Chapter 20 - The Light of the World (1/2)
Chapter 20: The Light of the World
After fleeing fro, the blind girl had reht, while both Lydia and Annabelle had both kept their distance and didn’t come to see her, most likely because Eldrin had informed them about their little sister’s need for alone time
Looking back on the words she had thrown at Anna’s for the childish reason that she was feeling slighted by the behaviour of her fa in to her feelings and lashi+ng out on the innocent woman
She knew that the frustration got the worst out of her, and that her tantru – was not justified in any way
Hopefully they don’t hold it against s, and I don’t knohat I’d do without Eldrin Please don’t let them hate me
Despite her astonishi+ng intelligence, learning speed and on was only twelve or thirteen years old, a child in any species around the world
The Wilderness was forcing its inhabitants to quickly leave behind their gullibility, and rapidly develop a dog eat dog world mentality
Living in an environment where she could be honestly concerned about someone else than the three lizards she had first been responsible for was a new experience for her, evenspoiled
The old elf allowed her one et up and dressed
“Come on, we have to look after the ani for the rest of the day before heading back to Thurgau, it would be bad manners to avoid hi lady of a renowned house and I will reward you with one hen he leaves”
The slightly hidden huoodfor one of her dresses
The remark had inspired an idea in her mind
“A lady of a renowned house’? As far as I know, I’ve only ever been a hunter”
One of the on had learned from her conversations with the denizens of the civilized word had been the numerous names of the different occupations, and hunter had fit Nisha’s past perfectly, stealthily chasing big and s after the rush of adrenaline she got when she was sinking her fangs into the delicate neck of the chosen prey, and the tere used it to describe their darling little sister
“Of course you are! I am the current head of the noble elven house Dharnas, and I’ve adopted you as hter If anyone ever dares to disrespect you based on your appearance or manners, feel free to tell them that you are of the House Dharnas, and that you are proud of it!”
Jesting about her heritage had been an eht that the elf would officially confirirl as his own faed, but that had yet to be voiced out
I knew he liked hter … I’m so happy, I can carry the same family name as his!
“Thank you …”
The low irl was alht theand just pat her head, enjoying spending time with someone he saw as his own kin
“Let’s go This is your chance to show off all the social skills I’ve taught you
Make randfather, will you?”
The elf took the bashful young girl by the hand and she did her best to stride gracefully by Eldrin’s side instead of running around to her destination as usual, intending to fulfill the role he wished to see her in
Only playing the role is not enough I’ll be the randfather has ever seen, blind or not!
“What do you think of Mister Hayze, Eldrin? And who sent him here?”
The conflict between Nisha and Annabelle had prevented the two of the about the events of the day
Gripping her hand tighter, the elf kept his silence for a while, conte reluctant to tell her about that matter
Even without her sight, the blind girl perceived the absentmindedness of the old man lost in hishim for answers anymore
When they reached the stables to take care of the aniain
“I told you about reat ested to create a house of my own
Once it was firmly established, I was able to marry my wife and found a family of my own Currently, the Dharnas house has five members I know of There’s me, my son Luthais, his wife Eve and their son Henry
And since the last quarter of a turn, there has been one addition to the family
Nisha Dharnas, hter”
The crushi+ng bliss added confidence in the blind girl’s walk, she enthusiastically pulled her friend by his hand behind her, al around
Originally, the elf did not have the intention tothe orphan a family name meant to her
Not willing to disturb her delight, he silently s a happycare of the livestock
The transfor to the anie a lot coon, a scent of power, of the Wilderness and of a sovereign, a natural born ruler, as well as a lingering feeling of black roses, thorny but pleasant at the sa death to anyone that disrespects her thorns
The [Sapphire Cows] associated her srazing grounds, and held their distance froed to her new for fed by her and the elf – the two sisters didn’t have any problems with the cattle when it was their turn tothe fodder
In the last pen of the stable laid the brown horse that belonged to Hayze on a bed of hay, chewing on a stalk of sweet sugar leaf it had stolen froed Nisha with its nose when she passed by the large unfas
The heavy breathing and the sirl to visualize in her e ani able to see its actual form
Curious on how the animal looked like, Nisha entered his enclosure and patted down on the place she thought the horse was, an ani and muscular limbs, two soft ears that twitched in exciteot close to it
While it did not see her rance she naturally eh to warn any creature with keen senses of her true ht
Strangely, the horse did not panic or need tiirl, and instead nuzzled its head on her shortly after being stroked, asking for more
Even the [Ice Chickens] had required lot of tiirl’s proximity, and they were supposed to be very docile animals
I wonder what the anial creature
Apparently the ainst Nisha in return
“Co day ahead of us”
“Co!”
Not delaying her chores any longer, the blind girl checked each of the chicken’s nests for eggs and picked therab some food thatthe older women had prepared
“GoodSir Eldrin, Miss Nisha The day has been very nice so far, the air out here in the ”
Hayze’s voice inforirl of his proximity, which surprised her a bit
Darkness had been surrounding her ever since the transfor her in an ever present veil of black mist
However this didn’t mean that she had no way to interact with her environ the minute shi+fts of the air around her and the loud or low sounds all living beings gave off by walking or si irl was built out of so necessarily any less than such a bright world
Hayze however did not appear in Nisha’s perception, and only through his voice was she able to locate hie to do
“Going for so, Mister Hayze? Admirable discipline You train in the ways of aura I suppose?”
As far as the dragon knew, there was no need in the human society for the elf to remember a servant’s name or even treat him politely, nonetheless the experienced politician never looked down at Hayze in contempt or demonstrated his superior position as a noble on the coachman In turn, Luthais’ servant also never coe, behaving hi ood idea about the current political situation
“I can hardly be called a warrior, Sir I’ my body fit to do my work as a coachth after all
But tell ht, it’s definitely not so you see very often in the city
I take it you were checking on the anio?”
Carrying a large bucket of s, the two of therandfather
“Ah, you see, here on the countryside we do things a bit differently To protect yourself from monster raids or shi+eld the fields fro your harvest, everyone has to tea family
It’s a wonderful thing to know that your back is covered, instead of wondering if so a knife to stab you, like in the capital Everyone is doing his job, and looks out for the others”
A short burst of unconcealed anger and hatred slinked out of Eldrin’s speech when he au It looked odd for the usually composed elf, and at the sa Nisha so far
“Indeed, co house, this is much more peaceful I envy that
But if you will excusefor a run in the forest now”
Curiously enough, the blind girl was now able to perceive his steps on the ground and his being Although she had probably just not been paying attention to hiranddaughter by the elf
The reuest’s stay happened to be uneventful for everyone, no incidents or other visitors showing up at the cottage, a trend that appeared at the same time as Little Flame’s in the elf’s life, but Eldrin knew better than to fault this on his now adopted granddaughter, he had jokingly told Lydia once that he was actually quite thankful for the successive arrivals that took the boredom out of his everyday life
The parting with Hayze in the evening was not a tearful event or otherwise ee brown horse waved his hand towards the entrance of the cottage
“Farewell Sir, the misses I will make sure to deliver your letter to Lord Luthais and tell hi to worry about, he likes to make a fuss about you!”
With the cry of his cart anie departed for the place they ca a serounds
However one big issue re over all four of theest companion about her disability and the reactions the older three had had so far in that regard, Eldrin had after all proirl to speak about it once the visitor left them