Jumping up, Captivant says, "What does that even mean!"
"Maybe you should think about it a bit. If you can't overcome this challenge, I doubt you could overcome the chaos of the battlefield. You already have all the answers; I am just telling you to find them."
"I am going to make sure you don't get to eat another meal as long as you're here!"
Captivant starts to run away, as Siegrund's stomach starts to rumble, causing the young boy to say, "No, don't allow the temptations of the flesh to stray you from the correct path, the moral path, no matter how much it hurts."
Looking at the boy from a distance, who falls to the ground in pain, Captivant smiles, though it quickly turns into a scowl, as he thinks over the words said to him. Yet in that moment, he comes to a realisation, and says, "Has that really been weighing on my heart so much? I guess I have to do it then. I have to realise that path."
Location: Village of Zaad Zeiner
Throughout most of the land of Zaad Zeiner is a large amount of arable land, in which the citizens farm a wide variety of different forms of produce, along with raising a wide variety of animals, building their homes and lives very close to the same land.
Together, from the youngest to the oldest, they all work in tandem, supporting and helping each other, with many outside of the farm work choosing to take up specialisation for the sake of improving the quality of life of the rest of the civilians.
Making clothes, tools, food and even structures to enhance the day-to-day life of each person within the village. And within that village, the young boy scurries around trying to remain unseen.
Φ Turning my head from left to right as I move from structure to structure, I stare all around the area, taking it all in.
I forgot how ugly this place is up close. They have pens for animals, their homes, and their workshops all close together. What's worse is that everyone in this village is so grossly close that they don't really understand the concept of personal space. I swear, even if they were given collective ownership over this land, they would somehow make it work do to their complete lack of boundaries.
They're all so icky, that's why I always avoid coming into this town with this group of estranged lovers who can barely conceptualise the idea of individuality. I am sure these weirdos, despite their preaching, sleep with each other's wives all the time. A gaggle of freaks who don't even understand pure lov-.
"Is that you, Adrian?"
Turning my head, I see an adult woman carrying a bucket of water, and my head quickly drops towards the ground.
Φ With a beaming smile on her face, she says, "Oh, wait, your mother told me you like to be referred to as Captivant, instead of Adrian. Sorry about that, it was just a force of habit."
"N-No, problem," the young boy says in a meek voice.
"Is everything okay? You sound kind of quiet. It's rather unlike you. Back when you were a baby, and I was always carrying you in my arms, trying to cradle you to calm your nerves, but you always kept screaming at full force. I think you didn't really like the feeling of my breasts touching against you; maybe you like a woman with a more modest chest."
Captivant's face turns bright red as he says, "Sorry about that."
"No need to worry, you were as cute as they come, and it was so adorable the way you clung to your mother whenever she came to get you. It's like you couldn't get enough of her, no matter how long you stayed with her. There were even points that we thought you were still fused with her, given how much of a mama's boy you were."
Steam starts to rage out of Captivant's head as the feeling in his body is moments away from bursting out in every which direction, causing the woman to say, "Oh, I guess I have been rambling. If you are here, it is probably for a reason, right? That must mean I have been delaying you, my husband and friends are always telling me I could talk for eternity. So what's bothering you, and is it anything I could help with?"
Twiddling his thumbs, Captivant says, "Do you know where the newcomers currently live? I have a message to deliver to them from my father."
"Of course, keep going straight, then take a right, move forward till you see the pigs, then take a left, and they will be right in front of you."
Bowing, Captivant says, "Thank you," before turning and running away at full speed.
Φ With a smile roaring onto my face, I say, "Information acquired. How easy, all I had to do was pretend to be meek and weak, and she fell into my hands. Of course, since I am just that brilliant. Now let's keep going, with the stealth and precision of a master assassin."
Φ The young boy moves throughout the village, and as does the eyes of the civilians around consistently fall onto the boy as they wave at him and say, "How are you doing, Adrian?"
"It's been such a long time, Adrain."
"I hope your parents have been keeping in good health, Adrian."
"You're so handsome now, I am sure you will grow into a beautiful man, Adrian."
"We never get to see you stop by more, Adrian."
"What a shy little expression you have on your face, you are just too cute, Adrian ."
"When someone waves to you, do it back. It's called manners, Adrian."
"Speak up a bit more, your voice is so quiet I can barely hear you, Adrian."
"It's been some time since I've seen you at church, you should try to attend once in a while, it could do you some go Adrian."
His face burns, and his body shakes as he finally arrives at his location. Panting to calm himself down, he says, "I have finally arrived through the stream and chaos of their harassment, AND NOW I AM FREE!"
"Quiet down!" A voice yells out.
Lowering his head, Captivant says, "Sorry!"
Facing the houses in front of him, he says, "I need to start getting to work!"
Φ But how! Am I just going to approach the house and talk to her? NO, that would be extremely odd given how long we haven't seen each other, it will look like I am some loser stalker who isn't worth the shit beneath my feet.
What if I try sneaking into the house from behind? That's so much worse! It makes me not only look like a stalker but a criminal. If I did that, my family and my life would be disgraced to such an extreme level that I would completely fall into nothingness, and I would collapse into a pool of my own vile embarrassment.
What am I going to do? What am I going to do? What am I going to do!
"Adrian?"
Hearing a voice that melts my heart, I quickly turn around, and there in clothes similar to all the other village girls, I see Valda standing with confusion on her face.
What the hell is this? SHE GOT MORE BEAUTIFUL! Her hair, her eyes, her smile, her clothes, her existence shine far too brightly for my mind to truly take it all in. I am in love, I am in love, I am far too much in love with this woman in front of me.
Moving closer to my face, she grabs my cheek and says, "Is everything okay? You look like you just ran all across the village?"
AWWWWWWWW! I AM GOING TO DIE!
Forcing words out of my mouth, I say, "No, yes, kinda. I had to go through a lot of different things to get here, but it's not that important. How are you doing?"
"Well, I guess I have been trying to acclimate my friends and family to this entire village. Due to their situation of looking for a place to rest after escaping our country, many of them didn't get to grieve properly till they finally reached this place."
Rubbing my head, I say, "I guess that makes sense. It's your job to take care of your people first and foremost in situations like this. I understand that it must've been keeping you busy, but I guess it's kind of fun."
"Sort of, but it's rather tiring with all the problems it brings. That's why I was wondering when you were going to show up?"
"You were waiting for me?"
Turning her head away from my face, and puffing up her cheeks, she says, "Of course, after all the time we spent together, was I just supposed to forget the fact that you make things a lot more exciting?"
Is that how she really feels? Doesn't this mean she loves me as well? If she loves me, that means she has been feeling everything I have been feeling as well over these last few months? She has been waiting for me, she has been waiting for her heroes to swoop in and take her off her feet, so that we can always be together. I was far too shortsighted; I can't allow this to stand.
Grabbing her hand, I say, "Please come towards the lake in 2 days, it will be a full moon and the beauty shown will eclipse any other time you've seen it. I promise, and when you arrive, I want to tell you something."
She stands frozen for a moment, and I can feel my heart sink into the depths. Oh no, did I read this wrong? Did I let my emotions overpower my mind? My logic? I might've messed up big time here?
Smiling as she grips my hands, she says, "Of course, I will."
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It was on that day that I felt like the entire world could be mine for now and forever more. I thought in those next 2 days my life would be eternally changed. And it was, yet it wasn't in a way I ever wished for.