Chapter 28

The boy led Tristan and Vera away from the town square. Toward the outskirts of the town there, they saw the boy enter a depilated alley. They followed him and saw him heading towards a small pile of scraps then they saw him head towards a scrappy tent made of old torn clothes when they approached the tent they saw a bunch of kids gathered around an older boy it seemed as if the kid was the oldest among the bunch. he seemed sick and was lying on a makeshift bed made of hay.

seeing the boy approach the children started to gather near him but when they saw Tristan and Vera they became wary and kept a safe distance from both of them. The sick old boy also noticed the scrawny kid along with the two of them he tried to get up but was unable to. Tristan approached the tent and the boy went up to the older kid and greeted him the sick boy turned to the two of them with a difficult smile and said"Greetings, I am so sorry for any inconvenience that little Tommy has caused you, please forgive him he is just trying to help. I am so sorry we do not have anything to compensate you with. we are just a bunch of orphans struggling to survive please let us off"

after saying that the boy started to onset both their expressions. the kid judged on both their standing and clothing for Tristan to be the leader of the pair. he judged by his clothes that Tristan is of a rich background and was a bit apprehensive of him.

Tristan who had experienced two lives was taken back at first when the saw the kid it was the first time in both his lives seeing such a situation.

He was sympathetic toward the orphan kids' plight and decided to help.

Then he turned toward the boy and said " Alright, I'll let him off this time, but if it had been anyone else in my stead we wouldn't even be standing here."

Then he turned towards the sick boy and asked "Are you the one taking care of these? What's your name?"

The boy was relieved when he saw Tristan forgiving the boy when he heard Tristan's question he smiled and said honestly" Yes, I am the one taking care of them they don't have anyone else to depend on. my name is Justin nice to meet you"

hearing him Tristan nodded and took a step and approached him. Seeing Tristan approach him both the boy and the other kids became tensed but the boy knowing more signalled the kids to not do anything and observe Tristan. He went near him kept his hand on the boy's head observed his temperature then checked the boy like a typical doctor would. Then he took out a bunch of herbs and took a broken plate that was lying around the tent and crushed them with his hands and collected its essence in the bowl and said to him

" Drink this it'll help with the fever"

then he took out a few more herbs and arranged them in bunches and said

"Crush these herbs and drink their essence like this every day you will be fine within a week". Then

Without a word, he stood up and walked out of the tent. He passed by Vera and said, "Come on let's go".

The boy was dazed holding the bowl he didn't know what to do.

He stared at the green essence in the bowl and was hesitant about what to do.

by that time Tristan and Vera had left.

After some contemplation, the boy drowned the bowl and laid down. After a while, he felt a heat rising from his chest and the laboured breathing and other discomforts he had were being relived.

He was excited and happy to see that he was getting better.

He then thought of Tristan and was thankful from the bottom of his heart.