The next day, I did my tasks as usual and went to the river. I caught so fishes and didn't change my position like in the past but stayed in the sa place to cook my fish. When the fish was done and I was about to eat it, I could hear so noises traveling towards my direction. I grabbed the fish and started devouring it. After a while I noticed couple of youngsters about the age of 16, coming towards .
I was good at eating, especially since I had a huge appetite. So devouring the fishes I had was a piece of cake. When the youngsters noticed , they imdiately charged at . I of course wouldn't stay still and ran away. I didn't want to run away completely, I wanted for them to search and that was my real objective.
If there was no one that could teach how to hunt. I would learn that myself! If there was no one that could teach how to sneak, I would also do it myself! I hid behind the bushes and stayed quiet. When they arrived, one of them was at an angle which exposed my position. He shouted "There he is!" and other two added "Get that slave!"
I ran away again to hide in different area. I played like this with them for good 30 minutes, when they got tired and voluntarily left. I was kind of disappointed. I an a bit of difficulty and they already gave up. Although they found every ti, I wasn't discouraged. I had to learn by myself, no one was there pointing out to what I had to do. I decided to think about it more after my training with the throwing daggers at my house.
At my house, I trained furiously with the wooden daggers. I wanted to get to the point where I could throw 5 of them at once and all would hit different areas or if I wanted all would hit the sa area. At this mont I could only do that with two daggers. It might seem that if I could do it with two then I could quickly learn to do it with three but that is a misconception.
Holding two daggers in my palm and throwing them at the sa ti was my limit. If I had three, then the accuracy of the other two would be off as well. By off I an I would miss the target. This was annoying constantly. I didn't know how to improve on that, what could I use to increase the accuracy as well as the number of the daggers I could throw at the sa ti? I thought about it hard and the only thing I could co up with was nibliness. If my fingers were nimble enough, I could use them to launch another dagger or two.
I tried it couple of tis and it was difficult. My fingers were not nimble and flexible enough. I wondered how to make my fingers more flexible and nimble. I couldn't figure anything out and so I left it there. I still had ti and if I tried to rush things, it would only do more bad than good.
The training ended up shortly after that. I wanted to think about the sneaking aspects before I hit the bed. As far as I could think, there were couple of things I needed in order to sneak properly.
First. My steps needed to be light. By that I an I couldn't make noises when I walked. This could be practiced and I already had an idea in my mind.
I could practice using twigs, sand, leaves and glass. If I littered the floor in the house and tried to walk carefully, I could with so practice, learn how to be noiseless. It wouldn't be hard to gather all these materials. I could find twigs pretty much anywhere and leaves? Well it was autumn, there were fallen leaves everywhere as well. Sand was even easier to find and glass? Also easy. The people of the village drank a lot of alcohol, therefore finding an empty bottle wouldn't be that difficult.
I decided that this would be my plan for tomorrow. If I could get these things and practice on them, I would be able to learn a thing or two when it cos to being noiseless.
Second. I needed to be traceless. Thinking about this, I would train this while being noiseless as well. If I could move in a way that didn't create footprints and disturbances not only would I be noiseless but also traceless. That's like killing two birds with one stone!
Third. I would have to learn how to blend in. Clothes were a good idea but I couldn't wear clothes for every type of environnt. Besides I had only one pair of clothes and it was already on . I would have to find a way to deceive people sohow. To make myself invisible. Staying still is one way but also not being flashy is another. If soone is not looking for you then there are less chances they will see you. I needed for soone to look for and not be able to find . I would have to train that at the river. I needed people for that and who else could help other than my fans? Who went after wherever I go. With those plans in my mind I went to bed.
The next morning, I woke up as usual and went to do my tasks. When I had a break I would collect so sand, twigs and whatever I could on my way back to my house. Villagers stared at sotis but they always stared and although rules stated "I could have nothing on besides the things I needed for the task I was doing" No one would actually say anything about twigs, sand or leaves. Glass was more dangerous but they didn't seem to care that I collected so bottles.
After I returned from the doctor's house and ate my dinner I went to the river again. Not just for fishes but also for experience. They would probably have weird face expressions if they actually knew that I wanted them to find and chase after , so that I can practice my skills. I did so fishing and ate my second dinner but there was nothing. 'What the fuck?" I thought. Usually they would be all over this place but now? Not a single soul in sight.
I was afraid a bit that they gave up and will not co here anymore. I decided to investigate that, so I returned to the village. I noticed another commotion when I entered the village. When I got closer I saw a person kneeling and the old chief Rand holding a sword to that person neck. Then I heard him say "You have two choices. You beco a slave here and I will let you live. After five years, you will be free to go. Or I kill you right now."
The kneeling person's head lifted and I saw a woman with a scar on her face that made her look not that pleasing to the eye. She gritted her teeth and answered "Fine! I will do it as long as you keep your promise!" It seed she wasn't stupid enough to waste her life completely. In her place I would choose 5 years of slavery than instant death. In 5 years you can develop or form plans in case you wanted to escape. It's loads of ti to plan stuff out. The village chief said "Good. If you try to run, you are dead, if you try to harm anyone, you will face severe punishnt. If you want food, you will have to do the tasks we assign to you." So it was the sa bullshit lecture he gave but this ti it was not on paper but spoken out loud. Rand then said sothing that got sweating "You will live with the other slave, we don't have houses to just give out. But first follow , I will give you so items you will need".
'SHIT!'
I thought to myself. If she is going to live in the sa house as , all my plans will go to waste. I rushed to the house and started to take down all the stuff related to my training. I cleaned up everything and laid on my bed, awaiting the arrival of the uninvited guest.
While waiting I thought about my training. Where should I continue it? At the river? What if soone sees and besides today was special, tomorrow I'm sure those young villagers will again chase . There was also this guy who shouted "GET BACK TO WORK" every ti my break got too long. He was probably monitoring and I never actually saw him. He must be good with sneaking but it's not like I can learn from him. He wouldn't teach anything.
There was one place I could think of. Blacksmith's workshop, I was alone in there and if I finished two ingots very fast I would have ti to practice my throwing skills. But I was there for only 2.5 hours so even if I managed to finish the ingots in hour and a half, doing the training for an hour daily would be a little to short… WAIT! That's it.
I had a plan now and when my thoughts reached to that point I could hear the doors to my house opening.
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