Song of Heart

Chapter 1

["Honey, do you know where Alice went? I went up to her room to tell her that we were having dinner, but she wasn't there..."]

The dark-haired woman, whose hair was tied up in a quick bun and who had pretty apple-green eyes, went down the rough wooden staircase, a little old-fashioned, to join a rather well-built man with short black hair and fine eyes in a sky-blue color.

The latter, who was seated on a very simple wooden chair, in front of a table of the same rough wood as the stairs, looked up at his wife.

["Don't worry dear, she must have sneaked out for a walk around the village."]

The woman, who looked worried, sat down opposite her husband, in front of her rather simple dinner, that is, a bowl of soup and a piece of bread, then put her hands on the table. 

["Yet, we told her several times not to go out on her own at night ... what are we going to do if she gets killed by bandits !?"]

The man with the relaxed face took his piece of bread in one hand, smashed it in two before dipping one end in his soup and placing the other on the table. 

["Don't worry darling, tonight is the celebration of the end of the harvest, there will be a lot of people and therefore less likely that bandits kidnap people without being seen. "] 

The man then brought the piece of bread he had soaked in his soup to his mouth and ate it, little by little, while his wife stirred the liquid in her bowl with a wooden spoon, with eyes in the dark, not yet reassured.

Seeing his wife's condition, the man put the morsel of bread he was eating, on the table and lifted her chin to meet her gaze.

 ["You really don't have to worry you know, it's not the first time she's done this and yet she always came home safe and sound until then, without a scratch. "] 

["Yes, but what if she doesn't come back this time?" What if she sneaked down a dark street on her own and got caught by her bandits who had been roaming the streets lately? "] 

The man let go of his wife's chin and took his piece of bread before giving his wife a big reassuring and confident smile. 

["You know very well that she won't do that, I taught her to always stay with the people around her. Besides, if she got caught by these bandits, our little girl is not defenseless! Her daddy taught her more than one trick up her sleeve! "] 

Saying this last sentence, the man proudly raised his head, placing a hand on his chest. 

The woman looked at him with a small, desperate smile, somewhat reassured by his words, then sighed. 

["That's what worries me the most ..."]

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Meanwhile, a young girl with long snow-white hair and eyes of a mixture of sky blue and light purple, shining like two diamonds, slipped somehow between the crowds on the bustling main street of the small village of Lucva. 

She wore a dark brown cape that hid her pretty face and her long hair reaching her hips. 

"With all this crowd, I will never be able to make it on time!"

 She thought while sighing. 

Suddenly, a hand slipped on the buttocks of the young girl. It was that of an old drunkard with dirty clothes and an unshaven beard. 

Bam! 

The girl had turned towards him and, with agility, had inflicted a nice knee strike on the crotch. The man collapsed to the ground, painfully holding the spot that had been hit.