Tasty Apple

Eleon who just comes out from the office had a little worried expression written over his face. He soon saw kale in the the corner of the hall waiting. He called him, "Hey kale lets go" as Kale follow the trail of Eleon.

"Uhm.." Kale hesitatingly ask Eleon to meet his sister first before going to wherever they have to go. "so.. I want to see my sister first before going.. I need to say goodbye", Eleon smile and said "don't worry.. were not going out just yet. You're still too weak" Eleon said as he smiled at him menacingly.

'Ugh.. what do I have to do?' Kale thought as he follow the knight. They now outside the church, not so far from the church is a hill where it's wide and large to train on.

"Now kid I'll tell you what to do in order to learn the sword but first. You have to train that body of yours" Eleon said as he happily pointed the boulder of a rock sitting behind Kale. "For now onwards as long as you didn't life that boulder I won't teach you swordsmanship. That's why now! Run!" Eleon shouts.

Kale is lost on what to do, 'Did he just say run?' he thought as he slowly go running until he felt something behind him. Once he glance behind he saw a Griffin chasing him. "Aaaa!!!!" Kale shouts as he run as fast as he can but the griffin is large is fast that he can't even outrun it.

Suddenly he felt something is coming behind as he take a short glance he see that the griffin is trying to eat him. He quickly dodge the attack but lost his balance. He is now facing the ground, and he looks back as the griffin slowly close their distance and let out a loud noise in front of his face.

*Keeeeeeeek!!!*

Kale almost fainted by the pressure of the noise alone.

*Huff* *Huff*

"Kale you almost fainted to that? HAHAHA your too weak! Should I back down our negotiation?" Eleon said. 'What is he saying? Is he insane? That was a big monster do he expect me to defeat that?' Kale thought as he's trying to stabilize his breath.

"Now, now, get up" Eleon said as he sit down and watch Kale suffer. 'Heh.. I suddenly remember my master who taught me the hard way. He is more brutal than me... I think?' Eleon thought as he watch Kale get up.

"Now run again" Eleon said as he summoned the Griffin from the ground. "Whaaaat?!" Kale shouts as he run again. 'Now that you think of it. He seems have a good 6th sense. He dodge the incoming attacks that is coming from the back' Eleon thought as he watch Kale circle around the hill.

In the orphanage. Ciline is taken by one of the nun. "Your name is Ciline right?" the nun asked, Ciline asnwered with a shaky voice "Y-Yes sister". Once they are in from of the orphanage the children inside see the nun bringing another girl.

"Look another one! A friend!" A child said another child said "She looks like a noble? Why is she here?". "She's not a noble. I think she will be with us starting now" the girl with brown hair and grey eyes said.

The children ask her if she knows the girl the nun is with. She simply answered "We are a friend.. in the past".

3 years ago.

"Hey.. are we still not going home, Anton?" the girl with brown and grey eyes asked. "It's fine louisa, we just to get that" Anton said. "Yeah that's look yummy louisa!" a kid with blue hair and blue eyes said. "Shut up Kale! What if we got caught how about ciline" Louisa argued.

"It's fine louisa.. I'll go" Anton said, but Louisa tried to stop him, "But it's already enough we have to go home!". Anton as the oldest of the 3 of them want to fulfil one of his younger brother request.

"Don't worry I'm fine. Now just stay here" Anton said as he get up and blend in the crowd of people towards the vendor selling apples. He tried to reach out on the apple they are eying but suddenly his hand were cut off.

"No!!!" Louisa shouts as she tried to get up and run towards Anton. Kale stopped her and said "No louisa you can't go there right now!".

"I know this will attract rats like you" The vendor said as he look at Anton who's bleeding on the floor. "Look you fool! Thief! Scumbag! I will cutoff your hands if you try to steal from me again!" the man shouts.

Back to the present.

"Now the sun is setting. We have to go back to the church" Eleon said to Kale whose laying on the ground. 'I have survive that? Really?' Kale thought as he get up and feel his legs giving up and his knees shaking.

"Hm.." Eleon raise his hand and a glowing light comes out from it. Suddenly Kale doesn't feel the pain and he feel more lighter than before. "Wha-" Kale is in disbelief as he never seen magic or anything supernatural before.

"Don't worry it's just a basic healing. A Holy Knight is capable of such thing just like other priest but not to their extent on their divine healing" Eleon said as he walks towards the church. Kale followed him and is full of mud around his clothes.

"I wan't to go to my sister first.." Kale said as he follow Eleon. "Hm.. is that ok? I may ask the nun to bath you" Eleon said but Kale never seen his sister for over half a day. Usually when the sun set he is home with the things he steal from the stands around the plaza.

"No.. I just want to see my sister.. and I can bath my own!!!" Kale said and get flustered for a second. Eleon laugh as he said "Ok, ok, I was just joking about the bath. You can go now".

Kale walk towards the orphanage just beside the church. Once he step in and open the door he sees his sister. "Ciline!" Kale call out but he noticed she is not alone in the hall. He sees another figure, a familiar face.

"Long time no see Kale"

"Louisa?"