Life in prosperity?
Distant from the fires of war, a group of islands on the sea of Seikan Bleu stood manors belonging to a noble family torn apart by the atrocities of the conflagration. The family has used the islands to be a safe haven for anyone affected by the fight, humans and Hemmlings alike to live on the island in harmony hoping that the pointless fight ceases.
The matron of the manor, Lady Annise Ponce whose husband was part of the king’s court serving as an advisor and is now on the battlefield beyond the Seikan Bleu still serving the king despite his apprehension towards pointless strife.
The Islands were the last gift Lord Ponce gave to his wife before she fled with the others who wanted refuge, now on her umpteenth day of waiting for news from the mainland to arrive, she stood at the pier for the monthly boat that brings supplies for the manor to arrive hoping she could get a hold of the news that her husband was of good health in the war struck mainland.
Eventually, the supply boat came and Lady Annise looked ecstatic but her lady-like grace hid the fact as she talked to the boat’s skipper meanwhile the other residents of the island who could carry hefty crates hauled them back to the main building to be stored. Slowly but surely each crate of food and amenities were whisked to the main building and so did the skipper’s and Lady Annise’s conversation coming to a close resulting in a clouded look with tears seemingly welling up in her eyes as she walked back to the manor.
“Dain!” I was shaking from my thoughts and looked back at the source of the noise, it was Tian and his twin Niel, Tian much more annoyed looking at me meanwhile his twin worried by his brother’s shout,
Looking out of the vista almost forget my activity of narrating over things as I wrote them into a journal so that I could compile them into a tale much like the stories I’ve heard and read before I was sent by my parents, but now I’m taken aback to reality and chores plague the most awe-inspiring of moments as I slowly stood back up to face the twins who came to get me.
“I know you witnessed something awe-inspiring that you had to narrate and write it down, I know.” ah, I must have kept an open book in this scenario, Tian guessed already my poor excuse, I really should make a new one, his face was already annoyed best not to make it on the spot and be on the receiving end of his nagging. Just shrugged at his remark and we went on our way back.
As we returned to the common room, Tian was already nagging of my whereabouts to Sir Ian, Lady Annise’s head attendant. He didn’t scold me as much as Tian but I digress. After the monotonous chores being
