86 A Journey (2/2)

Sometimes his mother would also feel unhappy just staying at home cooking.

To get rid of that feeling, she would tend to take requests that would help the village with any small problems.

She would help gather sticks for a basic fire, tend to the crops to grow food, harvest water to provide the village's thirst.

As long as she had spare time, she was indeed willing to help.

Alexander mentioned that when the times got really tough, both his mother and father would have to leave the house in order to hunt an animal for meat.

They were very stubborn in the fact that as long as they didn't starve to death that they would take the kindness of their neighbors into consideration.

At one point they suddenly brought a child to their house.

He was not a baby and was already mature enough to make his own decisions.

The only name he told to Alexander's parents was Ellis.

To Alexander, this was a great chance in having a brother but each advancement he made would always be rejected by a cold glare.

Nobody was able to get close to him until he started to make stupid mistakes.

Grabbing a sword too heavy for him, Alexander's father would make sure to take it away from him and give him a wooden one.

Trying to reach for a wooden bowl, Alexander would gladly give a helping hand to get even a spoon for him.

They always persisted for the sheer kindness and stubbornness of his father

Dean sighed at how Alexander's voice trembled when he tried to recreate a deep voice while crying

”I-in the d-darkest of nights, w-will one see the brightest stars”

It was an interesting quote but Dean didn't really see the point of what Alexander was trying to get at.

As if striking a chord, Alexander resumed a peaceful composure and took a deep sigh.

Ellis was indeed opening up to his family but an odd thing he noticed as a child was that his neighbor seemed a lot more introverted.

He remembered that this uncle would always like to give leftover jerky made by his wife to all the kids that were hungry, especially children who lost their parents.

Dean thought that was interesting person to give free food to people but although that was a saintly practice, Dean guessed where Alexander was going with this.

He didn't mention any stories about himself meaning he's overlooking himself and looking at the event in a bigger picture.

Whether it was sentimental value or the frustration of reflection, Dean didn't know

”I never how scary human greed could be. Are rumors for unlimited power really that believable and interesting?”