The God of Jesters

1.04.2 Life goes on.

me, Meena asked.

”So to you, humans are like rats? ” She asked me a question with such an obvious answer that it was laughable.

”Not to me, its not the truth that only I believe. Humans are not different from rats, the only difference we have at the moment is our intelligence. But our behavioral patterns and nature are pretty close to them. ”

”I still don understand, so I will leave it at this. ”

”By the way, father is calling you for something. I don know why. ” She informed me with her bright lips before leaving in a childlike manner as her hair moved with each of her motions. Like grass under the light wind.

After this, I left.

I know better than to make the chief of the village wait out on me. Not when the situation in the whole village is so serious.

So hurrying to my home, I approached Grifters small nest in which he had done some workaround.

”Please don kill this one ” I prayed to the little guy before putting the female rat into its cage, while Grifter just kept looking at me while nibbling some flesh from the bones of another dead rat.

I don wish to say this, but Grifter is a pretty messed up rat.

”Its been a year, and you haven aged at all. Truly an enigma. ”

The grifter I remember was already over a year old when we first came to this village. So by this point, he should have gotten old with time. But I can still see him as energetic as before.

Making me understand just how special my little Grifter was.

Now if it only is capable of siring some children instead of killing all the female rats I send to him, then it will be better.

After saying goodbye to the little grifter, I left my house.

Believe it or not, life in this village is pretty hard. Everyone needs to work non-stop.

And I was the same.

Getting to Meenas house, I found from her mother that Meenas father was at the back, so I followed her words and reached the tanning room that I have worked in multiple times before.

”You are here? Took your time? ” He asked, at which I just informed him my reason for the delay.

”Of course, its your job. Then I wonder if this is related to your job as well? ” The old village chief said as he took out a small bottle. A bottle that I was very familiar with.

And I understood that things were a bit serious.

”You don have to panic, there is no one else here besides me. ” The old man tried to calm me down, but how could I.

I understood what these villagers would do to me if they deemed me to be the devil.

I haven forgotten what happened to the zoophiliac man and his family not so long ago.

”Its… its mine. ” I said, before continuing. ”Its for my own use. Not anyone else. ” I added.

”Why would a scholar need poison? ” He asked, his eyes muddied with suspicion.

Now, no matter what explanation I gave to this man. He would believe none of it.

Which was understandable from his perspective. He was the leader of this village and protecting it was his job. There must already be countless people that are questioning his leadership. So its understandable why he was taking such a serious approach toward me.

”This is in case I am captured by someone. I would use this to escape. ” I put forward an excuse. An excuse that might sound horrific, but they were the justest reason to keep this vile vial on my body.

”Chief, you know me. I am not capable of doing something like that. And there is nothing to be gained for me as well. ”

”Enough… We have already made a mistake before, I don mind making another one. ”

”You will leave this village the next time merchants come here to collect the leather. And don worry, I will pay you for your classes as well. Just don come back. ”

”Chief, this is wrong. I won do anything to harm this village. ” I pleaded.

I truly did.

I might be a bit ill in the head. But I won put myself in danger by doing something so foolish and meaningless.

The art itself might be beautiful, but the process of creating it is never beautiful.

”No buts, go back to your city. Its where you should be anyways. ” The old man said with a sorry voice.

Followed by a warning.

”And stay away from Meena. ”

Hmm.

A fathers threat was a lot heavier than the threat of a village chief.

I also understood at this point that I was not safe here.

”If thats what you wish, ” I said, leaving the place with my head a bit down.

I was sad.

*****

After Jester left the premises, hidden behind the leather, some other men slowly walked out of it.

”We should have killed him here. ” One of them said, his voice filled with anger after the loss of multiple of his livestock.

”Don be foolish, exiling him is the best choice for us. We can repeat the same mistake as we did with Jessies family. He might be a weird man, but losing his life over it was too much. ”

”I don mind throwing him out. As even though he had helped us, we have also paid him back full. There is no reason for that man to stay here. ”

The talks among these men continued and most of the general consensus was that they wished for him to leave the village.

But a certain group among them didn think the same.

That certain group already had a different plan in mind.

A plan in which Mirage aka Jester, dies.

And no one was aware of it, for they had already made up their mind.

The death of their livestock will be avenged, and who knows, they might prevent even a bigger tragedy.

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