You are walking down the street, a passing person tells you that you have something written on your face with a marker, you are worried, rush to the nearest cafe or store to wash your face, you go inside and some people look at your face ...
Another case. Today you received your salary, a colleague complimented your appearance, you enter a cafe or shop, some people look at your face…
You are the same, the people are the same, the views are the same, but the sensations are completely different, a different perception of the world around you.
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Galloping on horseback, I distorted the space and wriggling along the road for a while, we got to the ruins.
A godforsaken place, a land cursed by people.
Having passed where there once was a large gate, we moved towards what was once a palace.
Due to the darkness, I could not assess the extent of the destruction, but I believe there is nothing left here, this place can hardly even be called ruins, rather just a wasteland.
Dismounting, I cleared a place for a tent and set about setting it up. The girls took out sleeping bags and tied the horses.
After setting up the tent, they climbed inside and began to prepare the place for sleep, we did not make a fire. There was no need for cooking, and the animals would not roam here.
I lay down on the edge, next to Xiaoxiao, who returned to her former form, and beyond Li Bo Na.
"Husband are you sleeping?" Xiaoxiao asked.
"Not yet."
“Are you sad about today?” she whispered.
After thinking for a bit, I replied, “No, it was fun.”
“Oppa! It seems today during the dance, you really wanted to kiss me…” Li Bo Na said playfully.
“Sleep already,” I said with a frown and turned away. Behind both girls laughed.
I'm tired today, mentally devastated, I really need to sleep. I closed my eyes and fell fast asleep.
When I woke up it was already light, it felt like 10 am. Xiaoxiao had already left the tent, only the lazy fox continued to sleep. I took a bottle of water and went outside. The cold morning wind cut to the bone, drinking some water and washing his face. I looked towards a small grove of white trees and saw Xiaoxiao sitting there. She was picking and picking white peaches.
These are really white peaches, as if you took the snow with both hands and then molded a peach out of it. These trees bear fruit only in winter. In the spring, their leaves fall, in the summer they stand naked, and in the fall, blue flowers begin to bloom.
Sitting on a branch, she greedily picked ripe fruits and dropped them to the ground, they are not afraid of falling, because they have hard flesh.
She looked at me and smiled happily. “Husband catch me!” she screamed as she hugged me. Putting her down on the ground, I picked up a couple of peaches, sat down under a tree and began to eat.
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After a while, Li Bo Na appeared, she always comes when someone is eating. Taking the whole peach from my hand, she sat down beside me and began to eat.
“Xiaoxiao you need to eat peaches here, we can’t take them with us to our world.” I told her.
“Isn’t this our world?” she asked.
“Not anymore,” I shook my head.
When I finished eating, I got up, dusted myself off and walked towards the horses. Digging through my backpack, I found a bottle of whiskey.
“Take the horses out for a drink, and I have to visit an old friend.”
After walking through the ruins for some time, I did not walk the right way, lifting the tombstone lying on its side, I shook it off the earth and moss covered for a long time. Opening the bottle, I poured half of the contents onto the ground and leaned back against the stove. Taking a sip, I looked down at my feet and a wave of memories blurred my vision.
Two boys threw a beetle at a white-haired girl and ran away merrily while she chased them with a stick. After two boys fought with a crowd of hooligans standing back to back. They looked slightly beaten, but there was a fire in their eyes, showing that they could fight on. A dark-haired young man, with a pair of horns in black armor, stands in front of a girl in a white dress and makes an oath to her. After a while, the same guy runs up to me and happily announces that he will soon have a child. Some time has passed and they sit smiling back to back on the battlefield, the horned guy is smoking a cigarette, I am rubbing my swords. Now I am sitting with my back not against the cold stone, but against the back of my friend.
“My Lord, when are you getting married? You are the only one left among us as a bachelor…”
"Shut up! I already have a wife. These women are so ruthless…” I cursed.
He laughed as he realized something.
He took another puff and threw down his cigarette, I smiled, got up, patted him on the shoulder and walked back without turning around.
“Husband are we going home already?” Xiaoxiao said with her back to me.
“Let's eat first,” I said. Taking out smoked meat, bread and vegetables, I made a sandwich.
“Husband to me and me, do the same,” Xiaoxiao said.
The fox just looked at me and took my finished sandwich. I made a few more sandwiches.
After eating we sat under a peach tree, I picked one up, washed it with water and gave it to Xiaoxiao.
Looking at the shadow of the tree, I said, "Come out."
The shadows began to move towards the friend, forming a black spot, the same black smoke came out of it, from which a silhouette was formed.shadow demon.
"My lord," he said as he got down on one knee and bowed his head.
“If you're looking for justice, then I can't give it to you,” I told him, showing my empty hand.
He shook his head as he continued to stare at the ground, “I don’t need this.”
“Then what do you want?”
"Follow. I want to follow you. I am the only one left of the demon race. Our ancestors swore to follow you, our king considered you his brother. I honor you as the only family member.”
“Families…” I thought.
"Fine!" I said clapping my hands.
I got up and approached him.
"What is your name?"
"Vaal".
“Start Vaal.”
He took out a sword and holding it at outstretched hands, began to say, “My Lord accept my oath…both in life and death.”
“Alright Baal, I accept your oath. From now on, you are my first knight.” - I said, taking his sword and cutting my hand. “Today I shed my blood for you, in the future you will do the same for me.”
“By the way, I have a rule that only women can live with me in my house, so you will live separately from me,” I said.
“Kukuku,” the fox laughed, “Don’t you live with your parents?” She laughed covering her mouth with her hand.
“Husband, you are so pathetic,” Xiaoxiao laughed.
“Shut up!” I swore.
"Crap! I just got the first knight, I was so cool while taking his oath, and these two beasts ruined everything, ”I cried in my thoughts.