* Ow *
Lucian groaned as he sat up from a soft feather filled bed, he felt anemic and lazy similar to the days he would force himself to get up for training, looking at his arms he found his skin dead pale similar to a undead creature.
A pendant hung on his neck unknown to him.
From the a small open gaps of the wooden compartment sunlight sipped through and beamed directly on his face.
His mind became clearer and his face paled with the realization that he shouldn't have been alive, worst of all he wasn't home, so just where was he.
With his clothes were gone, remaining only in his briefs a slight shade of red appeared on his cheeks, if there was anything he hated it was vulnerability and this scenario showcased that a lot.
He removed the cotton blanket from his pale weak body and maned up a resolve to get down from the soft comfortable bed, a feeling he wouldn't forget as he returned to the hard rock he usually sleeped on at home.
Observing his surroundings were one of the things he learnt as an assassin, he trained it to the extent it became an instinct of his.
Rectangular in shape,small in size, sacs of various grains stacked everywhere, this made the small compacted room stuffy and tight, the bed looked very odd as it should not have initially been there.
It lay next to the door almost blocking it from been opened, one would have to opened the door and turn to the left to access the room as the door stood close to the opposite wall.
The room was a storage unit as it had nothing ventilation only regular gaps in the wood it was made of, this allowed air to pass in and out of the room although not freely, thus one could easily get suffocated if to much time was spent here.
A table lay adjacent to the bed and that was were his clothes, his remaining clothes actually, were kept and hurriedly donned them on his body, it also held
Regardless he was still shirtless and his oversized pants which were strapped to his waist by a rope was torn and tattered, he touched his pockets trying to find his pocket watch but it wasn't there.
" It has to be around here somewhere " he said searching through the grain bags and baskets of dried vegetables but he found nothing, he bent over to search under the bed.
At that moment the door was flung open causing light to fill the room.
Lucian was stunned for a few seconds due to light, when the intence light faded a girl came to view, " Hi ", she said with the most brightest smile Lucian had ever seen.
The smile alone broke his heart and he felt his eyes tearing up, abruptly he quickly got hold of his Kunais and took a defensive stance.
" Who are you " he began, " Where am I, what is this place, what happened to me ", he blurted out, the girl of his age chuckled at him before saying.
" Mother would be annoyed if I asked so many questions without getting the answers for a single one ", Lucian rolled his eyes and straightened his posture.
" I found you bleeding out in the jungle at night so me and Fury brought you here, don't worry your safe " she added breaking her killer smile again.
Lucian gazed at the white haired, blue eyed girl in a long black gown, ' Never let your guard down, something feels off ', " I can't find a way to thank you for your kindness, but have you seen my pocket watch? ".
" Ohhh, I think Fury found it when we scouted the area, no worries my mom's with it and don't bother she keeps things safer than Vincent, so you will have it before you leave, you can join us for some breakfast while you at it " she said in a concerned tone.
" Ahhh Thanks don't bother, I will just leave with my pocket watch " he said walking closer, " No!, Stay for some breakfast " she repeated.
Just who was this goody two shoes, Lucian wasn't even supposed to be here in the first half and now someone was offering him a free breakfast, it was a joke so he would go with the flow.
She lead him into her humble cottage which was very close to the storage unit as they literally shared a wall, looking over the fence and down the hill they were on Lucian was awestruck.
A thick dense jungle lay ahead of them, he even swore he saw some creatures swinging around the trees gazing back at him.
They weren't attacking why, he turned to the girl and found her entering the cottage so he followed suit aiming for his pocket watch.
Getting to the veranda he wiped his bare sandy feet on the welcome door mat which lay in front of him and walked in, he was greeted by a nice aroma of a hot pot.
Lucian didn't let that foreign scent distract him though as he gazed around the small sitting room embellished with wooden stools and a round short center table.
Clothing of leather and cotton were littered across the room, on the chairs, table, everywhere, competing with the clothes were items like toys, crude stationaries and other things.
Hand drawn paintings decorated the room making it lively yet a bit uncivilized, " Why are you looking around like a lost puppy " the girl's voice tore through his mind.
" Nothing, am just a little surprised at your modest home, mine is nothing like it " he replied remembering his cement and concrete made prison.
" Don't you live in Vale Shu? " she asked, " Whai is Vale Shu " he responded intrigued by her question, she sighed, " I was locked up sorry, I didn't know much of anything " he added.
" That's the closest and only settlement close to this jungle " she said with a down cast expression.