The Ruler of the Two Continents
CHAPTER 4 - INTRODUCTION

A person in a large brown hooded coat covering part of his face, entered the house through the back door. Suddenly he was immediately shocked, frozen still, his right palm that was holding some mushrooms, he immediately lifted up, as a result of the mushrooms were falling.

And his left hand clasped the lantern light, the lamp was blown away, lifted up as he raised his left hand.

“ Si..who are you? Why is it in my house?” ask the brown hood with a scared voice that turns out to be a female voice.

“ Don't be afraid, we won't hurt you, we just want to take shelter ” The general tries to calm down, one hand holds a sword, while the other one hints that the brown-coated woman will not be afraid.”

The girl slowly moved her hand opening the hood that was hiding her face.

All those in the room were silently waiting while remaining vigilant with their swords.

A long silver-haired girl, blue-eyed, round and beautiful, with pure white skin soft as soft as baby skin.

Her lips were pink without lipstick. What a beautiful sight. His body was not too tall nor was it short. Beautiful, and simple.

The general ordered all those behind him with their palms that conditional down.

All of them then lowered their weapons, as if speaking it seemed like this woman was harmless.

Then the general sheathed his sword and retreated towards the fireplace without saying any more. Because he knew that the one in front of him was not dangerous.

Gardden, try to explain to the girl who represents the general.

“ Sorry to have entered your house without permission, we knocked on the door but there was no answer, and we were cold outside, it looks like there will be a storm, can we take shelter for a while in your house miss? ” Gardden who laced with dark brown fur, with a thick beard not too long with some snow flakes attached trying to explain representing the general who did not want to talk much.

The silver-haired girl had calmed down a bit. “ Ah, yes.well..” his voice still implies confusion, but he is also unlikely to let them freeze to death out there, either, because he knew there was no shelter in that place, except his humble home.

“ Are you a healer?” asked Gardden, his mouth puffing smoke from the cold.

“ Yes sir, you could say so ”

“ What a fortune “ some men smile in relief, like finding a hope.

The beautiful girl tilted her head slightly looking back, her eyes towards the two people on the wooden stretcher who seemed to be in pain.

“ Looks like your friend is sick sir? Let me check.. “ The girl stepped towards the man lying on the wood, she was the Dude, who was covered in a dull sheet of fur that had been taped up.

Everyone in the room stepped aside as if giving way. The girl on her knees checked, she opened the blanket covering the leg of the man lying down.

The girl slightly grinned and slightly retreated. The man's feet were already rotten and purple-colored somewhat blackish, he only groaned in pain, weakly unable to say.

“ Looks like his legs are useless, we'll cut him off, but can you save his life? ” on the left side of the Dude, a rather long bearded man with a thick coat of bear fur, tried to inquire about the safety of his comrade.

For a moment the girl took a closer look at the condition of the man's legs lying down earlier, not answering the question of the bearded man.

“ Do not cut it first, try to give him a potion maybe able to recover “ The clean white girl stood up then headed for a rack filled with medicines and some leaves.

Then the girl lifted a little Dude's head, then gave a dark liquid to her mouth, and put another potion into the rotting part of her leg, then wrapped it in a white cloth.

After he examined the second man, the large-bodied blond Harmmon, who was experiencing cold beyond his normal limits (hypothermia ), until his body was almost all blue. The girl asked him to be laid on the papah and brought to the fireplace. Then the man was given to drink warm water that was still steaming a little.

“ Sir, please take off all her clothes and put these on for a while“ The girl gave a thick stack of cloth taken from the wooden closet as a change of clothes and blankets to the men who were there.

After she finished examining the sick, the girl returned to the table where food was available. He took a large teapot and poured it into several glasses that he lined up.

Hot, smoky water helps warm the body, then it gives to the men who are there, because it looks like they haven't been drinking warm water for a few days.

“ What's your name?” asked Gardden, a thick-bearded man, with thick brown hair and a whisker that was the same brown as his hair, his eyes rather large and nose pointed.

“ Merlin “ briefly answer the beautiful girl while returning to take the remaining two glasses.

“ Miss Merlin, if you don't mind, may we ask for a bit of your food? For almost a week, our stomachs had not been filled with food. We really appreciate if you're willing to help”

Spontaneous Merlin the girl turned her head in wonder towards Gardden.

“ Week? How can you survive that long without food?”

Merlin was a little shocked by the man's statement.

“ We are used to holding hunger, but this is the longest “ Gardden stressed.

“ Very strong your stomach. Em, I happen to have some food but not much, just my supply for a month, because this kind of weather I'm lazy to walk to the city center to buy food, so usually I buy a lot for supplies.

If you want to eat my cooking that has been cooked, go ahead but only a little, because I make it for myself , briefly I will cook for you guys, is it okay to wait?“

“ Ah yes miss, we can wait.sorry sorry” Gardden then sit in a chair near the table.

Merlin took a basket of potatoes, wheat and long bread. He also took from the shelf some canned food.

“ Thank you very much.” Garden smiled.

After being processed for a while, from the food was quite a lot. They ate it in turn, because Merlin's container was not as much as the people in his house at this time.

The men ate like children, greedy and hurried. Because of the hunger that can't be contained anymore. Merlin smiled seeing the men acting like children, there was a man who took food from a friend next to him, and then pressed the hand of the thief who stuck out.

There is also a man who eats while bringing food smoke closer to his face to feel warm. And the calmest among them was the black-robed man, whose face was quite handsome in the other side, his face was firm and dignified, his gulps were firm, his noses were sharp and perfect, he was the general Luzen, who did not say much, he ate seriously and calmly. Every now and then Merlin glanced at him.cold and authoritative.

‘It seems like they are not bad people, they are very polite to me. Their faces look very tired’.Merlin murmured in his mind.

After their bellies filled up, the pale faces of the men turned reddish, it seemed as if blood was flowing normally back into their bodies, due to the warmth of the house, the food, as well as the kindness of Merlin the host.

They were very grateful to Merlin.

“ Looks like you haven't told me your name yet, sir? “ Merlin as he cleaned the container of food, looked and asked General Luzen who was sitting holding an iron sword.

The man raised his face that had lowered his head rubbing a small cloth rub on his shiny sword.

“ You can call me Luzen” Briefly replied the authoritative man, who had black eyes and brownish hair rather long shoulder length.

“ General Luzen!” One of the brownish-blonde bearded men named Dumor chimed in.

“ No longer Mor..” in a weak but heavy voice, the man called the General was evasive while still rubbing the cloth on his sword.

“ Hey..Until whenever you're our general, and I'll keep calling you general, you fool! ” The bearded man was as if annoyed by his general answer.

“ Hey miss, don't believe what she just said. Although he looks stupid and sangar, but he is a great general, he is like a bear.he.”.

Plaque!!..

Another man hit Dumor's head from behind with his palm. Spontaneously the man turned towards him in shock.

“ You fool!!, the general does not want to remember the past anymore, do you not understand?! you should have known from her gloomy face.”

“ Hey, who did you say was stupid!! you buffalo head!”

They are like children fighting…

The general just shook his head at the ridiculous behavior of his men.

Merlin was just a clueless smile with their chatter, which Merlin understood back then that the authoritative and cold man was their general.

“ Sorry sir, where are you really going? Looks like you guys made a long and tiring journey?” ask Merlin back.

“ Well..Our journey is not just exhausting miss, but terrible.” Replied a white-haired man near Merlin while gulping warm water into his mouth.

“ For the moment we haven't got a destination “ Gardden explained.

“ You don't know where?” is going Merlin frowned in astonishment. Gardden just nodded.

“ Do you not mind if we spend the night here just to recover our energy?, after that we will continue the journey” pinta Gardden.

“ Emm, alright, you can stay a few days until your friend recovers sir. But because my house is narrow, if you want to find a place to stay while maybe I can show you a bigger place tomorrow”

“ Really? Where is miss?” The white-haired man asked.

“ Well, it's not far from downtown, I'll show you tomorrow. But that place..” Merlin looked down, his face changed. The man over there just frowned.

“ What's wrong miss?”

“ The place is a mess, abandoned, it's like a dead village, no one lives there. Would you like to stay in a place like that?”

“ No problem miss, maybe we can fix” one of them replied.

“Yes, the village must have been dust, burned, charred, chaotic, messy, because the village was.. where I lived before..with my family.” Implied sadness on Merlin's face, the men just threw a glance at each other.

“ Ah yes..Then let's make the bed for you.” Merlin's voice spontaneously changed as if switching the conversation, he clapped his palms together, stood up and immediately prepared a pedestal for sleep, it seemed like Merlin did not want to continue his grief. They simply fell silent in astonishment, then stood petrifying Merlin.

There were actually a lot of people who wanted to be asked, but it seemed like their questions would probably be kept and unquestionable that night.

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