Twist of fate

I hear the sounds of horse-drawn carriages, and my eyes scan the fresh tracks that the horses left behind on the mature ground with horseshoe marks.

I have already imagined how I will behave in the kingdom, I might be a bit of a jerk, but you are direct and polite, as the situation requires my style, just be reliable. How draining will the mission be? I don't want to get too tired, but I will do my best to maintain peace, but I also need to become the master of Soul Rule Extension, but I haven't been able to master it yet due to time constraints, will half a year be enough for that?

I close my eyes, then slowly and evenly start taking deep breaths, very deeply, patiently, and with great precision, paying attention to every single sound around me. I expand my consciousness and senses, I try to raise them to the top, I learned this technique from Zegrod, he said that his ability requires special concentration, the path of swords, while he holds up the many swords so that I can find my dream weapon, this will be the perfect opportunity, to try this.

You're funny Mizeya, you tried to distract your nervousness by practicing, but you know deep down that you won't be able to achieve any results, not to mention learning such an incredibly difficult skill.

Suddenly the car stopped, then the rider tells me with a nervous face that he went over a piece of rock that he didn't think would be able to loosen the wheels, but unfortunately they loosened, directly or by chance.

Rider: - I'm sorry, young man, but by the time I fix them back, it will take a couple of hours.

Mizeya: - If you can ask for it, try your best. Is there a village or a small town nearby? I'd look around a bit.

Rider: - There is one nearby, directly in front of you on the designated path, but you have to walk a little further to get to it.

Mizeya: - Thank you.

I set off on the designated road, which I found a little strange at first, an interesting, strange aura emanated from the village right in front of me.

The harmony among the children playing in the fresh green field and the small village, the hustle and bustle of its people, where old people and young people sell certain valuable or necessary trinkets.

A round leather ball hits my foot, although it is a bit soft but hard.

Child: - Big brother, can you pass our ball here?

I kick towards the children with a gentle, but somewhat powerful, of course, restrained kick, then I spot another child in the corner, separated from the other children, and go to him.

Mizeya: - Hi, can you say your name?

Child: - Of course, my name is Gazu

Mizeya: - And Gazu says, why don't you play with the others?

Gazu: - I don't like to play football, I prefer to watch them.

Mizeya: - I understand.

Smiling at him, I ruffled the kid's hair.

Mizeya: - Do you happen to know where I can find it on the market?

Gazu: - But I know, shall I accompany you there?

Mizeya: - Oh, don't be angry, I haven't even introduced myself yet, my name is Mizeya.

Gazu: - That's Mizeya!

His little hands holding onto my shirt now lead the way into the village. As we go further in, I can feel the repulsive and questioning faces of the villagers, do they feel sorry? No way, I won't be here long.

As we go further inside, I can already see the market stalls set up, and then we move straight toward the seller in front of us.

Seller: - Gazu, how long has your game with the others lasted?

Gazu: - Not my father, only a traveler is interested in the village market.

Salesman: - Then welcome, young man, I would be one of the salesmen here, feel free to call me Aegil.

Mizeya: - I'm happy with my luck, my name is Mizeya and I'm here only by chance, I don't want to spend my time here for long.

Aegil: - I understand, and what are you looking for if you are already interested in the market here?

Mizeya: I - Looking for smaller knives that I could use during my trip.

Aegil: - You're lucky I'm a blacksmith, and what exactly would you use the knives for?

Mizeya: - It's good to have a pair at hand and of course, I can use them while hunting.

Aegil: - I have a couple of pieces ready, wait a bit, I'll bring them out for you.

Outside in the fresh air, my nose is suddenly hit by a very delicious scent coming out of the house, aimed right at my face.

Unknown woman: - Gazu, Aegil, lunch is ready, come before it gets cold.

Gazu: - I'm going, mother.

Aegil: - You have your knives, since my son kindly took you out, do you happen to be in the mood to have lunch with us?

Mizeya: - No problem, thanks for the hospitality.

I went into the small house with that, and then we sat down at the table for lunch, the four of us, I feel a small conversation unfolding.

Aegil: - Tell me a little about yourself Mizeya, where are you from? As you know, this is the border of Tirinia, Nimako, a small village.

Mizeya: - The small village on the border of Syronida, called Kihouru, is where I came from.

Unknown woman: - Oh, I'm so rude to our guest, I haven't even introduced myself, you can just call me Hinaka.

I can't think much because of the gluttony next to me.

Gazu: - Mom! I'd like a repeat.

His mother fills his plate with another batch of soup.

Hinaka: - Come on, but eat slowly.

Aegil: - And what is the flight here? Because Syronida is not that close...

Hinaka: - Darling!

Aegil: - All right, I won't ask any more questions.

Mizeya: - No problem, I'll go to the kingdom in sight.

Hinaka: - To the old king? They say that the family has been falling apart quite a bit lately since the princess arrived from the Far East, from the kingdom of Perenis.

Mizeya: - Princess of Tirinia?

Aegil: - Aika Marinett, they say she is a bit of a conceited queen, don't let anyone near her room, not even her father.

Hinaka: - If you listen to me, don't stay there for long, you never know what will happen to you by accident...

Mizeya: - I didn't plan to stay there for long, would the situation be that bad?

Only for half a year... I thought to myself.

"Telepathic Communication"

Faina: - Very funny, boy.

I said pretty much everything I could afford, of course, the not-so-confidential information, especially not the mission-related information, just a simple description of myself that I can tell anyone, with a little pretense.

Unexpected guests break down the door but judging by Aegil and Hinaka's reaction, it wasn't the first time.

Unknown man: - I see, they had a peaceful lunch, how cute.

He kicks the table, then the others smash the furniture inside, one by one everything, I let out my soup in the air, I look at them from a distance, pulled to the side, what will come out of this?

Unknown man: - Damn Aegil, you know you owe me, do you have the money?

Aegil: - But you gave me 3 days, this is only the second day, I haven't got it yet.

The man grabs Aegil's head and pushes him to the ground with all his strength, causing his head to start bleeding, I think his forehead split open a little.

Unknown man: - I'm bored, take the woman and the man.

They drag Hinaka out to the middle of the market square, and in her panic, she snatches Gazu from her hand and throws it at me, but I successfully caught it.

Gazu: - They won't hurt Mom, will they?

Mizeya: - It depends on you, can you protect her?

We go out of the house with Gazu and then cut through the large crowd to see that Hinaka is being held by the hair by what looks like a thief, but I think it's a well-known clan specializing in outright theft.

Unidentified man: - Undress the woman.

Hearing these words, Gazu starts to spread my pants more and more forcefully.

Aegil: - You bastard, I'll kill you!

He screams with all his might, his death is Aegil.

Half of Hinaka's clothes came off, but a little guy stood up for his mom.

Gaza: - Leave my mom and dad alone.

The thieves' guild began to laugh loudly, which startled Gazu and dissipated all the courage he had gathered up to that point.

Unidentified man: - Get her undressed faster, I want to humiliate her in front of her husband, this is what happens if they don't fulfill our demands, I will set an example.

Gazu suddenly rushes to the man's leg and then blindly starts to punch him with every bit of his mustered strength he can muster.

Gazu: - Let my mother go.

Hinaka: - Get out of here Gazu.

The unknown man pulled out a sword.

Aegil: - You can beat me, but leave my son out of it.

He wants to remove Gazu with a primitively simple and incredibly slow cut, but unfortunately, I finish my delicious soup just in time, I slowly put the plate down and walk towards Gazu.

Mizeya: - Looks like it's sold out, how can I repay this delicious lunch, let's see.

I kneel in front of the kid and touch his head.

Mizeya: - What is this sad face? Smile.

Unidentified man: - Who the hell is this kid?

I summoned my sword, and with a restrained small cut, I went through their team in the blink of an eye.

Mizeya: - Timed Hyacinth.

I mastered this technique not long ago, I didn't even show it to Gertz, since it's better to use it on more people, I go through the opponent with small, quick cuts, and when I recall my sword, a strong cut is created in the area where I cut them exactly.

Mizeya: - Dream weapon suppression.

As I predicted, the small cuts now turned into life-threatening cuts, causing them to fall to the ground in the blink of an eye.

What a coincidence that my shipment arrived just now.

Rider: - Young man, I hurried as I could.

Mizeya: - It seems that I have stayed until now.

Aegil runs after me, then held my shoulder, but with the strong blow he received on the head, he could not stand on his feet, so he fell to the ground.

Aegil: - Who are you?

I turn, clinging to the cart.

Mizeya: - Just a traveler, yes, one more thing, GAZU!

The child is now looking up at me, hugging his mother.

Mizeya: - IT WAS NICE.

He waves his little arms with tears in his eyes and then just smiles until I can no longer see his little village.

That's the end of my little story, in this place, but onward to my goal, to the core of Tirinia, the kingdom!

Rider: - Too happy sir, did something happen?

Mizeya: - I just started to love this country.

Deep down I knew it was just because Gazu's home reminded me so much of my own when my sister and Yoriko had lunch together...

The next morning came, waking up from the horse-drawn carriage, a powerful voice, which I was most happy to start my day.

Rider: - We have arrived, young man.

Mizeya: - Thank you for the trip and just be careful on the way back.

I say goodbye to the rider and then find myself in front of the gates of the kingdom where I am facing a group of guards.

Guard: - What flight are you taking here, kid?

Mizeya: - I came from Syronida, with a letter of recommendation from Commander Gertz.

Guard: - Just show me.

I handed him the letter, and after a while, they let me in.

Guard: - You can go in, to open the gates!

With this clean air and beautiful blue sky, and the wonderful flower garden, it is clear that this is on the royal court.

I'll be on the lookout for a strange masked man.

Mizeya: - Stop, who are you?

Rito: - I was just a court jester, kid, but I could rather ask this, to what do I owe your insight?

Mizeya: - It doesn't concern you, only the king, mind your own business.

Rito: - It's fine, but someone is in a biting mood.

My fate coincides with quite interesting individuals, for a kingdom to have a court jester, this is not typical for us, not at all, but there was something strange about this boy, as I would look back at him, I just instantly recognized a long-eared girl who was hovering over his shoulder, was it floating?