13: Impression and The Sorrow

'This kid, I have to be careful around him, if I give a wrong instruction he might get himself sick or injured '

Sam replied from the side 'Yes, Master'

' Sam increase the amount of food given to the kid, he is in the growing phase he requires more food'

'Yes, Master'

' See to it that he is not given to many tasks and if he gets tired he can rest for the day, no need to tend to the garden'

'Yes, Master'

' Also remind Lark to at least stay awake till the kid arrives at his place after that he can sleep as much as he wishes '

'Yes, Master'

'Sam increase his salary also let it be 50 coppers, where am I going to take all this money when I die'

'Yes, Master'

'As for all of you, see to it that if the kid needs help with something try to help him as much as possible'

'YES MASTER' all the servants replied loudly.

After nodding at their reply Robert went on his way towards the mansion while Sam was behind him.

'Can you believe that kid Sam he stood there for 2 hours at least, if I would have been in his situation I would not only have woke Lark up but also played a little prank on him'

'Yes, Master but not all of us'

' There were many mischievous kids at that age, but there were also kids like him then Master do you recall Fred the kid of the smith he was always shy and naive do you remember how he went to pluck the fruits of Mrs.Anny and got beaten up by her'

'Yes, Fred Jackson, he was a good friend it's quite sad he died early than us'

'Yes, Master'

' Nobody can go against the flow of time, we grow old get sick and die this is how the story our life is written'

' But master Miss Vanessa is an immortal so you don't have to worry about her death'

' Sam even immortals die they can just live longer than mortals, but true at least she will die after me and that is all I ask, not like my John and daughter-in-law'

' Master it was not your fault they died, who knew that the ship would be attacked by demons'

'Yeah, demons' saying this Robert could not help but clench his fist. Sam could see how angry Robert was but he could only stand there. He knew if not for his granddaughter this foolhardy Old man would have taken a weapon to fight the demon even if he understood that he would only die.

After releasing a long sigh Robert continued walking towards his bedroom,

'Sam look after the kid'

'Yes, Master' after hearing the reply he closed the door of his bedroom.

Sam seeing this turned around and went to do his usual day to day work but he could not hide the sorrow in his eyes.

He was not only the steward but also a family friend of Robert but he could not do anything to help in this situation,

" I only hope that Robert and Vanessa can find peace in their hearts" was the only thought in his mind whenever he thought of the day when they got the news of the death of Johnson and his wife, how mad and helpless Robert was and how pitifully, Vanessa was crying he just stood there not being able to do anything.

'I just hope that Miss Vanessa is living well'

.........

Time flew by as days led to the months and six months flew by while Knave was working and 'reading' in the library.

He slowly imprinted his good impression on the minds of Robert and Sam because he knew their importance after that day Lark was awake every day and helped him with the books he requested before going to sleep.

He slowly accumulated the information about the place he was the year and the distribution of time. He got to know that the time and months we're of the same order as in his last world the year was the 3978 year of the Moon Calendar, but the world seemed to be much larger than his previous one.