Silver's battle had not ended yet he was trying to fight everything he had ever felt, the fear of meeting Mercy, the fear of meeting Alsana. And finally when he beat up a warlord and claimed his victory and it was brutal and merciless...
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"...." His eyes slowly opened after his dreams ended, and his eyelids opened from his naps. There was a pulse of headache that caught his head, and his entire body began aching. The stick of consequence of his body came with extra punishment.
*Poke Poke
He could feel a small finger poking his cheek. The finger was soft and smooth, much like a kid, trying to wake him up. " I feel like my head is going to burst out. Let me sleep."
"You can sleep, I just wanted to tell you that you were safe."
Soon, Silver was once again lights out and slept again. The little girl's words were difficult to process but Silver felt much more calm and relaxed. The dreams after that were refreshing.
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"Oh you are finally awake." Silver slowly opened his eyes once again, the strain on his eyes had vanished, but the aches on his body was still present. He lifted himself to hit on the bed and recognise where he was.
"Did you enjoy your time sleeping?" The voice of the girl that once comforted me called out from the side. Silver looked at the little girl bringing his coat and shirt in her hands.
"What was your name...? Sera- Seri..." Silver tried to start a conversation with the girl he knew, but he did not remember her name.
"It's Seraphina, uncle. The lady was right about forgetting my name. Here, wear these clothes." He placed the clothes in Silver hands like he had known him for years.
"Seraphina...lady. Wait, where did Alsana go? In fact, where the hell are we?"
Silver quickly looked around his bed, everything in the room from the well carved wooden shelf, to the mirror on the tables, the silk bed sheets, the food lying on the side and the robes Silver was wearing while resting.
"It's all the stuff for filthy rich folks. How the hell did Alsana get all this? In fact, where the hell am I? Also..." Silver was a little shaken and distorted from all the comfort he was suddenly receiving.
"Uncle, are you okay? If you need more rest, you can sleep more."
"And why is this kid calling me her uncle? Did Alsana plan something new while I was lights out."
"Seraphina, where is your mother?"
" I don't know anything about my mother. Aren't you supposed to know?"The girl with the green snake-like eyes, and short black hair had no idea about her mother. Also, Silver noticed that she was wearing a little white coat just like him.
"Then how did we get here from the borders? Did some magic just be transported into this house? How did you bring me into his house?"
"A lady told me that we were caught in an accident in the northern district while some attack happened. She said that you and I got injured badly and might forget most of your things. I guess she was right. I also don't remember most of what happened?"
"The lady was definitely Alsana, must have made the story because something else has distracted her. But why did she need to make me an uncle? And whose identity am I using to live in this quality treatment."
"Seraphina, my dear niece. Do you know where we are? If you know then nod and please tell me. Because I seriously can't remember anything about how we got here. "
Seraphina nodded before she began sleeping, "The lady brought us to this place a week ago, she gave me a bag full of gold coins before she left. Tell me to buy some good places to live for a while, and pay for your treatment."
"And where is the place where we are living right now? The city and nation?"
"We are in the Horizon, the capital of Uro."
"The capital of Uro?!" Silver got up from his bed with as much strength he could muster, and tried to move towards the curtained window. But he wasn't fit enough to work yet, his left foot nearly slipped when tried to move his foot.
"Watch out!" Before he could fall though, Seraphina grabbed him by his left leg, and made him balanced again. " Do you want to look out the window?" The girl posed the question.
When Silver nodded in response, she moved her hand to grab a wooden stick resting against the bed, and handed it to Silver. While Seraphina was still helping him walk, Silver made his and removed the curtains of the window.
"OH my god," The absolute scale of the city he saw was mind blowing. The city was very vertical and circular, with houses going lower and lower in altitude as you saw forward from all sides. There roads moving towards the center which were less and less steep as the center approached which was flat land.
The largest part of the already largest city ever was the massive castle that stood like shining silver and stone walls, pillars rising above the sky, the castle was a complete fortress not a castle. The part of the city was non-existent from Silver's perspective.
"Seraphina, where are we exactly?" He needed to now, he could feel the strength in people that were residing inside that castle, " I must avoid going into that place, no matter what!"
"We are currently in the 3rd eastern district, and the place is called Misa's Grand Resthouse. The road is 2nd from the last gate of the eastern district, the building number 5, and our room no. is 5581."
"How much do you already have?"
"I made some friends while you were asleep for a week. They told me everything about this place, I even went to their houses yesterday. They were good people."
"How much time was I asleep again?"
"A week, more or less. The doctor that came to look at you was saying that you might need 1 more week of rest to wake up, but you woke up quite earlier. I am happy about that."
A single innocent smile devoid of any intent was in front of Silver's eyes, not something he saw everyday, where smiles and emotions are elements of war inside people's minds, much greater than they fight on land.
Silver calmly lifted his hand and put it on Seraphina's head, lightly patting his new found niece. There was a feeling and comfort in that, he wasn't alone in this foreign country and people, there was someone who would be staying here right with him.
"We need to leave this city immediately!" Silver remembered that he had lost his mask while punching the warlord's face, if he saw his face and by forbidden luck he recognized Silver that would be a problem.
"We need to get moving and live somewhere else. Where is the bag of gold that lady gave you?"
" I gave all of the remaining money from other expenses to my friend yesterday. He said that he will return it this evening."
" I finally remembered. Why I kind of don't like kids."
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