Chapter 41

Even whereas constructing the home, Tarhan assisted in each looking schedule set by Kahanti and was referred to as out to work within the fields in the course of the harvest season. And when there was a flood, he was additionally the primary to be mobilized to clear an enormous tree that had fallen in the midst of a rock website.

The completed home was nearly one of the best within the tribe.

“My home by no means leaks when it rains or will get chilly when the wind blows. It was sturdy. If you happen to lie down inside, it is vitally cozy. You may simply go to sleep. The chimney can be properly linked to the skin, so there is no such thing as a smoke even as soon as. Even when there’s a storm or hail, it is not going to be affected.”

Tarhan by no means uncared for to take care of the home often. Yearly, he blended freshly boiled grass porridge with mud and painted the outside of the home he had shaved down, and checked the chimney for any clogs.

As well as, he additionally eliminated and cleaned the lifeless ashes and stones within the kiln, pushed away the moss by the properly, and repaired the collapsed pile of stones.

“It’s a bit removed from city, however that’s…”

Enya couldn’t proceed.

It was as a result of it naturally got here to thoughts when Tarhan began on the lookout for a website for the home.

On the time, he believed that Enya’s physique was weak, she collapsed at any time, and as soon as she lay down sick, she didn’t get higher due to the poor atmosphere. Due to that, he wished to cease going to and from the deserted dugout huts the place there was no heating or cooling in any respect.

Nonetheless, there weren’t many homes {that a} boy with nothing may have, having barely undergone a coming-of-age ceremony in opposition to the elders.

Each time he was pushed by the proprietor, they had been pushed to the place the place nobody lived.

‘There was no serving to hand, so he needed to construct a home on naked floor…’

Enya wove the carpets for the completed home with yarn she made herself. She additionally embroidered the wall hangings, and the vase positioned subsequent to the mattress was additionally made by hand. Tarhan personally baked it within the kiln, glazed it, and handed it to her with out saying a phrase.

Since she put shamrocks and dahlias within the vase, every time Tarhan handed it, he would look on the vase and attempt to preserve the corners of his mouth from rising.

She considered the home and bit her lip.

“Do you’ve a fever…? Why are your eyes so pink once more?”

As Leroi jabbed her cheek along with his index finger beginning a quarrel, Enya nervously swatted his hand away.

Then, Leroi murmured teasingly as he withdrew from her.

“They are saying that if you happen to shed tears like that, a cranium spider will catch you in Nervana Forest.”

Enya rolled her eyes at Leroi.

“Ah, anyway, Tarhan took care of the home. It’s a very good home.”

She then added a couple of phrases of recommendation to Leroi.

“If you happen to don’t have that a lot sincerity, ladies wouldn’t need to even see you, not to mention enter your hut?”

“Haa, as anticipated, ladies are scary. After Nihitan was caught by Yaru, he was swayed right here and there. Despite the fact that she is totally controlling it in keeping with her style, he alone doesn’t understand it.”

Leroi stated that and pretended to shake his shoulders.

Enya checked out him as if he was just a little brother, then slapped him on the shoulder. As anticipated, solely her hand harm.

The banquet with the individuals of Nervana Forest, which was like a fantasy, was already exhibiting an finish. The younger individuals, who tirelessly loved their time over the hearth, fell asleep one after the other, holding glasses of their arms, digging into one another’s our bodies.

She may see the elders, together with Kiyan, trying on the younger individuals with pitiful eyes and pushing them away with their legs in order that they may sleep immediately.

Enya all of a sudden got here to her senses when it was midnight and he or she checked the environment, which had grow to be darkish earlier than she seemed round for Rigata.

Finally, she noticed Rigata was just a bit disorganized, as anticipated, however he was nonetheless consuming a glass of wine that was nonetheless not empty close to the Gerpan they’d been using with clear eyes. She was startled to discover a pink mark on the nape of his neck that she had apparently by no means seen earlier than.

‘…I don’t must really feel sorry for having fun with the banquet alone.’

Pondering that in her unconscious thoughts, Enya, who climbed the gerpan with Rigata’s assist, quickly noticed Kiyan and Fiarca approaching her.

“Thanks for coming at this time. It was a pleasure to be with each of you.”

Fiarca adopted, saying she would see Enya off with a courteous smile.

As she was about to say no, with Rigata’s dissuade, Enya ultimately agreed to let Fiarca take her to the doorway of Aquilea Village.

“I’ll prepare a time to satisfy once more quickly.”

Kiyan held Enya’s hand for a very long time with a agency gaze that didn’t waver. Regardless of her burdensome gaze, Enya couldn’t bear to shake off that hand, and after some time, she was capable of depart.

After arriving on the entrance of the village and after parting methods with Fiarca, the 2 of them drove the Gerpan for fairly a while. It was as a result of Tarhan and her hut, the place they lived, had been far aside from the homes of the others.

It was in the midst of the day when she was passing across the village, when abruptly, there was a loud noise throughout.

“The horses have run away! Hurry up and ask for assist!!”

The entire village was turned the other way up by the commotion.

Enya seemed up at Rigata anxiously. He, too, frowned to go searching the village the place the commotion was going down with a foul face. At the moment, an individual who appeared to know Rigata ran rapidly and approached him.

“Rigata! You might be right here!”

“What’s going on?”

Rigata requested him, frowning. It seemed like he was just a little extra sober now.

“It seems just like the cages of the horses that had been answerable for transporting provides on the northern street have damaged down. Dozens of horses run amok and run away directly…”

At these phrases, Rigata’s expression darkened directly.

“The place is the deputy chieftain?”

“Simply completed the assembly and headed to the grain storage with the elders.”

If it was the grain storage, it was only some minutes away from right here. Rigata uttered a curse and glanced at Enya.

Enya rapidly responded.

“Don’t thoughts me, and go rapidly. I know how house from right here.”

Listening to her phrases, Rigata hardened his expression and affirmed.

“You may’t. The deputy chieftain instantly ordered that Enya be dropped at him.”

The following second, the horses’ commotion grew louder. Even with two or three males clinging to it, it could be tough to subdue a wild stallion although dozens of such horses escaped, so it was fairly a problem.

The grain storage the place Tarhan was stated to be was not removed from right here. It was positioned within the village space just some dozen steps away.

Enya rapidly spoke to Rigata.

“It’s just a little removed from right here to the home, but when it’s the grain storage, it’s a couple of steps from right here. If Tarhan is there, I’ll go there myself. Rigata, go assist these individuals.”

With these phrases, Rigata’s expression appeared to be troubled. He lastly requested Enya with a low voice and muttered, ‘D*mn it.’

“Are you actually okay?”

She rapidly nodded her head.

Rigata turned to the person, who was watching them nervously and rapidly gave directions.

“First, take out all of the trapping ropes within the warehouse. Borrow horses from the village subsequent door. Hurry!”

Quickly, he rapidly disappeared together with the person.

In the meantime, Enya noticed them working amok and overpowering a horse that charged them after which hurried to the grain storage.

A big hut designated as grain storage was seen among the many densely packed warehouses. It appeared that she had reached the fitting place, judging from the mortar and pestle, damaged scythe, and baskets coated with bitumen throughout them.

At that second, a determine jumped out of the warehouse entrance. Enya instinctively freaked out and leaned in opposition to the wall to cover. After confirming who it was, Enya’s expression darkened.

…It was Avisak.

As quickly as she noticed the pink hair blowing within the wind, her coronary heart began beating in ache.

‘Tarhan was with the elders…’

Avisak, after all, was not alone. Her maid, who appeared to have been ready for her, who at all times adopted Avisak like a shadow, was rapidly dressing her in a gown earlier than she ultimately disappeared into the darkness with the maid.

Feeling her coronary heart pounding, Enya cautiously made her strategy to the doorway of the barracks from which Abishak had come out. Gentle streamed in from the marginally open door. She heard that Tarhan was positively with the elders, however he didn’t really feel a lot of a human presence inside.

‘I ponder if Tarhan was alone right here.’

Whereas serious about that, Enya was startled and cowered. It was by no means proper to suspect him. However surprisingly, she felt a tingling sensation in her chest and throat.

‘Above all, since Avisak is an outsider to her, she have to be strictly forbidden from getting into Aquilea’s grain storage…’

Enya swallowed dryly and opened the door to the grain storage shed the place Tarhan was presupposed to be.

The well-oiled door opened with no sound.

“Tarhan…”

Within the all of a sudden brightened warehouse, Enya quietly referred to as Tarhan’s identify as she closed her eyes within the blinding gentle. However, within the grain storage, the person she anticipated was not there.

Gernan, with vast open eyes, was giving a gaze in direction of her.

Enya didn’t even have time to consider it anymore, so she jumped misplaced like a frog from a snake. Nonetheless, she couldn’t take a couple of steps and was instantly grabbed by the again of her head and dragged into the warehouse.

“Huu, huuhk…!”

Her eyes went darkish.

On the identical time, a fiery ache rose via her scalp. Gernan didn’t take into consideration her ache, and he blindly grabbed her hair earlier than dragging her into the center of the shed. Then, he acquired up and climbed on her physique as she tried to run away once more, kicking him wildly.

“What, I believed I used to be taking a look at one thing… You actually are Enya.”

Gernan, who pressed down on Enya’s physique, opened his mouth, narrowing his eyes vast in shock. She was disgusted on the scent of leaf tobacco that spewed out of his mouth.

Straight away, her physique, engulfed in concern, stiffened, and he or she couldn’t consider something.

His eyes darkened as he checked out her. Regardless of attempting arduous to push him away, the person who had grabbed her and held her down didn’t transfer.

“I nonetheless really feel like shit, however I didn’t count on you to come back like this.”

“Hu, heup! Let me go…!

Gernan’s eyes flashed meanly on the lady struggling beneath him.

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