The endless rain was pounding on the streets, with the wind going with it, like eternals lover the two were inseparable as if one can’t live without the other.

Together they were showing the true power of nature, but if someone disgracted attention from their magnificence, they may notice a woman’s scream filled with pain.

Martin was pacing nervously, under the weight of his feet the floor creaked as if it could break at any moment, the man could not worry about it, his wife Katrine was giving birth to his first child in the next room.

Finally with his heart in his mouth, he took courage and decided to go to the room where his wife was, he could not leave his beloved is such an important moment, the determination in his eyes burned like flames.

‘’Ahhhhhh’’

‘’Push Katrina, push!!!’’

Martin was a few steps from the room and yet people’s voices and the screams could also be heard behind the door.

‘’ No, no I cannot do it’’

Puck

A sudden pain struck the youngster's back, the man thought he was cursed by ghosts, his legs were shaking, the chills didn't want to leave him and now the back pains too, if it were true, he just hoped that his wife would be left alone, but suddenly the hoarse voice of a man woke him up from his negative thoughts.

‘’ You!! Moron, you are twenty-eight and you don’t have the guts to go to your wife who’s in pain like a dog’’

‘’ uh hu ‘’

Martin still shocked turned his head towards the voice and saw a man almost two meters tall, with arms bigger than his head and hands that could cover his entire face, from the clothes he wore were more rags than clothes, you could see muscles of steel, covered with a thick black hair, the man with his brown eyes fixed on martin looked more like those of a beast than a human being, his name was Bear.

IF Martin had not known bear, he would have shit himself, but he knew that the man was docile and kindhearted, his behavior was to give courage to him, but Bear like his body didn’t know the word delicacy.

‘’I am going bear do not worry’’

‘’I am your best friend I wait for you here, go’’

‘’ok’’

With a deep breath he finally opens the door.

Kluk

Kiiii

‘’Oh, thank God Martin you are finally here’’

‘’Dear….’’

Lucy was the the first to approach Martin, she was a good woman who took the responsibility of helping his wife giving birth, she was not exactly an obstetrician, but he and his wife were slaves and could not afford more than that.

The week before Martin went to his master, even went down to his knees begging for a doctor who could help his partner, with the help of contemporary technology it would have been a child’s play, especially for his master who was a noble, leave the doctor alone even an entire hospital it would have been nothing if he had wanted to.

Unfortunately, slaves were considered less important than cattle, they were only tools for their masters, if it cost more to take care of an instrument than the same it was better to throw it away, martin’s anger wouldn’t change that, he was helpless and full of despair but he could not help but grit his teeth and hope to find a way, In all of this only one thing was certain, he would not let his wife and child die.

Eventually he was able to find Lucy, she was also a slave, but she was experienced in childbirth as she had helped most of the slaves to the estate.

However, nothing is free in this world, Katrina and her husband had to give the woman a week of food rations to convince her, it was not a nice even though they both had to agree, they really need her, it was impossible blaming her for her greed, most of the slaves were malnourished and skinny to the bone, we all know that hunger makes a man beast.

……………………………

‘’Katrina...’’

Martin approached his wife, she was beautiful, white skin and brown hair accompanied by blue eyes like the deep sea, the pain and sweat of childbirth could not mask her beauty.

The woman was tiny and visibly malnourished, the week of fasting strongly showed its effects, her body seemed to be able to break at any moment, but Katrina still struggles like a lioness.

Martin was wondering how he could have married a woman like his wife, he was an average man, just under six feet tall with brown hair that looked more like straw, his weak and shy temper gave no hint of determination in his brown eyes.

An average looking man, without a single talent to show and a character similar to that of a frightened cat, he was the opposite of his wife who was an indomitable genius ,beautiful like a rose with the courage to use her thorns if necessary, if no one knew of her slave origin would think she was the noblest of women, in the eyes of all it seemed that martin had received a divine blessing to marry his partner, he thought the same thing.

‘’Katrina, I’m here’’

‘’Dear...’’

He approached the bed where his wife was lying, he kisses her forehead and then he took her hand and squeezed it as if he never wanted to leave her, a tear fell from the man’s cheek as if he wanted to share the pain that tried Katrina.

‘’don’t cry martin’’

Uh, hu sneeze...

Katrina looked at the whimpering man next to her and a small smile appeared between her lips, she also knew that martin wasn’t particularly talented or handsome, but she didn’t marry him for that, the reason she fell in love with him was kindness and the love he showed her, the goodness that martin showed was greater than any talent anyone could show, the love that Katrina received warmed heart like a fire in a frozen forest.

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‘’I’m sorry Katrina, I can’t give you more than this shack’’

‘’don’t worry Martin, I know you did your best, I love you’’

Martin felt guilty, the room he had found for his wife’s birth was a closet full of mold, the room beams were pierced allowing rain to enter, even the bed where his wife was resting was not a bed, but straw covered with a sheet.

The slaves were all crammed into a shed, disease due to overcrowding and filth was the order of the day, that’s why it was already a miracle that martin found that closet, to allow his wife privacy and not contract an infection as far as possible.

‘’And if I weren’t a slave, and if I were an ordinary citizen, or at least not a useless piece of garbage, I could have you go to a hospital…’’

He was angry at himself for being useless and at the world for allowing injustice to reign supreme, he gritted hi teeth in anger almost as if he wanted to break the.

‘’Enough martin it’s not your fault’’

‘’ But Katrina it’s not fair that you are here to suffer...’’

‘’ Don’t think about it and stay with me’’

‘’Ahh, I see the head, I see the head!!’’

The conversation between the two lovers was interrupted by lucy’s scream, it seems that the baby was about to be born.

Fu fu fu…

‘’push Katrina, push, you are close enough’’

‘’ahhhhhhhhh!!’’

Lucy’s voice was prompting Katrina to give her all, for the last effort.

‘’Uee ueee…’’

‘’it’s a boy, it’s a boy’’

‘’dear...’’

Fuuuu…

Martin took the cry baby in his arms, his white skin was soft as snow, his hands were small and delicate to look like glass, the baby’s hair was deep brown, it was a healthy boy, Martin was proud of his wife for giving birth to this miracle.

‘’Pick him up Katrina, maybe he’ll stop crying ahahah’’

‘’…..’’

Hearing no response, the man looked up from the child to see the dismay in Lucy’s eyes.

‘’Katrinaaa!!’’

‘’let me watch my son’’

His wife Katrina was losing blood visibly, the bleeding didn’t want to stop.

‘’bring the child to me’’

‘’yes…’’

With the last strength in her body, Katrina held the baby in her arms, the woman was in seventh heave at the sight of her son, thank God he was fine and with her heart full of love, she looked into his big eyes.

‘’ your name is Gareth, it means kind, I hope that in your life no matter how hard it is, you always have a pure heart’’

‘’Gareth...’’

Martin didn’t object, it was a wonderful name, the who better than his would know what’s best for the baby, the bond between mother and child no matter what age or world is insurmountable.

‘’Martin takes Gareth’’

Katrina knew her time was running out and she didn’t want the baby to risk injury if he slipped from her arms.

‘’martin...?’’

‘’what is in your hands Martin!?’’

The man did not take the child from his wife’s arms, instead he pulled out of his sloppy robes a test tube filled with a bright green liquid, the colour resembled that of a northern aurora; Lucy was shocked and yelled at the man, she knew that even that small test tube could kill them all, including the baby because that green liquid was a healing potion, which is impossible for a slave to obtain.

A miraculous potion created by the union of science and mana, the drug itself was not expensive if they were ordinary citizen, but for slaves such a privilege was not possible, there was only one way that Martin could obtain it.

‘’ motherfucker, hide it before anyone walks in, you'll get us all killed !!’’

‘’ martin did you steal it?’’

‘’ I, I ... I couldn't let you suffer like this, I went to the master for help, but he didn't listen to me, no matter how much I begged him, so I decided to steal it from the warehouse, I can't lose you Katrina.’’

‘’ now drink please’’

Tik tik tik

Boom

‘’ oh oh, it looks like rats are hiding here’’

The voice of a man accompanied by the loud explosion of the wooden door, frightened the three who were arguing until a few seconds before, they turned to see who the voice came from.

Lucy recognizing her face turned pale as a sheet, the fear in her eyes was so strong that it seemed she might vomit at any moment.

The man was Gilles the baron's minion, a malevolent smile was printed on his face, his blond hair partially covered his eyes black as tar, his short stature together with his gaze made him look like a goblin of legends.

Tup-tup

‘’ Mr. Gilles I have nothing to do with that dirty thief, I just came to help I didn't know any of this, is this how you repay my help you piece of shit?’’

Lucy did not think twice and knelt in front of the minion, clung to his military robes as if her life depended on them, then pointed her finger at Martin hoping that the sword in the Gilles belt would not be pointed at her neck.

‘’what’s your name woman?’’

‘’lucy, sir’’

‘’mm’’

He watched her in the eyes for a moment.

Kiiiik

Pung

Puk puk

‘’ how dare you touch me, renegade bitch, how dare you!!’’

The sword of Gilles cut off lucy's head in less than a second, it was so fast that the woman did not even have the ability to scream, Martin seeing the macabre scene of a headless body that splashed blood like a fountain swallow his saliva, but the sole remained as dry as the desert, so this was the power of a magician.

‘’ don't worry give the potion to your wife, I won't touch it, I swear on my honour’’

‘’ huh, thank you’’

Martin quickly turned to his wife to make her drink the medicine before that madman changed his mind, the woman had little time left, she had lost too much blood and death would embrace her in moments.

Prick prick

‘’ what the fuck are you doing bastard? you said you weren't going to touch her!!’’

‘’ahahah, I said I wouldn't touch her not that I wouldn't interfere’’

Gilles using his powers destroyed the test tube just before Katrina could drink.

‘’No Katrina please, don’t leave me alone, how can I live without you’’

‘’ don't cry Martin, I’m happy to have given birth to our son, I don't regret anything so don't feel guilty I know you tried in every way, live for me and for our son, I love you ...’’

‘’noooooo’’

The woman let out her last breath, a tear could be glimpsed in her eyes but the smile on her lips seemed eternal, her arms still clutched the screaming child, not even death would separate them.

‘’I kill you! I kill you; I kill you; I kill you!!’’

‘’ AHAHAHA come Dirty slave’’

For the first time in his life martin really wanted to kill someone, hate filled his heart and anger was like a tsunami in his head, no matter how hard it was, he would kill that son of a bitch today no matter what.

Martin ran directly towards the enemy; murderous intent filled the air and his eyes stared fiercely at his enemy

Tup tup tup

Cluch

Drop drop

‘’ahhh, I kill you bastard’’

‘’ Did you really think a renegade like you could give me a single scratch, look at you, you ran straight at my sword, piercing your heart was as easy as it was fun, AHAHAH’’

Martin's chest was pierced by a cold piece of metal, he knew he had no hope, his slender slave body was too weak and above all he was not a magician, the game was already decided at the start, but however coward he was he had to try to avenge his beloved Katrina, at least now he would not leave her alone in death, the only repentance was for her son who would have lived as an orphan.

With the last strength left he stretched out a hand in the direction of the child, Gareth was crying, perhaps he realized the death of his mother, but now nothing mattered, only remorse and despair remained.

‘’Don’t resent me son, I’m sorry but I can’t live without your mother, live well, goodbye’’

Martin finally followed his bride into eternal rest.

‘’ Don't worry dirty slave, I'm not bad enough to separate a family, your son will follow you soon, AHAHA’’

Step step step

Gilles' footsteps were like the tolling of a clock, with each step the child's life approached its end, he came to where the woman lay with her son, the sword raised to heaven was ready to claim the fourth victim.

‘’Please no, please, I will take care of the child’’

‘’oh, hello Bear’’

Bear saw the whole scene where the crazy Gilles killed his best friend and his wife, but fear made him hide, he felt like a coward for not intervening to help Martin, but the survival instinct would block even the most ferocious beasts, however, he could not let that child die even if he had to pray on his knees.

‘’ I'll take care of him, please don't kill him’’

‘’mm... let me think...’’

bear was a very good slave, he did the work of 5 people by himself and was also disciplined, so according to Gilles it was worth rewarding him, then the child would grow up and become a workforce for the baronets, even revenge was out of the question, the child he was still a renegade, so he decided it was okay to leave him alive.

‘’okay Bear Get it branded and then look after it, it's your responsibility now’’

‘’thank you, thank you’’

However, Gilles did not know that his decision would change the fate of the world.