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Today there was a brisk ferry traffic between the new and old ports on the Old Border Sea. New settlers drove north in the hope of leading a better life there, and grain and other goods came in the opposite direction to the homeland, which no longer had to worry about in the particularly dry months. Times were good for Askhar, and Katthike was rightly proud of his great work. Besides, it had given him a completely new reputation almost overnight, and now he was in the unfamiliar state of being admired and cheered by his people.
Lata narrowed her eyes a little. In the distance the ox-cart was turning into a different path and was moving away from the two observers. The king had meanwhile averted his penetrating gaze from Lata and continued: "All this wonderful land is mine now, and I can go in and out as I please." He let out a deep, satisfied sigh. "But the best thing about this is that nobody will ever steal it from me again!" His right index finger poked in the direction of
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You don't know?" The king exclaimed in astonishment, but then continued to speak more quietly because the bodyguards, which was lying some distance away shouldn't have noticed any of this. “Lata, you disappoint me, I would have expected a little more acumen from you. But no offense. It's my own little secret ”, Katthike raised her index finger,“ which soon won't be any more. You want to know who the child's father is? ”Lata nodded curtly. He hated being tortured by the king, but he let him have the pleasure."Do you still remember my Hy?""The warrior who was murdered by the novice from Tulga?""Quite right, that one."Lata remembered very well how they had managed to capture the Hy warrior. He ran into four Askharic scouts at the snow-covered pass, quite by accident. Of course, the scouts had recognized the incredible importance of their catch and immediately started their way back. Every child in Askhar knew that a wildly
War of freedom.. War is inevitable Neglected
Tell me why you want to appoint Setna as your heir to the throne?""You listened, didn't you?"At Katthike's icy tone, Lata's smile slipped from her face. "Yes I have. But I ... ”The king's hand intervened. "Then you should havenoticed that the edict also applies to me." Lata wanted to laugh in amusement, since when did Katthike have to obey his laws?"My line of ancestors is also contaminated," continued the king and indignantly thrust his crooked foot forward. “You can't miss it, I think! And my son Kanaima is no good either! ”“ But after all he is your own son! ”“ Oh, what! He's a no-good. What I need for Askhar's future is healthy blood. I want a strong king, radiant and beautiful, a flawless creature. One to look up to, not a lame cripple. And Setna will be this king, he will found a new and powerful dynasty and rule over the Askharic empire that I will put into his hands! And I'll free my
War of freedom.. War is inevitable Dusty tombs
But Katthike did not worry for long, he quickly found a new young woman from Hy. He had had to trade five pretty female slaves for them with a duke from the interior. A proud price, but this time it spared no expense. Bars were placed in front of the windows and all sharp-edged objects were removed from the rooms. After the birth, the child should be given to a local wet nurse immediately. Everything had been considered.Nine months later, the Hy slave came down. And no sooner had the birth process been completed than Katthike entered the room to examine the child. He was told it was a boy again, which made him laugh in triumph. He took the bundle with the child and unwrapped it from the cloth. The smile froze on his face when he saw the kid's legs. They were so crippled that he probably never could have walked! Furious, Katthike tossed the screaming child onto the table, drew his dagger and killed it with a single stab in the soft, yielding chest. Then he rushed out of the r
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Lata peeked out from behind the king. A sneering twitch at the corner of his mouth revealed that in his absence he had regained the upper hand in the king's favor. Kasai mastered the muscles of his own face, although he wanted to smash the Konsulta's smeary grin. He calmly placed his right hand on his chest and bowed to the king and his bastard child. In a firm voice he swore the oath of loyalty. His Askharic soul, however, was offended to the core. It had been passed over, the Patriotic League had been passed over! Only this mangy, foreign schemer from a consul could be behind this!The eyes of the rivals met, and Kasai's embers cooled in the cold, frozen lakes of Lata. You could almost have thought you heard a faint hissing sound.When the courtesy was finally satisfied, the king gave the general permission to leave. Kasai looked down and noticed the Crown Prince Kanaima, who had been deprived of his right of inheritance. The twelve-year-old stood motionless in the s
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"Prince Kanaima, Your Highness the Queen, is asking for you!"Kanaima fought back the disbelief that wanted to show on his face and instead nodded shyly.The young messenger bowed briefly, turned and walked away. The captain looked sternly at Kanaima, he couldn't stand being interrupted in the middle of the exercise.“Capitano, I am expected by the queen. You allow? ”Kanaima asked politely, although he knew that the word of the head of the bodyguard was far below the queen's command. But he didn't want to annoy the grumpy warrior any more."Hm, go on, get out! But today you don't have to turn up at my place! ”He growled.Kanaima pulled off his helmet and walked away with measured steps. Only when he reached the crew quarters did he allow himself a smile. In his quarters, he took off his heavy protective clothing and rough undergarment and washed himself in a bucket. He wanted to appear cleanly in front of his mother. As he did so,
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It was a ruse." Laika pulled Kanaima over to the queen's bed, where they sat. Her gaze fell on her brother's blue swollen right hand. She gently embraced her."It's not that bad," said Kanaima. Embarrassed by her care, he withdrew the hand that Rebian had hit with the wooden sword while practicing. "Tell me how you did that?"Laika smiled conspiratorially. “I snuck in here this morning, and when the maid turned her back on our mother, I let her speak. 'Bring me my son!' ", She mimicked the croak and laughed. “You should have seen the maid's face, she was scared to death! But she called the messenger and sent him to you. And here you are now. ”She spread her hands.Kanaima had to grin, he would never have trusted his sister to do such a clever thing. They talked quietly for a while, listening to noises outside the door. But everything remained calm, not even her mother moved. You had enough time."Oh, and do you already know the latest?"
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He looked dreamily over the whitewashed walls at the choir. The fields and meadows of the farmers of the clan all around began at the foot of the lofty fortress. Scattered in it were courtyards, barns, the warrior's training grounds, orchards and other small groups of trees. Cows, sheep and horses grazed on the pastures. They were seen as small white and brown spots.The forest began after the fields. As far as the eye could see, it covered the gently rolling hills around the choir. Here and there the great watchtowers, the Choron, protruded from the tops of the trees in a still visible distance. At long intervals they flanked the roads through the land of Hy. The closest neighbors of the Shari clan were the people of the Rinzai clan, which was about a day's ride to the west.Raen looked to the east again and squinted into the sun, which was already a hand's breadth above the ridge of the hill. Directly behind the range of hills the river Resch meandered to the north,
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