Culmination Records 1 Prologue 0

A war that broke off 19 years ago between two nations of which had caused the death of thousands of men and innocents, showed no signs of it ending.

However, as soon as they became aware of the exhaustion and the shortcoming of their soldiers as the conflict continues, the two rulers in odds agreed to sign in accordance. Shortly later, they called the signing of the two nations, the [Treaty Agreement].

Announcing the two nations living in peace, even if it was non-permanent, it brought extreme happiness and contentment to the citizens.

...

Town of Peithe.

2 years after the [Treaty Agreement].

At the present time, the vessel everyone was waiting for moved smoothly as a person dropped the anchor into the water, steering down in the docks. Along with the crowd cursing and pus.h.i.+ng each other, with the same wish to go near the vessel s.h.i.+p, it revealed the fresh pulled out fishes piled on its deck and allowing the foul smell of fishes reeked through the air.

"Aye, sailin' safe!" the loud shout stirred through the busy crowd and a man exposed himself on the deck, blocking the crowd's view of the fresh-caught fishes.

When he heard the voice of which was definitely from the captain, he tried to make his way to the small s.p.a.ces of the h.o.a.rding people, clas.h.i.+ng their bodies to one another. Desiring to set foot on the dock, he suffered from the other men pus.h.i.+ng him down that caused him to lose balance and b.u.mped someone to his side.

"Watch it, boy!" The man who he b.u.mped into grabbed his collar and dragged him away.

However, instead of expressing his apologies as the man shoved him off the crowd, it only added fuel to the flames from the forming frustration inside of him. Letting his anger dwelled in him, he clenched his fist, and with no hesitation in his thoughts, he swung his fist and punched the man on his side.

"You watch it, old fart!"

"Ack! What did you say, you s.h.i.+t?!" the man exclaimed, placing a hand on the area where he was attacked.

Although the huge difference in their size was extremely obvious, shrugged it off as if it was nothing to the boy when he fixed his posture and readied himself from charging to the man. "I said let us have a brawl, tras.h.!.+"

"Haha! Did you call that an attack? Even an infant can do well than that. Drink your mother's milk first before challenging me, child!" After seeing the boy with his lousy posture, he could not help but treat him as an object of ridicule.

"Stop it, Eddra!"

The boy, with only a shout of his name behind his ear, made him flinched and slowly looked back. The voice belonged to none other than his younger brother who stormed in before the situation could get any worse, and stood between them immediately without fear.

"Mister, I am sorry for my older brother's immaturity... Please, pay no attention to this boy." He bowed in front of the man.

Even so, seeing his brother pleading for the man's forgiveness, Eddra had no intention of backing out. He simply held his funny posture and stared up intently through his enemy who was dragging him away from the dock earlier.

However, within a minute of surveying the boys, the man expressed his annoyance with a click of his tongue. "Consider yourself lucky since I am here to buy fishes, shrimp," he spat, s.h.i.+fting his body then turning his back to them as he started walking away

Watching him as he went back to the crowd, Eddra attempted to step forward and use this chance to attack him for the second time while he was not facing him. By doing so, images of him betting the man flashed to his mind. It was just a matter of time.

Yet, as if his brother knew his thoughts, he intercepted him with a clip around his ear.

"Ow," he cried out, holding the side of his head with both hands from the sudden sharp pain. "Hey, why did you do that?" Eddra mumbled behind his breath while tears formed in his eyes.

"Do what? Saving you from your death or hitting you on your ear?"

"Hm... Both?" While he was rubbing his tingling ear where he was clipped, he felt another striking pain on his other ear. "Ow! What do you want, bro?"

Getting a stronghold on his arm, his brother pulled him as they started adding distance from the crowd. "We are waiting for you back home! Mother won't even let us eat without you! I am starving already, brother!"

"..." Eddra felt a sweat dripping on his forehead, refusing to speak, he let his brother dragged him back to their home.

"Why do you always bother waiting there at the dock every morning anyway?"

"... 'Cause someone's telling me."