'We all know that, the elders already sent a team to investigate discreetly in the kingdom of kinos.'
'But let me ask you. What will you do if they really are irregulars?' Kril asked while looking at me straight in the eyes.
'I.... I don't know. But if there's a list on the things that I should do, saving them is definitely somewhere on the top of it.' I said with conviction.
The first would be to have a proper bath. I know some of the residents of Riverside town. I can't let them live in slavery. Slaves are treated like animals, that's what I always see in the movies. And the reason why I need to save some if not all of them no matter what. My conscience won't allow me to abandon them.
'Hahaha, you? Save them? Don't bite off more than you can chew kid. You can't even save yourself.' he laughed at me mockingly.
'You can't even get out of this room. Haha'
'But kid if you're serious on saving them then pass the trials so that the other elders wouldn't have a choice other than to accept you.' kril to me while still laughing.
'What if I.... don't want to participate. That trial have nothing to do with me anyway. I can live just fine even if they don't want to accept me.' I told kril angrily.
Kril's mood suddenly darkened
'Kid there are only two ways for you to leave Alderdify. It's either you're one of us or in a casket. Those are the rules that we all abide since ancient times and you are required to.' he warned.
'Why? Can't I just forget about everything that I learned here and leave?' I said dejectedly.
'No,you can't. You won't even make it outside this tree. Do you want to know the reason ,why you're not allowed to go out of this room?'.
'No I don't, will you tell me why? I asked.
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To be honest, I'm curious as to why they won't let me leave the room. It's been more than two weeks already and they still haven't given me the permission. While wondering Kril answered.
'It's because humans and demi-humans hate each other. Specially between the Lymore Kingdom and the Kingdom of Kinos. Their residents hate each other to the point of killing the other race without reasons,like some kind of an unwritten rule.'
'This undying hatred began even before your kind came to being. Many wars had been waged and more are still coming. You were given this chance because you're special. Even though the elders have divided opinion about you. They are still willing to let you live but in exchange you'll have to pass this trial and become one of us.'
He then explained it to me more as to how I can be part of them. It is the ritual which was held after the trials that would do the job on becoming one of them. That ritual is where their goddess bless the participants who passed the trial with her will and would be acknowledged by all of the demi-humans around the world.
He also told me that there are different gods and goddesses that the demi-humans worship. In the case of the local humans, they worship their clan patriarch or their mightiest warrior like deities. After being blessed by their God or Goddess the demi-humans would have a special mark on their forehead which other demi-humans who had been blessed can only see.
The blessing of a God or a Goddess also give the demi-humans a unique ability in comparison with the one which gave the blessing. In the Kingdom of Lymore they worship the Goddess of Velocity Tay'Tiya ,she gives a boost in agility on the ones that she blessed.
Kril even brag that Elder Elluin, Alderdyfi's greatest assasin can match the goblin king of the north who boasts his speed to be the greatest two thousand years ago during the Lymore civil war.
'From what I can hear from you, only demi-humans can be blessed.'
'O don't worry, there are some records where humans are blessed by the Gods. Don't think too much about it, just pass the trial then we'll see if those records are true. I have to go now so study diligently.' after saying that he smiled and left the room with me staring at him blankly.
Wait,what.... they are not 100 percent sure that I will be blessed?.
This only made things worse. I shouldn't have asked, now I will have a hard time focusing on the upcoming trial with that in mind.
After staring lifeless at the window for sometime, I get back into studying plants and vegetations again. Nothings gonna change if I just slack all day. I won't know If I don't pass.
If Tay'Tiya give me her blessing then all is well. If not, then I'll just find a way to escape without dying.