BLAMELESS SORROWS

3. Iklu

Axel's Point of View.

Just as I woke up, I don't even have time to think about what I dream about cause Tilbe rush into my room shouting a good morning and jumping into the bed.

And that is exactly why I keep my bed soft and spacious, if not that little dude will seriously broke a few of her ribs.

Axel: Good morning to you too little gift. But why the extra good mood?

As I said that, she tilt her head up and smile or more like fully grin at me.

Tilbe: Just because.

Axel: Wahh you are not going to share even with me?

Tilbe: Nop, at least not before you make me, breakfast. Iam hungry Ax, so I have been waiting for you to wake up since forever.

Wahh! Was that why she rush in as soon as I wake, cause she was watching me sleep. Well Isn't this endearing and scary now.

Axel: Okay, I'll make you a delicious breakfast. Let me just wash up first, and until then; little lady, you stay here.

And with that I roll her with the blanket making her giggle around while huffing at the same time.

Axel: By the time you finish unrolling, I'll be done with my wash up.

With that I quickly went in the bathroom and did my business.

Oh and yes, even though we too live in the palace of Iklu, we don't have any helper or chef or any butler for that matter working for us. So it's just me, Little gift and Uncle Jo.

And for preparation of food, mainly Uncle Jo do it for Little Gift but since Uncle Jo is not here today, he went on a hiking trip with his friend for a few days. So it's only me and Little Gift.

And Little gift can never and I mean never make anything concerning food rather than growing them of course. So her waiting for me to wake up even when she is hungry.

Anyway I finish with my business on the bathroom, so I went out, and there I saw Tilbe still there huffing and puffing completely tired and still completely wrapped by the blanket.

I chuckle at her as I look at her, she and her weak stamina.

Tilbe is quite a small person to begin with and because her energy are mainly used up by the magical force present in her body, she is quite weak physically. Which is a serious problem as she can easily get sick and her heath deteriorate in an extremely alarming rate when she get even a minor cold.

Tilbe: Get me out Ax, do you want me to tear the blanket up, is that it?

I raise my hand up in surrender and went and take her out of the blanket cacoon I make before.

Tilbe: Wahh, Iam so much more hungry now. It's like I have done a year worth of exercise.

I roll my eyes at that, while she slap me in my arm looking displeased at me doing so.

Axel: Okay get up now, we should go eat.

She action with her hand for me to turn around, while me; I act a bit confused and did turn around although Iam very much aware of what she will do.

And true to my suspicion, she jump up in my back. So, piggyback ride I suppose.

Tilbe: Let's go Ax, to the kitchen.

Just to entertain her I mock salute and started to running in a zigzag manner after shouting.

Axel: To the kitchen..

While she laugh and laugh, very much excited. I really really hope that she will never grow up and remain the same as she is now, childlike and always optimistic.

We reach the kitchen in this manner and I put her down by the chair, and give her a bowl of strawberries for her to snack on while I make breakfast.

I make it simple, which is a wheat eggless pancake. Tilbe like this a lot mainly because of its soft and fluffy texture so I often make it for her.

I take the pancake, and smear the fruit jam all over it while placing some fruits like strawberry and blue berries and put another pancake on top of it. And to finish it all off, a cup of milk for Tilbe.

She does not have a huge appetite and rather is the type to snack many times a day rather than eating a whole lot in one seating, so I put only a small amount of everything.

Anyway, I serve the breakfast and take away the strawberry from her.

Tilbe: Wahh soft and fluffy is here once again.

I chuckled at the name she has given but nonetheless push the plate further to her side.

Axel: Come on, eat.

Tilbe: Thank you for the food, Ax.

She grins at me, take the spoon and the fork and start to dig in.

She moans in delight as she eat the food and with a smile eat the food heartily, making me smile as well.

Looking at her happily eating what I make, is one of the best feeling ever. It make me feel like at least Iam doing something that can bring a little bit of joy in her.

Tilbe: Hmm? Why do you keep on staring at me Ax, you eat too.

And she push my plate to my side, placing a pancake in it while I give a small nod and start eating myself. I guess it is sweet and taste fruity. Just like how Tilbe like it.

Tilbe: It's super tasty right?

I nod at her in agreement, although Iam not sure whether it really is that tasty or not. But if this is what the little gift like, then so be it. I will make a thousand recipe of this taste if she likes it.

Tilbe: Oh by the way, Iam going out today; I have plans.

Axel: Okay, just try to come back home before it's dark, and wear something warm alright?

She roll her eye as I said that.

I know I always nag about these things and a lot at that, but she too neglect it almost all the time. She is quite clumsy to begin with, so she is not someone who can afford negligence in any sort.

Axel(stern): Tilbe!

Tilbe: Okay! Okay! I will try to come back home early and yes I will dress warmly, you can check later when Iam all dressed up.

I nod at that, and like that we finish our very filling breakfast.

After which, Tilbe went back to her room while I went to my office which is in the palace itself.

I take some of the document I need to review and within no time, an hour or two has passed and the stacked document become a bit lesser.

I sigh to myself and take another file, and look through it.

Its about some trading issues with the outside world.

But just as I was about to flip through, Tilbe rush in my office looking very very excited. Hmm, now what is this little gift upto?

I look at her expecting something while she came in and twirl a round, which make me confused.

Tilbe: How do I look Ax?

Oh! Thats what she was doing, showing me her dress.

Actually, she is wearing a fairy like white dress which slightly look minty in colour with the reflection. It's a dress which end just below her knee, with a delicate puff at the end of her sleeve. The fragile fabric looking flowy and light.

And to pair that she wore a flat which is covered in real flowers beautifully like a vine. That is her power and they grow naturally as her wish.

She also have small palish colored flower as an accesories to her shiny dark velvety red hair which further intense her deep black eyes, which is identical with mine.

We look quite similar with both of us having a red hair and a black eye and the deep double eyelid.

Other than that she have a cute button nose and a small heart shape lips, while my feature is shaper and colder.

Anyway I stand up and take the beige colour coat hung by my coat hanger and draped it over her. While as I do that, her lips pucker in annoyance but I did it anyway.

Tilbe: I ask how I look, not what's the wheather?

Axel: You promise to dress warm before.

She huff in annoyance once again.

Tilbe: Anyway how do I look.

Axel: Like you usually do, okay.

She enlarge her eyes as I said that, and right there I knew I have messed up.

Axel: I mean as usual you look beautiful.

She look as me bored, while I just shrug. I mean I tried.

Tilbe: I can't believe Uncle Jo is better than you in fashion style.

I feel a bit offended, cause Uncle Jo only ever wear tuxedo his whole life and nothing else. Is my fashion sense more boring than that. Nevertheless,

Axel (curious) : But where are you going?

I mean she normally dress up almost all the time, but she seems to care about it, an extra mile today.

She grins at me widely.

Tilbe: A date!

Axel: Vann?

She nod her head excitedly and happily which in turn put a small smile in my face. Iam so glad that she is this happy.

Tilbe: Okay then, I'll be off now.

She come up to me quickly and put down the crown of her head in front of me, asking for a kiss.

I did just that, more than happy to. She said a kiss on the crown of our head means blessing, so we always do that since we were very little.

Tilbe: Please pray for me to be able to seduce the one and only unresponsive Vann.

And with that she skip away while I chuckle at what she said.

I mean, that Vann guy loves her. I have hardly met him, and I already am sure of this. But little gift thinks other wise, I don't know why.

They were childhood friends, they knew each other since they were kids and has been the best of friends since then, and now as they grow older I guess both of them fall in love.

I stand up with another sigh as I am once again surrounded by nothing but silence and make a cup of coffee for myself. After that I grab the cup and went out the terrace, breathing in the sweet breeze of Iklu while also looking towards the whole view of Iklu standing at the highest place in it, the royal palace.

Iklu really is beautiful.

The place is filled with greens everywhere , decorated by fruits of every colour and flora of many types blooming the whole year, courtesy of the fruit basket, also known as Tilbe.

Iklu is a very very prosperous kingdom, excluded tentatively from the real world. It is a world where magic and fairy's does exist. And is a place hidden from the real world, and human can only enter with the permission of the royal family. Or in this case Tilbe and me.

But it's prosperity is a credit to not only the royal family but to the other two enchanting family of Iklu beside the people of Iklu of course.

In Iklu there are three important family, one the royals called the Vasely while the other two are the Awor and the Coy.

These three family are called the blessing of Iklu due to their extraordinary ability.

The Vasely or the royal are always blessed with an ability that will help in prospering Iklu. This time it was Tilbe's ability to grow anything, and make them grow at the rate of her wish.

The other two family, the first one is the Awor.

They are also blessed as Tilbe, the first born Heri Awor is blessed with extraordinary knowledge which is having the ability to know everything that has been written down.

While Vann Awor, the younger brother has the ability to heal any injury as long as anyone still breath.

The Awor's are known mainly for their knowledge and kindness.

While the other family, the Coy are known for their wealth. They can use a special energy which can make any automobiles or any engine work. Thus they amass wealth through this.

Their energy is the main energy source of the kingdom, the electricity or yet majority of the heat of this kingdom arrive from this family. Or from Galen Coy, he is an orphan and the only member of the family who is alive at the moment.

These were the royal and the noble of Iklu but unlike the normal world, they are not treated as highly as they do to royal or nobles. Rather here the respect and love they enjoy are not forced but voluntary and sincere. And along with all the people, the three family live at the same class as the citizen.

They do have respect, but that's about it as the three family are known to be generous and kind since ancient times and like things to be that way.

But the abilities enjoyed by the two family are known only to the royal family, all of the people know they have a special ability and they know the basic of it like they know the light and heat they enjoy come from the Coy but for security reason, it's details are given to no one. Not even the two family know exactly what the other family ability is and it has been always that way.

And it is easy to hide as the ability differ with each generation and each person.

Well except for Tilbe, everyone basically knows she can grow anything she likes mainly because of the ripe fruits all over the kingdom which bear the ripe fruits the whole year, abundantly at that. And that is why she is known as the fruit basket by the people.

But in all this, there is also me. Iam neither a royal, neither the two family or neither the people.

I can be said to be a half Iklu and a half Royal.

As Tilbe is my cousin, not my sister. My mother was the princess of Iklu before she fall for my dad who is not from Iklu and was just a normal person outside all this magical stuff. Thus they settle outside away from all this stuff and decide to live normally.

But because my mother was the princess of Iklu I do have an ability like Tilbe.

My ability being the eye of the truth, I can just see if anyone is telling the truth or not by just looking at them. And because of this all the judicial works are taken care of by me, as it seems to make sense how I can make it fair.

But even though I did take care of it, nobody know I take care of them.People hardly know who Iam, I work in the shadow and behind the representative which is Tilbe of course. But despite saying this, I take care of almost all the paper work mainly because Tilbe does not have the physical strength to work all the time and she does not have many people by her side because of me.

So the fact that I can take care of it for her, seems like a blessing and my ability make my working so much easier so I count the ability as one of the many blessing left by my mom for me.

But I was left with things not only by my mom but also by my dad.

I have another ability called the Tama, the dark spirit or an aura.

Through this I can attack anyone with this Tama which is more or less my aura and can make someone go through any type of pain I desire them to go through, even to the point of killing them.

But this Tama is not something I can control wholly, it is said that when I love or hate someone with all of me, then that person will go through a pain so painfull that it can kill them, and that Tama will attack even without my permission.

And I surely have known by now that it do can hurt a person when I so badly hate them, but love; I have never tried it out.

As the Tama can only attack when the person is not my family so Uncle Jo and Tilbe is fine, but other than that I fear too much to even try.

Because I have the eye of truth, to love and hate someone is not the hardest for me, but even if I did have a friend or at worst a lover; they will only suffer because of me.

And because of this, since I was fifteen, I locked myself up in this palace never to leave again for everyone's good.

I decide if there was no contact; then there will be no pain, thus I shut everyone out and never went out of the palace.

But this Tama is not something of Iklu, rather it came from my father. In the normal world away from Iklu, there were some family who posses this Tama involuntarily since ancient time and my father's was one of them.

I still remember how scared and devastated I was as I learn about the Tama, I still vividly remember staring at myself and cursing on myself when I was just a small boy. I still do, but Tilbe being by my side make everything so much more easier.

Heck, she even chased away everyone so that she can live with me.

And maybe it's because I dream about our childhood last night but today, I seems to remember our childhood vividly with nostalgia, that memories seems so lovely.

How after we meet we grow together is really beautiful.