Chapter six the settlement. part 14

LINIAS could hear the voices below and said:

-"I want to go, and tell them to go back to what they were doing...But frankly, I'm ashamed of what these poor people might do to me."

 So.. Hicros , can you tell them please? Also tell them that they will be offered pure water shortly.. Oh.. and the fish. Yes, they will be given fish.. a lot of them.. Tell them that, and I will wait for you here."

Hicros said with a smile:

- " Concept ". It quickly descended downward, as if falling under gravity.   

LINIAS turned to Entus , she was still looking at him with those radiant eyes, and said :

" What is there?...". 

She said :

"No. Nothing. But, if you'll excuse me, why did you tell them those words?"

LINIAS  said :

-"What I said was the truth that they knew... I told them that so that they feel belonging to this country, and to know that they are no longer slaves."

She said :

'No. I know exactly what you meant, but. I don't know why you did it. Frankly, you should have said nothing to them yourself. Or come down to the same level as they are. The ruler should be above everyone else, and they should just lower their heads gratefully. This place is filthy, and I can't stand the thought of you walking in this place."

LINIAS laughed from the bottom of his heart. Entus  stared at him with eyes filled with love, as he looked beautiful in front of her eyes. She had an overwhelming desire to hug him so tightly that he would break his bones!

 LINIAS  said :

-" What you said is really strange. We used to live in the jungle, and jungle life wasn't much different than that. But a leader who doesn't walk on the same ground as his people. is nothing but dirt." 

I hate these people who claim to be leaders. How can a leader know what his people are suffering, while he lives above the clouds. For this.. I have to live in the place where my people live. This is the duty of a leader, Entus. Or would you prefer that I speak to you from the top of the castle, while you are looking at me from the ground?"

She said :

"It would be very unfair, and I could never bear it. So... please don't do that."

LINIAS said gloomily :

-"Just an analogy... it was a joke, and you don't have to look at me like that."

"Oh. I knew you were kidding, I know you're not that cruel, but you look more beautiful than before today."

 He smiled and said:

"Really.. Thank you for your praise.. Maybe because of these clothes.. but I'm not more beautiful than you."

 She said, her cheeks flushed:

" No, I'm not at all beautiful and handsome." 

 He said :

-"Now this is a funny thing you say about me.. I can't be more beautiful than you. It is enough to ask anyone, and they will tell you that I am ugly compared to you."

She said :

-"That's impossible. You are the most beautiful man in all the earth!. So please don't say that again. It hurts me here." She placed her hand on her left chest. 

-"You always exaggerate, Entus... it was the truth. So...don't tell me the obvious."

She said, her face red as an apple.

- "Am I really beautiful? Do you think that I am so beautiful?"

LINIAS sighed , and began to wonder to himself: What do you want to achieve ? She used to come up with strange strange topics every time.

He said :

"Didn't I tell you, don't ask me obvious things."

 -" this means ?" .

He said :

"Yes. It's as I said."

-" Then... who is more beautiful, me or that ugly one?" LINIAS felt he had stepped on a mine, for he knew what you meant by ugly. He looked at her and thought: Is it all in order to reach this question? 

However, he could not say anything about this. If he says you are more beautiful. He might have known. That what he will say. He's going straight to Rivera , who'll go crazy at those words, and she'll crack his head with that. And if Rivera said the most beautiful. She may burst into tears and may even tear her hair. No. He was confident Entus would do it. She was losing her mind over these things. He muttered, Don't they have anything better to do...Women have something in their heads." 

She said :

"Did you say something, sir?" At that moment an idea flashed in his head, and he thought to take advantage of the last word I spoke. Of course she will refuse to do so, and the conversation will go in another direction entirely, and he will not have to answer the question. He smiled in his heart.

And he said :

"No. I didn't say anything.. So... Entus . I don't want you to call me my sir anymore... It annoys me."

At that moment , Entus smiled a devilish smile, and stared at him with sly eyes, and said:

"Do not avoid answering my question, sir."

 LINIAS was frozen in the air. He felt like he had been kicked between his legs.

Women are monsters!!. With that in mind, he looked down to buy some time for Hicros to return.

 But Entus continued:

" It seems that I was right in my words.. Also, I will not stop calling you sir, even if you order to cut off my head, and you know my answer very well.. My lord, my soul and my heart.. Hmm!" Entus coughed . She stared at her master. As if devouring him and drinking him with those eyes, she hoped that her master would say something about her deliberate last words. But, her master was looking down. As if he hadn't heard anything. She continued, disappointed:

"Then what is your answer, sir?" .

He mustered the biggest compliment he could muster and said:

"Frankly, you are all beautiful. And each one is beautiful in a different way.. like two shining flowers. Each flower has its own beauty and its own scent. I can't judge or differentiate the two of you. Therefore, I don't want you to ask such a question. And in order that you don't ask me again or My words cause some annoyance to the others, I say that all the women of Vintos  Castle are beautiful. Is that understandable?!"

She said, bowing happily:

-" Concept ".

LINIAS wanted to know the reason for the happiness on her face. But he knew it would give him a headache, so he said:

"Why did you come to me?"

 Entus raised her head. She blinked her eyes as if she did not understand what it meant. LINIAS continued :

"You said a while ago that you wanted to talk to me."

She said :

"Oh! That's right. I forgot, please forgive me."

Then Hicros rose to them and said grimly:

"It's good that you did not go, Commander. The place was in a mess from the intensity of crying. Anyway, I told them, and they convey praise and thanks for everything you have given them."

LINIAS  said :

"Thank you , Hicros.. in fact I didn't give them anything, it was a magic spell, and the magic power I lost will come back quickly, so I didn't lose anything or offer anything." Turning back to Entus , he continued:

"What is it, Entus ?" She said :

" Yes, Sinoria has gone , she and her followers, to the frontier that separates us from the kingdom of irem.' 

LINIAS said angrily :

"Why? Why did she go there? No. Who gave her permission to go?"

She said worriedly:

-"No one gave her... she went on her own accord. As for the reason for her going, she went after hearing that an army was camping there... and...".

LINIAS interrupted her angrily:

"So then.. I was wondering about her absence since yesterday.. But, that place might be dangerous for her.. They are at war. That foolish little girl!.. When did she come back? Where is she now?...".

She returned after you left the castle, and she is now in prison.

- "What! Do we have a prison?! A. No.. No, I mean why was she imprisoned?...".

She said:

" Sirius did it. Also...there's something important."

LINIAS felt annoyed by these words, for some reason he sensed something bad and said with a face suggestive of what was in his chest:

"Something else important?"

 Entus answered in a trembling voice:

- "She and her followers clashed with some powerful people...and they were killed."

 Entus shivered like a leaf in the wind when an ice storm blew , or so it was imagined. The cold that leaked and gnawed at her bones made Entus shiver nonstop.

This wasn't cold weather, magic, or some kind of fantasy. He was fear in its purest form gnawed at her bones. 

Her master was in front of her, however, for the first time in her life she wanted to run away from him with all her might. Her master now looked frightening. Terrifying, incredibly angry. She did not see that body but once, when her master committed a massacre at that time made her shiver like now.

 But she couldn't take her eyes off of him, it was so shameless and unforgivable to her, so Entus kept looking at her master, profuse sweat dripping from her face down her chin. LINIAS looked completely different from his normal appearance, as his white hair looked like an enormous cloak, his hair had multiplied several times and his hairs were erected like needles.

 His fearsome and angry face was revealing his long fangs, which had turned into the fangs of predatory beasts, and the nails of his hands were extended until they were twenty centimeters long and were sharp as razors.

These are no longer just nails, but become sharp weapons that tear everything they touch.

His golden, glowing eyes, as if within them a raging burning forest, which at the same time held no emotion, looked as if they were staring at someone who would be mercilessly torn apart. 

And that face, those eyes, was staring straight at Entus without saying a word. 

It was so unforgiving to her that Entus couldn't control her shivering, her underwear wet from the cold sweat from her body. Sweat ran down her back, stomach, arms, and legs like a non-stop river.

If her master had looked at the bottom of her dress, he would have found that sweat was falling from inside her dress like rain . And to know the amount of fear and terror it causes. Entus had never feared anything in her life but this look and that look.

 Hicros was staring at Entus's face as pale as a corpse, feeling sympathy for her. But it is. He knew that this was the true face of the leader.

He wasn't angry at her, but his anger was elsewhere.

Hicros seemed calm,

However, this was not the case as anger was burning in his chest at what Entus had said. Like all the founding leaders of the clan, the responsibility of the clan was over his shoulders. He was going to act himself like every time.

 But now the leader is there, so. He had to remain silent and leave everything to the commander. After a long silence. LINIAS said in a razor-sharp voice:

"Why?! You didn't tell me so quickly!?"

Entus couldn't put together the words in her mind. Her mind was frozen. She didn't know how to answer, so she lowered her head forcefully, her face almost touching her quivering knees. Sweat trickled down her face as she shook her head quickly.

"Please forgive me, I forgot!"

 Her master didn't say anything, as if he was thinking something. There was a deathly silence for a few seconds, but that silence was like eternity for her, and she stared at her knees, which had nearly entered her eyes from the severity of their bend.

 For a moment, I thought: Would he hate her for reporting this news? Her heart sank in her stomach.

-" Let's go! " .

 LINIAS said and they all disappeared at that moment.