Groga exhaled, "Messenger.. Adui is a kid. We have not even started his training yet."
"I saw what the child could do with my own eyes," Messenger said, with a rather stern expression.
"Adui is.." Groga exhaled, "He is a genius. But that doesn't change the fact that we have not started his training yet. He is not demmed fit to participate in the ceremony."
Messenger got lost in thought and started pacing around. It is then that Harry noticed a silent agreement between Maya and the messenger. Finally, the man came to a stop and announced, "As a messenger of the Grand Priestess, I grant Adui permission to enter into the ceremony."
Harry noticed everyone from the tribe was taken aback by the decision. Groga and Joron started seething with anger, their knuckles holding back the wraith that they were feeling. But none of them made a noise; the messenger's words were like a decree, so they just couldn't refuse.
"Do you have problems with my decree, Adui?" Messenger asked him out of the sudden.
Everyone from the tribe looked at him as if suspecting him of doing something stupid. Harry, who had been standing there, didnt know what to say. He didnt even know what this festival was. If he were to guess, then the festival would entail showcasing some sort of Vita-related powers.
But what he did know was how to read the room. "No. I have no problems," Harry said nonchalantly. He didnt know what would happen if he were to say no.
"See, the boy has no problems," Messenger said while patting Groga's shoulder. "Trust me, he will raise the flag of Vulcans for all the Heks to see."
The ceremony was soon disbanded. The feast started. While the Aqua tribe and the Messenger were busy celebrating with the meat that they had caught, Harry was ushered away from the eyes by Groga and Joron. All three of them were up the rock, sitting in Joron's hut with a grim expression.
Harry still had no idea what the ceremony was all about, so he chose to remain silent.
Groga was the first to break the silence, "What should we do, Father?"
"What can we do. Prepare. Prepare the boy for what he is about to face," Joron said.
So the festival is very dangerous, huh? He thought.
"No more hunting from tomorrow," Groga declared. "You will start your training from tomorrow. I will personally train you."
Harry nodded. "Alright,"
Joron then slammed his hands on the table, "Damn that Maya. She still holds the grudge to this day."
"Adui," Groga said rather softly. "Why dont you go down? Enjoy the feast while you are at it,"
Harry nodded, and then Joron quickly added, "And you need to choose an essence. I will not hear a no for an answer again," He didnt say anything, and just exited the hut…
***
It didnt take Harry to find Tina, she was serving meat to the Aqua tribesmen when he called out, "Tina!" his voice stunned everyone in the vicinity. "With me," he said.
Some people gave him a look of pity look, while some smirked. He didnt care, he needed an answer and he needed them now.
Like a good slave, Tina followed him silently. They ventured outside of the tribe's premises, into the grasslands, which were illuminated by the moonlight. It is only after they had made a certain distance away from the tribe that he stopped. He then sat down on the grass and gestured for Tina to sit down before him.
She was blushing as she sat down in front of him.
"Let's start, shall we?" he said. "I will ask you some questions, and you do the same. But let me tell you something, I only like listening to the truth,"
She nodded. So he asked, "What do you want from me?"
Tina averted her gaze, while blushing, added, "Tina want. Bear master Adui children,"
Harry passed her a smile, without a warning, slapped her across her face, shaking her whole body in the process. Tina fell to her side, with one of her hands on her cheeks, and she looked frightened. "Sit straight. I am not done,"
She pushed herself up, looking scared now. Then Harry asked her, "I will ask again. What do you want from me?"
"Bea.. Bear children," this prompted Harry's backhand kiss her other side, making her fall once again.
"Sit up straight," Harry said nonchalantly. "I am done yet,"
Now tears were running down her face, Tina started whimpering. But Harry was not done yet. Seeing her state, he decided to elaborate further, "You loathe me. I know that. You loathe everyone. I have seen it in your eyes, the contempt you have for the people who are fine living as slaves. The fire of fury has not died in your eyes, so I will ask once again, Tina. What do you want from me?"
Now her whimpering started being induced with anger, "Kill me," she said in language that Harry didnt understand. "I will rather die than live under the roof of Heks again,"
"I cannot understand you," Harry simply said. "Try speaking in Heks' tongue now,"
"Kill. Kill Tina," she said, resigning to her faith.
Harry thought for a second, "Okay. I will kill you. Do you wanna die, before using your questions? Are you sure about that?"
At that moment, Harry's thoughts were as clear as day. If this woman was not even strong enough, then he simply cannot use her. He will just have to discard her and search for another one.
Tina, who was still whimpering and looking at him with hatred, thought about his words for a few seconds and then asked. "What. Adui want?"
For the first time in the conversation, Harry smiled, "Burn. Burn the Heks. Burn Agora. And then kill the Grand Priestess,"
Tina was not expecting the answer, clear from her expression. "Why?" she questioned.
Harry thought for a second and then simply shrugged. "Dont know. Maybe it is because of slavery. Maybe because I feel like it. The only real.." There were no words in Heks for motivation, "Dont have a reason yet. But I figure I will figure something out eventually. I always tend to find one reason or another to kill,"
Tina wasn't expecting the answer. But she asked again, "Slavery? Adui kill Heks, for slavery?"
Harry smiled. "Slavery is bad. I have myself expirenced it. In the 6000 lunar cycles of my life, I destroyed countless slavery chains that I have come across,"
"6000…" she muttered, now completely stunned by his response.
"Also," Harry quickly added. "Dont think of me as a warrior of justice. I am not that. I do what I want, whenever I want. Think of me as a Kukarachan. A being who does what he wants,"
And that was the truth as well. Harry had decided to destroy Heks tomorrow or some day. There was no planned day. He was not doing it to free the slaves either, he doesn't care about the slaves. What he cared about was his goal: to burn the people with it. What happens to slaves, he doesn't care about that.
"You.. Not Adui. Who are you?"
"Me?" Harry said with a smile. "I have been called by many names. But you call me Harry," Tina just stared at him, trying to understand whether this was truly happening or not…