The Guilty,
the Lost Piece,
and
the Seeker
Flashback, more than century had passed, Eladin's History 01: Inside the bed chamber of the old king, bedridden by his old age; the young adult, Eladin, with eyes in well, reports himself.
"I have come my highness. Aside from your loyal servant, no one knows of my visit. I shall be listening and obey your orders. My life as a marshal is yours to command."
"Eladin," has spoken by the old king. "Finally you have come. I'm happy to have you. Will you listen to a story from an old man?"
"My highness, you're not just an old man to me. You're the king and by far a person to be respected by everyone. I can assure you, no one can trample your name."
The king slowly smiles and his eyes he closes. "You flatter me, Eladin. I just want your presence here and listen to this old man muttering about his past. Will you listen about the truth of me?"
"O... of course my highness... My ears are wide open to hear you."
"I see. Before I begin. Please don't ask a question. And please, believe of what this old man may say."
"As you wish."
"Good. Then here's my story. I was but a man born not in the royal blood. My home was in the ruined village of Arasal. You know... it is... it was, it was located on the north... northeastern area of Dandia.
"I was a child that time, which had witnessed, the destruction of my village. You're wondering, why, I was still alive? Yes, someone had saved me. This was because of a person, who had shown me the wonder of the world. Even if I don't have a mother and he was not my real father, I was so happy to have him. I was born not knowing about my parents, yet he was there for me. His name was, Ka, Ka'el Em'tis.
"He locked me to a basement of someone's house. I saw his face hoping that I could survive. To survive, to find the strongest person of Dandia. Then he told me, and left words to me, only the strongest can survive in Dandia and can save its inhabitants.
"For I felt grateful of him, saving me, I forced myself to become one by his expectation. I challenge every strong person that I met. I even robbed the kingdom of Jelfyr by force. And I forced every person on Dandia to cultivate their nature, their ability, their power; either an arrange or force marriage for their offspring, gaining from forbidden ritual, gaining from killing, and stealing anyone's ability by force.
"And of course, those were not gifted, were treated as servant, slave, and worse, they were subjected to some experiment.
"Eladin, long before you were born, I was but a cruel king. Feared by anyone... until... until... an unblessed one, discovered a certain ability that protect him from harmed. And he had power surpassing mine.
"But I of course, seeing them as but a pest, no... Actually... the me before... I wasn't able to accept that them, who were just plain norim could surpass us, the gifted one.
"He proposed to me about the legality of his technique in the schools' academic to teach for those unblessed norim yet I was enrage... after he told me... one person can't master two specializations at the same time, for while the person is growing it hinders him from achieving the necessity of his technique.
"And yes, a battle between me and him broke out. I was unable to defeat him. But I did found a way. And it was the way of trickery. I forced hostage his love ones and relatives by the exchange of his death."
