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The sands of time were silent.

In a faraway land, the sound of horses marching could be heard.

"Lord Edin, The enemy has surrendered, Our siege has been successful!" A soldier shouted to the white man sitting on a war horse, his body covered in treasure and Armor.

"Good... What has my brother done with the fallen Lord?" Edin asked the soldier with boredom in his eyes.

"We are yet to receive news, my-" The soldier's voice was cut out before he could finish the sentence due to a spear going through his chest.

"W-Why!?" The soldier asked with fury and surprise in his eyes, looking directly at the lord he served.

"...Useless." Lord Edin uttered a single word in his boredom not even caring for the life he took...

Shortly afterward, the soldier's body fell lifelessly and no one moaned his death.

A slightly tall, white man jumped down from the top of the castle and threw something at lord Edin.

Lord Edin casually grabbed the severed head that was thrown at him and smiled.

"You're back, prick... did you face any inconvenience?" Edin asked to prick with a gentle smile on his face.

"None at all, the lord easily gave up after we told him we had his daughters... I told him we would return his daughters hahaha... Little did he know, he would join them."

Prick said while laughing hard.

Both Prick and Edin laughed so hard that the soldiers cleaning up after the surrender were staring at them.

"I heard something interesting some days ago."

Edin said calmly while smiling at his brother.

"Oh? Something that caught your interest? That's rare... Is it a woman?" Prick said with curiosity like a little bunny.

"No... I heard there is a prophet/Oracle in the Samel kingdom." Edin said to his brother with a trace of anger.

"Another false one I say!" Prick said while rolling his eyes and looking at his feet.

*Time passes*

Prick and Edin are sitting on a large table alone, eating what looks to be a feast.

"So this marks the 7th castle we have captured, right? Our kingdom can now succeed, we have a circular pattern and are self-sufficient." Prick said in a rare moment of wisdom.

"We'll see, Yusuf... Inform the soldiers to camp in the city tonight, and we'll be departing when the sun rises tomorrow with 80% of them, the remaining need to maintain order and repair the cities."

Edin spoke softly while taking bites of his food, Prick felt Edin was talking to the air but suddenly he heard a voice.

"Understood, Your Highness." A young man in Butler's clothing stepped out of the shadow of the table.

"Jesus! Who is this rat?" Prick asked his brother with fright and vigilance in his eyes and a hand on his sword ready to dismember his enemy.

"A new....assistant," Edin said without much thought or worry.

Yusuf shortly left to inform the soldiers about their duties for tomorrow.

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The scene of a city dazzling with sunlight and a market buzzing with people could be seen from above.

"You won't die till your 70s." A man sitting on the ground with a mat and some stones in front of him said to an older gentleman who seemed to be about 50.

"Thank you, Ahmed, I'm so glad a prophet like you is born here... You have saved us from so much misfortune... Truly... God has sent his own, Here take this." The old man's tears were about to fall from his eyes and he tried to hand Ahmed a bag filled with money.

Ahmed doesn't take the money but rejects it and the old man still tries to give it to him.

"Do you not respect me?" Ahmed said angrily to the old man for trying to force him to accept money.

"S..sorry..." The old man said as he backed away, "t...Thank you..!" He muttered as he went on his way.

"Sigh" Ahmed sighed and thought 'It seems, War is about to reach this castle... I suppose I'll have to leave this city too... I should head to Samel hiya and somehow get an audience with the king.'

As he was packing up, he put a bag over his shoulder and started leaving the city, he got a horse named Judy for travels, and he also got rations and clothing.

As he left the city, he couldn't help but hear the music played by the kids nearby and his heart hardened... 'Am I really going to abandon these people?' He bit his lips till blood fell out of his lips as he rode the horse away.

*Time passes*

As Ahmed traveled at full speed on his horse, he couldn't help but frequently zone out and zone in, a wet trail could be seen running down his cheeks and his eyes looked hollow.

*Again time passes*

Approximately 2 months have passed since he departed from Furi... He reached Hiya, He was slightly disheveled as he entered the city.

He quickly booked a cheap room and fell dead asleep without caring if anyone knocked on his door, apparently the maid had knocked on his door for 3 days but he slept through that.

After waking up, he used water magic to wash up and he left the inn's room and went down to the general area to eat something.

"Great sleep, ain't it?" A slightly old and fat woman with big tits and a motherly aura asked him as he sat down to eat something.

"Yeah, just give me something to fill me full for cheap," Ahmed said, not even bothering to give the woman another glance.

The lady just smiled and walked to the kitchen and a few minutes later she brought warm soup and bread, she placed it in front of Ahmed and he ate it without a single word.

Ahmed put a few bronze coins on the table and left without saying a single word to anyone.

He walked quite calmly to the castle gates but his heart was anything but calm.

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