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Chapter 5 : Hand
"Wha..."
"Don't be shy, I'm no pervert, at least not towards men or boys. So be quick about it.", he said eyeing the boy with interest.
Laazy slowly loosened the side knots of his tunic and removed the clothing covering his torso.
"mm.. Good physique. No fat, very good. I hope you are wearing linens.", he remarked slowly.
Laazy looked at him embarrassed and nodded, slowly untying the knots around his hips to remove the trousers, he took his time and thought of ways he could not have done this, but to no avail he dropped them.
"Strong legs, Good, turn around, raise your arms. Very good indeed. ", he said not caring for the blushing and deeply breathing boy before him.
Helldrew quickly went towards the desk in the room and ruffled through the countless number of notes on his table and quickly found one he was looking for while affirming to himself with occasional, "Yes, Should work, He seems optimal. ". Laazy stood there looking at the crazy man and didn't raise a question or let himself be focused, but standing in the middle of the room and naked was something which deemed attention.
The crazy man ran around the room towards a the large chest which Laazy knew was not part of the quest room's decor as the crazy man started to mix various concoctions into a glass container. Laazy looked at the vast amount of glass in the chest and the other different shaped glasses on the large table at the end and wondered at the crazy man's fortunes. Glass vessels were of great value in this age and clear glass was as costly as the costliest silver cutlery.
"Ok, here we are. ", he returned with three vials containing different grody coloured liquids and a small hourglass.
"What are these, Sir?"
"It's an experiment, let's say it will change you forever.", he said with a grin so malice it gave Laazy Goosebumps.
"OK, here, you start with this one and then I will start the hourglass, as soon as you see the last few sands, you drink this, and then like before I will re-start the hourglass as you drink, then the next one. It should be done exactly like I said. Do you understand?", he said with enthusiasm and kept showing the actions of drinking the vials and turning the hourglass multiple times.
Laazy looked at the vials and he felt something bad was going to happen, as a hand he would hear word of war and nearby bandits and he would lose his sleep over this worrying, then he started following the advice of an old hand, "The less you know, the more you will live. ", and from that day onwards he seldom cared for gossip or news between the hands. But he had heard of people who would do anything to further themselves in the world and the air around the man before him reminded of such rumours.
"Well, don't wander off in your head already, do you understand!?."
He looked at the very excited man and as his eyes slowly shifted from the piercing gaze of curiosity to anger, he replied, "Yes, Sir. ", and he saw his eyes change into a sinister smile in them.
Laazy was seated on a grand chair and he was told, "Drink when you are ready.".
Laazy looked at the first vial, it had a tinge of green to it, but the colour was not definite as light kept changing the colour across different shades of green. "What is this for?".
"All in good time, when you are done drinking.", he said giving that vial in his arms a nudge toward his mouth.
"But.."
"Drink!!", he said in a stern voice and Laazy drank without thought of repercussions. The drink surprisingly tasted good, the liquid was cold and inviting to his tongue and he felt the cold drink slowly drain down his throat, and as it filled his stomach he found his senses very aware.
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"Drink!!", he said as the last grain of the small hourglass started to fall through.
As he emptied the next grody vial of reddish brown liquid which was much more slimy than the first, he found this warmer and as it started to flow down his mouth, he started to feel tingling and later it started to pain, but before he could understand, "DRINK!!!", he shouted with a crazy and laughing like a mad man.
The last vial looked yellowish, but as before it changed colours in different angles. He drank it and as this vial emptied into his mouth, "IT BURNS!!!!!!! Sir." , he screamed as it went down into his stomach.
He was shivering and then sweating at the same time. He twitched and felt his body twist at different positions as he felt the heat and coldness go through every cell of his being. The pain was unbearable, but if it were a single mind to comprehend this pain, he would not have survived, with the other conciousness awakening slowly, he wretched in pain and screamed and screeched at the floor, he started banging his head on the floor as the pain spread to his head. The floor was covered in his blood.
"MY EYES!!! IT BURNS!!", he shouted as he tried to pull them out, but before that Mistress fled in with few other hands and restrained his arms and took him to the bed.
"What have you done with my boy!!", Mistress said with anger under her brow and huffing while forming a fist, she wanted to kill the fragile old man before her, but he was of a higher blood.
"Like I said earlier, I needed the boy to help me with my work.", he said while looking at the boy with interest as he went under continuous muscle spasms and screaming while the hands detained him by tying his hands and legs to the sides of the bed.
"I ASKED, WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM.", she pitched each word with swelling up anger in his words and he chest was almost puffed up to point it would tear.
"I am not sure, him being alive is a surprise so long is a surprise, but interesting, no lasted so long. ", he said still looking at the boy.
"You were going to kill that boy from the start. I will talk with Lord Regar about thi.."
"Oh, no need. I already told him that I needed a boy for my research. "
The Mistress looked at him stunned at these words. She looked at Laazy with disbelief, while mouthing, "No... he wouldn't..". She didn't wait to say anything to the crazy man in the room and quickly sped toward Laazy and went down to his ear, "I'm sorry, my dear child. I'm..", she whispered and quickly sped out to meet with the Lord.
Laazy heard what she said, but couldn't understand anything, he shouted till he couldn't anymore and the hands held him down with sorrow in their eyes, remembering the dreamy eyes boy who worked without complain and their hearts sunk as he stopped moving suddenly, the cloth they had used to tie him up were covered in blood and they quickly removed themselves taking a step back with fear.
The hands who were holding him down thought he was dead and could not take their eyes off the boy who was covered in sweat and blood, but the crazy man who was stay afar until then sped towards the boy, touched his neck which gave him a glare of distrust and hatred from the other hands.
The ones gathered in the room were not sure what to feel as the crazy man smiled widely which sent chills down their spine and said,
"Interesting, very interesting."
One one wanted to ask him, but they could not bear the air around them and as someone asked, "Is he alive, Sir?"
"Yes, that's why it is interesting", he replied and laughed with an evil grin.