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Chapter 2: The village

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We didn’t move far from the lake and decided to start a fire to dry ourselves off. It helped when Maya used some chant and a gust of wind suddenly dried most of our clothes. I continued to play with the kindling of the fire while the silence continued. Neither of us had anything relevant to say.

“Go to village?”

I asked.There had to be a community near here. I didn’t understand why we lived in the wild.

“You’re not from here?” she asked.

“Well no.” I answered

“My mother said that years ago a group of elves proclaimed their superiority as a species and attacked and enslaved the other races. The human kingdoms resisted and fought. The elves lost and retreated. The humans then persecuted us Elves regardless of our factions.”

Oh man did that sucked. So if we go to a village then she’s likely to be enslaved.

“human language speak?” If I can’t communicate with my fellow humans then that would be a problem in and of itself.

“We’ve been speaking Human language. My elven is only at a child’s level after all.”

She then told me how she was only 17. In elven years she was still a child. It seemed elves were rather mellow and their basic schooling didn’t end until they were 30 and this was just basic schooling. Apparently elves had more than 100 characters in their language. Each tribe also had their own dialect.

“So there is village? close?” I asked. I promised myself I would speak this language fluently as soon as possible.

She nodded and pointed west. How did I know it was west. Well I just assumed since the sun set in that direction. I could be entirely wrong. What with this being a different planet and all. For now let’s assume that’s west.

“So then humans have elf slaves?”

She nodded sadly. This gave me an idea. It totally wasn’t just my fantasy of having a beautiful elf as my slave. Yep definitely not.

“How bout you pretend be my slave?”

She seemed surprised and hesitant but I guess the few days we spent together showed her the the type of character I had.

“Yeah it's not strange for a noble to have one.” she responded.

Apparently it was assumed that I was a noble due to having a last name. This would be troublesome. Intimidation was easy but charming the village into accepting me and her would be difficult. It was easier being the bad guy. Maybe I didn’t want Maya to see me like that. If it was my father or brother they would have taken over the village with brute force but I was smarter than that. First of all a successful intimidation needed a group to support you. I was here by myself and wouldn't get support from the Dragna family. It was just me Enzo DiCaprio. Despite my last name I have no relation to that oscar-less fellow. Dicaprio was a common italian last name afterall.

Hmm maybe I could become a loan shark but I need some capital for that. I hesitated on bringing the family business over to this world.

And so we started our journey towards the closest human village. While we walked we chatted to improve my speech skills. I asked questions about this world and immediate world.

Now this is normally the part where I give this world’s name and it’s history and lore. Maybe even the name of the village or closest kingdom but Maya didn’t know jackshit. I guess that happens when you live in the forest for most of your life.

After a week we arrived at the edge of the first. I stepped forward and walked and noticed that Maya wasn’t following. I Looked back and she seemed to hesitate.

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“Let us go!” I had improved my verunusian somewhat but I could only talk in short sentences.

She looked at me and finally stepped out of the forest. It took another 30 minutes but we arrived at the outskirts of the village. We were noticed by a farmer who was working on a field.

“Hello. I’m Enzo Dicaprio of the Dragna family and I” before I finished the man immediately bowed down on his knees.

“I’ll get the village chief immediately!” he screamed and ran off. Dazed I stood there. It wasn’t the first time I had people bow down to me but have a spine for god’s sake! Even the nerds I took money from had more guts than this guy. Maybe I should just intimidate them I thought but then remembered Maya using some magic and I grew weary. I never read any of the books. The only thing I know of fantasy is from that movie Lord of the rings. That movie was boring at first but m y little sister forced me to watch it with her and I kinda liked it. Yeah if it was her she’d know more about this situation. I also wasn’t good with history as a class. Now numbers I could do but remembering boring stuff is after all boring. Anyways the thing I feared was magic.

It took another 20 minutes for another man to show up. He seemed close to my grandfather. Old but with a hint of youth in their eyes and bodies. He had white hair with patches of black but I could tell this guy worked out. His eyes also seemed like the gangsters from way back. Let me tell you those guys from the 60’s and 70’s were something else. Utterly ruthless but well enough about that.

“This Humble one’s name is Gendred. How can I help you?”

Finally it’s my scene. I’ve rehearsed this in my head for a while now. A pleasure to meet you my name is Enzo Dicaprio of the Dragna family. Me and my companion seek shelter and food. I’d be extremely grateful if you could help us. That's what I planned on saying but

“Give me house and food.” is what came out of my mouth. I mentally face-palmed. Was I some barbarian asking for women and food?

Ahem. I cleared my throat.

“My name is Enzo Dicaprio and I would like a place to live.”

Well in the end despite my arrogant sounding words the village chief let me sleep at his home but didn’t want Maya to sleep inside but I easily convinced him she had certain”duties” to perform for me. He didn’t call my bluff luckily but he did bring ask about her being collar-less. I told him as best I could that we had survived in the forest and she had lost it one way or the other. He saai I’d have to wait for a merchant to visit the village to buy a new one but luckily he had a spare bell from his old cow. It wasn’t rusted but the bell looked old and worn out.

And now here I was standing in a little room with a bell in my hands. Maya looked at it and simply turned around and moved her hair from her neck.

“I understand, please put it on.” she said in monotone

“Um I really am sorry.” I said in a whisper/ Weary of the thin wooden walls and any ears who could hear our conversation.

In this awkward atmosphere I put the bell around her neck. She then moved and lied down on the floor.

“Um you can sleep on bed And I take floor.”

“No. if the village head comes in he’ll start to suspect.”

I took off my clothes and shoes remaining dressed in a white shirt and briefs to sleep in. She turned off the small candle that lit the room.

“Um but it not strange if we both sleep on the bed.” I said into the dark and I got silence in response.

I heard her stirring.

“ I guess not .” she said as she lied down on the small twin sized bed. It was a tight fit but it didn’t make me feel embarrassed like before. Maybe I was growing more accustomed to having her sleep next to me. With that thought in mind I slept