Cryptic Asunder [Ver. 3 outdated]

24: Confessions of the Ignorant

Ipeii- A Male servant in the conventional sense.

Kukal- A mixture of mud and other fast-drying liquids to create a substance that works much like concrete or clay to make buildings or adobe. Basically, the equivalence of concrete or clay.

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Chapter twenty-four: Confessions of the Ignorant

Before the rising sun and breakfast scene

Zaru and I sit at a side of my bed to wait out the time for one of us to fall asleep. The mirror led us to my designated room in this place apparently. I just let the glass of water rest on my lap as I stare blankly into the clear liquid. The still ambiance fills me with a sense of calm and comfort.

"You okay?" Zaru's voice breaks the quiet and covers the room with life.

Still in an unresponsive state, I timidly reply with my eyes locked on the water, "Yeah."

"Don't lie to me."

My grip on the glass tightens and my body tries to curl up. The words climb out of my mouth as I muster up the courage to even say them, "I'm scared."

Zaru takes the beverage from me and leaves it on the night stand away from me. He pulls me in closer toward his strong frame which activates my emotions on this situation again.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't know about anything before my sixteenth birthday, and I didn't know the mess would turn up this big-"

"Hey, hey, it's okay. I'm sure none of this is your fault, so there's no reason to apologize." He lets in some silence to calm the scene. "What's going on anyway?"

I manage to calm down and gather the strength to put the story into words. "I guess I should start-from what I know to be the beginning." A deep breath fills up my lungs and I exhale. Here it goes. "You've already met Vensen, he's my grandfather, and head of the Stuki clan. My mother directly came from his side, and my father is a servant of his who married himself into the family. For some reason, after I was born, they tried to make an escape. Vensen somehow found out and managed to trick my mom into selling me to someone who turned out to be himself." My blue eyes look up to him to explain the rest. "This is where it gets complicated. When my dad, Sommi, came to emancipate me from him, he ended up supposedly killing Vensen in the process and we ran away to Kai. On my birthday, nine years later, when I came home from my part-time job, Sommi was gone, and then everything just went downhill from there." My hurting throat makes an attempt to impede me, but I go on with the story, "He killed anyone who stood up against him: the policemen, the villagers, the armies, everyone that I knew in Kai-they're all dead. He would of killed you three-if you didn't take that emergency call to the city."

"I don't know about that." Zaru keeps his voice in a smooth and observing tone. "When I first met him not too long ago, he didn't strike me as an idiot who just randomly attacks. It was like he was waiting for me to show up and make the deal with him. He was probably also counting on us to be in town away from the action back in Erekin. I'm willing to bet he has more up his sleeve than a few tricks." Zaru's words give me goosebumps. I don't want to know the worst of what else he has in store for us.

"Excuse me," the man who tried to coo me earlier knocks on the door and opens it with a rolled-up mat in one arm, "The master said it was a little late for preparing a whole room for you, so I brought you some things for a comfy night on the floor instead." He walks into the room and begins to unfold it.

"Thank you," Zaru replies.

"Wait." I walk up to the man and bow, "Thank you for earlier."

"Huh; oh that, no need to thank me." He smiles with that insignia on his face.