FAMILY MEETING

The whole street was completely silent and one could even hear their breathing clearly. The people in the street were looking at me with fear in their eyes. Even me who had lived a completely different life from those people in the street had never seen anything like that before. But even after this , no one came to me due to fear.

I was wondering how to make up for this situation and then there was a sound of commotion coming from the behind. One of the men then shouted " The guards are coming".

I was sure that staying here wouldn't be very good for me , So I ran towards the alleyway right behind the street . Nobody tried to stop me as they were afraid of the same consequences as the two men wearing black .

Running through the alleyway I suddenly felt someone pulling me from behind holding my shirt tightly. I tried to force myself out of the grip but it was useless as how much strength could possibly have a three years old weak child. So... I was caught. It was the worst outcome of all. I thought at least I would be able to reach the forest so the guards could no longer be able to find me so easily.

But when I turned to look at who was holding me , It was Freda. It was like rain in the desert. At the moment it relieved me realizing I was not caught but the other moment a thought came to my mind. If my unexpected action had been able to cause such a fear in other people's mind, what would be her reaction ?

And if she decided to tell everyone about this, OHhhhhh nooooo.... What's gonna happen to me ? What if everyone saw me as some kind of monster or demon. Even after dying once ,is there nothing but death in my fate?

I worriedly looked at Freda. She was walking fast towards our house through the alleway holding me with a tight grip. Her expression was stern as a mountain. Even her fast pace was very difficult for me to carry with , my adrenaline was on a high gear as the past few events had already blown my mind to shreds.

Then there was the sound of someone coming towards us. Freda started running after tightening her grip more. Then we noticed a small gap between two houses and it was a pretty good place to hide . Before I could do anything Freda had already taken me to the gap . It was pretty dark as shadows of two houses were covering us and if we ,two small size kids crouched down and sat there, it would be pretty easy to avoid anyone .

We were sitting there for like two hours .But there hasn't been a single talking between us. But I was sure that Freda was doing all this to protect me .After all there was a chance for her to escape after the incident without me. She could avoid all this danger brought by me but she didn't. I could understand that she was also scared but for her it was more important to protect me than her fear.

After the commotion ended and we felt like there was no guard looking for us, we came out from the gap between the houses and started walking towards our home.

We had already passed the alleyway and when we reached the vicinity of our house we could see dad standing there, although at this hour he should be working in Lord Venkat's mansion . A worried look was hanging in his face.

Seeing us coming, He hurriedly came towards us and took me in his arms to carry me . Now these actions made me think perhaps they know about the reason behind the incident that took place today.

Entering the house ,the first action dad took was to order Freda to close the door and every window. Mom who was in the room came towards us. There were dry tears in her eyes .It was clear that they already knew about the incident and also it was related to me . But the question was how did they come to this conclusion that it was all my doing.

We were all sitting in the room facing each other. Freda was holding my hand tightly even till now. She was also scared like me. But my heart was pounding more than her as I had a secret that should not be known by others no matter what . At this moment dad finally opened his mouth.

"Ren, I know it is not the right time .you are too small to understand these matters but from now on you should never go outside from this day on."

It was a completely unexpected sentence from dad and I was not expecting this. Perhaps there are some matters that I don't understand and dad knew about the reason behind today's incident. My curiosity was getting higher and higher.

"Why dad,and what happened today. I am afraid ,dad. Will it happen again? " I asked him with a tone that should be pretty much the same as any kid of the same age as mine.

"Ren, You should understand what you have done today, it is not work that anyone can do….. Only nobles can do that and even nobles cant do that in your age." Dad continued ,"And also you have done something so wrong by hurting the men of a noble that if you get caught,we will be never able to see again you Ren."

Hearing this tears were flowing from eyes of Mom who was trying hold it in till now. She worriedly asked dad ,"Don't say this Ralf. After so many years Ren is getting better. There should be some way right…..right?"

"Actually its quite a luck that they succeeded to escape from guards But there is a chance. From eves dropping ,I have heard that no one in the village didn't knew the kid who did the spell. And according to them no one noticed Freda with Ren at the street. For his sickness Ren never go outside and this is our big advantage. If from now on, we can prevent every one from seeing Ren's face ,then may be we can save him. Although we can not remove the possibility of someone seeing Ren and Freda together, But we can't do much about this. At least for some days Freda also should not go outside."

Dad's words were absolutely true and I also support him But one of dad's word caught my Attention. It was........ 'Spell'.

Curiosity get better of me and I asked him,"Dad, What is a spell"?

Looking at me there was amusement in everyone's eyes like I have asked an obvious question whose answer should be known to all. He answered with a cough ,"Ren, it's our fault actually. We never educate you properly. Actually a spell means a magic spell and it is only performed by a noble."

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT ".........

The sudden realization shook me to the very bone. Is this a so-called magic world???????