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Chapter 7: Kidnapping (1)
Chapter 7: Kidnapping (1)
I will leave tomorrow too. I dont know when I can visit you again. I may be back in a few years. But you probably wont be here
Yes.
Can you see me off when I leave?
No.
Although they had been childhood friends, now they could not communicate as before. He wasnt ready to say goodbye, he didnt want to crawl like a worm at the last moment.
Liza bowed her head. The moonlight was temporarily blocked by clouds, so everything was briefly in darkness. He wondered what Lizas expression would be.
Then well say goodbye here. Ill go in first.
So long, Liza.
Take care. I hope to see you again someday.
You too.
Liza went back to the Temple first. He was sure she would understand that he needed time alone to sort out his feelings.Visitt for the latest updates
He walked alone the same path he had walked with Liza as a child. He stopped near the moonlit pond. He sat on the rock as in the past.
He looked around him. Every place reminded him of the moments he lived with her.
His mother called out the names of other people outside the store. Two children who looked to be five or six years old ran into the store. The couple continued to look at jewelry with their children in their arms.
She had started a new family.
He left the place with a blank stare.
He isolated herself for a while to calm his emotions. He had long since assumed that it was all in the past. There was no connection.
He wondered what he could do. This was the life he had been given.
He occasionally went to the Temple of Acates when he had free time. Other orphans his age left the Temple to make their own way in life. He sat in the empty chapel to think about the fate that had befallen him. Posted only on NovelUtopia
Everyone in the world dreams of a wonderful life, but not everyone could have it. Not everyone could be a King, or a Knight, or a Great Wizard, or a Hero.
Some have to be nuns, some have to be pr0st!tutes. Some have to fix the garden, some have to work the metal. Even if they break under pressure, some have to be a small cog to make the world work.
Goddess Acates saved him twice. Once she saved him from starving to death after losing his mother, and the other when it was perforated in the stomach area. He wondered why the Goddess had helped him. He could not easily predict his future.
Maybe Liza was Gods chosen one. And he just someone disposable to adorn his childhood.
When he became independent, he rented a place within walking distance of the workshop. It was an old house. The floors creaked so much that it hurt his ears, the windows didnt open properly and he could hear the mice walking on the ceiling every night.
He couldnt sleep easily because he had so many thoughts. And Liza would pop into his mind when he couldnt sleep. What kind of people was she meeting? How did she adjust to Eternia Academy, a place where the countrys geniuses gathered?
Still, he tried to erase Liza from his mind.
His metalworking skills developed day by day. When the craftsman who taught him looked at his work, he asked him to stop with a bitter smile. But that didnt stop him. He stayed alone in the workshop in the evenings to learn techniques.