Chapter 401

Even as I talked to Reddy, the little boy kept on curiously peering at me.

Make sure you don't blindly follow anyone you don't know.

Blondie warned.

Don't worry, I won't follow him out. I will be where you left me. Am going nowhere.

I reassure them.

Even if I want to follow the boy, I can't because of how tired I am.

"Come on out. I mean you no harm," I coax the boy with eyes as wide and cute as that of a bunny.

He stayed still, his eyes locked with mine in both a look of curiousity and awe.

I bet no one knows he's here right now looking at one of the strangers that came to their town.

I don't blame his curiousity at all. I don't think any one will resist the curious urge to see the strangers that came to town.

"Come on," I frantically waved him towards me "you have nothing whatsoever to be afraid of."

He stood there for a long time. Probably contemplating if he should come closer to me or not until he started taking slow steps towards me.

"That's right. Come on," I frantically waved him towards us.

He came to stand in front of me. His mouth open in a smile.

"Gods! " i playfully gasped "what happened to your mouth? did you swallow everything up?" I peer into his mouth.

He shyly looked down at his feet.

" What's your name?" I smile at the cute boy with his hair ruffled from too much plays. His fingers looked clipped from too much earth digging.

"Buchim," he slowly answers.

"Buchim?" I gasped "that's my name also. Boy we share the same name. We're namesakes!" 

As we talked, he got too comfortable he sat on the blanket with me.

" Mom said it was the name of the prince who was killed during the great battles. That's why she called me after him." 

" You answer the name of a prince? that's to show you're the prince of this kingdom," I fondly smiled at him.

" Mother said you came from the mountains, is that true?" he blinked at me in question.

" Yes. We came from the high mountains. Filled with different big monsters," I widen my hands to show how big the monsters are.

" Is that true?" he gasped as he gave me his undivided attention.

"That's true. Mother was the one who defeated those monsters for me," I took a bite of my biscuits.

"What are you eating?" He looked at the biscuits in my hands as if it's something alien.

"Do you want?" I gave him one "it's the biscuits those at the human kingdom eats."

He looked at the biscuit in his hand For long time as if gathering the courage to eat the strange thing.

"Biscuit?" he asked as he kept on turning it.

" It's eaten this way," I took a bite from biscuit I have in hand, and slowly chewed the crispy biscuits to show him exactly how a biscuit is eaten.