Under the sunny summer sky
Is where this tale will pass by
Everything started here and now
Rare tale that'll brake the nature's law

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" Hey.. Old man..
It's cramped in here old man...
Are you even listening, Heey.."

"Please... Just shut up for one damn minute...!"
A man who can be seen driving a horse-drawn cart shouted, with anger to be sure, then he looked back.

"...And my name isn't 'Old Man', it's Enganar, and I've told you for the 12th time !!"
He humped and continued, " Speaking of which, I think I don't know your name..."

"Heh, Old man, you would ACTUALLY KIDNAPPED someone whose name you don't know, and that's the joke of the day !"

"Yeah..I've made a mistake.. I suppose to TAKE, not KIDNAPPED, a 18 years old boy that had been searched for this whole 5 years, instead, I mistakenly took a retarded uneducated stray rabid dog that had not eaten for 4 days, silly me.."

"Ragenta..."

"...Huh?"

"That's my name, Ragenta, I'm young, as you say, 18 years old, unlike someone in front of me, and right now I'm being abducted by a weird, immoral, Immature,and impolite old man for some unimportant reason for all I know. Anything else you need to know..?"

'This brat...' But Enganar hold his curse inside his mouth and sighed.

'How did this happen again..?"

5 Years Ago

" Attention!! To all civilians in this city, we hereby declared that whoever find this person and bring him to His Majesty will get a big reward, I repeat.. Anybody who finds this person and bring him to The King will be granted with a big reward, for more information details of the person, you can look at the notice that we have spread all over the town...!", A soldier with a stern face and black hair read aloud a piece of parchment in his hand as he stand in the middle of the town, he have a unshaved and untidy beard with a thick mustache.

"Damn, there's no end to this torment..." He muttered, suddenly a voice behind him startled him, "Yo, what's with the gloomy face Garnet ? Can't get enough of your job ?" followed by a light chuckle, " Enganar... Please do not add more problem to my list, sometimes His Majesty's order is just too confusing and far from understandable.." He sighed again.

" And you know what.." Garnet continued, then he grab the collar of his comrade's clothes, " I'm supposed to do this with YOU... Not ALL BY MYSELF, you slacker.. All you have been doing is making the fact that we still have more than 25 towns to go to worse..." Enganar laughed nervously, " Ha..ha.. I understand, I understand, now can you please let me go, I'm choking over here..". Garnet let him go before scolding him again,"While you had all the fun of walking and running to whatever place your heart leads you, here I am, drying my own throat after only 5 towns, do you even pay any attention to what we have..., no, correction, what I MYSELF have been doing all these times ? "

" Yes, yes, no need to be so grumpy, All we need to do is spread the notice for this 'missing' person right ?" He answered as he pointed to one of the many notice he's been holding, there's a photograph of a young man, probably around 13 years old, with a blonde hair, a pair of eyes as black as coal, and a straight expresionless face, plus a big bold WANTED letters below it. " Let me see..." Enganar continued, "Hmm.. 'Anyone who find him will be granted an official certificate from The Kingdom, a promotion shall they be from the army, and about 200 pieces of gold coins, *( Of course if the person himself is willing to show up, we won't mind ) Signed, The Imperial Kingdom' Wow, we will be rich if we can find this young gentleman over here!" He exclaimed happily.

Garnet then said again with a tone of disbelief, " Fat chance, didn't you know that we do not have a single clue about this person except for his face!? Not his name, not his origin, hell, we don't even know what he had done.. Even the minister itself has asked Your Majesty countless time and he just brushed them off."

"Hmm.. a mysterious person for some unknown reason.. Interesting..." Enganar mumbled

"It's not interesting stupid, it's annoying and tiring.. Let's just move on to the next town quickly so we can take a break."

"Yes, yes, on my way..."

The day before before yesterday

" Pheew.. That was quite a storm outside.." Enganar said as he entered his house, " Sis, is dinner ready? " He shouted.

Silence...

"Sis, you there? " He search in the kitchen and dining room, but there's no one, "Hey, Sis, if this is some kind of joke, cut it out, cause it's not funny and it's really creeping me out." Still no reply, Ok, now he's panicking.. He started rushing to the living room and still didn't find anybody, just when he's about to freak out completely, suddenly..

'Snoore...'

" ..Huh? 'Snoore..'? " He approached the couch where he assumed the sound were from and let out a huge sigh of relief, lying on the couch were his younger sister, sleeping.

'Oh my God, you scare the crap outta me' He thought, then speak a little louder, " Hello, earth calling Tierra, are you still alive there? "

"..Hmm..? Ah! Big bro, you're home already? "

" As you can see, it's pretty obvious I'm here, anyway, what happened? Usually you're still awake at this hour.."

" What..? Oh, right, 'That'! "

"..Huh.? What's 'That'?

" You see, when I on my way home from the market this morning, I saw a man unconscious just a few feet from our house, I decided to just walk past him but the people on the street started giving me some nasty look, so I decided that I'll at least take a look at him, and after I waited and tried to wake him several times, the rain started to pour down, and I'm afraid he will only get worse if I leave him alone, so I decided to dragged him inside, but suddenly it occured to me 'What if he already dead? ' so then, I checked his pulse and turned out he's alive, well, he need a better place to rest than the floor, so I took him to your room, then..."

"Wait..! What!? You took him to MY ROOM ?! "

".Huh.? Yes? " Tierra replied nervously, " Is there something wrong? "

" Obviously..!! God.. Just for example:
1. The order of action that you should have done is totally wrong.. and if that man had some major injuries, there'll be a fresh corpse in my room by now
2. And the last too, why my room??"

"Big bro, you're so noisy.. I don't wanna my room to be dirty, and since you're both guys shouldn't you try to get along, well?

" Nonsense, where should I sleep now? "

" Well, there's the coach.."

"Why don't you just sleep there, I 'm gonna go to my room and wake whoever this stranger is and told him to just go to some damn hospital instead." He then marched to his room and open up the door pretty loudly.

" Rise and shine..!! Now's the time to..." He trailed off, when he saw who is it.on his bed.

"Huh, this person, he.."

" Eh, what's the matter big bro? "

" He.. is the one.. who is in the photograph..?"

The day before yesterday

Enganar walk back and forth in the palace hall as he wait impatiently, he looked really restless when suddenly the door was opened and from there appeared a man, he looks a little older than Enganar despite his composed and calm face, he wore an outfit that of a king, there's no mistake, this is His Majesty in the flesh.

" Enganar, wasn't it? I heard you have found the person I have been searching for this past 5 years , is this true?" although his face still contained the same straight expression, but there's a slight sign of happiness in his tone.

"Yes, Your Majesty, However, I'm afraid as of right now, he is still unconscious for some reason, shall I bring him here? " Enganar replied as he bowed.

" I see, then please do attend to him as carefully and as fast as you can, after he had fully recover, then shall you bring the man to the palace, our gate will be open for you, and of course if you do this succesfully, your reward shall be waiting.."

"Understood, Your Majesty.." He then lift his head," I shall take care of him then bring him here in 2 days, you can have my word."

" Alright, then I entrust this to you Enganar." As The King walked away from the hall.

Yesterday

" Hell no."

"..and may I asked why..?" Enganar can feel his eyebrows twitching, all because of this brat who is sitting just in front of him while eating and making himself at home. As expected this person had the exact same face as the one in the photograph, except for his hair that is not loose but being tied in one side and braided on the back, and his eyes, they're not black, but they're blue, the deepest blue anyone could ever had seen.

"Let me make it clear it for you, you want me who you just met 2 days ago, to blindly follow you to wherever place this 'Your Majesty' is, to claimed your reward and get promoted, who do you think I am? The Grateful Crane or something? There's no way I'm following you anywhere, I'm not a dog, and even if I am, you are like the last person I'd ever choose as my master." He finished his argument while holding out his empty plate, "Second."

"That is not your second, but your sixth plate, and you have just squeezed our supply for 2 weeks." Tierra answered while pointing at the giant empty rice bowl.

"Is that so.. then I guess that's it then" he raised from the table and walked to the couch, "I'll just stay here for one more night, then I'll be going first thing in the morning, thank you for your care, goodbye." Then he slept.

Enganar and Tierra just watched in disbelief, "So, what're you gonna do big bro? He refused." She stated,

"You think I'm gonna give up? "

"...Actually.. No"

"Of course, just when a brighter future is right in front of us, how can I back off? "

"So, you got a plan? "

"Yes, if talking to him won't cut it through, then.."

"Then..?"

He sighed, " Then we have to use force.."

Today

" You kidding? That's why I was abducted, for that kind of ridiculous thing??!" Ragenta shouted.

"Yeah..Wha..? What?! You hear ?!!" Enganar snapped back.

"Just so you know, you've been reciting every phrases and words in your mind. Anyway, I can't believe it.. That's the reason why when I woke up I was tied and ended up on this smelly cart's back? "

"..."

".....So.."

" ...That's right.."

" Idiots.."

" Listen here.. You might not know, but life is hard even for us soldier, while the war is still on, this kind of offer is like an oasis in a desert." Enganar exclaimed. " Just please cooperate, His Majesty already promised that you shall be treated with.." He didn't finished his sentence

Ragenta can feel there's something on Enganar's mind so he asked, "What? "

" What.. Kind of thing..."

"..Huh? "

" What have you done so that Your Majesty so persistently searched for you for 5 years ?" He asked reluctantly.

Ragenta startled at the question, after some times thinking, he answered, " I don't know myself.. I personally don't think I've done anything important, good or bad in particular that the King would searched me for." He finished,

'What I have done, huh..., heh, how laughable, All this time, after That incident, I have done..'

" Nothing.." Ragenta whispered to himself.

" ..Huh? What? " Enganar thought he heard something.

" Drive faster old man, my legs feel stiff after being in this cart for too long." Anyone-except Enganar apparently, can see he is trying to change the subject too quickly.

" Yes, just hang on, the Palace should be.." Enganar felt like he has just missed somthing important. " Right around this corner.. Ah ! There it is! We have arrived."

After he had untied Ragenta but keeping a close eye on him, they walked into the palace, as expected the guard let him in under The King's command, when The King walked in the room, he greeted the both of them, " Welcome, Enganar, it's nice to see you here, and young lad, you too."

Enganar bowed deeply and forced Ragenta to do the same," My King, may I asked what kind of thing Ragenta could have done that request your attention for these past years? "

" Ragenta.. so that's his name, Oh, your eyes are not black huh, they're blue, but we can deal with that later.." The King exclaimed happily

"My King.. You do not know his name..? Yet you're searching for him..? What is the meaning of this if I may ask?" Enganar said in surprise.

"That's right, all this time, I have searched for him, yet I couldn't tell the reason to you or my soldiers, but since you're the one who brought him here, I suppose you deserve explanation.. Come with me..Both of you.." The King then walked away to a hallway, followed by them, then he stopped in front of a room.

He then turned around and said in a slightly low voice,"Listen to me, whatever you're going to see or hear is a classified information, I must have your pledge that you will not leak it to anyone, your friends or family.. Do you understand, Enganar? "

"Loud and clear, Sir." Enganar replied, now he is curious as to find out what's behind the door.

The King slowly opened the door in front of him and said, " Rei, are you here? "

"Yes, Father" A voice answered

'Weird.. I think The King didn't have any kid." Enganar thought

"Would you come here.." The King continued.

"Yes, father." Then from the obscure dim room, a figure is walking towards them.

When the figure is outside the room, both Ragenta and Enganar widened their eyes in disbelief and shocked.

" You... Why... That face.." Ragenta couldn't finish his sentence

"I can't believe it.." Enganar continued.

" There's no mistake... The one who is actually in the photograph, who had been searched for these past 5 years...

It's you.."

-to be continued-

Alright.. So that's the first chapter, hope you like it, if there's some gramatical mistake, I'm sorry, and if you have any questions regarding the story, just ask me, I'll try giving the answers without any spoilers. I hope I can finished the next chapter soon.

-Thank you for Reading-