Will Snow

" What the heck!!! Isn't the general of the light army supposed to be an old man? How come he is a young boy? And he looks like he is the same age as me. Don't tell me I am dreaming ? Yeah, that can be. I might have fallen asleep while I was waiting for the real general. I should wake up now. Wake up. "

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" WTF!!! I am still here and nothing happened. But this is supposed to be a dream. How come I can't wake up at all? "

Shou looked silly in front of the general's eyes. So he asked , " Umm, what are you doing? "

Shou realized what he was doing and quickly replied, " Oh umm nothing. You... You are real? "

" Shoot , what did I just ask? That was damn silly. ", he thought.

The general thought that Shou had some mental problems and asked him, " How were you accepted? Do you remember? "

" Wait what?? What kind of question is that? ", Shou thought," Does he think that I am an idiot?"

Shou decided to ignore it and answered properly, " Well, I am a new soldier who just passed the test today. And I am here to get a room. Here is the order from Princess Mei Yan. "

He gave the scroll to the general. " Hmm, I see. Well then, I will arrange a room for you. And there are some things I need to tell. You should address Princess Mei Yan as chief in the army. You mustn't address her as Princess as the army is an army. It doesn't matter if you are a son of a minister or a king. " , the general said in a serious voice. However,Shou was thinking foolishly again, " Were these people in the army born from the same mother? Why are they telling these rules again and again?"

" And now I will introduce myself. My name is Sun Hao. As you know, I am the general of the light army and also you can call me brother or Dage { Dage means older brother in Chinese } .Feel free to request me anything. I am sure you have heard about the rumors about me like I am unfriendly and scary. But since you are now a soldier in my army, we are brothers from now on. You can call me senior if you want. I can allow. " , Sun Hao was saying with happiness and a smile on his face.

Seeing him, Shou thought that he really was different from the rumors. " Well he is totally different from what I heard. However, what's with that name " Dage " ? I haven't heard that word before. "

" Well senior, what do you mean by Dage? I haven't heard anything like that before. "

Sun Hao was surprised to hear that. However , he just thought that Shou doesn't know the word " Dage " because he doesn't have many knowledge. " Well it seems that you don't know about the outside world that much. Let me tell you. The word ' Dage ' is a ancient word of Light kingdom and it means Older brother. "

" I see . But aren't we the same age? " , Shou asked. " Ohh I thought you were younger. " , Sun Hao answered.

They talked together for some time. However, Shou's inner mind was telling him to mind his words and be cautious about the words that came out from his mouth.

After talking for some time , Shou went to his room.

# In his room #

" The room is not bad. Looks like the light kingdom treats their soldiers well. " , Shou thought.

Shou went to take a bath in the river outside the camp.

When he was taking a bath, he heard some noises from the bush . " WHO!!?? " , he quickly shouted and turned back. A boy who seems younger than him in age came out. He looked weak and he was covered in mud.

Shou had doubts on him so he asked with a doubtful look, " Who are you and why are you here? Are you a soldier here? "

The boy looked at Shou dumbly. And he answered while awkwardly, " Oh that's .... I am sorry. Actually, to be honest, I ran away from home. I have walked here from miles away. The whole journey was a desert and there's no one around. And then I found this place, This must be a military camp and from what I have heard, this is the military camp of light kingdom right? You must be a soldier. Could you please take me to the chief of the army. I mean Princess Mei Yan. I have to ask a favor from her. I beg you please. "

The boy looked helpless and he was begging with all his heart. So Shou decided to help him.

" This boy is really something. He wants to ask a favor from Mei Yan means he has a big identity. I am sure I've never met him before. But I don't know if I've met him in the past though. I feel like I have met him before and somehow, he seems familiar. " , Shou thought.

Shou told the boy to follow him. And he took him to Mei Yan. On their way, Shou asked the boy, " What's your name? And why did you run away from home? Don't mind me asking. I am just a bit curious. "

The boy smiled and said , " My name is Will Snow. I ran away from home because I don't like staying there everyday. I have never seen the outside world. My home is like a cage to me except my mom and my cousins.", he looked sad when he was saying.

Shou noticed his sad face and decided to change the topic. " Anyways , enough with your introduction. My name is Shou. I am just an unknown boy who was picked up from an abyss. But don't tell the others about it. And I am just a new soldier who just joined today. You must be some big shot if I am not wrong. Nice to meet you. Oh sorry for my rudeness, I meant it's a honor to meet you. " , he said politely. Without even knowing why, Shou was happy to see the boy and he also felt sad earlier when the boy was sad.

They chatted and talked about each other. They discussed about food, drinks and etc. However, none of them talked about their personal life.

Soon, they arrived at Mei Yan's tent. Shou told the guard outside the tent that this boy wants to meet with Princess Mei Yan and his name is Will Snow.

The guards were shocked and suddenly acted polite to Will Snow. Shou was confused. " Just who the hell is this boy?" , he thought.