Shadow Slave

Chapter 12

Right now, that obstacle was looking down, avoiding Sunny's gaze. His hand was resting on the sword handle. As always, the young slave had no idea about what was going on inside Hero's perfectly shaped head.

The uncertainty was making him nervous.

Finally, after some time had passed, the soldier spoke:

"I have only one question."

Both Sunny and Scholar stared at him while holding their breaths.

"Yes?"

"You said that one of us must be sacrificed to save the other two. Why him? From what I see, you are far closer to the grave."

'A great question! I was just about to ask it myself.'

Sunny turned to the older slave, trying very hard to suppress a mocking grin. But to his dismay, Scholar had an answer ready.

"Before the first attack, he was already bleeding because of your senior's whip. During the attack, he was drenched in the blood of a fellow slave. His cloak, too, was soaked in it when the previous owner died. The boy already reeks of blood. Keeping him alive will put us in danger. That's why he is the best choice."

The grin died before reaching Sunny's face.

'Curse you and your big brain!'

Scholar's reasoning was appallingly solid. Hero listened, his expression growing darker with each word. Finally, he looked at Sunny, a dangerous light shining in his eyes.

"That is true."

Sunny felt his mouth getting dry. Cold sweat was running down his spine. He tensed, ready to act…

But at that moment, Hero smiled.

"Your logic is almost unassailable," he said, unsheathing the sword. "However, you failed to account for one thing."

an eyebrow, trying to hide

"What might that be?"

from his face. Now, he was radiating thick,

Grace. I also know what you've done, and how you ended up a salve. Just one of the revolting crimes you have

Scholar's eyes widened.

the smell

about it. I'll make you bleed enough to overpower whatever residual scent

had time to react. Hero lunged forward with a speed that seemed almost inhuman. A moment later, Scholar was shrieking on the ground, his leg broken with one strike from the flat side of the young soldier's sword. Not giving him an opportunity to recover, Hero stomped on his other leg, and a sickening sound of shattering bones could be clearly heard. The

Scholar

graceful demeanor that Sunny felt blood turning to ice in his veins. This

soldier gave him a calm look and said in a placid

"Wait for me here."

and dragged him down the path, soon disappearing behind a rock outcropping. After a few minutes, terrible

was left alone,

is… this

believe how sudden Scholar's demise came to be.

later, Hero was back, acting as though nothing had happened. But it

Scholar's rucksack and throwing most of the firewood out, the young soldier put it over his shoulder and

We need

to say, Sunny gave him a nod and

were only two

sort of stupid, but

He even had time for unnecessary thoughts. A strange feeling of melancholy descended on Sunny… somehow, he began to feel that the end of this nightmare, whatever it might be,

for some time before Hero

It's not your fault. The decision was mine,

young soldier was a few steps ahead, so Sunny couldn't see his

knew this man's sins… actually, it's better that you don't. Just trust me when I say that killing him was an

wonder which one

people… always trying to rationalize their actions, always desperate to maintain an illusion of righteousness even while doing most foul things.

getting an answer,

you? Well, fair enough. Silence is

speak again after that,

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