The other young man whose expression remained fixed shook his head in disappointment.
"Isn't that just dumb?" He spoke.
"Buying healing potions from a healer in Helilia, who's that powerful, wanting money and wouldn't want to rule?" He added and chuckled a bit.
This young man's name is Julian, popular known as burnt.
……
He grew up in among the orphans after the death of his parents in a fire accident which affected him as well; from which the nickname burnt came about.
He was bullied and rejected by all.
Due to these, Julian, an Helilian by origin, grew a tough skin. He became exceptionally good at fighting, and for someone who was self taught, very good at healing.
Soon joined the orphans was a blind a girl, amongst the non Quailian prisoners captured; Sarah.
She lost her sight during the invasion of her hometown by Quaila, her parents were killed as well.
During the transportation back to Quaila, she attempted to end her life, but blindness made this impossible.
Sarah was certain she was going to die, but death was the least of her fears; to her, she had nothing to loose.
Her greatest fears was being molested. Being blind and molested, perhaps falling sick or pregnant. She couldn't bear the thought of it.
Each time such thoughts popped up in her head, she would locate and slam her head against the still bars of the cage.
The Quailians who had them captured, would began to flog those in the cage where they head the noise and the comotion from, ignoring who the cause was.
This in turn would make those inside the cage to supervise one another, and so Sarah rarely had an opportunity to go wild.
At the end of the journey, she had been beaten badly by the inmates in her cage.
When she finally arrived and was thrown into the house where the orphans and some abandoned kids were dumped, the bully and attempted molestations which she had long feared began. Being blind she still tried to fight her oppressors away.
This was how she met Julian, he saw in her someone like himself, helpless but still had a fight in.
Julian became her eyes and defender. Julian soon had a new reason to keep fighting and training.
To protect Sarah, to restore her sight, and to heal himself so she wouldn't have to see him burnt and ugly.
He chose to do all these on her birthday. Each birthday he tries, but fails.
But when he found out that this particular birthday fell on the same day selected for Apical battle, he decided to make it a lot more special.
Healing himself from the burns, Opening up her eyes to see him, and the crowd chanting and potential becoming the ruler of Helilia, further more making her his queen.
So he trained alot harder, sacrificed alot more time and energy; the only thing he didn't sacrifice was the care and time he spent with Sarah.
To him, even if he was to give the rest days of his life in exchange for this day and these realities, he would do it in a heart beat.
……
As he spoke, the other young man began to sweat profusely.
He looked left and right like a thief looking for a way to escape, finding none, he kept his eyes fixed on the ground.
"Why don't you go next?", Julian spoke looking at the sweating young man.
"I..... I....", He stammered.
"I have something important to catch up with!!", The young man gave his flimsy excuse.
"What could be more important than this right now?!", Misha asked.
The young man looked and couldn't think of any better excuse but: "I have to go use the men's room!"
"You were all given drugs as well as room for this for coming up, so if you leave now, you forfeit!", Misha added.
"Yes, forfeit! Forfeit!", He added and sped out of there.
As he left the other old man, Gandolf's last battle mate looked at the young man as he left with a shocked expression.
He feared because, he too purchased the so called healing potion.
To be continued.....
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