69. A Born Leader. *

I went with granny and Setil to see the inside of their house.

She and her younger sister and brother, will live here with their father. Moritz and Petra house was right next to theirs.

It looked nice and spacious. The smell of wood was something, I always loved.

It had a beautiful garden almost perfect flat land. No rocks or holes in it. Made me think about our own..well we can hardly plant anything now middle of September ..maybe beans..no just forget it.

We wait until the spring. In the meantime I work on it, so it will look as good as this one here. Also I tell Zephyr to buy our own tools some today..

" The house..the garden. They lovely Setil. Where is your father? "

" He instructs the process in Moritz house with the help of his daughter in law. Who is pregnant..can you believe this? I'm not even married yet..she is younger too.."

She started the yesterday's mumbling. " Stop it! Yesterday was enough of this pity party. You are very young only. I wanna say.. 19? "

" 19."

I nodded along..

" Is Zephyr friend Carlos has a wife? "

Oh Ehlite..

" Unfortunately he does. We having dinner with them soon. Once she is here from their homeland. I'm sorry but,..nevermind. "

I wanted to say there is plenty of fish in the sea..but she was really aiming for a shark there. ..hehehe. Puns... I will tell this joke to Zephyr when we alone.

I soon had to leave..her whining and complaining it's unending.

Outside the sun was at its highest and the men's wifes and families slowly arrived with food and drinks.

I enjoyed these scenes. A hundred plus people having meals together.

Where is Zephyr?

I saw most already eating, with their families laughing happy.. where the hell is my happy family?

In the meantime, my mother with Miranda arrived carrying food. Demelza with her son, Eli with her seagull friends.

Anna returned since her friends were all eating as well.

We sat down on the blanket mother brought, near the Emils residence and everyone started eating.

Alexander and Lucian with the Emil brothers and Petra were late comers but saw them in the distance. Only Zephyr and Metill were missing.

" Hello everyone. Dad will come in a moment."

Manata helped her sister in law take a seat and joined with his brother as well.

" Where is Zephyr? Has anyone seen him?"

I turned to the two idiots before they get lost in food. Alex and Lucian was just picking up stuff from here and there drawing the looks of everyone.

" How about everyone? He is unrelenting in his work ethic. Lucian and I just came to bring some food back to him."

" He is not coming? "

I felt annoyed..until.

" Don't be like that Lylly. " - he stood up with various food in his hands and nodded behind me. " See those people spread all over that hill? Enjoying their time with their loved ones in peace? "

" Yeah, Alex I can see them..."

" Why do you think they can rest easy and relax..even with everything that's about to come? "

I knew why, he was a leader of man and..

but a he didn't waited for answer anyway.

" It's because my little brother putting everything he has, into the smallest of things..for them!..haha..like he always had. " - he was handed a basket by Lucian and put the bread and cheese there. " I bet they feel like me..seeing someone as powerful as him giving his all. Makes everyone work that much harder.. I mean look! "

I looked where he pointed with everyone else and saw people already picking up their tools and kissing their families.

Their eyes down the hill, where the reason for all this was, carrying long logs on his back and then disappeared with them. Then back..then away again.

He was everywhere all at once, and not twenty minutes after their break started, most of the workers went back to sweat and toil.

How could they rest?...look at my Zephyr.

Seeing them Alex got impatient. " Lucian we are already late from the looks of it. Zephyr wants to work until the late afternoon ..let's join him. "

Lucian was already up on his feet carrying food for my man...Well no, you don't.

" Tell me where is he carrying those wood..I'll take his food..I'll.. thank you Mordin! Come on princess..let's see your dad." - I grabbed Anna's hand and went towards the new tree line Alexander pointed.

Damn idiot didn't wanna let go of the food.

We went to the very edge of the field where the houses being build.

Here most just had their foundation and the not many frames, let alone walls or roofs.

I saw him from far away. Holding an axe in front of a large tree..he was gone, then a thunderous sound than the slow creaking ones as the thirty foot maple slowly falling since it's been cut clean through. ..and more followed.

Those around the initial tree all began to fall in various directions. 20 trees cut in just a few seconds.

I barely saw him, he touched the wood and disappeared with them before they could even hit the ground, and reappeared with them above a large pile of them,dropping it from with a loud bang rolling all over the place. A mountain of wood.

Trees were raining from the sky.

Ilianna laughed and jumped up and down seeing such a incredible display of speed. He pushed himself like with training.

I couldn't help but laugh at the unbelievable sight as well. Just how many times he will show these sights to us?

We walked up with some bread,grapes and cheese, some ale made here in the village.

He stood still for a second probably gathered himself for the next round.

" DAD!! "

She ran the last fifty ft and was rewarded with a radiant smile and lots of hugs.

" Princess..you came!? It's just what I needed. And look at that.." - he looked sweaty and out of breath but loved the sight of us. " My beautiful bride carry my favourites? I'm a happy, blessed man."

" Well we had too..we saw how busy you are. Inspiring the people around, with your hard work."

He kissed me and I felt his sweat on my face and forehead...he was so tired but the way he smiled..a happy man indeed.

Ilianna feed him some cheese and bread sitting down some of the planks already cut.

Cut incredibly fine..hmm. I looked around and saw a brown stick..no, it was!

" Zephyr is that part of Tories fang? "

He swallowed his food with a smile and finally told me.

" ..it is. I give the two fangs to Olaf. And this.."

He picked up the ..sword? Needle?

" Carlos introduced me some designs his family had from hundreds years ago. They were genius..but this. Is an espada roppera..the rapier. " - he showed it vertically and horizontally it really looked like a needle. " It's slim, light, it's only really draw back it's strength. We can over come that with superior speed."

He did a few practice swings. The rapier..cut throw the air with an extinguished sound.

[SWISH, SWISH,SWISH.]

It looked fun and much more attractive than the great and long swords the soldiers used in Insatel.

" So you wanted these new weapons to give out to people? "

He shook his head while letting Ilianna feel out the handle and support the extra weight so she could swing it.

" Not everyone..the elites. We will have limited amount of them. He tried tempering it, combined it with other metals.. " - he had a happy smile when Anna laughed but shook his head. "..nothing can be mixed into it. We have maybe ..well ten of them..this one here will be Norman's. So seven more to give out."

Hmm..10 -1=9...7?

" Umm you missed a few there my love."

He smiled and stared until..some time later my brain started working.

" Mine? "