#7 Honorus
He seemed suddenly busy that day. Early in the morning he told me that he was leaving for some work he has to do and will only return after midnight. I found this as my perfect opportunity. I waited a while to see if he comes back early but it all seemed safe to me. I left and headed for Dynam school, weirdly my life seemed peaceful enough. I guess it wouldn't be bad if this moment went on forever. I plan to live with my father peacefully for a while and only returning when they really need my help. I reached the school. Every time I came here it never ceased to amaze me with how well hidden it is, making me myself get lost trying to find it. The guards look at me and ask me who I am. It was weird, we just met yesterday, how do they not remember me? They search me which really annoyed me that they don't trust me yet. One of the guards then asks "Who is this man your brought with you". What is he talking about? I came here alone of course. I was scared to look behind me. But I didn't need to. An angry voice I can recognize talks to me from behind "What are you doing here Doron?". It was my father, Honorus.
Honorus pulls out his sword and walks slowly towards the guards cutting both their heads with no difficulty. I was frozen. I did not know what to do now. He saw me, if I let him go he will discover everything. If he tells anyone, my dreams are going to die with me! What do I do?! Honorus looked at me, his eyes were filled with anger "Since when? Since when were you sneaking out of my house to come here in secret? Isn't that the place we were supposed to attack? What kind of trick did you do to cancel the attack?!" What is he even talking about. I don't know anything about why the attack was cancelled. And it doesn't matter since when I started coming here, it won't change anything. I reached out for my sword to pull it out of my scabbard, no matter how much power I put in pulling that sword, it wouldn't come out. No matter what I did, it was stuck. Is my body too weak to pull it out? Or is it preventing me from pulling it out? I never felt such a feeling before, not only was my body stuck but my brain was stuck too, I couldn't think of a single good outcome of this. Its a mistake but it must have a solution! I looked him in his eyes, I had never seen him so angry yet so sad before. What do I do now?
He sighs, his anger suddenly fades away, all that is left in his expression is just sadness, he was betrayed but who he trusted the most. "I will not tell anyone, but I can not stay with you longer than that. You chose this as your family so stay with them". He put his sword back and started walking slowly. I can't kill him! I can't even move! But I also can't let him go. It was then that what I guess was my brothers soul started talking to me. I saw the day I first met Honorus with my brother, the day he killed him. My brothers face, my promise that was broken because of him.
Honorus once had a family too, I remember him telling his story to me. He was a general in the army, he said he was one of the most powerful warriors there if not the most powerful one. He won countless battles and was always admired by everyone in the battlefield because of his strength. He fell in love with an Atsornian woman and married her shortly after. It was rare for a Hafigan to marry an Atsornian, and he never did tell me how they met. But I have to guess he never truly hated Atsornians. They had a kid, it was a boy. They named him Doron. They were a nice loving family, he felt happier than ever then. They loved their kid so much that Honorus considered leaving the army and living with their son peacefully in the woods. However all of their dreams were shattered.
When their son was 5, he fell ill, he had a fatal disease, I don't remember the name. He died shortly after, and along with him died what was once a loving family. His mother completely lost her mind. To forget what happened she would sneak out of Honorus's house and cheat almost everyday, she couldn't bear the truth so she just tried her best to forget about it all and. When Honorus learned about this he felt truly betrayed by everyone around him. They got divorced, but out of guilt, the mother stayed there as a mistress, she still loved him, but didn't have the guts to tell him. Honorus believed she just was too weak to leave the good memories behind. Honorus went to battles more often after his son's death, he felt sick of his house, the battlefield was the only place where he could unleash his rage freely. He became a cruel man, which was the man I met.
It was then that he found me. I was about the same age as the age his son should have been then, he adopted me and took great care of me, so did his ex-wife. They gave me the same name as their old child. They planned to remarry and live the same way again. They loved me as much as their old son and were going to do anything to protect me. However, shortly after, the wife died. Honorus truly loved her, he swore to himself not to marry, but to live and to take great care of what he considered their new son. The only thing left for Honorus out of all the, what he considered, great years was me. He left the army as soon as he could and lived with me in the same house. He too didn't want to forget the memories he had with his son and his wife either. He was just as weak as her.
I screamed as loud as I could "Honorus!" he looked back, I could tell he felt betrayed once again. He didn't look angry, the only expression in his face was sadness. He couldn't feel angry, he was is too old now anyways to return to the battlefield and slaughter like he used to do to calm down. "I've never heard you scream before, why does it need to be today that I hear you like this." "He walked slowly towards me" I wasn't scared of him, I knew he couldn't hurt me even if he wanted to. He fell to his knees right in front of me. His tears were flowing while he was looking at my shoes. He couldn't even lift his face. "It is not too late! its not too late! Come with me! We will live like a happy family, let's leave this wicked place and go somewhere far away. You will get married and live with your loving family and your father always on your side!" He said while crying. For a moment there, it sounded good to me, it sounded like a nice peaceful life. It sounded like something my brother would do. But would he want me to really abandon his soul and his sacrifice here just to live such an ordinary and boring life?
"Honorus! Look at me!" He lifted his head slowly, his eyes meeting mine. "If you're truly that good person, why didn't you save my brother?! Why did you let him die there in the most cruel way?! Why did he have to die and I had to live?! Couldn't you at least have left me there with him? I would have been able to save us! That too was a happy family!" he looked down once again. With tears flowing from his eyes. "I wanted the strongest one, I wanted one who could have made the warrior inside of me proud. If your brother was the one to win that duel I would have taken him." He wiped his tears, got up with his fragile legs and started walking away again.
"What are you planning to do now Honorus?!" I asked. He stopped, he looked back at me with a small smile like he always did before and said. "I don't know"
This was the answer I was hopping for. It's my turn now to show my brother that his sacrifice meant more to me than anyone else. I will do anything I can do to make my brother proud. I will show him that he mattered the most and will make sure that he never regrets giving me his life. I pulled out my sword "This is the place you die Honorus. I will take revenge for my brother. Don't die easily or won't have a meaning!"
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