5 The Dream Of A Leader (1/2)
After the end of his speech, everyone started to leave in little group according to their age.
”Guys, a Knight will really come to the village!”
”I will train until every bones break to become a Knight in the future!”
”Do you think he's handsome? Maybe he'll fall for me...”
”Hey guys, wanna follow up a future Knight such as me?”
....
As the crowd was dispatching on little groups, Astris approached me.
”Varos, do you know why I called you today ?” He said with a gentle voice.
”No”
”It's because you're the most smartest kid I've saw in my life. I can see that you'll be very talented in the future. I want to train you personally with my dad. If you follow me, I promise you glory and fame, Varos!”.
Oh, so that's how it is. This kid saw that I was more intelligent from the other kids. He saw that I didn't interact with them, not because of shyness, but simply because of my disinterest in them.
”I'll think about it” I calmly stated.
He probably expected me to agree without a refusal, not such a dubious answer , even though I'm more intelligent than the others, I'm still a little toddler in the end. A realistic answer coming from a kid of my age would be ”yes” without hesitation. He would just need to make my eyes s.h.i.+ne with dreams to make me accept his proposition.
In fact, in a normal situation, I would've accepted his agreement. I've nothing to loose here. I can easily manipulate a kid of his age, and trick him to think that I'm loyal to him. But in my current state, I didn't want to start scheming against others like in my old life, I was just too tired of it.
I don't want to hurt him unless it's necessary too. Knowing more about this world make me forget about my pains, if I start again to manipulate others, my life will probably be the same as my precedent.
Becoming a scholar, learning about the world and living a normal life might not be too bad. I want to become stronger, but from a realistic point of view, it's better for me to live a mundane life. I still want to learn more about Ki but given my social status, I'll probably never attain the state I've dreamed off.
Astris was a bit startled after hearing my answer, but he quickly regained his composure ”No problem, I can wait Varos. Call me if you need something”. After that, he leaved with his two others companions.
Well, that day was full of events. I need to think about that on a more convenient place, in other words, my home...
...
At the midnight, next to a little hut, a campfire could be seen, with three kids around the fire.
A cute little girl with silky black hair was putting her head on the shoulder of a handsome kid. That girl was Sana and in front of her was the best friend of Astris, Favel who was gazing quietly at the fire.
”Astris, why did you say that to that brat Varos? You know that he's creeping me out, he's always alone, mumbling in his corner” Sana said coquettishly to Astris.
”Don't underestimate that kid Sana, he's more talented that you think. He doesn't behave like the others kids. I've never heard him saying something useless, if he want something that he can grasp, he say it otherwise, he refrain himself.”
”Are you sure about that? He just seems r.e.t.a.r.ded for me”.
”Don't worry, believe in me, he could be useful to us in the future”.
Favel who was quiet from the beginning began to talk ”But that's because he's that smart that you need to be careful. He could be dangerous to us in the future, Astris”.