Chapter 97 - #96 The Lord of The Path of Peace (1/2)

When I attended The Lord's speech my eyes we immediately attracted to the man standing on top of the podium on the town's square. He is a tall and slender man with a necklace around his forehead with Path of Piece's sign in the middle which was also the organization name. He has long white hair with 2 long bangs on each side of his face, reaching his neck.

”Everyone, these are dark times we live in but we mustn't give in. We mustn't surrender to despair, It would only make our comrades and families sacrifices in vain!” The Lord started his speech but I quickly lost interest an although I listened to it, none of it interested me. However, I still made sure to observe his body language and his eyes, I also didn't forget about the surroundings and there was no person who would look at him with hate in their eyes.

Is this guy really honest in what he is saying and doing?

I thought with a slightly curious expression since everything told me that he is a genuine kind leader. However, a kind leader doesn't mean a good leader.

Amidst his speech one of the citizens started crying over recent death of his sister which slightly interrupted the speech but the man standing on the podium only looked down at the crying man with a sad expression and sympathy in eyes before he started cheering him up as much as he could.

...Alright, he is a genuine one. He could also be acting but his eyes were genuinely filled with sympathy. I am quite experienced when it comes to reading people through their eyes. Although I can't just say who is corrupted filled with dėsɨrė for power or who is honest just by looking into their eyes, once I observe them for some time, I can somehow judge them. And this ”Lord” is making it much easier for me with his body language.

He continued in giving the speech and this entire interruption only served to strengthen people's will and dėsɨrė to live. However, when he was about to finish and leave, our eyes suddenly met which wouldn't be that surprising since I noticed him paying a lot of attention to all people standing in front of the podium, however, he suddenly widened his eyes in surprise when he saw my face.

I broke the eye contact by closing my eyes and turning around to leave while making my cloak flutter in the gentle breeze.

When I left the town, I was stopped by a person wearing priest-combat like clothing with a white cloth hiding their face. It was apparent that he was guard equipped with only light armor.

”Our Lord wants to speak to ”you”. Can you please wait for a bit here with me? The Lord will come here personally in a few minutes.” He said with a respectful tone while bowing down a bit.

It doesn't sound like he knows who I am. Anyway, I am not in a hurry to leave and I originally wanted him to come to me like this.

”Alright but let's move to a different location, my camp is not too far away from here. Is it alright with you?” I asked with a calm and neutral tone.

”Most certainly” He replied shortly with respectful tone so I started walking towards my camp where Taeko should also be right now.

When we came back, Taeko was a bit confused about the additional person but didn't say anything and the guard also didn't mind one more person around.

After 5 minutes passed by, the guard waiting with me went towards the man leading a small squadron of guards towards our camp.

”Lord” The guard bowed down and joined to the squadron of more than 15 people.

”Hello, I am sorry for wasting your time like this but I really wanted to talk to you...um.” The Lord left his men a few meters behind him before he approached me and said with an apologetic smile.

”Akashi...You probably already know who I am.” I said and took off my hood.

”Hmm, I might have an idea based on your look but I am still not entirely sure, however, that doesn't matter at all. Thank you for giving some of your time to me, Akashi, if you don't mind me calling you that.” The Lord said with a thoughtful expression before a small kind smile appeared on his face.

”Suit yourself.” I said and sat down on the trunk of the fallen tree.

”To be honest with you...I am not entirely sure why I even want to talk to you but the second I saw you, I knew that you are going to be someone important in reconstructing this entire world.” The Lord said with a forced smile as he knew how absurd it sounds.

”Hm? Why do you think so?” I asked with a curious expression.

”The truth is, that I have the strange power of seeing the future. Of course, I can't just see everything that will happen but I can see if someone is important for the better future of this world or if...well, it looks like your red thread is already strengthened quite a lot but there is one strange thing...” He started explaining with closed eyes and small smile before he stopped to look at Taeko hiding under the cloak, he smiled at her before he redirected his gaze at me and continued.

”?!” Taeko flinched when she heard his words

”? I see, what is that strange thing?” I was a bit more confident that he really can see ”future” or simply the things that can't be seen just by anybody. I raised my right eyebrow and asked with a curious expression.