2 Who are you?

The smiling youth had redeeming characteristics. Of course, as soon as he was spotted, one of the guards rang the bell and the other one got closer to them, asking them with his guard high up about their origins.

Who are you? What do you want here? I've never seen you before so you will have to wait for someone to authorize your entry...

As the youth looked at the guard, his smile never faded. His eyes were unfocused, but they still seemed bright despite the lack of luster on them.

Oh, I am sorry I didn't introduce myself nor my brothers yet. My name is Leon, my younger brothers are Lutfi and Leroux. Lufti is the taller one and Leroux is the smaller one. We are brothers by blood, despite what appearences might suggest.

As he finished talking, he struck the floor gently with his rod and both of his brothers took off their coats, showing their true forms. The biggest one was bald and was looking at the floor, his body was full of muscles and despite the world where they lived, his skin was pretty dark compared to the other two. A bronze color was given to it, as a proof of the sun hitting it regularly. The other one, Leroux had a head full of red hair and his arms were long and thin. Despite the lenght of them, he didn't seem to be weak, instead, the veins could be seen on them and his muscles looked as firm as rocks. While the first one looked intimidating, he was looking down and his eyes were full of shyness, while the smaller one that looked weak, was actually looking straight at the guard with a challenging stare, his feet still tapping the floor with impatience. The guard kept staring at them and in his mind, it didn't make sense... they couldn't be brothers at all. Maybe they were sworn brothers, but blood brothers of the same mother? That was really hard to believe, but it was believable. After all, they shared something in common. The shape of their faces was really simmilar, as if copied and pasted from one to the other.

I believe you, for some reason but it doesn't matter what I believe. The big clans are the ones that decide upon this kind of situations. I can't choose what to do, I can simply obey, said the guard with a reluctant stare. His heart was surprised, but he didn't dare to show it. Who knows who these people are and what they wanted.

Leroux couldn't keep it together and stepped forward, as soon as he went inside the short entrance, a huge axe fell on top of him, coming out of nowhere. It swung with all it's might, he had triggered a trap! Without minding it at all, he swatted at it as if someone would to a fly in mid air, destroying the huge axe into pieces as the derbris flew away from him. It felt as if a glass plate fell and he struck it mid-air with a bat.

The guard's eyes couldn't understand what he had seen. Countless beasts have been cut by that axe. He had seen it personally, he had witnessed several times when the axe was put back in place and it took several man only to lift it. How did this small looking child break it with a swing of his arm?!

The guard took a defensive position and looked at the three new visitors with new eyes. He couldn't hide the fear and surprise in his eyes. Grasping his shield and getting ready with his spear he asked once more.

Who are you?! What do you want here?!

This time, Leroux stepped back with a smile on his face and Leon took his place stepping forward. He looked at the guard with his cloudy eyes and smiled. His handsome face showing no concern about what had just happened.

Oh, yes... we are Leon, Lufti and Leroux Kriger. We are the sons of the actual Kriger patriarch clan. That is who we are, now open the doors or we will open them ourselves.

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