CHAPTER 7
He stood still as the sound of constant movement and chattering people filled his ears, the sound was foreign to him, noisy, but at the same time he loved the rhythm.
Never in his life had he ever seen this amount of people, He was excited. He stepped through the giant gates of the market place and immediately was ambushed by a merchant trying to sell him a low grade sword.
"Cutting devil's will never be easier than with this" the merchant persuaded but he paid him no attention as he walked past him, not evening showing a spec of interest, he knew nothing about weapons but no one needed to tell him that the weapons the merchant sold at best would be used to cut fruit. His eyes darted around in wonder as he took the sight in, So many people gathered and doing so many different things. His stomach rumbled as he remembered he hadn't eaten anything, he took his bag off his back and searched inside for the money his mother had given him
"Just in case" he remembered her say.
He took out a silver coin and began to walk to a vendor selling roasted meat, he placed the coin on the table and pointed at the one that looked most appetizing, the vendor looked at him wondering if it was a joke.
"Is it too little?" he asked with wide eyes as he took out another silver coin and placed on the table, the vendor's eyes widened with surprise.
"No—No sir, it's just enough," he said with a large smile as he picked up the coins. One sliver coin was worth hundred copper coins and the meat he wanted to buy was worth thirty five copper coins. He smiled as the vendor handed him the meat wrapped in preservative leaves with a large smile on his face.
"Is there a place I can eat this, without any disturbance?" he asked, the vendor pointed to a bench a bit far from the shop and he happily went there.
He sat down and unwrapped the meat and immediately the sweat smell hit his nose making his mouth water, he had never eaten anything like this, so he was really curious about how it would taste, he tore a lap off the chicken and bit into it and immediately he felt the burst of flavor he let out of groan of satisfaction and pleasure, he continued eating it not caring in the least about people who passed by when he heard the loud unmistakable shriek of a woman, he turned his eyes to the ally not to far from him but decided to ignore it like everyone else around who acted deaf, until he heard it again, this time louder and more horrified, he looked around and saw that nobody else had heard the sound or if they did they didn't care about it, he stood up and began to trace the origin of the sound, In the alley a man struggled with a woman half his size, as he pinned her to the wall and tore off her clothes, his eyes widened as he realized what was going on. His mother had told him that brutish men tried things like this and if he ever came across something like this he should try his best to stop it.
"Hey leave her alone!" he demanded as he dropped his chicken and walked deeper into the alley, the man paused and looked at him allowing him see the scared look on the woman now who was almost naked, the man forcefully kissed the woman one more time and said.
"Give me a second" as he turned around and walked to him "How about you mind your own business before you get seriously hurt." the man threatened as he tightened his fist, The man was gigantic, towering over him even though he was in no way short.
"I don't think I can." he replied, the man chuckled and nodded his head, taking a step back then turned around.
"Last chance boy." the man growled but he remained quiet, his brows farrowing as he stared at the large man. He heard the man sigh then quietly say "You made me do this." Then the man quickly turned around and whipped his hand directly on the nose sending him straight to the floor, The Man shook his hand trying to reduce the little pain he felt from punching him.
"Now run home to your mommy." the man said with a faint chuckle as he turned his attention back to the woman who stood there in silence completely consumed by fear, as he was about to hold her and continue what he was doing when he heard the person he just punched getting up, He was now on his feet, the innocent look in his eyes replaced by fiery angry as he walked slowly to the man.
"You hit me, so it's only fair if I hit you back." He said, his voice ominous and low, he moved his hands back and swung his fist directly at the man's face and as it connected he realized, there was no resistance, it all felt like slow motion as his hands passed through the man's head, blood splashed every where and painted the woman's face red, he looked at his bloodied fist as fear became to overpower him at the sight of the horrific scene he had just created, he looked up at the woman who had her mouth wide and was about to scream, if she yelled he'd gain unwanted attention, he couldn't allow her call that much attention. In a blink of an eye he covered the distance between her and himself and with a little too much force he presses a palm on her mouth and the other at the back of her head and with his unusual strength he crushed her head in his palms, her blood splattered on his face, bits of her brain in his hair, his eyes widened with horror, Fear filling him as his heart began to beat loudly as his bloody hands began to uncontrollably shake.