A Brand New Life : ✩░𝓟𝓡𝓔𝓠𝓤𝓔𝓛: 𝔏𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯'𝔰 𝔇𝔞𝔴𝔫░✩

ᑕᕼᗩᑭTEᖇ - 2

The winds of the night whistle in these forests. Making Ginrou shiver in cold, Lother looks at him and speaks, "Is it that cold? Pardon my ignorance kiddo." He says and removes his cape and puts around him, but pauses, looking at his feet and clothes. His eyes darken, "I'll only ask, but were you..a slave?" He whispers, and Ginrou nods. He then speaks once more, "Who was the lord you served for?" Ginrou looks at him and mumbles, "Lord Wessex.." 

Lother stares at him and gets up. He then stares at him a few seconds longer, seeing how bruised his hands were, and his feet had cuts...Lother wasn't happy. No, he despised looking at children who were bruised to the pulp. He turns around and knelt down to his bag, and grabbed a dagger.

Ginrou pushed himself back, and when Lother stands up and turns to him, Ginrou's eyes widen in fear, seeing the glint of evil. Ginrou turned into his form and growled. Lother's eyes widened and he mumbled, "You're a beast man..." He lowers the dagger and then sighs. "I'm not going to hurt you, I was going to give this to you.." He knelt down to him, and forwards his hand to him, giving him the dagger. "Take it.." he whispers.. Ginrou turned into his human form and then nodded and grabbed it slowly and looked at it. It had gold sheathe with roses and leafs tangled around it, all made of pure gold. It was heavy to hold too!

He looks at him and smiles. "Thank you.." He says, and Lother nods, and sighs. "I have some snacks, if you want some." He says, and Ginrou nods happily and sat with him.

After they ate their food, Ginrou had drifted away to sleep..

The memories of Ginrou's chilhood washed over his sleep...he remembered his mother's scent, and father's ticklish stubby beard. Ginrou missed his parents so badly, he gripped onto the warm cloth that carressed his body...

The morning dew smelled so refreshing. The croaks of frogs, who sit together, telling a story to each other and the passer by's tales. The wood pecker, finding food from the wood of the dawn red wood trees. The wind's songs, and the sunlight warming Ginrou's body...

Ginrou's eyes flutter open and he looks around, noticing he was no longer in the forest, rather in an open space. There was grass everywhere...he was in the grasslands of the forest. He lays on his back, and flinches when his tail bone hits something hard. Lother laughs, "Careful boy, ride with the horse. You'll get hurt otherwise." Ginrou looks down, to see that he was riding a strong and big brown stallion. He moves his hips with the horse's upper body, avoiding to get hurt. 

He then realizes something is wrong, he looks at Lother. "Where are we going?" he asks, and Lother smiles and speaks in a softer tone. "Nirvasyl, and there, you'll live with me and my family. You'll meet my wife, Magdalena, and my son, Cade, and my daughter Willow! She is like you, kind and shy." He smiled at the thought of them. Ginrou curiously starts to think of the girl he mentioned about, Willow. He can't wait to meet his family! 

Ginrou then remembered his family. He sighs and looks down and fidgets with his hands. "Hey, are you okay kid?" Lother asks, and rubs his shoulder. Ginrou then speaks, "My parents..I miss them. My mama, and papa.." Listening to this, Lother's heart ached for Ginrou's loss. He sighs and smiled "Do you..want to start again?" he asks, and Ginrou looks at him and nods. "Yes, please.." he mumbles. Lother smiles and ruffles his head, "You'll be safe with my family." He told Ginrou with a kind smile.

They traveled to the west of the lands, crossed rivers, and followed the setting sun in the west.

It had been a long journey for the two. Ginrou was always wondering where exactly was Lother's home...

2 months passed by, they had arrived to the land of riches and beast men...Nirvasyl.

Ginrou stared at the guards, who wore a silver armor with red feather like the mane of the horse. He then whispered to Lother. "Are they horses?" Lother laughed. "No no no! They are guards!" They both walked to the near by tavern and Lother requested Ginrou to stay outside. He nodded and sat outside, waiting for Lother to come out soon.

Suddenly a lady shouts inside. Using absurd languages, "Go die in a ditch bastard! I'm not some taken-for-granted woman!" She curses and makes a fist as her other hand slaps her elbow, coming out of the tavern and slamming the door close making Ginrou flinch in surprise. He stared at the red haired lady.  She had a smoking pipe made out of wood, and she exhaled furiously. Ginrou coughs as he inhales it, she quickly looks at him in a stern way. 

But then she calmed down, her face relaxing and she stared back at the bustling streets, as Ginrou kept stealing glances at her. After a moment of his stares she asks. "What do you want boy?" She asks, in an annoyed tone.

Ginrou turned red and stammers. "H-hi.." He says in his language.

She raises a brow and kneeled down, "Hm, you seem to speak in a foreign language. So let me guess, some master of yours bought you is wanting to sell you? Sorry we don't take young boys to work, especially a 8 year old. Tell your boss to find work someplace else." She says as she goes back to smoking. Ginrou didn't understand a single word but smiled and jumped happily.

"You're beautiful like mama!!" he shouts in his language. The people turned as he giggled and she then covered his mouth. "Shut it boy! You'll get both of us in trouble!" He stayed silent and stared at her with his eyes blue as the sea.

 Why am I feeling like you like me?" She asks in suspicion. The boy then tilts his head and pointed at the tavern, asking if she worked here.

She took  moment to realise the meaning. "I live here..and work here as a comfort woman. Y'know what it is?"

He then blinked and tilted his head. "What's that?" He asks as he steps closer and tugs at her brown scarf. She looked down and saw innocence in his eyes. She'd rather not say what it means as he is young. Women walk past, staring in disgust as they hush their children and tell them to look away.

She thinks for a meaning that'll make him understand and then spoke in a low and calm tone. "A woman who uhh..comforts men." She says, hesitation in her eyes as she looks at him, he then pouts. "I don't understand, anything! But I promise, let us retry our conversation one day!" He says with the biggest smile he can give, and she felt her heart warm in adoration.

She then chuckles, "If only it was easy, I would've been a free lady by now. Living in the countryside. Eating berries, and...being married, having...children." She says the last part in sadness. Ginrou stared and then says with determination. "Once again, I do not understand you but please do not be sad! If you are sad because of what I have said then please do forgive me! But I'll try my best to make you happy!"

She smiles and then kneels down to him and ruffles his hair. Lother comes out with many bottles of drinks and snacks in hand and looks at his left to see Ginrou being happy with Ash. Lother smirks and says. "Oh lady Ash! I guess you met my new partner!" He said as he came to her, she looks at him and smiled. "He's cute." she said as she crossed her arms. Lother smirk grew. "Can you take care of him for now? I gotta make a spare bed at home." 

Ash turned pale and shouted. "Me?! In a tavern?! You do know this place isn't for children. Besides, many adults come here and drink here, what if the the boy get hurts or well.. ends up like one of us?" she whispers the last part. Lother then sighs. "Will you have any 'guests' over?" He asks and she thinks, "No I don't think I will." 

"Then take him in, make him warm and welcomed, he doesn't know much of our language." He says with a pleading face, she sighs and turns to him as Ginrou walks down and sits on the porch, watching a cat lick itself clean.

Ash sighed and nodded, at least she'll try to take care of him. Lother smile and kneel down, and taps Ginrou's shoulder. He looks back and smiled and Lother explains what they were talking, Ginrou took a moment and then nodded to stay with Ash.

Ash sighed as Lother hugged Ginrou and left. Leaving the two with each other...

Looks like they'll have to be together for a while.