Capítulo 2: Ceremony for the Chosen One
Somewhere in a very tall mountain, a man is fetching water when all of the sudden he sees that the other people are getting ready for their celebration. "So it is that time huh?" he said to himself and then walks hurriedly back to his hut as the sun rose up in the horizon.
"It is time my lord. It is time for the young master to leave for the journey." The same man that was fetching water said.
"So it is time huh? To think that this would come so soon." He turns to the man and smiles.
The man humbly bows his head as his lord is rising from his seat. "I believe that the young master's mission is important for the balance of this world." He added. "Yes. I believe so as well. But still, I did not expect that I would feel doubtful when this day had finally come." The man also did not expect to see his lord to act like that since he is so happy when they learned that his only son is the chosen one to have the mission that had long been their family's mission for centuries.
"Yes, but the last ones to have received the mission did not came back so I am a bit worried bout Jiniro. What if he doesn't return like the others that was recorded in the past?" he tells the man before him and he agrees. "I think so as well my lord but he is the last person from madam's prophecy. Ever since she died, the others have always been worried about the uncertainty of the future as well."
The two share the same worry for the chosen one since he had been close to them ever since he was a child. "We must hurry my lord. Everyone is waiting, they have already prepared everything for the ceremony for seeing the young lord out." The lord nod his head and heads out first after seeing that everyone is excited about the ceremony but deep down, he knows that everyone is just as worried about him as well.
"That's right. This is the reason why this family had continued for centuries for that sole purpose after all. My ancestors would curse at me if I chicken out right now." The lord thinks to himself and sees that the people are already gathered outside his house. "We greet the lord." They all bow down the moment they laid their eyes on him. "Please be at ease everyone. We are all equal here so there is no need to behave like that, the title of the lord is only given to me since we have been bestowed with the mission to restore the balance of the world by the founders after all."
Regardless of what he said, the people still acted respectful in front of him. It is then, that the young lord, the only son of the lord had stepped out after he was lead there by the man that was before the lord earlier. "The young lord and the chosen one has arrived." As the man announced this, all the people kneels before the young lord as their savior. "We greet the chosen one." The young lord then looks at them in surprise and then realize that the time has come.
Without much delay, the ceremony has started and they made him wear the ceremonial dress and made him sit in the middle of the table. The elders of the group hover their hands over his head and says their prayers for his successful journey just as they have done in the past chosen ones as well. "We pray that the young lord is successful in his mission." The prayers lasted for a long time and the entire venue is engulfed in silence for the entire duration.
"This is the last day that I will be seeing our son my dear. I hope that you are still watching us from above. Please watch over him as he travels to fulfill the mission that our ancestors had decided to do centuries ago." He slowly close his eyes and says his long prayers for his son just like what the elders are currently doing.
"Father. Father. Father." The lord hears the indistinct voice of his son calling out to him and when he comes to, the prayers had already ended and the people are now waiting for him to announce the start of the celebration. "Ah-eh? I thought I was just saying my prayers a few moments ago. How much time has passed?"
The people that were watching him felt his uneasiness after seeing the expression that their lord is making. The man approaches the lord and ask if he is fine out of worry since it is the first time that their lord had acted like that. "My lord. Is there something wrong?" he can see the worry on his right hand man's face and reassures him that everything is fine.
"F-fret not. I must be worried since my son is finally leaving the land." He then waves his hand to the people to tell them that everything is fine. His son also approach him after seeing how his father had acted in that very moment but he tells him that he is fine. "Are you sure about that father?"
He smiles and pat his son's head and flash a pleasant smile that he had always showed everyone. "Don't worry. I'm fine." He then rose from his seat and bows to his people. "There is nothing to be worried about everyone rather, we should celebrate that this day has come! Let the celebration begin!"
The people cheer as they jump in joy. They enjoyed the feast that was prepared on the numerous and large tables in the middle of the venue, they drink and eat to their hearts content and they all pay their respects to the chosen one.
"I can't believe that I will be finally leaving my home tomorrow. I wonder how is father feeling about this?" Jiniro looks at his father greeting the people that are paying their respects to him. They both gaze at each other and his father just flash him the same smile again. But the young man can sense something behind his smile. That smile is set apart from the rest of the smile that his father is showing before the ceremony had arrived and even his right hand man can sense it.
"The lord must have felt lonely, to have his son finally leave this land after the madam. That must be the reason for the wry smile." The right hand man thinks to himself while observing the entire ceremony.
It ended peacefully just like the times before it and in the dead of the night, Jiniro is already packing his things for the start of his journey is only a few hours away.
KNOCK! KNOCK!
Jiniro turns to the door and his the right hand man standing beside the slightly opened door. "May I enter young master?" it was the first time that the right hand man of his father had that kind of tone and the young man can already imagine what he is going to talk about. "You may. The door is open." And just as he thought, even the look on the right hand man's face is greatly disturbed.
"I don't want to trouble the young master before you lave our land but can I ask for a favor before you leave?" they both look at each other as if their thoughts aligned with one another and the young man nod his head without even hearing what the favor is.
"If that is what's best for father then I will not hesitate." The right hand man smiles brightly and kneels before the young man. "I thank the young master for granting this selfish favor of mine. May the gods bless you in your journey. I will not bother you anymore, I do not wish to trouble the young master any longer."
Jiniro greets the right hand man with utmost respect for serving their family for generations. "Thank you very much for everything that you have done mister Colusos." He whispers to himself and then turns to where his father's room is located on the house. "...…"
Jiniro prepared all the things that he needs as well as the map of the way to get out of their land as well as the currency that he world outside are using to make things easier for him. "Now. I have also learned some of the languages that the have. I just hope that this goes smoothly."
A few hours passed and the dawn came, it is their custom to leave their torches lit outside their houses to bid farewell to the chosen one when they are about to leave their land, that stretches to the road that is connected to the world outside. He takes a glance behind him as he stands in the middle of the road and sees his father happily seeing him off, and he is not alone. All he people in his household were standing alongside the lord as well.
Seeing their happy faces gave him the strength to make the first step. "Looks like everything will be fine until I return." He turns around for the last time and then kneels before his father. "I will be leaving now my lord. I promise to come back after I fulfill my mission." His father nod his head and Jiniro starts to walk away.
More people woke up to see the young master leave and watches on until his silhouette in the distance slowly disappear. "May the gods bless the young master's journey." The eldest of all the people mumbled as she breathe her last with a smile.
Jiniro follows the road and the lit torches on the trees which lead him to a wide road after passing by a few mountains before the sun finally rose high in the sky. "So this is the world outside our land huh? I thought it would be more different but to think that its much the same back home. I got excited for nothing." He stands beside a tree to try and catch his breathe after a non-stop trek on the woods.
He then realize that the road ahead is very worn out that the stone pavement's surface became smooth. He looks around and sees that there are a lot of roads connected to where he is and so, he turns to the reliable thing that he brought, the map.
"So this is where I am now huh?" he said to himself while writing something on the map, unbeknownst to him, there are people sneaking up on him. Jiniro is not well versed in combat so he is not aware of his surroundings let alone sense danger.
WHAPAK!
"Eh?"
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