Capítulo 4: The first battle
The two boys looking into each other's eyes to give each other courage, head for the shop. Simon spent the whole week analyzing every possibility to combine his revenge against the three bullies with a further result. The idea is to be able to discourage others from annoying him and Desmond.
A surprise attack would be the most effective solution to reach the first goal but not the second. The three could always lie about what happened.
A story told by Elza, however, has directed him towards a less violent but more effective solution. The goddess told a few years ago "I do not know if you know Simon, once in a distant land a nobleman with a huge army and a young noble of a small village met in front of a newly discovered mine between the two countries. The first one deployed his troops of knights in shining armor along the whole wall of the mine to show his strength. The young man, on his part, presented himself only with two miners by his side. The rich noble then asked for the unconditional surrender and to be able to extract the metals without any obligation to the other. The poor man asked the only courtesy of being able to see with his own eyes what was in the mine. The two agreed to send two warriors and the two miners together. After hours, only the miners returned screaming that they would never set foot in that cursed place and without being stopped they ran to the village. The noble young man apologizing also begins to return to the village. Left alone, the rich nobleman was panicked. "What happened? The knights?" After a few hours of waiting and with the increase of anxiety in the hearts of all those present, the army withdrew after labeling the mine as cursed. Years later the small village became a prosperous city thanks to the gold of the mine." Simon rubbing his temple asked "Why did not they suffer the curse?" The goddess of Fate laughed "The curse had never existed of course! The miners, thanks to their experience, were able to get out of the mine while the knights lost themselves inside. With a touch of improvisation, the small group made everyone believe that there was a curse. Remember that the unknown is what scares every being of this world."
The show was about to begin. Simon entered the shop and with all the savings of his life bought a rollo, a sweet biscuit stuffed with honey. The bait was placed. Grasping the cake in both hands for fear of dropping it, Simon thought, "It will be better to eat at least a little before the start."
While the boy was about to bite the cake, the three boys, headed to the trees to collect the wood, saw him. With a sign of assent, they rushed to surround him. The first pushed him to his friend on the left, which like a ball bounced back to the first one only to find the third kneeling like a tree root makes Simon stumble.
The greatest of the three, George, with a quick gesture, saves the cake from falling. Simon rubbing his ass "Ah, what happened? Why are you here? What do you still want from me?"
Sniffing the sweet George exclaims "Listen to me little ant! You just have to be proud of being useful in something in this world. Your goal is to entertain us and in this case make us eat a nice dessert. You are so useless and weak that this rollo would be a waste in your belly. Thank me that you do not have to collect wood for us!"
His friend "Of course! Because if he did it would take months to collect what we take in one morning!" The laughter of the three begin to attract people's attention. Usually nobody intervenes in these games among kids.
Simon clenching his fist declares "If you are so strong, why do you need to be in three to face me? I am convinced that if I cursed you with my skill, none of you could even touch one like Desmond!"
George "What are you talking about stupid! Desmond can hardly remove his hand from a flame before getting burned, as you think he can stand up to all three of us."
Desmond is peeping out from the corner of a hut. With his eyes lost, clashing with a couple of people he comes close to the group of boys.
Simon raising his voice "I challenge you! I bet the wood of a month that with my arcane power I will only need one finger to make you weak as babies! "
George red as a pepper barking at the people gathering around the group "Now you've got me damned! I will give you so many beatings that before you can collect the month of wood you will have to spend a month healing!"
Simon standing up, with his steady hand in front of him, shouts "I order you to become weak as babies!"
Without even slowing down, the three of them hurl themselves on the boy, clashing like waves against a rock. Desmond, with his usual empty gaze, is holding them steady. The kid taking George by the arm and turning it in the opposite direction of the shoulder is using him as a shield to the other two. Lost the initial momentum, the three, without any plan have been overcome by panic.
People around the small brawl slowly increase. The show seems worth it.
Desmond with a simple kick blocks the leg of one of the two henchmen while with his hand continues to strain the shoulder of the largest. The third frightened decides to change strategy and slings on Simon. Incredulous, a moment later, he is on the ground looking at the clouds.
"I would say that my curse has just worked if I am able to land one of you! What do you say? Do you give up?"
George with the foam to his mouth in anger struggles unnecessarily. The second boy, recovered the lost balance, clashes with a fist in the pit of the stomach. Desmond without even changing his expression removes his fist, letting him fall to the ground.
Simon thanks to the move learned by Desmond has easily thrown the third on the ground but with his limited strength is terrified of having to continue this fight for longer. If he does not hurry, they will understand that the curse is just a fabricated story.
George becomes increasingly difficult to control for Desmond as he pretends to be mentally slowed down again. Moreover, he begins to glimpse some sign of terror on the face of his friend Simon.
Also in the crowd is Doris, Simon's mother and her friend Rowena. With one hand on her mouth, she watches the scene helplessly. She knows that if she gets involved with her son, it will be the beginning of an endless ordeal. She clenches her fists and tries to keep looking.
The image of anxious mother made the emotions unlock inside Simon. Riding the wave of emotions generated by years of harassment, the boy slowly approaches George. The latter with a shot of the kidneys, managing to free himself from Desmond's grip, like a rabid dog launches towards his enemy.
While the crazy guy tries to hit Simon's face with all the strength of his fist, the little guy dodges at the last second kneeling and collecting the rollo.
The whole crowd burst into exaggerated laughter when George stumbled forward. The last image before slipping is Simon trying to put the whole honey cake inside his mouth.
With a mouth full of crumbs "However it will end, at least I have not wasted even a crumb of this wonder."
That brief comic moment made the grim lose all the boys involved in the fight. George, conscious of having made a fool of himself in front of everyone, tries in some way to put a piece of stuff into the matter and laughing, exclaims, "We don't talk with a full-mouthed donkey! We do not understand what you say!"
Simon swallowing "I would say it's time for all of us to collect the wood and finish it like that, I do not want to fight, I'm still recovering from the last bruises you left me."
George smiles and replies "I have not yet figured out how you did but one day you will explain it to me, now let's go to wood. Since nobody has won everyone has to collect his own."
The crowd disappointed by the result returns to their commissions. Even the two women walk away talking to each other, Simon has never seen them smile like that.
The five get up and after a cleanup walk towards the woods. The three, continuing to watch the other two, are walking thinking about how close they came to a memorable fool. Simon, on the other hand, is thinking that perhaps he will have to clean his underwear in the river before returning home because he is quite convinced that he has done it in his trousers.
In the days following the doubt grew and the stories told were magnified. No boy at Mountain Ass bothered Simon and Desmond anymore for fear that at least one of the stories about their arcane powers or their strength was true.
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