feet in front of him, but not visible because of the smoke. Laazy replied by saying that the Mistress had sent him, but the man did not reply until the greyish smoke cleared off to show a middle aged man standing before him with silver hair streaks only by the side of hair, almost as tall as him, but thin with crazy looking eyes which were not staring at him. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?", he shouted again. "I was sent by the Mistress to help you, Sir.", Laazy replied, but the man stood there as if he didn''t understand. "OH, I FORgoot", he said and removed the pieces of wool from his ears, but he took his time, each wool he pulled out was as long as his finger and Laazy would only imagine how he managed to push them far enough into his ear. "I hope I wasn''t shouting, so what was it you said again?" "I was sent by the Mistress to help you, Sir." "Oh!! for my experiment. That''s great, you look strong enough. First help me clean up this mess and we can start with you quickly", he said with a crazier look in his eyes and a smile as wide as his mouth would allow it. Laazy nodded uncomfortably at the look of his face and cleaned the floor which was covered by a strange ash like dust which smelled like piss when he dusted it to an edge, but the man told him to use a wet cloth as it would not let the powder fly around and he did as he was told. "OK, this is easier to manage with you around, so shall we start?", he said with the same crazy smile. "Yee..s..", Laazy replied. "Start by undressing your clothes. " 5 - Hand
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Chapter 5 : Hand "Wha..." "Don''t be shy, I''m no pervert, at least not towards men or boys. So be quick about it.", he said eyeing the boy with interest. Laazy slowly loosened the side knots of his tunic and removed the clothing covering his torso. "mm.. Good physique. No fat, very good. I hope you are wearing linens.", he remarked slowly. Laazy looked at him embarrassed and nodded, slowly untying the knots around his hips to remove the trousers, he took his time and thought of ways he could not have done this, but to no avail he dropped them. "Strong legs, Good, turn around, raise your arms. Very good indeed. ", he said not caring for the blushing and deeply breathing boy before him. Helldrew quickly went towards the desk in the room and ruffled through the countless number of notes on his table and quickly found one he was looking for while affirming to himself with occasional, "Yes, Should work, He seems optimal. ". Laazy stood there looking at the crazy man and didn''t raise a question or let himself be focused, but standing in the middle of the room and naked was something which deemed attention. The crazy man ran around the room towards a the large chest which Laazy knew was not part of the quest room''s decor as the crazy man started to mix various concoctions into a glass container. Laazy looked at the vast amount of glass in the chest and the other different shaped glasses on the large table at the end and wondered at the crazy man''s fortunes. Glass vessels were of great value in this age and clear glass was as costly as the costliest silver cutlery. "Ok, here we are. ", he returned with three vials containing different grody coloured liquids and a small hourglass. "What are these, Sir?" "It''s an experiment, let''s say it will change you forever.", he said with a grin so malice it gave Laazy Goosebumps. "OK, here, you start with this one and then I will start the hourglass, as soon as you see the last few sands, you drink this, and then like before I will re-start the hourglass as you drink, then the next one. It should be done exactly like I said. Do you understand?", he said with enthusiasm and kept showing the actions of drinking the vials and turning the hourglass multiple times. Laazy looked at the vials and he felt something bad was going to happen, as a hand he would hear word of war and nearby bandits and he would lose his sleep over this worrying, then he started following the advice of an old hand, "The less you know, the more you will live. ", and from that day onwards he seldom cared for gossip or news between the hands. But he had heard of people who would do anything to further themselves in the world and the air around the man before him reminded of such rumours. "Well, don''t wander off in your head already, do you understand!?." He looked at the very excited man and as his eyes slowly shifted from the piercing gaze of curiosity to anger, he replied, "Yes, Sir. ", and he saw his eyes change into a sinister smile in them. Laazy was seated on a grand chair and he was told, "Drink when you are ready.". Laazy looked at the first vial, it had a tinge of green to it, but the colour was not definite as light kept changing the colour across different shades of green. "What is this for?". "All in good time, when you are done drinking.", he said giving that vial in his arms a nudge toward his mouth. "But.." "Drink!!", he said in a stern voice and Laazy drank without thought of repercussions. The drink surprisingly tasted good, the liquid was cold and inviting to his tongue and he felt the cold drink slowly drain down his throat, and as it filled his stomach he found his senses very aware. This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. "Drink!!", he said as the last grain of the small hourglass started to fall through. As he emptied the next grody vial of reddish brown liquid which was much more slimy than the first, he found this warmer and as it started to flow down his mouth, he started to feel tingling and later it started to pain, but before he could understand, "DRINK!!!", he shouted with a crazy and laughing like a mad man. The last vial looked yellowish, but as before it changed colours in different angles. He drank it and as this vial emptied into his mouth, "IT BURNS!!!!!!! Sir." , he screamed as it went down into his stomach. He was shivering and then sweating at the same time. He twitched and felt his body twist at different positions as he felt the heat and coldness go through every cell of his being. The pain was unbearable, but if it were a single mind to comprehend this pain, he would not have survived, with the other conciousness awakening slowly, he wretched in pain and screamed and screeched at the floor, he started banging his head on the floor as the pain spread to his head. The floor was covered in his blood. "MY EYES!!! IT BURNS!!", he shouted as he tried to pull them out, but before that Mistress fled in with few other hands and restrained his arms and took him to the bed. "What have you done with my boy!!", Mistress said with anger under her brow and huffing while forming a fist, she wanted to kill the fragile old man before her, but he was of a higher blood. "Like I said earlier, I needed the boy to help me with my work.", he said while looking at the boy with interest as he went under continuous muscle spasms and screaming while the hands detained him by tying his hands and legs to the sides of the bed. "I ASKED, WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM.", she pitched each word with swelling up anger in his words and he chest was almost puffed up to point it would tear. "I am not sure, him being alive is a surprise so long is a surprise, but interesting, no lasted so long. ", he said still looking at the boy. "You were going to kill that boy from the start. I will talk with Lord Regar about thi.." "Oh, no need. I already told him that I needed a boy for my research. " The Mistress looked at him stunned at these words. She looked at Laazy with disbelief, while mouthing, "No... he wouldn''t..". She didn''t wait to say anything to the crazy man in the room and quickly sped toward Laazy and went down to his ear, "I''m sorry, my dear child. I''m..", she whispered and quickly sped out to meet with the Lord. Laazy heard what she said, but couldn''t understand anything, he shouted till he couldn''t anymore and the hands held him down with sorrow in their eyes, remembering the dreamy eyes boy who worked without complain and their hearts sunk as he stopped moving suddenly, the cloth they had used to tie him up were covered in blood and they quickly removed themselves taking a step back with fear. The hands who were holding him down thought he was dead and could not take their eyes off the boy who was covered in sweat and blood, but the crazy man who was stay afar until then sped towards the boy, touched his neck which gave him a glare of distrust and hatred from the other hands. The ones gathered in the room were not sure what to feel as the crazy man smiled widely which sent chills down their spine and said, "Interesting, very interesting." One one wanted to ask him, but they could not bear the air around them and as someone asked, "Is he alive, Sir?" "Yes, that''s why it is interesting", he replied and laughed with an evil grin. 6 - Let him live
yO, No real reason for the late releases, life gets in the way. It''s Quarter end and more work that way as well. Hope you enjoy. I will give another chapter soon. Could you let me know, how you would like me to proceed with the story. I was hoping for like a full crafting type story, of course I will add many elements of action/romance. or do you want me to go full on full Action. Moreover, would you like a quick paced with significant time lapses to move along with the story or detailed story of every action and understanding from the characterization and Point of View(POV).
Chapter 6 - Let him live. "It has been ten days since the boy has been sleeping, my Lord. Lord Helldrew refuses to answer any questions and keeps ignoring our requests to let the village herbmaster to have a look at the boy. Please convince him.", pleaded the Mistress to Lord Regar who had rode in three days back having heard of the rumours of a hand being killed at his household. He rushed back to find the rumors as not true, but worse. He had always known Helldrew as kids and his curiosity was always at the brink of madness, but he could never refuse him for all the favours he owed him. Lord William Regar, the head Regar of the household had taken over after his father, Lord Lemmard Regar passed away. They were one of the strongest houses due to Lord Lemmards Regars brilliance and slyness, and a quality which were not all inherited by his son Lord William Regar. When William asked his father to teach him his ways, he replied, "Son, One day you would be Lord of this house and the things I do now is so that you would not have to do them when you''re Lord." Lord Lemmard always kept his children far away from the house politics and the same were followed by every other house or most of them. Lord William was compassionate, but life was not as his father had hoped for his house. Lord Regar was only sixteen and was pushed towards the unwanted lands, but he didn''t complain nor did he forget. The Mistress was standing before him with a worried look in her eye and biting her teeth whenever she thought of Helldrew. The thing that surprised him more than Helldrews actions were that of the Mistress, he never thought she ever cared. She was always strict and even sometimes to the point of being cruel to the hands of the house. "I will talk with Helldrew and try to persuade him." "My Lord, he gave the boy the poison hoping he would die. Would you not inform the council of his.." "NO!! No one is to know of this. No one, make sure of it.", he quickly interrupted her. "Yes.... but the rumours would have started already, like the one which brought you here. " "Yes, yes, but rumours never sent anyone to be beheaded or worse.", he sighed. "I will talk to him and bring these things to rest.", he continued before she could protest, "If there is nothing else, you may leave. I need my rest. " She looked at the lord pleading and then nodded leaving his to his study. "For Inerias sake, what have you done now Pete.", he sighed. **** Will he wake up. I hope he does, never had a live specimen before. But it should be ok, if he dies as well. No one has survived for more than 10 minutes, but he is alive for three days now. Helldrew kept near the boy, day and night, he never left his side and his food was served to him at his room. He fed the boy honey with grape juice. Helldrew refused every help he was given to take care of the boy. It has been five days now and his skin looks better. Breathing is normal and his pulse has increased significantly. He will live. I need to know how he is doing, how his organs are working, should I let him live. If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. Helldrew was sleeping in the grand chair when he heard something, it was like someone was drowning and he quickly got to his feet rushing to the boy. He is awake!!! Do I let him live. Let him live! or find out how he is alive. What should I do?!! The boy was weak and slowly opened his eyes, he found the room bright and Helldrew covered the windows with the blinds. He was licking his lips and smacking his tongue demanding water. Helldrew slowly poured some water from a glass nearby into his mouth. He has regained colour and if I think what his body is going through, I''m sure he will be alright by tomorrow. Should I let him live?! The room was filled with the hands who washed his body and the Mistress came every hour checking on the boy, she didn''t trust the Crazy Lord Helldrew. I wonder if the old Mistress had something to do with William shouting at me, he thought seeing the Mistress avoid him. William was always naive, such sacrifices are required to learn, to discover, what use is life if you can''t find out the rules you understand or is forced to understand the only rule. But, even his temper will not stop me, I know and so does he. Helldrew went make to taking notes everyhour and Lord Regar kept visiting once a while as he was informed the boy woke to know the status of the boy. Helldrew knew it was more to let him know not to do anything more to the boy or the Mistress made sure of that was clear. Incredible improvement, The boy is now able to move his body slowly and it''s not past afternoon, won''t be long before he can start to walk or talk. Should I let him live?!! Laazy was not sure what was happening to him, he was being treated by the other hands, he recognised George and Helba washing him and he couldn''t even shy them off. He was tired, but he felt different and he did not know. I am tired, I need... to ... slee.. Helldrew kept recording the rate of improvement of the boy and took his body temperature, pulse, breathing rhythm and the colour of his skin. He looked healthy, the watered honey and herb paste which was rich in energy that the herbalist of the village provided is doing the job of keeping the boy away from death. And on the seventh day he is just sleeping. All his colour has returned and looks normal. All vitals looks fine and he looks more healthy, so maybe my experiment worked, but he has not woken up yet. What should I do? Do I let him live? Wait he is ruffling in the bed for a while now, is he waking up. Helldrew draws close to the boys bed and brings his face close to the boy''s seeing if he is dreaming or trying to wake up. Suddenly the boy opens his eyes. Helldrew is shocked, but what happened next literally knocked him off his feet as he was on the ground slowly loosing consciousness. I think I will let him live..., he thought as he started getting comfortable on the cold floor.