Son of Khione: The Demon In The Mountain

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THE BEES STUNG HAIL.

The great Hail, the son of the goddess Khione was back on track on his mission, to grab a honey.

The Wizard's errands, he thought, always useless.

He put his hand inside the bee hive located on the mountain of Rime. The enchanted mountain which was always thought as a mountain that contained a demon was a place not good for relaxation. But it seemed that Hail went there to do a suicide job for his master, the Wizard of the Tower.

The job was pretty simple, grab a jar full of honey. But the tough challenge, grab without wearing gauntlets or any gloves, with no weapons, and wander in the tracks of the demon mountain and be stung by the bees, which were known as a 'children of the demon'.

I cannot wait to meet the family, Hail muttered to himself.

Three days on a horse, and when he arrived at the foot of the mountain, the horse went mad and jumped at a cliff. Ten days to climb to the top of the mountain while facing no lions or wild beasts except whispers inside the forest. But he knew better, the demon in the mountain was doing its great job to mad everyone in the mountain crazy.

According to some legends the mountain was put there by the goddess Khione, his mother. It made his heart jump in glee knowing that in some ways his mother was there to protect him but what made his heart jump AND fall in the cliff was the sting.
On top of the mountain, the tree of Khione, was located with the bee hive. He could smell the sweet aroma being produced by the bees but he could also smell the bees. Or hear.

Now as he climbed the tree, he put his hand inside the bee hive when the bees started to sting him.

"OW!" he yelled.

He hoped that his scream didn't reach to the tower.

The bee sting burned his hand furiously that made him fall from the tree. He closed his eyes as he could smell burning flesh and hear the laugh of the demon in the mountain.

Son of Khione, the demon said, falling from the tree of his mother's tree. Shame!