Part 1 (Intruder)

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January

It was very cold and snowy
It was almost invisible due to the heavy snow
At that moment, a silhouette appeared through the snow

A guard
The body part of his armor is shattered
Boots on one foot and bare feet on the other
His hands are tied together He is moving under the dense abdomen
On the snow on the ground, red liquids flowed as he walked.

It is easy to see what this liquid is on snow
it was obvious
There was blood!

He was probably badly injured.
He walked slowly but steadily through the snow, although the weight of his armor and the snow slowed him down.

Meanwhile, in the town of Falledria, the Rothman family is having dinner at home and the children are running around

Hanna's husband had not yet returned home
The heavy snow outside could be heard buzzing inside

They were peacefully enjoying their meal inside

Just then there was a knock at the door.
People in the house looked towards the door
Hanna:

"this must be Karstla"

Mr. Labern said I'll open it.

He opened the door and shouted

"Who the hell is that!"

The family ran to the door
a guard was lying unconscious on the doorstep
He couldn't stand the cold and fatigue any longer

They took him in immediately.

The children Somu Lezla and Camsens had stopped running around because something interesting was happening

They laid this heavily armored soldier next to the fireplace

Labern stroked his beard:
"this is a soldier and.. and I think he's wounded"

Labern asked if Hanna could bandage his wound

Hanna nodded in agreement and headed for the small room

Chicella:
"what if he's dangerous I don't think we should have let him in the house" she grumbled.

Buzzing in heavy snowfall
The family was watching this unexpected guest.
Hanna's beloved husband,
Mr. Karstla, had not yet returned.

After a while, the guard started to move
First his wounded fingers, then his arm.
And at last he opened his eyes slowly

He realized that he was lying on a blanket by the fireplace, and his eyes fell on the cloth tied to the wound on his torso.

And it seems like
the bleeding had stopped

Looking around, he realized that he was in a large family

He saw the whole family watching him

Hanna and Chicella whispered, looking at the guard.

The others looked curiously at the soldier, wondering what he would do

Mr. Moradin, on the other hand, had check the stranger from head to toe after he was admitted and had fallen asleep when he saw no movement in him.

Mr. Moradin used to sleep all the time with the fatigue of old age.

He would only get up at mealtimes to eat and then go back to sleep.

Sometimes he would forget to sleep if something interested him.

The children were curiously looking at this foreign soldier with their eyes wide open, waiting for him to speak.

But the soldier was too tired to talk
He just watched the people around with his tired eyes

The family spoke to each other in a language he did not understand because he came from a distant country

Labern stood up and went to the soldier
He put his hands on his forehead;
He said his fever was normal

And the door burst open

It was Mr. Karstla

Hanna

"you finally made it"

Mr.Karstla had not yet started to speak when he saw the stranger lying on the ground

"so the footprints outside were his"
he nagged

He paused for a moment..

"who is he? Where did he come from?"

Hanna

"we don't know, he hasn't talked to us yet, I think he doesn't understand our language"

He was unconscious on the doorstep when he came here.

Mr. Karstla was a tall, well-built man
He had a stern face and a furrowed brow
But he was meek to the core

He took off his coat and threw it on the ground
He handed the fish on a stick to his wife Hannah

"I couldn't stay long today, so I just caught the small ones"

Hanna

It's okay

"Anyway, your brother Labern caught 7 huge salmon today, that's enough for the next day..

Mr. Karstla shook his head.
Then he went over to the stranger

First they locked eyes with each other
After a brief exchange of glances, Karstlan's eye fell on the necklace around the guard's neck.

He examined the necklace briefly
The necklace was red
On it was a symbol like a rounded lightning bolt joined to a cross

He examined the necklace brieflyThe necklace was redOn it was a symbol like a rounded lightning bolt joined to a cross

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And he said;

"He must have come from one of the border countries
I heard there's been a lot of fighting there lately
But their symbol is very different from that."

As he was lost in thought, confused
Hanna

"Come on, give our guest a break and let him rest
Your dinner is ready, you can come"

Everyone enjoyed their meal

Then Hanna came to the stranger with a tray of fish and left it for him to eat

The stranger hadn't eaten and was already asleep

Mr. Karstla arrives after a while

"he must be very tired, maybe he'll eat tomorrow when he wakes up"

He gave the fish to Hanna and kept them for the soldier to eat later.


TO BE CONTINUED

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