Epic Of Immortalis 8 Mind Play

I'll try to take a look later on about that, but for now, it's time to go home. I played all day with the kids, and I did my physical training early this morning. It should be good for today.

As I walk to go home, I perceive near my house the friend of Astris, Favel.

I don't know much about him, but through the year, I'm now able to identify quite easily his personality. He's not a shy guy but simply someone who doesn't like to talk for nothing. Saying that he's a pure and straightforward guy would be wrong, but not completely wrong too.

It's simply that he doesn't like unnecessary things. In that regard, we could say that he's indeed a straightforward kind of guy, but just showed in a different way.

He's near my house, clearly waiting for me, and it doesn't seems to be some kind of idle talk.

I approach him, his gaze meet mine, as calm as ever.

"I was waiting for you, Varos. Astris is not free today, I'm here to keep you informed about the situation." He said formally.

"It's still hasn't been made public but the arrival of the Knight will be delayed. It seems there's some kind of urgent matter that needs to be treated. It's still unknown how long his delay will be, but I think it will be at least for another year, or else they wouldn't bother to prevent us even it he was coming with several months of delay. The training will continue, but it will extended" Favel said, seemingly lost in his thought.

"Oh I see" I plainly say.

Favel stared at me, and after a moment said "Varos, what do you think of Astris ?".

I'm a bit surprised of his question but I answered quickly "Nothing, he seems like a nice person" I said with a fake smile.

Favel looked at me frustrated at my simple answer and simply brushed off his question by saying "You're right, I think the same too... Have a nice day". And without waiting for my reply, he left like nothing happened.

It seems there's some kind of discord happening between him and Astris, he's 14 years old since recently, he matured physically a lot since the first time I saw him, he's almost 170 meters, his face gained in maturity, but he still looks like a kid anyway. Thanks p.u.b.erty for that.

The thing that concern me first isn't his problem but rather, the problem of the Knight delay. I really wonder what's going on. Well, I know so little about this world that thinking about it that problem is actually meaningless, it frustrate me to know that...

Well, let's go home for now...

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I open the door of my home, I look for my mom, she isn't in the living room, she must be at her bedroom. I opened the door and I see her staring at the ceiling, lying down weakly in her bed.

A open letter is posed on her blanket too.

She's getting weaker recently, I'm feel more and more concerned about her health.

She didn't react at all at seeing me enter her room "Mom, I'm here" I say while looking at her dazed face.

It looks like she suddenly wakes up from a dream "Oh Varos, my dear, sorry I didn't heard you enter the room. How was your day ?" She asked worriedly of me as always.

"It was fine mom, by the way, what were you doing now, you were at staring at the ceiling" I asked curiously.

She remained silent for a moment, but then said with a smile "Varos, I have two good news for you".

It's rare for me to hear her saying that. She knows I can hardly be surprised, so for her to say me that, it must truly be a good news.

"What is it" I asked with a tinge of excitement.

"The first one is that the elders of the village are back, but most importantly, they opened their free teachings for the kids of the village. You always wanted to learn more about the world, so it must be a good occasion for you" she said with a smile on her face.

It's true that I have always been curious about the world I'm living in, my mother doesn't know a lot about the outside world, and she only told me some basic knowledge. So having them teaches us about the world truly help me.

I thought about asking my questions to other adults, but they usually simplify their explanation at such point that it doesn't move my knowledge, and if I try to be a bit more specific about that, it freaks them out. So I learned to hold my tongue for that kind of matter.

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To be honest, I was quite happy to hear that, and I couldn't hide all of the excitement from my face, so I asked after calming my emotions "That's cool, but what the second good news ?"

The first one was already the best that could reasonably happen to me, so I truly don't know how the second one could be equal or greater than the first one.

After a moment, she said with a shaky smile "Your father sent me a letter, he will be coming at home very soon". She said that with happiness and emotions, but for a brief moment, a weird expression appeared on her face too.

"Oh !" I exclaimed while trying to be excited. To be honest, I don't have a lot of memories from my father. He came very rarely to home, and he usually stays at home only for a few days, to come back a few months later each times.

From what I heard from my mom, and from the short interactions we had me and my dad, I can say that he seems like a man of honor who's pride remains in his work. He always looked at me with love, same for my mom too, and he send us each month enough money for us to live properly.

But compared to before, he sends us a bit less of money, the explanation from my mother was that it was currently harder for him to sell and exchange his merchandise for some technical reason that she doesn't seems to understand.

I thought about it, and his coming is truly a good news. I've grown enough for me to ask him a few pieces of information about the outside world. As an itinerant merchant, he surely knows a lot about the world than my mom. Beside, I've always found it weird that my mother knew so little about the outside world, she's like a sheltered girl in that regard.

"I'm really excited about that mom, thanks !" I said while hugging her.

"Ah you have nothing to thanks me about my dear, you're mom is only relaying the news. I can't even properly make your favorite meals, it shames me a bit if you're so nice to me" she said tenderly while stroking my hair.

She seems guilty about her inability to properly feed him, I won't blame her, I know how weak she is after all.

"Don't say that mom, as long you're fine it doesn't bother me at all, in fact it makes feel useful" I said while trying to comfort her.

I felt a tinge of pain and regret in my heart, am I becoming sentimental ?

"Haha, you always knew how to touch my hear. If you want to please me, please stay a bit longer at home, you nearly pa.s.s each of you days outside after all".

"Sorry mom, I will try do that" I said with comprehension.

She looked at me for a while, and then said "Don't bother with that my heart, I know you're having a lot of fun outside. But don't forget me either. By the way, could you go to the kitchen, there's some leftover there please, I'm a bit hungry, there's still enough for you too" she said with an apologizing tone.

"No problem, give me a minute".

I left the room and walk to the kitchen. My mom is weirdly dependent on me, that's not only because of her sickness, but mainly because she knows that I'm not like the other kids.

I'm more mature and smarter than them, and also stronger than my peers. She sees me as a source of pride, and recently, she saw me interacting more and more with the others, I guess she's at the peak of her happiness.

Even though I'm saying that, her expression are sometimes contradictory to what she's trying to convey, I'm still not sure for the source of that...

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I woke up early today, it's a bit chilly outside but I'm covered enough to not feel too bothered by that. My mother is still sleeping, she sleep more longer than usual now, and it's honestly quite difficult to to wake her up, I'll let rest for now.

It would be abnormal for a toddler of my age to leave the house alone, but the village is so little and peaceful that there's nearly no drama happening there. The atmosphere is quite nice and to be honest, I never was in such a peaceful place in my life before. This peace is healing my heart, but in the same time, I feel a bit uncomfortable about that, I'm not completely sure for why though.

I'm doing my usual training routine, nearly composed of stretching and improving my stamina. I also do a few more physical exercise but I keep them at the minimum, it's not a good idea to do more at my age.

After an hour of that, I go to my usual spot, our private "garden" if we can still can it like that, and surprisingly, I see Mina here too. She's lying down on the gra.s.s, it seems that she is sleeping profoundly.

Why is she here at this hour ? It's quite early in the morning. She's well covered but it's still weird to see her at this time of the day...

I approach her silently, and also try to lie down in my own corner, but suddenly, I see her waking up and standing up, while turning her gaze at me.

"Oh, It's... you" she said a bit surprised and tired. How long has she been there ?

"Yep it's me, how long have you been there ?" I asked curiously.

"A few hours"

"Why"

She stays silent for a while, sat down and then said "Because... I feel at peace here..."

"You feel at peace here ? Why ?"

This time, she lowers her head and keep her silent.

Hmm, let's try another approach "Ok Mina, I'll let you be here only if you speak sometimes with me".

This time, she seems a bit annoyed "You..."

"But I won't ask you what you don't like to tell me, hence we will only talk about what you like talk" I said while sitting down properly in the ground, trying another approach, a more subtle one.

"...Ok, bu-but, I'm a boring...person"

"Don't worry, I like to talk about boring things, our whole conversation was boring right ?" I said without shame.

"...No, it...it..." she stays silent again.

Well, it's been only a day since I know her, but I can already discern her problem, and it seems to be one around her family, with is at his core her father or something. My father should be here in a few days, and the elders should start their teaching in a few days too, meanwhile let's try to dig up her mind a little bit.