Okinwarry - A Road To Academy of Wizardry

Reenact A Decapitation!

Monday, 28th March 1453

"Oh…I am still here, Clay. Sorry, I was lost in my own thoughts just now. As you were saying…?" I replied to Clayton as he was midway explaining the stuff that was fixed in the kitchen and I had voiced out loud on how the situation would be if I called him Clay instead of his full name instead. YIKES…!!! I HAD CALLED HIM CLAY EVEN WHEN I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT…!!! A A A R R R G G G H H H…!!!

"Hmm? Clay…? Is that what you had called me earlier, Kris? You don't mind me calling you Kris, don't you, Kris? No one had ever called me Clay before. It sounded so…unique and special, especially when it comes from a girl like you. Hahaha….! Am I being flirty over here or what?" Clayton was laughing out loud when he joked about the matter of calling himself a flirt when he called me by my short name which I find it quite pleasing to my ears.

"I won't mind you calling me Kris, if you do not mind me calling you Clay either. Besides, what you were saying just now when you were calling my name repeatedly?"

"Oh, I was merely telling you about this dispensing tun which you can make cold drinks during summer and hot drinks during any time you like. There is no need to use any firewood or coals to run this thing as it would be cold and hot all year long…!"

"Besides, this rocket stove, conventional oven and this food warmer are run by the technology of the Priestess and engineered by our Engineers Guild back in Gracehaven City. I wished I could have some of their powers so I could be of use to the Royal Family."

Clayton explained to me as he made a rundown of how the things work and since it was new and I am inexperienced, the Residents-In-Charge would be one operating the kitchen equipment and would train the more older children like myself on how to use them.

Other than that, there are so many things that are being stocked at the moment, and I felt as if the whole kitchen cabinets were going to burst and were unable to fit everything in.

"Well, that's all to it. Say, Kris, you wouldn't mind if I ask you some personal questions, do you?" Clayton asked me as we stepped out of the kitchen as the elders saw us getting acquainted with one another. I saw the one called Grandpa Jack and Grandma Kayla was like a loving couple despite their golden age and was holding to each other's waist as they were preparing the food for everyone. I saw Grandpa Jack whispered something in the ear of Grandma Kayla and both of them giggled and laughed. I wondered what they were whispering about and I wondered if they were talking about Clayton and me.

"Nope… Not really. What is it you wanted to ask me?" I replied and this is the first time I felt shy talking in front of a boy that I had just got acquainted with.

"How old are you and when did you come to this orphanage? You see, I lost my baby sister way back when I was only two years old. That's what my Dad said to me before. I had an elder sister but she chose to remain back at Gracehaven City and be a teacher to the daycare centre over there instead. To answer your future question, I just turned 18,"

"Oh… I just turned 16 this year. I came to this place when I was five at that time. I had been here for 11 years and I have already forgotten how my parents looked like. Say, how does it feel to have parents, eh?" I asked since the feeling of having someone close to me and being loved and care for was just a fading memory to me now. I really cannot remember how my parents looked like before. Maybe their faces were lined with soot most of the times…!

"Ah, that means I am your older brother then…Hahaha. Actually not as a brother but as a friend. I made a lot of friends when I was little. I was born deaf and mute but there was one incident that happened that knocked me out for some days and then the moment I wake up, I could hear all the noises outside and I could untwist my tongue and can speak normally after some time. I was actually trying to kill myself when I heard how my little baby sister died during that time, It was a stupid act but if I didn't try to kill myself during that time, I would not have regained my hearing and speech problem…!"

I gasped when I heard about how this Clayton had attempted suicide at a young age when the silver ash grey-haired man spoke up, "Yup, its true, Kristobel. This boy before was really tough. He was like a diamond in the rough and he grew up to be a fine young man, don't you think so?"

"Besides, he had been calling me a Hero every time we meet. He had done a lot of good deeds and even when he was two, he was making lots of clay bricks with the rest of the peers and continued to do so and upgraded to make charcoal next. He is one of the first batches of residents back in Gracehaven together with his sister and his parents."

I was surprised when I heard the silver ash grey-haired man's voice close and I wondered when he appeared behind us. Maybe he is one of the people who had special abilities as well.

"By the way, Kris, how long have you had this ability to talk to animals?" Clayton asked as the silver ash grey-haired man walked alongside him.

"I think it was here in this Orphanage when I started to listen to those grey mice squeaking and I began to understand every word they say. Like sometimes, they do not have to appear here in front of me to talk, as their squeaks cold be heard behind walls and wooden cupboards et cetera. I would be able to listen to them and I would answer them in hushed tones, like as if I was talking to my raggedy doll before."

I saw the silver ash grey-haired man nodded his head as I explained to Clayton who smiled at me. I wondered what was in his head since he was smiling so broadly at me. I hope he does not have those dirty thoughts that the goonies had when they were doing things to me that made me feel dirty…!

"Clay, this silver ash grey-haired man just now is really the Majesty? No joke? And the lady was called the Queen too?" I asked since I was unfamiliar with the terms and had not mingled with the royalty before.

"Oh, yes it is. He would be called His Majesty if we are referring to him. If we talk directly to him, it would be Your Majesty. The same goes to his wife, but instead of using His Majesty, we called Her Majesty instead."

"Likewise, as for the twins, unless they wanted to be called by their names, it would be referred to as His and or Her Royal Highness if we were to refer them by royalty. If not, it would just be JR and Amy. Their full names are Jesus Raphael Macleod and Angelica Mae Macleod. It is such a mouthful, am I right?"

I nodded my head as I agree to what Clayton was saying to me. We went to the main hall where Her Majesty was sitting with HRH JR and HRH Amy and was discussing somethings while sitting down on the floor. They acted just like the common folks and would not mind sitting on the floor that was not scrubbed for days…!

"So, Mummy, we would be staying around here until the situation stabilises, right? Really, we didn't know that there are such evil people in this world that would do such a thing to another human being. Serves her right after being clobbered to death by the conspirators. These evil people should be strung up high and be flogged before they were sent to the gallows. Hmmph… If I am King, I would ensure that evildoers should be whipped in public as a reminder to the public not to hurt another human being. It would take a war to end a war and it would take a flogging to stop them from flogging others. I guess Senior Minister Gwen would do a fine job flogging these people before sending them to the gallows. OFF WITH THEIR HEADS…!!!

S S S H H H I I I N N N G G…!!!"

I shuddered when I listened to HRH JR talking to his Mummy, Her Majesty that way and then I nearly laughed out loud when I saw that HRH Amy was trying to re-enact the scenario by play-acting and rolling on the floor. She then sprawled like an eagle as she clutched at her neck as if she was the one that got sent to the gallows.

Clayton was the one who laughed at their antics and mentioned that if someone got decapitated, their legs would be in a kind of spasm and there's nothing for the one to hold the neck area since the head would fall into a basket…!

MY GOODNESS…!!! THESE PEOPLE CAN EVEN JOKE ABOUT HOW A PERSON GOT DECAPITATED…?!?!?

"Your Majesty, Priestess Isabela is here." A soldier at arms was standing by the doorway suddenly called out and announced the person which is the Director for something something like that. I wondered how and what the work as a Director of something something looks like…!