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2024-10-29 19:42:56he saw himself, six years old again, sitting in the bay with Alea and looking out the window into the distance. She had always liked that very much. Her eyes shone green like the glass. She told him stories and fairy tales; sometimes his sister was there, but he preferred to be alone with his mother. He felt her embrace when she put him to bed and smelled the scent of her hair that brushed his face when she kissed him on the forehead.
Raen's fingers tightened around the object, which he wasn't supposed to own.
He saw the smile on her face every time his father took her in his arms or complimented her. He heard her laugh ...
The pain came back and with it the feeling of guilt. Raen squirmed. He had to break away from it now. Now, or it would haunt him forever. His thoughts had to be pure if he was to enter the priesthood. He sniffed the item one last time. Wasn't there a touch of jasmine? He opened his eyes. It would cause great indignation if it came out what he
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As usual, Roman sat in the bay window of his room and looked out the window into the distance in the evening light, just as Alea had always done. Raen knew his father had made a patrol ride east of the choir to the river early this morning. He looked tired but smiled when he walked in the door."Come to me and sit down, Raen," he said. "Today there is a special supper in your honor and your favorite meal, I made sure of that." He winked at Raen."Thank you, father!" Raen's mouth watered at the thought of braised rabbit meat from the cauldron with freshly harvested vegetables.“Don't just thank me, but also in the kitchen. I just gave them a little hint and they got down to it right away. ”“ Yes, I will, ”said Raen.They were silent for a while and looked out the open window. It had stopped raining and the low sun sent its rays through the cracked cloud cover. The air was mild. Father and son took a deep breath.
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Raen was silent because he didn't want to ask another stupid question."You can now ask where we are." The voice looked amused again.“Yes, but ...”“Not but! The question is, where? ”The hand let go of his, and it felt like a great loss. Raen kept reaching into the void to find the hand again.“No, please stay here. Don't go away! ”He shouted fearfully."I'm right here. Sit down, ”said the voice, and Raen sat down on the hard floor."Where am I?" He finally asked, expecting to be mocked again, but nothing like that happened."You have arrived. Now you are on your way “, the voice answered calmly and seriously. "On the right way. Didn't you notice You're lost! ”Silence.“Admittedly, you weren't very lost, but I still felt it was necessary to lead you back. Now you are on your way to the right destination again. But please promise me that from now on you will ne
War of freedom.. War is inevitable Female voices
Rise up!" Gahin's voice echoed sharply through the room and betrayed nothing of the otherwise silky sound.Slowly those present raised their eyes.“I expect an explanation for this matter on the spot! It's really unheard of! ”He underscored his demand with a brief but sweeping gesture that made the men in front of him even more awe-inspiring.They hesitated. But then Loenka fearlessly spoke up and freed everyone else from the burden of this responsibility: “Venerable Gahin, it seems that the young person named Raen was called to him by His Majesty Hyaun last night to take his place to be taken over in the community of warriors after all. ”One could hardly express what happened more formally. There was a serious and thoughtful silence."But he has already made his choice and he has been examined!" Replied the high priest, and the others suddenly realized how delicate the situation actually was, because it put the high priest in an e
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War of freedom.. War is inevitable Warrior
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I'm sorry ... um ..." What should he say? That his curiosity had been stronger than her attraction? That would have hurt her badly, and besides, that wasn’t the case either, only he had let himself be too easily distracted again. Perhaps because he was afraid to take further steps. The sheer excitement of kissing and hugging had given him far more happiness than he could have imagined that morning."I ... I ..." he stammered awkwardly.Kosam turned away."Stop, please wait!" He grabbed her arm.She looked at him."I just thought that was great!" Idiot!"What did you think was great?" She asked gruffly. “The dangerous gymnastics on the ladder?”“No. I mean that ... well, the one before that. ”Fool, just say it!Her gaze remained unchanged."Well, the kiss!" He finally managed.She didn't answer, and Raen took all his courage and touched her shoulder. His hand went up to her neck and ch
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Hello Tor Ban Raen, there you are. You weren't at the morning meal at all. ”“ I was probably too late, ”he replied in monosyllables. 'You're late for anything, Raen, you sheep's head!' he grimly reprimanded himself. But Banskeid Laghat was so nice and already showed me a bit of your chorten. You have a beautiful view from the wall, you can seeall the way to the great mountains. ” Banskeid Laghat was a fully fledged warrior and was allowed to carry his own sword. Raen glanced at the heavy handle protruding from behind Laghat's back. When would he get his sword himself? It just took way too long!"What got over your liver?" Asked Kosam, who had noticed his scowl.'Give it up,' he thought bitterly, 'you're too young. Forget her!' Aloud he said: "We have to go to the temple now, Banskeid Laghat!" But his tone was apparently a little too commanding because Laghat looked at him crookedly.Raen was annoyed. He just turned
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“ Was that your own horse earlier? Beautiful animal. ”“ Yes, isn't it! Her name is Jakori and she is very trusting. You can ride her if you want, then we'll take a walk into the forest and I'll show you ... "Raen fell silent. 'I talk too much,' he thought. 'She's definitely not interested in horses.'Kosam looked at him questioningly. “What do you want to show me?”“Oh, just a few stones in the forest, nothing special.”“I'll be happy to accept your offer.”“Yes? Really? Are you interested in that? ”“ Of course. I also like to go on horseback, it's fun. ”Raen smiled blissfully. "I think the day after the race we can definitelyride out together." Raen answered with another dazzling smile from Kosam.Later, when he was in bed, he could hardly sleep. He kept thinking of the girl with the black hair and couldn't wait to be with her again.
