Chapter: 3 “darkness.”
“Morald: sorry for trouble, general.”
Sauté replied while drinking wine “what is it, morald.” He was playing with woman; women were enjoying it too.
“Morald: we are not able to find him, the shallow mask I mean.”
Sauté throws glass of wine in anger towards morald “what are you talking, it has already been 5 months,
And you can’t find a damn man.”
Morald got a scar on his head because of it, which started bleeding “I am sorry, general.”
“Find that, masked bastard and kill him, execute him, torture him.
I don’t care what you have to do, I just want to his head.” Sauté
“Morald: we are doing our best, but no one knows about him in entire slave yard, what kind of person he is.
How tall he is, his hair, his eyes, his clothes, where he comes from, where he leaves from.
Nothing at all, or probably those slaves aren’t telling us.”
“Sauté: then kill all those damn slaves.
Kill every last one of them, but leave the women.
I will have fun with them.”
One of sauté whore “aren’t you having fun with us.”
Sauté kisses her on cheek and replies “I am having, a lot of fun.
But I got to teach lesson to all of those damn slaves.”
“Morald: we can’t do that sir.”
“Sauté: why can’t we do that; I am general and I can do anything I want.”
“Morald: but if we kill all slaves, then who will do mining and construction work.
And without those slaves we can’t mine gold and diamond which we send to capital and other cities.”
“Sauté: fine, do what you want to do then but I want him dead.”
Morald and two guard bow “I will, general.” Turns and was about to leave. Sauté stops “morald, aren’t you forgetting to tell me something else.”
“Morald: forgetting to tell something.” Morald looked confused, he looked towards other two guard who were with him “no, general I am not.”
“Sauté: well, I heard you were allowing those damn slaves to join guards.”
“Morald: who told you that, general.” Morald looked a little in tension.
“Sauté: daku did.”
Morald looked towards daku, who was standing at his right “daku did.”
“Daku: yes, I did.”
“Sauté: anything to say about it.”
“Morald: I am sorry general, but I thought this news wasn’t worthy of your attention.”
“Sauté: then tell me why are you doing this.” Eating grapes and drinking wine, while touching women on stomach.
“Morald: I will, if you wish to know.
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As you know, that masked man has attacked our guards 7 times.
And in those encounters out of 79 guard, 39 have been killed.
Which leaves only 40 guards, and out of those 10 are on always on walls, to prevent any slave escaping.
10 guards are always guarding this mansion for your safety and protection.
Which leaves only 20guards, which are not enough to hold all those slaves.
That’s why, I decided to recruit some slaves without them knowing.”
Morald bends on his knees “forgive me, if I have done something wrong.”
“Sauté: fine.
And leave now, I need to attend some business with these women.”
Morald “yes general” morald leaves room with other two guards.
Morald and other guards walking in passage “why did you tell, general about it.”
“Daku: I had too, general deserves to know everything.
And you are not the only one who works for his own pleasure, I am working for my own pleasure too.
I want to sleep with woman like those.
And I can get those by working direct under him, not you.”
Morald with anger “daku.”
“Daku: and don’t forget, you are also a raper and bandit like us.
You have killed peoples; you have raped woman.
That’s why you are here in first place.”
“Morald: yeah, you are right.” Punches daku on face “yeah, don’t forget that, I have killed a lot of peoples.
And insects like you too. so, follow my orders quietly.
Tonight, it will be you.
Who will be doing patrolling and be seating in bar to see if someone comes with information about that shallow mask. So, take 10 man and leave, now.”
Daku looking at morald with angry face.
I and Alina was in our house, which is in no condition to be called a house, broken windows, broken doors, crack walls, broken ceiling’s from where you can see moon.
I was changing from my shallow mask outfit too, to in a slave outfit. I took my black coat and then shirt off.
There were terrible marks of straps beating on my chest and back, like someone hit me continuously.
Alina came near me and touch scars on my back with sad face “does these still hurt.”
“Kale: how long are you gonna ask me that question, whenever you see these scars.
You always ask that same question, does it hurt.”
“Alina: it is my fault you got these scars.”
“Kale: I have already told you; these are not because of you.
And forget about it.”
“Alina: how can I.”
(Alina pov)
7 years ago, when I and kael were only 10 years old.
Those guards have killed my grandpa too, that is why when I saw those guards who did it.
I through rock on them, which hit one of the guards “you brat.” Guards chased me, until they caught me.
“Now where you gonna run, you little brat.”
“What should we do with her, she is still a kid.”
“100 straps punishment.”
“She will die, but not like we care.”
I thought that was the end for me, but kael came running from somewhere, he looked much more worried than I was.
“Who are you.” guard
“Kael: please let go of her.”
“Why should we, look at this brat.
What she has done.”
“Kael: I apologize for her mistake, but please let go of her.”
“We will teach her a lesson, so she won’t do it again.”
“The punishment of 100 straps.”
I wasn’t worried about it at all, but kale was getting worried for me, the kael who I always despised, the kale I hated.
But still, he was worried about me.
“Kael: punish me, then at her place.
But please let go of her.”
I, and both of those guards were surprised too.
“Alina: shut up, thinking of taking my place.
Don’t think if you take this punishment instead of me, I will forgive you.
I won’t, I will hate you, always.”
“Kael: I don’t care if you hate me, and I am not doing it to get your approval.
I am doing it for my own.”
Both guards looked at each other and smiled “fine brat, we will let you take her place.”
“But instead of 100 straps, we will hit you 200 straps.
Since you are a boy.”
“Kael: I am fine with that.”
I never care for him, and I swear to not.
But at that moment “hey, what are you thinking.
You will die, let go of me.” I was trying to get myself free, but I couldn’t. I bite the guard hand “ahh, you little bitch.” He slapped me so hard; I almost lost my consciousness.
The only thing I remembered was kael saying “I am sorry.”
And when I woke up, I was in house alone lying on ground.
I searched for him everywhere, in mines, at construction site.
I called for him, But I couldn’t find him.
It was almost evening; I thought he might have gone back to home. I rushed back to house, but he wasn’t there.
I was going back to search for him, but I saw him coming.
“Alina: what you think you were doing, agreeing for 200 straps.”
Kale replied to me in broken voice “I am sorry.”
The one thing I noticed was that his shirt color was changed from red to complete red.
So, I asked him “hey” but before I could, he fainted and fell on floor.
And when I touched him, I felt. The reason of his shirt color change.
It wasn’t color or he changed his shirt, but the reason was that his shirt soaked his blood and changed in dark red.
And when I tool his shirt off, he was covered with horrible scars across his back and front.
I couldn’t believe my eyes and believe, how he endured all of this, and how is he still alive after all of this.
Daku and other 10 bandits were sitting in a bar, where all slaves reside. This is the place morald gave to slaves, to tell them if they know everything about shallow mask.
“Daku: I don’t know what that morald thinks of himself.
He is also a bandit.” Drinks wine
I entered bar and looked at daku, daku asked me “what are you doing here, you filthy slave.”
I replied “I know about shallow mask.”
