Mahnu, An Immortal's Journey

Chapter 23

A couple of days later, William stood by the river, that flowed through the town, and put down his bag.

Running around all day had made him sweaty and he was going to dip in the water, to cool himself down. It had been a normal week, looking at woman, or girls, that had any kind of resemblance to Mahnu. He'd looked at the two temples, the Governor's place, and then went to a tea party that was being held for the young ladies...But never found her.

He'd looked around in the animal farms, the beach, and even followed a lady to a rich house before he could find out that she wasn't who he was looking for.

There were just a few more places and then he was wondering if he should go elsewhere once again. Normally he would stick around and listen to news for a short while longer, but this was the third time now that he was looking in Brackan and he was wondering if he should go elsewhere, where he had only looked once before.

As he started to take his clothes off, someone jumped down from the tree close to him. She didn't speak to him, but...She looked exactly like her, but just a bit older...

William was caught in a stunned silence. Mahnu...Mahnu stood in front of him and he could scarcely believe it!

"Mahnu?"

Her eyes searched his, before she asked, "Do you...Know me?"

He watched her take a step back as she looked a little scared.

"I'm not going to hurt you." He stated, trying to look very friendly. The last thing he wanted was to frighten her...He needed to know how to get this girl with the King, not make her run away and have to look for her again...

She made no reply, she just stared at him.

"You don't...Remember me?" William asked. She shook her head and William wondered..."Did you lose your memory?"

She nodded, then said, "I'm going now."

William didn't want to let her go but didn't know how to proceed. He can't just take her against her will and go to Conrella, so how was he going to let the King know that she was here? I could send a rider...But...

He decided to follow her and look around to where she stayed instead...

The first thing he needed to do, was to know where she was at the very least...He could decide on what to do after that.

For a full day William became a full citizen of Brackan. He deviously did small, easy jobs for people close by Mahnu's residence, to gain information.

Apparently, they had been here the whole entire time. William had dropped what he was carrying when he was told that, making his toes very sore.

How had he not found her before now?

Trying to find out if the two older people, that she was staying with, and Mahnu would leave to go elsewhere, he heard that they wouldn't, and he decided to leave for Conrella on the next day.

Deciding against sending a rider, because it was such delicate news, William was excited. Willing to leave this place for two weeks, even though Mahnu could disappear once again, William wanted to take the risk and relay this news to His Majesty himself!

Not only because his quest was finally finished, but because he wanted to see that man's face when he hears the news! He knew little of what was going on, but from what he had heard, the King had somewhat changed since Mahnu's disappearance and William hoped that the King will be happy once again.

Besides that, he would also like to report to Marcus, to state that he had not been slacking off!

Knowing that if it wasn't for the King's direct order to finding Mahnu, William was sure that he'd be doing extra training and he was glad to have missed the opportunity!