Chapter: 2 “Alina farrow”

  I looked towards the woman, she saw a golden coin on ground, which fall from the pocket of one of guard I just cut down few moments ago. She tries to pick it up.

  I walked near her and sat in front of her “don’t pick that thing. If they find it from you.

  They will ask you about me and if you didn’t tell them anything, they will execute you.”

  Woman replied with tears in her eyes “then what am I supposed to do, I have a son to feed.

  And I don’t have money, I don’t have strength to do work, to buy food and feed him.”

  I looked down, I could feel her pain “then take food instead”

  Woman looked at me “huh, what do you mean.”

  Bar owner was still there, standing near his desk with fear on his face, I looked at him.

  He got scared and said “I will give her.” He took a bread packet from under his desk and gave it to her.

  I said to bar tender in anger “only one.”

  Bar tender got scared and ran back to his desk and came running back and gave two more bread packet to her.

  I said to woman “you can go now; your son must be waiting for you.”

  Woman asked hesitating “thank you, can I know your name.”

  I replied in very nice voice “I don’t have a name.”

  Woman stands holding all three packets of bread, I stopped her “And don’t tell anyone about those breads and this night.

  Just pretend like this night never occurred in your life.”

  Woman replied “I won’t tell anyone, and I will forget about everything.”

  I stand up and walk towards bar desk and sat on one of chairs, bar owner came running scared and made a drink for me.

  I said “oh, I forgot to tell you, my name.”

  Bar owner “sir, but you said you don’t have a name.”

  I said “yeah, I don’t have a name.

  But that is for the people I don’t, kill.” I looked at bar tender while holding wine glass, bar tender got scared and took a knife under of his desk and tried to stab me. I cut off his hand. He fell on ground, and his hand fell beside him.

  And when he was about to scream, I said “if you screamed.” He put his other hand on his mouth and stopped his scream.

  I sat on desk looking at him “there is one thing I always do, when I kill people.

  I always tell them my name and show my face.

  But she was here, so I couldn’t do it when I killed all of them.

  And you are last one here now, so I have to do my ritual with you.”

  Bar tender with tears in his eyes “please don’t kill me, if you want food take as much as you want, if you want money, I will give you” bar tender looked desperate “but please don’t kill me.”

  I said while I took of my mask “I am kael, kael vireon.” My blue eyes were showing the anger that I had.

  Bar tender “you are.”

  I chopped his head off without even letting him finish “this name should be the last name you hear, kael vireon the shallow mask.”

  A girl comes in bar, same age as me and her name is ‘Alina farrow’ she hair long auburn hair, tied up and green eyes.

  “Alina: killed everyone, kael.” I didn’t reply her

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  I walked out of bar without being noticed, she followed me, I said to her while looking around “how many times have I told you to not come after me.”

  “Alina: I am your sister; how should I not be worried about you.”

  “Kael: yeah, fine.”

  We both were about to reach our house but a guard who was on patrolling almost see us but we hide behind a broken house wall “who is there.” Guard was walking in our direction.

  I put my hand on sword and was ready to cut him off if he saw us, a cat comes meowing “it’s just a cat” he leaves the moment he sees cat.

  “Alina: we should go home before they find about the bar.”

  “Kael: yeah.”

  We both rushed to our houses and sleep without any hesitation.

  In the morning, I heard a lot of talk going near our broken house, it was coming from the direction of the bar, I killed guards last night.

  We both came out of our broken and old house and walked towards that same place, we both are wearing old, covered in dust, and torn clothes usually slave’s wear.

  “Alina: they find out.”

  “Kael: they had to.”

  The place we live in is spread in 1km, far from any normal city and village, the kingdom we all live in is “the varyss republic”, there are no normal people here, everyone here is a slave, rejected by their towns, cities because they were poor, untouchable, didn’t deserve to live and all. Even the guards, they are either rapers, bandits, killers who are given open opportunity do anything they want.

  What empire want from them is gold, diamonds from mines we work in day, even if it is raining, snowing, storm, and we don’t even get enough food for it.

  We are like rats prisoned in these big walls, which is divided in three parts, at the south, far from the entrance, we slave and worker leaves, then comes middle part where we do work like mining and construction. And then at the north, comes third part where those damn guard’s lives and that bastard sauté lives.

  We both reached last night incident place, there were a lot of guards inside and outside of bar, slaves were standing there trying to take a look but they were not allowed.

  Alina has put some kind of brown powder and some made dark circles on her face to hide true beauty of her face, because this place isn’t safe for girls with good face.

  “What happened here.”

  “Looks like more guards killed last night.”

  “This is happening a lot recently.”

  “This is 7th case, since it has begun for 5 months now.”

  I and Alina looked at each other and smirked.

  “And no one knows who he is, and where he comes from.”

  “Did you hear that quote about him.”

  “Yeah, I have heard that too.”

  “When mask walks, you die or you sleep.”

  “Don’t talk too loud if guard heard us talking about him, they will torture us to death.”

  “Yeah.”

  A big man came out off bar, who was about 7 feet tall and had a muscular body. He was right hand man of sauté named “Morald.”

  “Morald: have you find anything about him.”

  Guard “no sir, we haven’t.

  They all refuse to say anything.”

  Morald walk in front with those sharp looks, which made all slaves scared “I had enough of all of you people.

  I have given you ample of chances to redeem yourself, but you refuse to tell me who that masked man is, calling himself “shallow mask.”

  You all don’t know anything about him, but you have made quotes about him, made stories about him.”

  “We really don’t know anything about him, sir morald.

  We don’t know who he is, where he comes from, what he wants.

  Nothing at all.” Slaves replied in scared voices

  “Shut up, you filthy slaves.

  I am not here to hear that old answer of yours, I need a name, a person, who that is.”

  “I will give you another opportunity, a reward in fact.

  The one who will tell us, who he is or his head.

  I will give him five gold coins and a place in guard, so he can live rest of his life peacefully as one of us.” Morald says

  “Really, joining the guard.”

  “Which means, I can live happily after this.”

  Slaves were talking about the offer of morald and about joining guards.

  “If you are afraid of that shallow mask will find your identity and kill you, just come to us without telling anyone, and we will protect you.

  Don’t forget he is enemy of, all of you.

  Now go, and do your work.” Morald say with anger in his voice.

  All slaves were leaving talking about this offer.

  I looked at morald while he was talking to one of his guards, I and Alina left without saying and coming in his eye.

  I and Alina reached on our working site, in this area all man do hard work like breaking the rocks, carrying big rocks on construction site, sometimes I have been on mining site too.

  And woman do work like carrying making concrete, carrying broken rocks, clearing the rocks we man breaks.

  my job was to break rocks today; I was breaking rocks with hammer.

  Alina came near me, since her job was to carry small rocks for making concreate for structures.

  “Alina: you have gotten famous, haven’t you.” With a grin on her face, she was clearly teasing me “shallow mask.”

  I was really pissed and irritated with this behavior of her “shut up, Alina.”

  “Alina: don’t tell me you are angry now.”

  “Kael: why don’t you leave, before someone sees us.”

  “Alina: fine.” She puts the broken rocks in her pot and carries it.

  I started breaking rocks again thinking about Alina and me.

  “She is not my sister by blood or anything, we don’t even share one sided mother or father.

  When my parents got executed 12 years ago, her grandpa was the one who saved me and took me in.

  But, Like any other slaved would have done, Alina hated me or despised me.

  And even opposed her grandpa for taking me in.

  Because we didn’t had food for ourselves, then how can you feed another one.

  I didn’t hate her for that, but with time we got close.

  And swore to be brother and sister, until our last day.”

  From morning to evening and now it is evening, time passed slowly since we have to do all that hard work.

  Three persons walking in a dark passage of a house or a big mansion which is in slave yard itself, where sauté lives.

  Door knocks, “come in” voice from inside the room.

  Sauté was sleeping on be with two women, one was poring wine for him and other was feeding him.