Getting off his horse, Ibar waves to all of the maids who were watching him with great vigour. As they wave back full of excitement, I can see the happiness appear on my brother's face.But it soon vanishes as Setanta tackles him and says, "Well done my right leg, you are a splendid foot.""I am not a foot you freak."Setanta puts my brother in a headlock and says, "You are officially my servant and I refuse to allow you to disrespect me in my home."Fighting back Ibar says, "If you don't want me to disrespect you be someone worth respecting!"As the two of them fight Téad marches over and says, "You cheated.""What?" My brother says with a dismissive tone."There is no way nameless scum like you could have defeated me, that horse was obviously given substances."Ferdiad says, "Crunniuc is a horse owned by house Faoláin, be careful with the accusations."Moving up close to him, I say, "I thought the red branch was supposed to be the bravest in the land, but you're unable to even admit
-The next day-As the sunlight shines in my room, I gracefully stretch and as I do I sit up look around my room, and then say, "What a fine morning it is."Like a fairy I dance and hum to myself to the closest window, and say, "How beautiful it is in these lands. But it shall become far more enchanting when I grace it with my presence."Changing my voice to that of a little child, I say, "But wonderful, majestic, queen Laeg Ní Fergal, why is that?"Returning to my normal voice, I say, "Oh little child, it is simply. Because anything thing a sky-splitting beauty touches instantly changes in value, something worth one wonderbeast suddenly becomes worth a hundred."In a childlike voice, I say, "Of course that must be through, you are the greatest fir bolg in existence. You at the tender age of fourteen have already become a valuable asset to the king of Gorias, truly a legend in the making."Changing my demeanour I move to the left of the room, and then I start to gallop as if I am on a
-Break-Walking through the corridors of the castle, I see that there are many people who are up and about despite how early it is. So I ask, "Why is everyone running around so early."Lúidín says, "Isn't this just normal behaviour for people, didn't you're family do much the same.""Growing up sure, but that's because if we didn't work we wouldn't have been able to grow our village. You guys are already at the top of the empire so what is the point of waking up so early."Innéacs says, "Gorias is majestic, but keeping it running is not an easy task. So waking up at this time to make everything run smoothly is simply a baseline we must keep otherwise this place would fall apart."Looking towards everyone working, I say, "I thought you guys had it easier, but I guess there is much more responsibility on your shoulders than I thought."Innéacs mutters, "You can think?"Annoyed, I say, "I heard that!"Ignoring her, I continue to walk and as I do I notice the servants around the castle are
1 hour later"The four providences each have which are chosen by the current family in charge of the providence. Right now they are, Murias holds up scientific development above all, for Findias it is military power, for Falias it is agricultural development, and for Gorias it is labour development.These are the reasons for a lot of the differences between the four providences, a great example of this would be your education. It is a standard that all people between the ages of three to eleven must be in full-time education, and we subsidise the family for the lost labour and other expenses."Shocked, I say, "So the kids in other providences, don't have to go to school? How do they even learn anything.""Most learn from their parents, but as you can probably guess this leads to very broad distances between the average mental abilities of people throughout the empire."My brother says, "Does it really matter though, not many things we learnt in school are going to help us better cut o
Φ Gripping my hammer tight, I say, "Come at me with all you have got!"Suddenly Setanta vanishes from my sight and then moments later I feel a blow to the left side of my stomach. So I swing my weapon towards that space, but Setanta is nowhere to be found.Then yet again I am struck on my right side before I can even sense his presence. This also causes me to turn in that direction, but as I do I feel the wind blow past my body at high speed and every time it does I feel a blow.Φ "With the way he is moving, Cruadhlaoich can't even see him much less block, this is completely ridiculous!"Laeg looks at me and Ferdiad says, "How is Setanta moving so fast, I don't even think I can move that fast on my horse!?"Ferdiad with a smile says, "He is using a special form of fighting taught to those who train under our master, Red branch battle arts. A style of fighting that emphasises intense speed and finishing the battle in quick blows.You put all of your speed into a short lunge, and altern
Location: StablesWalking out of the changing room I look down at the clothes I am in and jump around. They have given me quite comfortable clothes to change into for the sake of practising."Usually I don't get to wear pants, they really are comfortable." Jumping around with my new range of motion I start to smile brightly.And as I do, my brother says, "Laeg stop embarrassing me."Noticing all of the people watching me, I see my brother's bright red face and moments later I have the same expression, and say, "Sorry."With an annoying grin, Setanta says, "No please continue."I hold myself back from kicking him in the face, and say, "I am done."Setanta then proceeds to laugh, but then Ferdiad hits him directly in the face. "Don't feel like you can't hit him due to his position, if you don't you might lose your sanity.""HEY, DON' T TELL MY LEGS TO ATTACK ME!"As they talk I stare at Ibar and say, "My little baby brother is looking quite handsome today."Hitting me in my side Ibar sa
"I have decided that the four of us will go on a picnic with some of my associates today, so get off your buts and let's get going."I stare at Setanta, and say, "No."My brother says, "We have work to do, and unlike you, we cannot just disappear when we have to train."With a bright smile plastered over his face, he says, "But what does it matter it is not like you two achieve much anyway."His brutally honest words caused both me and my brother to fall to our knees. Our pride is currently shattering into pieces and this direct blow to it has taken our remaining strength."Hey, where are your usual comebacks?"My brother says, "No, more, fighting, spirit."Setanta says, "Of come on don't start acting like humans, show me some fire!" as he grabs and shakes Ibar.Ferdiad moving closer to me crouches down and says, "You guys still need to get used to riding Liath, and Kooacht. So I think this journey to the picnic will allow both of you two get a better feel for them."With all my barri
-Break-Φ Still covered in mucus, I walk with Ferdiad who is carrying a large bucket of water to a little shack behind his giant home, and as we enter inside it, Ferdiad says, "I knew she kept the cloth in here. We have so much room, yet she insists on still using these places."Standing in the shack, I see that this place has clothes and beds inside of it, it also has a section set out to prepare food. As I stare around it, Ferdiad says, "Does this place interest you?""Not really, I was a bit surprised by why there are things here despite looking like a storage area."Walking past me, Ferdiad says, "Because it is our former house. Now come outside where I can get you clean.""What?" I say as I follow him.Reaching outside the room Ferdiad grabs me and places me on the floor and starts to clean the mucus off of me, and as he does I say, "You used to live there?""That is what I said, don't tell me you have some parrot blood in your veins.""No, but it is shocking that you've been abl