Chapter 7
THE next morning, Jing could feel the pain all over his body. It was as if he had been crippled and bruised. He could barely move his whole body. He was apparently beaten by about twelve people.
He lay down several times every time he tried to get out of his bed. He seems to be able to urinate without knowing it. He could no longer understand himself.
Her hips and knees hurt. Even his leg and arm. Not only that but his hands and feet also hurt. Her whole body ached. . . he seemed paralyzed.
What will she do now with her mother when she sees him being beaten?
Less than a second later he heard a few knocks on the door. He was suddenly confused. She's sure that's her mom! He forced himself to stand but he really could not. He froze as he tried to stand up again.
“Son ?! What's going on there? "He heard his mother ask outside when he heard her scream.
Fortunately, he locked it last night.
He was lying down when his window suddenly opened. He looked over there and he could clearly see Raven how it came in from there.
"Son ?!" Her mom called her outside again.
He looked at Raven in surprise.
"What are you doing here?" he asked in a whisper.
Raven shrugged and approached him.
"Tell him you feel bad so you can't go in today."
Her eyes widened. “What? Eh, Mama is even more worried. He still has no rest and sleep. I do not want to add to his problem. ”
He thought and raised his hand in the air.
"What are you planning?" He frowned at his gesture.
“I will just put your mother to sleep. That is the easy thing to do so that you do not have to worry about him anymore, ”he said with a wave of his hand.
Two crows entered his room and Raven talked to him. He frowned because he could not even hear what it whispered to the two black birds.
Soon it flew out of his room through the window.
Next came three crows which flew above him and circled around. In a few minutes a black smoke came out of the body of the three birds into his body. When the black smoke hit him, he felt nothing else. He even felt relieved.
He stared at Raven as he moved toward the door of his room.
"What will you do? Mom will see you! ” he shouted.
Raven opened the door and did not listen to him. He saw his Mama unconscious outside and she was sleeping soundly.
To his surprise he suddenly stood up. He was so shocked when he no longer felt pain all over his body. The paralysis of his body was gone. He can move his hands and feet. Even his whole body was free to move.
She sighed in shock. He alternately looked at the three crows flying as he stared at him, and at Raven who now lifted his mother.
He stopped walking when he heard a faint voice like a child. He turned to the three crows.
“Dear princess, let the dear prince take care of everything. Please rest first because later you will rehearse again. ”
His forehead furrowed. He could not believe these three black birds were talking!
“What. . . ”
“You have left, thank you for your help. Look around. When you notice something strange and feel imminent danger, tell me immediately, ”said Raven as he walked closer to his seat.
The three crows immediately flew out of the room.
He still could not speak as his gaze followed the three crows. What just happened? Did all this really happen to him? Didn't he just dream? He felt as if he was going crazy with what was happening.
What else will he witness? Except for the giants, the cursed palace, this Raven man, the black smoke, his burning hand and the raven speaking?
"I do not want anymore. . . I'm going crazy! ” she screamed while tweaking her hair.
He glared at Raven.
"Where is Mama?" he asked immediately.
Raven held him in his arm. His jaw tightened as he looked at the man's face.
He averted his eyes.
He was uncomfortable with what was happening.
He was not accustomed to such an event. He innovates in events.
"What is your problem? What do you say you don't want anymore? Where? Will you give up right away? ” There was a blade in Raven's eyes when he said that.
Gradually his eyes turned red as his grip tightened on his arm.
He backed away.
Her chest throbbed as she could not take her eyes off the man.
In a flash he suddenly felt scared. Raven doesn't seem to know who is in front of him now.
“Raven. . . I'm hurting."
Its teeth gritted. No one seems to hear or feel. Its eyes are very red as it gradually grows feathers all over its body.
Will the man look like a crow at these times?
"When I said—" It did not continue to say when suddenly black smoke hit it causing it to lose consciousness.
He looked at the source of the smoke and saw at the window the woman with the black wings in the back.
Her eyes widened. Another creature has arrived! What else will he see?
Its face is hairy even its arms and legs. Its whole body. It has black wings on the back and its mouth looks like a crow. Its eyes are black with a slight reddish tinge. A crow!
He suddenly entered his room and picked up Raven. He restrained it by pulling Raven towards him.
"What do you think you are doing?" he asked the female crow who he did not know. "And who are you?" he added.
“I just need to cool the head of the dear prince, dear princess. . . if I hadn't done that he might have killed you. The curse of the sorcerer is upon him whenever he is angry or disgusted with something. ”
He grabbed her by the shoulder and stared at her. “Come with me, dear princess. . . I will rehearse you first until the dear prince is unconscious. . . I am Itima. . . the guard of the crows in the air and one of the warriors of the Black Palace. ”
He stared at it and did not speak again. No matter what he asks, he still does not understand everything that is happening.
It pulled him out the window. He even cried out when he realized they would fall down at their sharp and high gate. The three of them definitely stung when they fell there.
But he was mistaken when black smoke joined them.
“Do not be afraid dear princess. . . you will witness many more that are new in your sight. Worse than this. ”
His jaw almost dropped at what he heard. What will meet him again that is new in his sight?
He could not control his own dizziness when he was overwhelmed at the height of their whereabouts.
He collapsed next to Raven who was also unconscious.
ITIMA shuddered when he saw Jing fall unconscious next to the dear prince.
Fortunately, he felt the black magic coming from Raven's body. Otherwise it might have killed the dear princess Jing with her own hands.
He stared at the two.
He does not know how many more steps they will take to succeed. It will take another long time, he is sure.
He waved his hand and it formed a tunnel into his den. The kingdom of crows.
Just as they were about to enter, the disciples of the raven met him as they were crowing. . . even Raven and Jing of them.
“Take care of the dear princess and the dear prince. . . I will fix their rehearsal first. You take care of them first, ”he ordered them before boarding the black smoke again and flying.
The crows, on the other hand, talked and helped lift the two to the glowing black bed inside their nest.