Chapter 12:~where the story is hidden~

When we lost sight of the crowd we let ourselves run to walk more calmly towards our destination which was a few kilometers away from us.

For a stretch we were silent until Alepoú spoke telepathically.

—Young Nathaniel, it was very kind of her to help that lady and stand up to your cousin.—she looked up to see me.—and she is stronger than you.

— Alepoú, I know it was something reckless since they can reprimand me for interfering with Dannét's task, but... I know that if he didn't do it to me he would feel guilty for not having done anything.— I sighed.

—Your attitude is similar to that of the Frays.—he told me as he began to jump small next to me, imitating a dog happy to see its owner.—although the last name Castelia will always give you problems because of the stereotypes. that they created.

— You will see that I will do my best to erase that, but only so that they can see that not all of them are bad. Sometimes I think that—I looked up at the tops of the leafy trees that danced to the rhythm of the warm air that accompanied us—they just need to be loved and understood.

— If they don't want that and they continue to hurt the people in the village?—. he asked me while he clung to my legs as if he were a cat.

Maybe listening to it hurt, in part there could be a great possibility that the Castelia were just somewhat selfish people and that they did not share their gifts for good. They had more secrets, which they didn't talk about and hid to use themselves.

Thinking about what had happened to Dannét and what the Castelias were doing while I was locked up... it bothered me, I rarely went out in my life and I went as far as now, but only to find the bitter news that people had Been thinking about getting rid of my paternal family.

My steps stopped and with my vision blurred by the tears that were about to fall, I looked at Alepoú who was still attached to me.— It fills me with sadness to know that... because of them... he was about to hurt me.— Just because we are connected by blood, people judged me.

—Young Nathaniel—. he called me with a clear voice that showed his concern for me.—Don't cry, you are still pure.—Maybe contact with other humans other than your parents was what you lacked in your life but... you understand them and even though they wanted to hurt you, you helped them and the other Castelias came out without any problem and had more knowledge of the situation. society. You are a much better person than all of them combined and you should be proud of that.

— Alepoú...— I murmured as I stopped walking.

—Looking behind the window you learned what they didn't.

My legs began to tremble and the tears that I had been holding back began to fall from my eyes. I was about to fall because of the weakness I felt, but when one of my tears touched the ground something happened. A strong gust of wind and dust that it raised in its wake hit us, out of inertia I closed my eyes so that the dirt wouldn't enter.

When that wind stopped blowing I opened my eyes to realize that we were no longer in the same place, I was somewhat confused and at the same time surprised by the regrettable change of environment, but seeing Alepoú next to me I calmed down a little.

— Alepoú, what happened? — I asked him when he saw him attached to my legs.

— I don't even know what happened. When I came with Mr. Tristan, nothing like this ever happened, we always walked for a few hours to get to the Fray's ranch—. he answered as he walked a little further away from me.

—Is there anything that looks familiar to you?—. I asked him to look around that place where the foliage of the trees was orange or even a reddish color that gave it a beautiful touch.

—Yes, but... I had never seen anything like this before.—He mentioned something worried.—Young Nathaniel, now that I think about it...

I didn't know why I suddenly managed to see Alepoú in his human form, but it still worried me because his gaze showed horror. If his complexion was pale at first... now he really looked like a ghost, I wanted for a few moments to try to calm him down but when I finally had words to say to him, he covered my mouth with his hands and then launched himself at me to make me fall towards him. some bushes that were close to where we were.

I was about to panic just thinking about the slightest idea that we were in danger, a feeling that increased when I heard footsteps next to voices I had never heard before. My heart was beating hard and that was noticed by my partner, who was still silent about my business, keeping his gaze full of terror, making me understand that the only thing we had to do was just listen without being discovered in the attempt.

"The housekeeper said we should look carefully, since that clumsy has spoken—. he man under the orange hood said, somewhat annoyed.

— That idiot only knows spitting nonsense, and even more so if for years it has become useless.— spoke the second subject who was apparently younger, or so his tone of voice showed.— Poor thing, now he feels important...

—Hush, we have also become useless by not having anyone to fight with. Be thankful that Lady F is kind to us as is our lord.—mention and then reprimanded the youngest with a blow on the back that made him stagger and fall towards where we were.

In those moments... my heart wanted to come out of my mouth as I felt how the young man fell directly on us although he had to first cross the branches of the bush.