4 CAREFREE CLAN (1/2)
”Stop!” Kwame's loud voice echoed all around, and it surprisingly reached the ears of the people and made most of them stop. ”What are you all running away for? There are so many of us, yet we are scared to face three creatures? Isn't this enough reason to justify why we Hollows get looked down upon?”
His words were an eye-opener for those who stood and even to those who were still running away. The next second, even those who were still escaping stopped.
”Clan Head Kwame is right.”
”Yeah, we are the members of the Faceless clan. There's no need for us to fear, as long as our clan heads are here.”
One after another, people began to walk back to the spot where they previously stood before. Some of the snakes, crabs, and all other sea creatures that bothered them before didn't bother them now at all.
Picazo and Sinario looked at each other and smiled.
Sariyu and Burton's hearts filled with pride as they saw the magnificence of their clan heads with their own eyes. Their respect over the clan heads grew by leaps and bounds. Howbeit, they both looked at Lirzod, and couldn't help but freak out as he danced in a weird manner, putting his hands in his pants, bringing them out in a haste, and repeated the process.
”What's he monkey dancing for?” Sariyu was puzzled.
Burton, who almost forgot what he did, covered his mouth and concealed his laughter.
The attention of some of the crowd did turn towards Lirzod, and it puzzled them. But their observation quickly shifted towards the three creatures which were almost upon them. Though their identity was unclear before, now they could see that those three were just horses. And most people breathed sighs of relief.
”What, so they are just horses.”
”We were scared for nothing.”
The crowd settled themselves as the horses almost reached them. Seeing those captivating horses that dazzled in the darkness, people couldn't blink. The mane of the horses danced in the wind and arrested the viewers' attention. Towering a little more than seven feet, the scenery of such creatures galloping on the surface of the sea, jumping over the waves as if they were the wooden hurdles in the stables, was simply grandiose.
Upon reaching the masses, the horses stopped after kicking their front limbs in the air, making some people step back momentarily. The waters receded back a little and brought the level back to their ankles.
The horses no longer stood on the water, but on the ground. Seemingly, countless snakes and crabs crawled about, some of which fought with the other.
”Not just fine… but what handsome stallions!” Allda couldn't help but envy their appearance. (Pure white breed and are perfectly healthy. It's hard to put a price on their heads.)
Lirzod was still dancing and he stomped over some of the snakes and crabs, which in turn tried to bite and choke him.
”Young Master! What happened to you?” Duera was still sitting on Primera's waist. ”What are you standing here for? Go and help him!” Her voice rang in Primera's ears.
”Get down, and I will,” Primera said at her own pace.
Duera looked down, and there were clusters of creatures all around her. She hugged Primera even tighter. ”Go and help him or I'll squeeze you to death!”
”Feel free to try,” Primera's concentration was rather elsewhere. It wasn't on the horses but at someplace else.
Duera used all her strength and squeezed, hoping to achieve her goal, but she didn't even get a response from Primera. She narrowed her eyes for a moment and stared at her. Still, there are no responses. She nodded to herself twice before moving her face closer and blew air in Primera's ears using not her strength, but her practiced rhythm, which made Primera jump like a deer and fall on Lirzod, who fell on Sariyu, who fell on Burton, who fell on Triera, who fell on the guy beside her. Like in a chain reaction, dozens of people fell to the ground and got themselves wetter than they already were.
”What the heck are these people doing?” Kwame placed his palms over his head. ”This is so shameful.”
”Nothing's shameful enough for the Faceless clan,” Picazo patted once on Kwame's shoulder.
”Yeah, you say that, whenever your son is involved in the incident,” Sinario shook his head, and looked at Lirzod who was still rolling on the crowd.
”How in the world did crabs in my underwear?” Lirzod didn't bother about the fall and instead was busy in pulling out the tiny crabs out of his pants.
”Kya!” Duera freaked out as some crabs and snakes got on top of her. She stomped over the people, including Lirzod and ran towards the clan heads. ”Save me!”
”Freaking out over simple things,” Sinario shook his head, again.
Picazo helped her get those things off of her.
Sariyu came to Lirzod and sat on top of him, before slapping him hard, and slapped him again with both her hands. His focus then shifted from the crabs to her. ”Oi, why did you slap me?”
”Why did you fall on me?”
”Can't you see that others fell on me?”
”I don't care. You mess up everything that's around you. Look at my dress. It's totally spoiled now, thanks to your fooling around.”
”You talk as if only your dress has gotten spoiled.”
”If others don't mind about their dress getting dirty, that's their problem. But because you spoiled mine, you better remember this... You owe me a dress as costly as this.”
”W-What?” Lirzod was shocked.
Sariyu caught a handful of crabs and touched the top of his pants. ” Do you, or do you not?”
”I-I do, I do!”
”That's good. You just saved your python from getting shredded,” She got off him, and stood, before shaking off some crabs that caught her dress, with a wave of her hand. Some of those crabs fell on Lirzod, which forced him to mimic her moves. ”These damn crabs, I wish I can send them all packing back to the sea floor in one swoop.”
”Ha-ha, you wish for too much,” Lirzod stood as well and pulled out a couple more baby craps from within his underwear. He looked at those crabs that were still white in color. ”How did these things even get in my pants?”
”Isn't it obvious? Someone put them in there,” Sariyu casually said, which was heard by Burton. He stood not far away from them and crushed the crabs that bit his dress, and the sound their shells made after breaking felt nice to his ears.
”It's not you by any chance, right?” Lirzod glared at her.
”I wouldn't hint you if I were the one who did it. Would I?” Sariyu began to walk away.