But you grew up," Andra exclaimed, half jokingly, after she had separated from him and looked at him. And it was true, because Raen had grown a lot in the past few years. He was still a bit lanky, but taller than her for a long time.
“And you're a warrior now, Tor Ban! Congratulations! You look good, all in black. A bit like father. ”
Raen smiled sheepishly, because even if he had never told her much about it, she had known exactly how much that had been his greatest wish. Andra laughed at him, her green eyes glowing in the sunlight. She looked gorgeous, she had become a real woman; against her adult form, Raen felt downright awkward. But he also noticed how much she looked like her mother, and a touch of melancholy settled on his features.
"What is it, aren't you happy?" Andra propped herself up with both hands on his shoulders and made a little hop, then whirled around and wrapped around his neck from behind, as she had always done. Now the little
She stayed with her sister. She's a little scared. Everything is so strange to her here ”, Hereke explained and shyly ignored Andra's offer."So, I'll try, okay?" Andra persisted.Hereke blushed. "If you think so." He was visibly worried and bit his lip. Raen knew how long his friend had been longing to finally know what Suneka thought of him, and how much he cursed it for being so shy in this case.“It's good, try it. Thank you, Andra. “Hereke looked over her shoulder, shyly.“It's okay, I like to do it. It might be better from woman to woman ”, she winked at Hereke encouragingly. "Raen is too wooden-footed for such delicate matters."Raen stuck his tongue out."Kind head," she replied simply.In the meantime they had arrived at the wash house and went up to the rooms that were the realm of medicine.“I work here. And that is the great Seya, my teacher. From her I learn everything there is t
Let them fidget a little," he advised his friend. “Andra thinks so too. And after all, she has to know how to deal with women, because she is one herself! ”So both boys trusted in Andra's feminine wisdom and spent the evening in the way that was typical for two immature youngsters.They watched the people and opened their mouths. From a distance they saw Andra retreating inconspicuously with Osa from the crowd of dancers. That evening they had evidently got closer to each other after all, and it gave the impression that Andra was more attracted to Osa than she had wanted to admit before. Or maybe it was just the casual atmosphere of the party that made them both feel so much for each other. It would show itself, thought Raen happily, and had no idea how much his sister's heart pounded when she took Osa by one of his strong arms and disappeared with him into the dark of the mild night.The next morn
But Kaera also has the courage in her, I can feel that, otherwise Hyaun would not have called him. He just has to discover it himself first, then Kaera will become a courageous fighter too. ”Kensa paused, and the others waited for him to continue.“Both guys are inhibited in using the sword, but the reason is different. So we have to find different medicines for the two of them. Kaera is supposed to learn to raise his sword against a person without consideration or caution, and Raen has to learn that courage also means prudence, and that rash daring on the battlefield only comes to one end, namely death. The battlefield has no compassion for the timid, nor is it indulgent for a hothead who is far too stormy. It's a good teacher, but one without any forgiveness, it punishes the mistakes, that's all. ”Kensa looked around. Being among themselves as warriors, it was not uncommon for the unspeakable to be brought up so openly."Today Kaera did well in a du
Dead!" Raen said coldly at last, and there was no mistaking his voice with contempt. Actually, he should have supported his comrade instead of picking on his weakness, but his patience was long gone. He felt himself taken advantage of by Kaera, his presence drained him, robbed him of all the strength that he needed to become a good warrior. Every day he had to fight against this invisible shadow that Kaera was sending out. Raen suddenly felt something press on his shoulders and tried to push him into the ground like a farmer pressing a spade. The only difference is that it should be buried in the ground forever. An all-frozen heaviness grabbed his feet and crept into his legs. It was Kaera's fear, in the end she had got hold of him! He swallowed hard and looked down at himself. In fact, Kaera's shadow reached down to his feet. Raen looked up again, startled.'I have to move!' He thought rushed. 'Right now!'But nothing happened, his feet stayed rooted. Raen stared at h
Before Kaera's eyes, Raen grew menacingly in height and width, his black clothing sucked in all the light, and just like the malicious shadows from his dreams he finally sank down on him and seemed to want to devour him. Kaera put his hands over his head protectively and before he knew what was happening to him, he flew in a high arc across the room. His back crashed hard against one of the pillars. Panicked and ignoring the stabbing pain in his left wrist with which he had tried to support himself, he pulled himself back to his feet and ran out of the hall as fast as he could. An indefinable monstrous scream reached his ear behind him and gave him goose bumps all over his body.When Raen came to, he was standing alone in the great hall. Where was Kaera? He hissed out the air between his teeth. What happened? His body felt like a bowstring stretched to tear. He took a deep breath and looked at the two wooden swords at his fe
The training break dragged on for Kaera longer than previously assumed. The break was complicated and the hand had to be spared for another three months after the splint. But Raen didn't feel the slightest guilt about it, and Kaera didn't seem to want to blame him in any way. On the contrary, he even looked much happier in the time when he could only sit on the edge and watch or practice alone with the good hand. For this, Raen trained again with the others, but often also with Kensa alone, who was very pleased with the miraculous improvement of his problem student.With the weeks they were apart, the tension that had ruled between the two boys grew noticeably less. Both seemed more balanced and relaxed and each made more and more progress.This finally taught Kensa, who now admitted that it had been a mistake to let the two together for so long and insist on getting along. You couldn't force certain things, he thought, and hit himself in the head like a blind man. Aft
Raen guessed they were being shown their quarters. But later at dinner he would definitely see her and then he wanted to ask her name. His heart was pounding with unusual excitement and he wondered if it was because of his short sprint or because of the girl alone. He quickly ran to the temple to wash and properly dress. He had to make a good impression, Hereke had said, and he wanted to do that at all costs. Freshly scrubbed and in clean clothes that were actually intended for tomorrow's feast day, he took a little time beforehand to sit a few moments in front of the statue of Hyaun in the upper sanctuary and fathom the new feeling of being in love. A whole new world opened up before him. He closed his eyes and inhaled the smell of the melam. From one of the side rooms he heard muffled prayer chants. He felt good all around, life pulsed powerfully through his others and he would have loved to sing out loud.Above him, Hyaun smiled meekly down at the young fellow, who was in
“ Was that your own horse earlier? Beautiful animal. ”“ Yes, isn't it! Her name is Jakori and she is very trusting. You can ride her if you want, then we'll take a walk into the forest and I'll show you ... "Raen fell silent. 'I talk too much,' he thought. 'She's definitely not interested in horses.'Kosam looked at him questioningly. “What do you want to show me?”“Oh, just a few stones in the forest, nothing special.”“I'll be happy to accept your offer.”“Yes? Really? Are you interested in that? ”“ Of course. I also like to go on horseback, it's fun. ”Raen smiled blissfully. "I think the day after the race we can definitelyride out together." Raen answered with another dazzling smile from Kosam.Later, when he was in bed, he could hardly sleep. He kept thinking of the girl with the black hair and couldn't wait to be with her again.