The Wizard

Chapter 6 part 1

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you do not know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will lose every battle."

Sun Tzu.

Two years had passed in peace and in the purest happiness. Eduarda was, for Igor, the most precious of the creatures he had met and the greatest of all the loves he had felt. With her, the wizard forgot all the hardships and sorrows, becoming a cheerful and fun person, free of the nightmares that plagued him. They both lived in great harmony and there was never any kind of problem at the university. They were always together, both at work and at college, and they were inseparable. Besides, their friendship with Valdo became even stronger, making the other classmates change their behaviors towards the homosexual colleagues.

At the beginning of the third year, a guy appeared in the new freshman class who, for no reason, started to pick on Igor who didn't care about him, although this didn't bother the new colleague but rather instigated him. Even when he started to harass the bride, Igor remained calm until the day Eduarda told him that the guy bothered her. From then on, he decided to take action and, that day, he went to talk alone with the colleague asking him to have a minimum of education and respect, but all he heard was a sneer. However, this was a laugh that shook and confused him. Still trying to avoid an open confrontation, the young man didn't react to the provocation, but put his finger up, making a bad face as if to say: 'you're warned'.

That day he was thoughtful, trying to understand why the laugh had affected him so much and spent a lot of time pondering about it without a concrete result, especially because it reminded him of the Citadel and the Crystal World that he hadn't seen since his parents' death.

At night, sitting in the living room of his house watching television and waiting for Eduarda who had gone to take a shower, he began to think about everything, thinking that it was more than time for her to know the truth about him. It didn't take long and the girl arrived, sitting on his lap and wrapping his neck. She kissed him sweetly and looked straight into his eyes, very sensual, then she smiled.

"Why is my sweet love so worried?" she asked, always very cheerful. "If it's because of that fool, forget it, it's not worth it."

"No, angel." He smiled and hugged her, returning the kiss. "He reminded me of something from my past that worried me a little."

"This your dark past that you never admit?" She laughed, getting up to release her hair from the towel, still wet. "Change the TV for some music, my love, this news is horrible. The country is going from bad to worse. These idiots didn't learn from the mistakes of 2014 and will repeat them; incredible!"

"Well," he said, obeying and putting on a soft music that made her pull him to dance, smiling. "I think maybe you should know about my past and for some time I've been thinking about explaining some things to you, but sometimes I fear that they might shock you a little, I'm afraid of scaring you because your reality might suffer a big change of perspective. Drastic and huge, actually."

"Okay." Eduarda made a final step and, with a theatrical gesture, kissed him again, laughing. "But now let's make dinner that I'm hungry. You tell me while we cook."

"You have no way, do you?" He laughed, happy. "What do you want to eat?"

"Lasagna and you for dessert," she answered, making the most innocent face in the world and provoking a laugh from him. "I love lasagna... and you, of course."

"But it will take a long time to make and I don't know if we have enough cheese, my princess." Igor laughed again, knowing that he could solve the problem in ten seconds and wondering if it wouldn't be the perfect opportunity to tell her the truth about himself.