A brother's love. Into the dark

Impossible Oath

It has been four years since that day. Max can still clearly recall the smell of smoke, the darkness surrounding them, and his heartbeat. Everything recalls his difficult but joyful life, which the dragon abruptly took. More significantly, though, he recalls Isabelle being taken away. She was the person he loved the most.

Now more importantly what happened in the last four years?

Max awoke on the hard ground, surrounded by darkness and people who believed he was a beager. He stood up looking puzzled.

'What happened? Where am I?

Then he remembered. Now that he was alone, he gazed down with a ghostly pale face. He had no money and nowhere to obtain it, so how was he going to make it? But eating was more essential. Will he now have to go through the trash cans to find food?

He discovered a paper while strolling through the sea of people. It was for an orphanage. This spot was familiar to him, he was constantly afraid that his mother would send him there. Now, though, he was heading there by himself.

It appeared as though the orphanage had not seen daylight in a very long time. It was covered with moss and vines, and the walls appeared to be able to fall with a sneeze.

Max could only grin. He took an oath that day that he would kill the dragon king and, more importantly, save Isabelle. Could he, though? Could the dragon king be killed by a child with no drive?

For The next four years, Max lived at the orphanage and trained with a stick he found.

Now he was 13 years old. His hair grew darker, and his eyes lost some of their hue, appearing a much more greyish tone of green than previously. He grew a little taller but hadn't hit his growth spurt yet. But one thing hadn't changed he still couldn't satisfy the prerequisites to call himself a normal creature, he still lacked a drive.

He had hoped that in these four years, he would get one but nothing, he had checked his soul every day hoping to get one. At first, he needed one of the sister's help but after some time he was able to do it on his own.

Today, however, was odd. Everyone was acting strangely, the sisters even forgot to get food for them, so he took some money and went to get some himself. He wasn't going to let himself and the others starve.

But even the people on the street were acting strangely, almost like robots. He usually sees someone being robbed or some random right, but that did not happen today. But why? Today was the perfect day for chaos. The adventure guild's leader and lieutenant were on vacation.

Every kingdom had a guild that performed the same function as any other adventure guild, but it was also the military. However, it was not related to the royal family.

Max suddenly stopped, his hands starting to shake.