My Son (Part 3)

Subtitle: Strange Dwarf village

Some times later after the siblings has gone away for while, a baby cry was heard. With the baby cry Alexander started to awake. He pushed himself out of the debris, but immediately afterward the strength in his knees left him and once again he was buried in the debris. His hand are shaking, however, at the end he sighed and let it go.

"Once again all died. What use is it there to life in pain?"

After he muttered to himself, he walked a bit and searched after the crying baby.

"Aren't you like me? Forsaken and abandoned? It's time to go back."

While carrying the baby in one hand, he searched for a flask of wine in the debris of tavern. With a flask of wine and a baby he walked out of the ruin and into forest outside. Each some steps he would take sips from the flask, while observing the surrounding. At the same time he swayed the baby in his arm to sooth it. After some minutes of traveling, the baby has slowly fallen asleep.

Finally, at the end of the day he reached the plains. The sun was setting and the bird are searching for a bit more food. The flask of wine was already thrown for a long time away. In the near distance are smokes floating in sky. The nearer one come to the origin of the smokes the more one can see that the village is a bit different from normal. There was a lot of smithies, tavern and the field was a lot bigger from normal.

As Alexander entered with the baby the village, all the people looked at him with cautions. The villager were all very small with long beards, even the woman has long beards. They were Dwarfs. As he wanted to ask someone the way to an inn, they all ran away, like he was a pest. He smiled wryly and ignored it, like he was used to it.

After some wandering, he eventually found an inn. On the whole wandering, he has never seen a kid, which was a bit strange.

"Good evening! A dinner, a bottle of milk and a room, please."

A bit later a plate with soup and bread was brought over. On the left side was a bottle for baby filled with milk and on the right side was the key to a room. The waiter waited until Alexander has finally eaten his food and feed the baby before he left after taking the plate with him.

"The bottle is my present to you."

After he said this, he disappeared behind a door.

Alexander just shrugged his shoulder at this odd waiter, but then he saw a sentence carved in the table. There is written:

"You aren't welcome here! Go to where you belong to!"

He ignored this message and walked into his room to sleep. As he woke up on next day, he was in a jail. It was dark and damp. There were some candles, but they weren't enough to light the whole jail. In the end they just made the air in the jail go bad.

"Newbie, are you aw…"

But before this man could finish his sentence, he was hit and beaten into pulp by his roommate. Only when he finished beaten his roommate in a pulp, did he calm down a bit.

"Your Royal Highness, I am very sorry about the behavior of my Brother here. I beg You for forgiveness."

"I forgive. Tell me the situation."

"Yes! Yes! Thank you very much, Your Royal Highness!"

They both knelt, not regarding that one of them was forced to kneel.

"I am the captain of one small Adventure team. This one is my Brother. Our team has taken a subjugation quest and on the way, we rested in a Dwarf village. At night, we were suddenly attacked and kidnapped here. Currently, we should be underground. My Brother here was the only one, who was awake during the transport. He has seen Humans! This should an attack force to other throw His Majesty!"

Alexander glanced at the captain's Brother.

"Do you know the way?"

"No!"

And once again he was beaten into a pulp by his brother.

"If you speak to His Royal Highness, speak with respect!"

"No, Your Royal Highness."

"It's ok."

This feeling of reverence was quite peculiar. Since a long time, no one ever respected him. This feeling let him know, that this isn't his old past! He could mold his own future!

After some silence, steps could be heard. Through the weak candle light you could see a Dwarf in armor. He opened the jail and dragged Alexander forcefully out.

"Where are we going?"

"You will see?"

After half hours, you could see metal room. Surrounding that are lot of Human and Dwarfs Soldiers. I was pushed into the metal room and the door was closed. In the room was only a single man with a sword. He doesn't wear any armors and just relaxed sit on a chair. In his arm was the baby from the village. On the other side from him was an empty chair.

"Sit."

Alexander nodded and sit on the free chair.

"I am Francisco, the leader of this attack force. Nice to meet you, the fifth Demon Prince, Alexander Vasilias."

"Nice to meet you. I wouldn't have expected to live for such a long time."

"Originally you should be dead, but we have changed our plan a bit. Is this kid your Son?"

Startled about the question, Alexander wanted to deny the question, but he suddenly remembered the village and the siblings, he couldn't deny it. A child without a parent or a parent-like figure would have a terrible childhood. Always alone without someone you could trust was awful.

"Yes! He is my Son!"

Not waiting any longer, he laughed directly, while spiting saliva everywhere.

"Hahaha! I wouldn't have believed that demon has adopted a Human child, if I haven't seen it myself. And never in my life, would I have expected, that this Demon was a Demon Prince!"

But at the laughter, just come a serious reply.

"He isn't some adopted child! He is My Son!"