Alber rose up, stretching his body as he fixed his glaze,Not on me but outside.He offered his hand while kneeling,I took his hand lifting me from the ground as we headed towards the door."Let's go,Dave is waiting."
We walked in the darkness,Not in any rush rather we enjoyed the peaceful night sky. Alber opened his mouth for a second trying to form some words but he couldn't.He sighed, rubbing his eyes as we continued.
"Speak,I shall not judge you."
"Ahhh,Now that you know about my Curse,I was wondering if it's possible for you to take care of him,Obvious that is when a'm gone."He said,Grinning as we continued our walk."What are you grinning for,You will be dead in just in eight years,So is there a need for you to be grinning." I said, Already annoyed by the fact that he doesn't care if he really does.
"Ohhh,Seems like someone is worried about me."
"I Don't care about you but Twila is the one I'm worried about."
"Twila?" He said,looking confused.
"Just a short name for twilight."
"Ohhh,I see but don't worry he's a strong kid you know, But I want you to take care of him. He's all I have and I don't want him to live in regret rather I want him to know that I enjoyed spending my time with him,My only son."Ever since me and dave met him,which was 32 years ago, He never showed this side of his. A side of love and care was never his thing, Alber is someone who can't ignore others when they are in danger especially in this village of ours,He always helps them and never wanted any thing in return.
"Okay,okay. I guess twilight will be under my care After all I consider him my child also but when he turns fourteen, I plan on sending him to the qishi academy were students are trained to be knights." I said as we stopped for a moment.
"The Qishi academy, It's located in the city of shenghou right? Damn that means this island is bigger than I thought."
"Yeah it's a big Island and shenghou is the biggest and the only city in this island ruled by the high sovereign." Alber stopped, staring at someone in the distance.A man with bald head stood in the middle of the road, foot tipping the ground as he wrapped himself in blankets,he stared at me clearly anger."Really Marianne really. It's late and the kids are waiting, As for you albert,this is the last time you bring her late."Dave said,Wrapping the warm blanket around me.
"Fuck that why would I care about your woman,I have a someone special you know even if she's gone,She still lives inside my head and heart." Alber argued back, turning his back as he began walking away."Ohh yeah take care you guys alright."
"Yeah,yeah."Dave responded back, lifting his middle finger at albert who was no longer looking at our direction."Marianne please don't scare me like that,Okay." He said, hugging me tightly.
"Don't worry I'm only in love with one person and that person is all I need okay."I said rubbing his bald head.
"Hah,That means my wife is no match for my charmy face."
"Hear yourself you, Let's just go home afterall our family is waiting for us."I said as we picked up the pace.
"Yeah let's go to our family."
POV:TWILIGHT
Again darkness,pitch black was all I could stare at with no stars." Little Stars, little stars,hellooooo,stars,stars,stars,stars!"No stars showed up the sound that was there was my voice. My body began collapsing like mist as a white light blinded me.
Waking up from the dream,I was met with a old man's face that had a smirk in it."Morning kiddo,how was your dream did you find your future wife."
"No"
"Ohhh,That sucks.I was hoping to know my daughter in law before I d-"He hesitated for a second as he continued."Oh,look at that it's time for training.Ready up kid because I'm going to kill you."He said marching at the door.
"Wait up old man!"I grabbed my keikogi as I followed him to the door.
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We began our stretching lesson following with a long run around the village.We run around the village,Not stopping for a break we continued."Come on twila stamina is important forget about having a break if you're that slow. After all we have eight laps to run,come on,come on!"
*Huff*
"I feel like I'm going to die!" I shouted.Sweating as my legs gave up.The old man looked unimpressed clearly fine from the running we had."Shit boy you're weak as fuck."He said continuing to blabber."When I was fifteen.I used to run hundred laps and do eight hundred push u-"
"Stop lying."i interrupted him.
"N-No come on son,you are making me look weak now."
"You once said four hundred push ups was all you could do." I said bursting into a laugh.
"Whatever but let's focus on you and not me but I can do eight hundred push ups,Just a reminder."Father said as he started gathering mana.A gold aura surrounded him as he continued gathering mana."Do you see it now, twila.This is mana manipulation and mana manipulation is different from manipulating elements, Although that's a different case for you."He said opening his left eye.
"Different case?What to you mean." I said out of confusion.He stood up from the ground looking at me with pity as he said words that stucked on my head.
"Sorry kid but it seems like you can't use magic."
"Huh?"