Job Change
Arnold went back to the palace shortly after loitering around for some time thinking about what the princess felt after getting the ornament.
The King summoned him and ordered him to leave for the time being.Arnold understood the reason for the king's order and promptly replied,"Just as you wish my king".
After two and a half days of travel,doing the technicolor yawn only once Arnold reached the Anteria region.
As Arnold set foot on the ground of the Anteria region soldiers of General Luka were there to receive him and paid respect by saluting him which he didn't expect all of a sudden.The soldiers escorted him till they reached the fort of General Luka.
"Bravo, well done my lion", said General Luka while clapping his hands.That was nothing extraordinary, I was just doing my job but I'll gladly accept the compliments."I have something important to tell you and that is you're going to be doing another job from now on instead of assassination".
Why!?,I'm happy with my work General Luka."I know but it's an order from the king".What job am I supposed to do then?."Well it's for you to decide".Ok, I'll take my time and think about it." "Oh! one other thing, today we're having a slap-up fest to celebrate your success in all of the mission till now". I'm looking forward to that, saying this Arnold left the throne room.
Later Arnold visited the fields of farmers of the region and even though they were busy working Arnold was gifted a little something by almost everyone.Arnold would have been happy even if he was given hay as a gift as he knows the hard work farmers put into growing crops which is appreciated by him for soothing the hunger of many people.
Arnold later went to visit the orphanage and found Sirelt and Militis playing with the kids.Seeing Arnold both of them came rushing and jumped to hug him." I missed you Arnold sama", said Militis as she held Arnold's left hand."I also missed you big brother", said Sirelt tightly holding his right hand.Ouch!!, Sirelt let go."Okay big brother".You also let go Militis."Why?, you just came finishing the mission why can't we stay like this a bit longer?".Ok, just as you wish."So, how was your mission, big brother?".Well I pretty much handled the situation but the main problem is whether the king can have the patience to wait for everything to return to it's normal situation."Arnold sama did you bring something for us?",asked Militis staring intensely with puppy eyes.
Arnold forgot to buy gifts for them so he looked away and told them the gifts are in his room."Ok, we believe you Arnold sama".Phew!, said Arnold inside his inner mind as he got some slack to buy gifts for them.Arnold then told them to play with the kids and left saying that he has an important job to do which was to buy gifts for both of them.
Arnold went to the nearest gift shop and brought two hairpins for them which was similar in design with a red coloured butterfly on both of it.
Shortly after buying gifts for both of them he returned to the orphanage and gave them their souvenir which he bought just now."Thanks Arnold sama for such a beautiful hairpin".It's nothing compared to the support you have shown towards me."Thank you big brother", saying this Sirelt Jumped in the arms of Arnold.Do you like it?."Yes,I'll adore it, big brother".
"Big brother why is blood coming out of your nose?".Oh! don't worry it's a sign that I'm growing."It doesn't seem to be happening because of that big brother, there is still blood coming out".Let me teach you something today say after me when a man says it you have to believe and embrace it.
"Embrace what big brother?".The fact that I just told you that the bleeding is happening because I'm growing."Okay I understand I'll keep that teaching on my mind till I die big brother".Now that's what a good girl is like and one thing you not old enough to talk about dying.
The main reason for Arnold's bleeding of the nose may have been figured out by men of cultures but those who didn't get it's simply because a small-sized dough ran over a plain surface. (#Authors note- I leave the rest to your imagination)
Later Arnold went to the flower garden,while lying on the grasses he was staring at the blue sky with the thought about what kind of job he should choose.He closed his eyes for some time to clear his mind from other thoughts.As he opened his eyes he noticed an old man was sitting beside him.
He was in disarray whether he should talk or not.Some time later Arnold decided to talk with him.Excuse me!, do you need anything from me."No my boy I'm not here for anything,I saw you from far away and I'm old enough to realize the reason for you lying on the grasses of the garden",said the old man with a simpering smile throughout his face.
You understood my problem just by looking from distance."The thing is I used to have many dreams but I failed in every step of life".How does that connect with my problem?."No matter what you choose always accept the outcome even if it's bad, be proud of the fact that you put the effort in it",saying this the old man stood and walked away.
Arnold sat on the grass and looked at the old man walk by till he was visible in his eyes.Arnold placed his hand on his heart and closed his eyes again.This time he got the answer to his questions.He chooses to be an inventor.
Without wasting a minute he returned to the fort of General Luka and spoke out loud what he wanted to do."Why did you choose to be an inventor?".Arnold was hesitating to answer the question.As a kid his father used to bring toys for him, he used to take a screwdriver and open parts of the toys in an attempt to make something out of them but failed every time yet he didn't stop.
Arnold didn't say that instead, he said that it's fun that's his reason for choosing the job of an inventor."We'll support you no matter what you choose to be Arnold sama", said Militis facing in front of him."Count me in also big brother",said Sirelt holding his arms.
"So what do you have on your mind, I mean what are you going to be inventing?".I haven't decided on that yet General Luka but I will soon figure it out."Okay I guess we'll leave it at that and on thing don't forget about the feast happening tonight".I won't General Luka.
The anticipated time for the fest finally came and all the residents of the Anteria Region were given chance to join the feast.A stage was prepared where General Luka would use to hand out prizes of the games ongoing before the feast.Arnold participated in a game and placed rock bottom of it.The games before the feast were simple and easy to play games.After all the games were finished Arnold was called to the stage by General Luka.General Luka proudly announced to everyone that the feast was prepared to celebrate the success of Arnold in his last mission as he did deeds which are meritorious.The crowd started clapping their hands and screamed out loud which sounded like a war cry.
"So, how was the experience of tonight's festival?, was it merrymaking?,did you enjoy it?,Mr Arnold aka man of the hour.I did but I'm still hating the fact that I scored the lowest point on the ball throw game which sucks."Don't worry there's more chance to come I bet you will win in the next game".Well, I guess I'll believe in that for now General Luka." That's more like it", said General Luka while giving a medal in his hand for his achievements.
The food for the feast was the fried meat of highland boar which was enough for the feeding of 200 people.The feast ended just before sunrise.The people who attended the feast were mostly sleeping.Some were sleeping on the ground, some on the stage and some were sleeping on tree branches which they climbed being drunk.Arnold was also sleeping after chucking down two bottles of Alcohol.General Luka went to sleep in his room inside the fort.
After three to four hours of sunrise, people started waking up and vacated the fort to indulge themselves in their day-to-day works.Arnold woke up and washed his droll covered face.Later he started looking for Militis and Sirelt.Both of them were sleeping on the stage.Arnold stared at the sun for some time and thought to himself today is a nice sunny day.Afterwards he started observing the grounds if anybody needed help with anything.
More and more folk started to wake up and left the fort one by one.Arnold noticed one thing that the population of this region is a bit denser than the other regions.An idea then crossed his mind as he had an aha moment about what he's going to invent for the people of this region and outside regions tagging the product as his first invention.