When everyone arrived at that village, it was already afternoon. Abium and Helena discussed there how to proceed afterward. After a lot of arguments, Helena agreed to return to Dust gate town along with those kids.Abium also told her to arrive at the Red scarf Inn the day before the Auction that happens in the royal capital. With a few words, both bid their farewell and moved in separate directions.
Helena didn"t have to wary of any attacks from the bandits because there were only villages and farmhouses on the way to Dust gate town. Meanwhile, Abium walked forward towards the northeast direction.
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On the evening of the second day of October, a young man was walking on a vast stretch of gra.s.slands. But there should be no barriers along the way. What if there was a bandit? The sword was in the envelope hanging in his waist.
Abium walked with the idea of reaching Bare Keep town before the disappearance of the sun, approached the Church of Judgment. It located a few kilometers away from that Bare Keep town, and it"s a junction to Summer fell city. The road would again split into two afterward, and it continues till royal capital.
Since the Harvest festival held on the same day, a large crowd gathered in the wooden groves surrounding the Church. There were shopkeepers selling jackets, flowers, and various snacks. Funny jokes were going on. Prophets, tricksters, markers, dancers, there was no shortage of them.
Abium watching this noticed a crowd was standing in the middle of the road and that some of them making loud arguments. He awoke anxiously to find out what was going on. He was not able to suppress that desire. He walked towards there as he split the crowd and went in.
He was surprised to see that only three of the people involved in the debate. Many peoples occasionally shouted slogans in favor of their advocate"s party. That was why Abium knew that there was so much noise. Then he noticed what was going on.
Mother Deity"s devotee, who was wearing a headband in front of his head, stood there and making his argument. Abium noticed that fellow and instantly recognized him. He also met with this guy in the past many times, but he knew nothing about him. A mysterious mother G.o.d"s follower named Hemarc, who could directly talk to the king and any other royal family.
Another person was a man wearing a striped belt of the red carpet. He also had a small staff in his hand with a symbol of Light on this cloth. The third man was wearing a traditional dress along with a symbol of a hammer on his chest. It revealed that he was a Judgment G.o.ddess follower.
Light G.o.d"s devotee said. "Oh! Believe it or not! Say the answer! Did Judgment G.o.ddess try to see the full strength of Light G.o.d or Mother Deity withstood a blow from him, or not? The two disappeared and surrendered at the feet of Light G.o.d, didn"t they? How great is your Mother deity than Light G.o.d."
Hearing this Mother Deity"s devotee, Hemarc raised his staff said, "Right to see! Knight of holy Light! Stop your nonsense! Did your Lord Light grant his blessings to King of the Light Empire? Didn"t all those gifts go unnoticed in front of the Mother"s incarnation? How great is your Lord Light than our Mother?"
At this time, the Judgment"s devotee, wearing a traditional dress, intervened, "Why are you both arguing in vain? No matter how often you say that Lord Light is the great deity, Mother is also the great deity. The judgment book answers this question. Until you are in the bottom line of devotion, you will fight Light G.o.d or Mother G.o.d. Above loyalty is the wisdom mark. There is something called wisdom above wisdom. There is no Lord Light or Mother G.o.d who attains that position. True sovereignty Domain. What G.o.ddess of Judgment has said in the True sovereignty domain is..."
This time, Hemarc interrupted profoundly and said, "All right, stop! Do you know what your G.o.ddess finally said after she wrote that book True sovereignty domain?
Devotion to Judgment is the only way to seek help in this world, afflicted with the disease, pain, and death."
At the crowd, mockery and laughter raged. For a moment, the Abium looking at all that was happening before him, and he thought of grabbing that stick on Light G.o.d devotee"s right hand and beat that c.r.a.p out of three of them.
But all of a sudden, he couldn"t find that G.o.ddess of judgment follower! He disappeared into the crowd. Seeing it, the light G.o.d"s follower further protested.
Hemarc turning to the follower of Light and said, "What do you say? Do you want to argue, or do you run like him?"
"Me? I will never run like that mouthpiece."
Those who encouraged the two men in the debate cheered and encouraged them.
Abium thought of stopping that argument from going further.
Moving closer towards them from where he stood before, then he said, "Why are you fighting, sir? Do you not have any other work? If you take the day off for fighting, you go to Keris kingdom? There is a great war going on."
Hemarc stared back at him and said: "There is somebody who came to judge!"
Some of those in the crowd liked Abium"s half-elf image and his beautiful figure.
"Brother! Tell them! Take justice to these fighters! We have your back!" one of the guys within that crowd shouted.
"Let me tell you the reasoning, I know. Light G.o.d and Mother Deity do not seem to be fighting among themselves. They are friendly. So why should this believer and the bartender have to fight?" Many people laughed.
That Light follower then said, "This child appears to be intelligent. But can the debate be solved only by a fun speech? Let him answer the question of whether Lord Light is a great G.o.d or not!"
"Light G.o.d is the great deity; Mother G.o.d and the Light G.o.d are two equal deities. Pray for whomever you want, but why are you fighting?" asked Abium.
"How can you say that? What is the basis for saying that Light G.o.d and Mother G.o.d are equal?" Hemarc further questioned.
Many in the crowd, with great enthusiasm, took stones from the ground and throwing it towards them while some tried to prevent this act.
"d.a.m.n b.a.s.t.a.r.ds," shouting at them, Hemarc went deep into the crowd rotating his staff on his hand to fight against the group.
Abium thought a big riot, and an uproar was going to happen. Well, at that moment, there was a big bustle that made the crowd split in every direction.
"Brave warrior! Margrave Eliot, the hero of the kingdom, is coming. Get out of the way!"
The crowd was standing on either side of the road and watching the army marching towards Barefoot town. Abium stood near the tree and waited for the military to pa.s.s through.
Behind the army came a red shroud carriage covered with silk. Before the Abium thought, who was inside, a hand clad in bangles and bracelets with a reddish color emerged from the red and slightly slipped off the silk curtain of the carriage. The bright moon shone as the full moon covered with clouds withdrew as the face of a woman who was magnetic inside appeared.
At the same time, the girl"s eyes stared back at Abium. The next second he heard a scream in a panicked woman"s voice, then the silk curtain of that carriage shrouded once again.
Abium looked at his surroundings. He instinctively knew that she had just closed the red screen right after seeing someone close to him. So he looked around and found Hemarc standing behind a Dinem tree.
He also noticed that the follower"s face was swollen and beaten. In the mind of Abium, there was astonishment, and disgust appeared.
But Hemarc didn"t mind anything and stood next to him and continued to watch the army. Within a few minutes, soldiers disappeared from their visions, and once again, people followed their own business.
Suddenly Hemarc stared at him and asked, "Little brother! Which side are you going to?"
"Do I? I plan on going a little west, then turn south, then curve a little east, and then go south." Abium replied.
"I didn"t want to hear all that. I asked where you would stay tonight."
"Why are you asking for it?"
"Maybe if you"re staying at that Bare Keep town, I have a job there."
"Do you know prophecy? How did you know I was going to that town?"
"What"s the miracle of it? Many guests are coming from all over to that town today."
"Is that true?" He was surprised. In the past, he didn"t take any notes about something like these n.o.ble banquets. But banquets happens rarely.
"Really! You don"t know that those soldiers, horses, carriages, everything belongs to that Bare Keep town. These are arranged by the governor to escort Margrave from Summer fell to Bare Keep town. This respect must hold wherever he goes."
Abium pondered for a moment in silence. It"s not easy to stay in the same town as Margrave Eliot. He knew there would be a crowd all over the city, and every Inn might book already. An opportunity to get acquainted with that great n.o.ble was available right in front of his eyes. But his past life experience with Margrave"s guards made him feel discouraged.
"Little brother! Can you do me a favor?" Hemarc asked in a compa.s.sion voice.
"What can I do to help you? I"m also new to this place."
"I will only say what you can do. Take me to Bare Keep town tonight!"
"Why? Is there somebody who is a Light believer coming? Or do you plan to continue your debate there about which deity is the great deity?"
"No, no, don"t think that my job is to fight all the time. There will be a big banquet in Bare Keep town governor"s Manson tonight. After that banquet, there will be dances, dramas, and other functions. I want to see those functions!"
Abium narrowed his eyes and started to guess what the utter motive this short guy planning was.
"If I think about all that you said, I doubt they will let me enter the castle today."
"Then, are you telling me you didn"t have an invitation card to enter the town?"
Abium shook his head and replied
"I also have some method to enter the town, but I didn"t know it will do the work."
"Is that so?"
The two went silent for a while. Then Abium suddenly asked,
"Why are you still following me?"
"I can also turn that question around. Why are you pursuing me? Why not going in another way?" Hemarc sighed profoundly and continued.
"I"m sorry; brother! But do me a favor now, tell me!"
"I just said I wouldn"t help you enter that town. You also agreed, right? So what now?"
"This is something else; I will give you a letter. If you stay at that Bare Keep town, you have to give that letter to someone."
"To whom?"
"You saw that girl, right? Marques"s men and his guards escorted inside that red carriage. You must give this letter to that girl."
"What did you think of me? Did I look like a guy who does this type of work? If some other guy had told me such a word..."
"Little brother! Don"t panic! If you can"t, then go! But there is no harm in helping me, right? come on!"
After that, Abium, not even a moment, looked back. He hurriedly walked ahead and left quickly and headed towards Barefoot town.