Chapter 44
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The energy started swelling around the barrel and started seeping out. Luckily officer Luar took the barrel deep in the garden behind trees and the house. From there no one could see this strange thing that happened.
Moments later the energy that spilled out came back into the barrel and seeped in the bodies of the two children.
First to open eyes was Isaa. Kendra told her to stop if she felt full. Now she felt so full like she ate a whole table full of the food, but in her body."Kendra?"
Kendra heard her calling. She slowly opened her eyes. "Full?" She asked.
"Yes, and now? " She looked at Kendra questioningly. Kendra looked at her "Let's get out."
She felt that Fluffy would know more. She saw it was already night, but the moon was still crescent. "Till full Moon, he can't tell us. Are you hungry?"
Isaa shook her head but her eyes looked sleepy. She rubbed her eyes and yawned.
Kendra saw Fluffy sleeping in his basket.
"Go, take Fluffy and go sleep." she took Isaa into her hammock and put sleeping Fluffy in the bed as well. Isaa hugged him lightly and as soon Kendra put the blanket on her she fell asleep.
Kendra gently stroke soft hairs from Isaa's face and went back into the barrel. She was almost full as well, but she felt that there is more. Like a thin barrier.
If she gathers more she might pass or break it. She closed eyes and concentrated at faster absorption.
Isaa was with her before and she was worried to take to much or to absorb fast. But now she had a free hand. She concentrated on her mind and started to absorb.
In beginning it was slow but slow she didn't just absorb, she connected the dots like drops of water.
One after another connected at first into the line. Then into a small stream and now into a small tornado that swirled around her and entered her body.
Isaa and Fluffy were actually not sleeping. They could feel her actions. "Fluffy, when you get your voice there will be so much to be told. Kendra is amazing. Her powers are definitely bigger than mine. But at least I am not weak anymore. I feel that if I train a bit more, I'll be able to break the line and become stronger."
He looked at her and nodded. Isaa felt comforted. If she becomes stronger, she might not be as strong as Kendra, but at least she will be stronger than most people she knew and will be able to protect herself.
While Kendra was in the barrel she slowly gathered water and tried separating it in smaller portions. Then smaller till she didn't make it into the drops as Kendra did before.
She felt so happy. She used more water and made hundreds, then thousands, then she turned it into a small cloud filled with droplets and let it fall slowly around the garden.
She made it again and again till she didn't feel tired. She laid down and at last fell asleep. Fluffy looked at her and then at the swirl around the barrel.
That child is so powerful that can even connect the energy wisps into steam. Kendra is the first human that did that. He can't talk and he can't help her now. She seems to understand what others couldn't. She needs more but steady. Most of them just feel filled and they stop. But Kendra didn't know that she passed multiple barriers already.
He will need to explain so much. Soon the swirl started seeping into her and stopped. She opened eyes and smiled. She felt quite strong now. She got out the barrel and slowly got into her hammock. She saw Isaa's sleeping face and felt tired herself.
After she closed eyes she fell asleep but Isaa and Fluffy looked at her for a while. The power around her was still strong and now disappeared. It seems she became stronger.
Isaa was happy. She finally closed her eyes and fell asleep truly.
Fluffy looked at the two powerful children and sighed. He will need to teach them so much. he closed his eyes as well and fell asleep as well.
The next day they woke up before daybreak. Kendra looked at the potatoes and saw they were ready. They all sprouted since she saw them yesterday. She wondered. Does it have something to do with the energy from last night? She turned to Isaa.
''Isaa, what did you do when I went to back to the barrel?''she asked curiously.
''I felt much stronger and did what you taught me. I turned a big ball of water into a smaller ball then droplets and then I made rain. It was fun.'' she said.
''Oh you did well my sweety.''said happily Kendra while she pinched softly Isaa's cheeks.''My sister is now stronger. When we go to the sea we will try more things. But now let's freshen up and eat something. What do you want to eat?''
''That from yesterday. I wanna eat that.'' Isaa said while thinking about it.
''What do you think we give it some silly name...pizza?''asked Kendra. Isaa nodded. It's easy to remember.
''Can we make some before we go to the sea? Then at least first day we don't need to cook anything,'' she said with big shiny eyes.
Kendra laughed.''Do you like it so much?''She saw Isaa nodding and started laughing.''We shouldn't eat it every day but sometimes is fine. There is so much good food in the sea. One day is acceptable to eat it. But later we need to catch fishes. I will make good fish soup with lots of vegetables. I am sure you will like it.''
Isaa nodded.''I miss fish anyway. We can catch many and dry them and bring them home. I know we need it for winter.''she started counting on her fingers. Kendra started laughing. It seems she turned Isaa into second her, the hamster family.
''Let's stay here for now till we are not strong enough to travel around. We need after all the information's about this country and cities. Places. There is so much to see outside and to learn. If we stay here forever we will not be able to grow our powers. Do you wish to stay?'' she looked at her. If she planned to stay she will do it till Isaa is big enough and then travel the world alone.
''No. I can feel as well that my powers grew. And there is something inside the powers that is stopping me. It seems I need to use my powers to become stronger.''
They ate pizza and left the house. She let Isaa again make the cloud and water the plants.
She looked at her closely and saw that she didn't feel uncomfortable after doing that.
''Tiered?''she asked. Isaa looked at her hands and then at Kendra with a big smile.''No, it seems my powers grew and my endurance as well. I don't feel tired at all.''
Kendra saw the whole garden was shining with morning dew and droplets from Isaa's watering. She used her powers to water the potatoes that waited to be planted. the sprouts grew quite a bit since last night so she needs to plant them very soon.
''Let's see how far did they go with work. We need to plant potatoes soon. Before we go we need to water it a few times so they can start growing. After that, we will water it after we come back...no need before. Let's see if the seeds from the tomato sprouted.
She looked at the bit of earth she planted in a jar and saw tiny sprouts arising. This is from first tomatoes they ate while ago. It seems she will let them inside the jar and then transplant them in the garden. There are not many there. But it will be enough for them.
She was glad. She needs to go and see that young man that liked to tinker stuff. She needs something that could water the plants per drop when she is not around...She already had the idea but she needs him to handle it.
They put their baskets on and in Isaa's was Fluffy and in Kendra's were cookies she planned to give each one. She planned to get some rabbits before they don't eradicate them all. Rabbit meat taste good. She wants to put some in ice cellar to have more options for winter food. She already had so much inside, but there is no such word as too much food. She sighed. So many people visit them, how can there be too much food.
They arrived at the door and saw officer Luar and few guards talking to a man that wanted to enter the city but they didn't let him in.
''Do you know who I am. I am nobles cousin. If you don't let me in I will tell him to punish your whole family.''he was so full of himself that he didn't see the disdain on guards faces.
''You need the invitation from the noble to enter the nobles circle. We already sent someone to check your cousin...if it's like that, the soldier will come back with a written invitation and you can go in. Before that, you can only stay in the outer city.
The man got stunned by a calm voice and unperturbed expression of guards and officer Luar.
''By the way. Our Lord is head of city I really want to know what noble has such power to order Lord's guards and punish them. I wonder.''he said while smiling icily at the man.
He felt coldness seeping from the officer but he shook it off and got even angrier.''You, dog. So what if you are Lord's guard. The real power in the city is my...'' he got hit by something and stopped.''Who dares?!''
He saw two small children looking at him with big eyes and didn't think too much of it. He turned at officer Luar and yelled. ''I even get attacked here and you don't do anything against it. What are you doing?!''
''I am like you said Lord's dog and his high officer. By talking bad about his Lordship I even have the right to arrest you and put you in the dungeon. Wanna try me?'' he said while still smiling.
The man saw that the situation got really reversed and got slightly scared. He waved his hand and huffed.'' Yes, yes, you are Lord's dog. I will talk to my cousin and ask him to apply at the Lord for your release from services. You are not good enough to be an officer. Hmph...''he went back into his carriage and yelled at his servants.
Officer Luar smiled at Kendra and Isaa that stood there and watched. He saw on their faces that they won't go away and wanted to see the fun...He sighed.
Kendra winked at him and smiled mischievously. She really is interested is there any noble that would dare now to act against the young Lord. Isaa just found it funny. Then she remembered. She went white in her face. Kendra looked at her expression and turned to look at the sight that Isaa made so distressed.
Grand carriage came out the gate and one fat man with some effort came down from it and walked towards officer Luar. He then saw his cousin walking out the carriage and knew he must have said something as officer Luar had an icy expression on his face.
''Officer Luar, I am truly sorry if this silly cousin of mine has offended you. Could you please be grand and forgive him.''He smiled and tried to give him a few gold coins. What he got is a sarcastic laugh. ''Sir. Did I ever take before any money from anyone? It seems you have lots of it...''he looked with a wide smile at the carriage.
''Our Lord plans to make granary. I will tell him that you plan to make a grand donation of money and grains to the city. We, the citizens of the city will be grateful for it.''
The noble got scared. He was a fool. He forgot how the Lord got all the gold and everything they had from nobles that were arrested for grand treason. But at that moment one loud voice could be heard.''You damn dog don't even know what is good for him. So what if the Lord is making granary. That fool...''he wanted to say more but the terrified noble hit him with the fist in his face and started beating him up.
''You damnable idiot. If you want to go to jail, please go. Do not take me with you.'' he turned to officer Luar and saw his getting angrier.''Please don't listen to this fool. We really have no wrongdoings in our home.''
Isaa got angry. No wrongdoings. She then remembered the secret passage in that house. She smiled icily. ''Kendra, there is a secret passage in the house behind the big picture. They should go for a search. By the way, his wife is the one who was kind to me. Please help her.''
Kendra nodded and made her expression look compassionate.
''Officer Luar please the uncle go. He already got beaten up. I am sure he won't do anything bad anymore.''she looked at him and winked slightly. He understood and patted her head.
''Good boy. Bad people need to be punished, but as you pleaded so nicely I will let them go.'' He looked coldly at sweating noble. "You should be grateful to the Lord that made a new law of child protection or I would have just killed your beloved cousin. Now go..."
Kendra smiled at noble and held her hand in front of him. "If officer Luar doesn't want that money I do. I do not mind if you show your gratefulness with that."
He wanted to say something bit when he saw officer Luar staring at him, he gritted his teeth and put a full hand of gold coins in her Kendra's hands.
He then turned around and grabbed his cousin and rode off with quite a speed.
Kendra was stunned. She was just teasing him, but he took it for teal. She looked at the big shiny gold and shrugged.
"How much small gold coins are a big gold coin?" she asked while she got serious.
"Same." What it means it 100 small gold coins and that is 10 000 silver coins. She had eleven big gold coins and understood what big fortune this is. Her eyes got cold.
"To just give away such fortune without care...He dares to hide such wealth... It seems we found one more rat. I heard his wife is quite benevolent. Please let her go with enough money to live a comfortable life. Please."
He didn't ask about gold or why she wanted to save the woman, but he nodded. "I need to go to Palace right away. We need to check before rats hide."
Kendra stopped him. "Someone told me that there are hidden rooms and paths in walls and behind pictures. Check it in all houses. Close the inner city. It seems there are still enough money and hideous things hidden in the city."
She put money in her ragged bag, put it on her neck and under the shirt. He ignored her doing and guards as well. She greeted them politely with a bow and left with Isaa.
Somehow all the guards in the city had quite respect towards this child.
She turned around and went to her land. What the young Lord and his soldiers will do is not her problem. She started humming one famous song as she felt quite rich. Eleven big gold coins... Hehehehe.
Isaa somehow knew that Kendra was happy because of gold coins and started laughing.
"Brother, this is easiest earned money, ever." she laughed and Kendra joined.
"We were lucky this time. This gold we will hide for later. We need it in the future when we leave this place. "
Isaa nodded. Even if she had the body of a child she still lived for a while and knew the meaning of such amount. Kendra is right. They need it for the future.
"Later on I will give you every month certain amount of money so you can use it as you wish. I need to take care of the payment to the workers and then I will see how much money I will get fro the Lord,''she said smiling at Isaa
''No worries brother. If you can't it's fine. I can see one day you will be able to make a bunch of money. At that time I hope you won't forget me .''She said while acting cute.
''Of course not. But you do not need to wait that long. I plan to start giving you some share. After we take care of the oysters you will get a share as well. We need to share everything,''said Kendra while looking at Isaa with warmth.
''No. I want my share from the things I took part in. Like oysters. Everything else can be left with you. I know you will invest it wisely so I do not really care.'' said Isaa and taught about all the things she got from Kendra. If she were not here, would she be able to live such a comfortable life?
Kendra was worried that in case they got separated by some unlucky reason, Isaa won't have enough money on her. She just want her to be safe and sound. So she shook head.''When I get gold from the Lord I hope I will get at least one more big gold peace. We can share these gold pieces in half. I feel safer if it's split. What if someone stoles from me. Then there could be you. Don't you think?'' she just wanted her to take the money. If she says it this way there is a higher chance that she will accept it. And she did.
Isaa taught about it. If there is someone who ha such power its better to have money on both of them. So she accepted. Kendra got happy. Finally, this child accepted it.
Soon tehy arrived at the farm. Now it's not just a place with the house, it turned into a farm.
They changed many things. The house looked better and the woman planted so many wild flowers around the house, so when you sat in front of it, you were in the sea of colors. It was pretty. Kendra and Isaa went to the cleared land and they already cleaned it, put the fertilizer on and were at the moment. plowing it.
It seems tehy will be done by lunch with everything. Kendra sighed and called Goluk.
''Goluk, can you take me to the office. I need to take some money to pay you all. By the way, can they make 3-4 horizontal lines in the lower part of the land? I need it predone. ''She explained to him that she needs the land to be soft and airy so she can plant few things. they understood and nodded.''Don't worry. When we are done with plowing and cultivating it, we will make it as you wish.''
Kendra nodded and turned to Isaa. ''You and Fluffy should stay here. I will be back soon. Go play with children a little bit and find out if any of them live in town as well. Later we will need them.''
Isaa understood. She went with Fluffy to a group of children and spoke and played while Kendra went home to get the silver.
They passed the office and she saw officer Luar. ''I need your help with something. ''She said while entering the office. Goluk stayed and waited on the carriage.
''You are fast back. Do you need something?''Kendra nodded.
''Money that city owns me. I need to pay my workers and I don't have enough. Can you send someone to the Lords Palace and find out how much I can get. I really don't want to touch that money from this morning. You know, for now, it's better not to.''
Officer Luar understood. ''Don't worry I will send someone right away. The inner city gates are, as of this morning, closed but my messenger can go in and out.''He sent quickly one soldier with a horse to the palace with a message.''Don't worry. With a horse, we will get an answer quite fast.''
But what they got is a big surprise...
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The energy started swelling around the barrel and started seeping out. Luckily officer Luar took the barrel deep in the garden behind trees and the house. From there no one could see this strange thing that happened.
Moments later the energy that spilled out came back into the barrel and seeped in the bodies of the two children.
First to open eyes was Isaa. Kendra told her to stop if she felt full. Now she felt so full like she ate a whole table full of the food, but in her body."Kendra?"
Kendra heard her calling. She slowly opened her eyes. "Full?" She asked.
"Yes, and now? " She looked at Kendra questioningly. Kendra looked at her "Let's get out."
She felt that Fluffy would know more. She saw it was already night, but the moon was still crescent. "Till full Moon, he can't tell us. Are you hungry?"
Isaa shook her head but her eyes looked sleepy. She rubbed her eyes and yawned.
Kendra saw Fluffy sleeping in his basket.
"Go, take Fluffy and go sleep." she took Isaa into her hammock and put sleeping Fluffy in the bed as well. Isaa hugged him lightly and as soon Kendra put the blanket on her she fell asleep.
Kendra gently stroke soft hairs from Isaa's face and went back into the barrel. She was almost full as well, but she felt that there is more. Like a thin barrier.
If she gathers more she might pass or break it. She closed eyes and concentrated at faster absorption.
Isaa was with her before and she was worried to take to much or to absorb fast. But now she had a free hand. She concentrated on her mind and started to absorb.
In beginning it was slow but slow she didn't just absorb, she connected the dots like drops of water.
One after another connected at first into the line. Then into a small stream and now into a small tornado that swirled around her and entered her body.
Isaa and Fluffy were actually not sleeping. They could feel her actions. "Fluffy, when you get your voice there will be so much to be told. Kendra is amazing. Her powers are definitely bigger than mine. But at least I am not weak anymore. I feel that if I train a bit more, I'll be able to break the line and become stronger."
He looked at her and nodded. Isaa felt comforted. If she becomes stronger, she might not be as strong as Kendra, but at least she will be stronger than most people she knew and will be able to protect herself.
While Kendra was in the barrel she slowly gathered water and tried separating it in smaller portions. Then smaller till she didn't make it into the drops as Kendra did before.
She felt so happy. She used more water and made hundreds, then thousands, then she turned it into a small cloud filled with droplets and let it fall slowly around the garden.
She made it again and again till she didn't feel tired. She laid down and at last fell asleep. Fluffy looked at her and then at the swirl around the barrel.
That child is so powerful that can even connect the energy wisps into steam. Kendra is the first human that did that. He can't talk and he can't help her now. She seems to understand what others couldn't. She needs more but steady. Most of them just feel filled and they stop. But Kendra didn't know that she passed multiple barriers already.
He will need to explain so much. Soon the swirl started seeping into her and stopped. She opened eyes and smiled. She felt quite strong now. She got out the barrel and slowly got into her hammock. She saw Isaa's sleeping face and felt tired herself.
After she closed eyes she fell asleep but Isaa and Fluffy looked at her for a while. The power around her was still strong and now disappeared. It seems she became stronger.
Isaa was happy. She finally closed her eyes and fell asleep truly.
Fluffy looked at the two powerful children and sighed. He will need to teach them so much. he closed his eyes as well and fell asleep as well.
The next day they woke up before daybreak. Kendra looked at the potatoes and saw they were ready. They all sprouted since she saw them yesterday. She wondered. Does it have something to do with the energy from last night? She turned to Isaa.
''Isaa, what did you do when I went to back to the barrel?''she asked curiously.
''I felt much stronger and did what you taught me. I turned a big ball of water into a smaller ball then droplets and then I made rain. It was fun.'' she said.
''Oh you did well my sweety.''said happily Kendra while she pinched softly Isaa's cheeks.''My sister is now stronger. When we go to the sea we will try more things. But now let's freshen up and eat something. What do you want to eat?''
''That from yesterday. I wanna eat that.'' Isaa said while thinking about it.
''What do you think we give it some silly name...pizza?''asked Kendra. Isaa nodded. It's easy to remember.
''Can we make some before we go to the sea? Then at least first day we don't need to cook anything,'' she said with big shiny eyes.
Kendra laughed.''Do you like it so much?''She saw Isaa nodding and started laughing.''We shouldn't eat it every day but sometimes is fine. There is so much good food in the sea. One day is acceptable to eat it. But later we need to catch fishes. I will make good fish soup with lots of vegetables. I am sure you will like it.''
Isaa nodded.''I miss fish anyway. We can catch many and dry them and bring them home. I know we need it for winter.''she started counting on her fingers. Kendra started laughing. It seems she turned Isaa into second her, the hamster family.
''Let's stay here for now till we are not strong enough to travel around. We need after all the information's about this country and cities. Places. There is so much to see outside and to learn. If we stay here forever we will not be able to grow our powers. Do you wish to stay?'' she looked at her. If she planned to stay she will do it till Isaa is big enough and then travel the world alone.
''No. I can feel as well that my powers grew. And there is something inside the powers that is stopping me. It seems I need to use my powers to become stronger.''
They ate pizza and left the house. She let Isaa again make the cloud and water the plants.
She looked at her closely and saw that she didn't feel uncomfortable after doing that.
''Tiered?''she asked. Isaa looked at her hands and then at Kendra with a big smile.''No, it seems my powers grew and my endurance as well. I don't feel tired at all.''
Kendra saw the whole garden was shining with morning dew and droplets from Isaa's watering. She used her powers to water the potatoes that waited to be planted. the sprouts grew quite a bit since last night so she needs to plant them very soon.
''Let's see how far did they go with work. We need to plant potatoes soon. Before we go we need to water it a few times so they can start growing. After that, we will water it after we come back...no need before. Let's see if the seeds from the tomato sprouted.
She looked at the bit of earth she planted in a jar and saw tiny sprouts arising. This is from first tomatoes they ate while ago. It seems she will let them inside the jar and then transplant them in the garden. There are not many there. But it will be enough for them.
She was glad. She needs to go and see that young man that liked to tinker stuff. She needs something that could water the plants per drop when she is not around...She already had the idea but she needs him to handle it.
They put their baskets on and in Isaa's was Fluffy and in Kendra's were cookies she planned to give each one. She planned to get some rabbits before they don't eradicate them all. Rabbit meat taste good. She wants to put some in ice cellar to have more options for winter food. She already had so much inside, but there is no such word as too much food. She sighed. So many people visit them, how can there be too much food.
They arrived at the door and saw officer Luar and few guards talking to a man that wanted to enter the city but they didn't let him in.
''Do you know who I am. I am nobles cousin. If you don't let me in I will tell him to punish your whole family.''he was so full of himself that he didn't see the disdain on guards faces.
''You need the invitation from the noble to enter the nobles circle. We already sent someone to check your cousin...if it's like that, the soldier will come back with a written invitation and you can go in. Before that, you can only stay in the outer city.
The man got stunned by a calm voice and unperturbed expression of guards and officer Luar.
''By the way. Our Lord is head of city I really want to know what noble has such power to order Lord's guards and punish them. I wonder.''he said while smiling icily at the man.
He felt coldness seeping from the officer but he shook it off and got even angrier.''You, dog. So what if you are Lord's guard. The real power in the city is my...'' he got hit by something and stopped.''Who dares?!''
He saw two small children looking at him with big eyes and didn't think too much of it. He turned at officer Luar and yelled. ''I even get attacked here and you don't do anything against it. What are you doing?!''
''I am like you said Lord's dog and his high officer. By talking bad about his Lordship I even have the right to arrest you and put you in the dungeon. Wanna try me?'' he said while still smiling.
The man saw that the situation got really reversed and got slightly scared. He waved his hand and huffed.'' Yes, yes, you are Lord's dog. I will talk to my cousin and ask him to apply at the Lord for your release from services. You are not good enough to be an officer. Hmph...''he went back into his carriage and yelled at his servants.
Officer Luar smiled at Kendra and Isaa that stood there and watched. He saw on their faces that they won't go away and wanted to see the fun...He sighed.
Kendra winked at him and smiled mischievously. She really is interested is there any noble that would dare now to act against the young Lord. Isaa just found it funny. Then she remembered. She went white in her face. Kendra looked at her expression and turned to look at the sight that Isaa made so distressed.
Grand carriage came out the gate and one fat man with some effort came down from it and walked towards officer Luar. He then saw his cousin walking out the carriage and knew he must have said something as officer Luar had an icy expression on his face.
''Officer Luar, I am truly sorry if this silly cousin of mine has offended you. Could you please be grand and forgive him.''He smiled and tried to give him a few gold coins. What he got is a sarcastic laugh. ''Sir. Did I ever take before any money from anyone? It seems you have lots of it...''he looked with a wide smile at the carriage.
''Our Lord plans to make granary. I will tell him that you plan to make a grand donation of money and grains to the city. We, the citizens of the city will be grateful for it.''
The noble got scared. He was a fool. He forgot how the Lord got all the gold and everything they had from nobles that were arrested for grand treason. But at that moment one loud voice could be heard.''You damn dog don't even know what is good for him. So what if the Lord is making granary. That fool...''he wanted to say more but the terrified noble hit him with the fist in his face and started beating him up.
''You damnable idiot. If you want to go to jail, please go. Do not take me with you.'' he turned to officer Luar and saw his getting angrier.''Please don't listen to this fool. We really have no wrongdoings in our home.''
Isaa got angry. No wrongdoings. She then remembered the secret passage in that house. She smiled icily. ''Kendra, there is a secret passage in the house behind the big picture. They should go for a search. By the way, his wife is the one who was kind to me. Please help her.''
Kendra nodded and made her expression look compassionate.
''Officer Luar please the uncle go. He already got beaten up. I am sure he won't do anything bad anymore.''she looked at him and winked slightly. He understood and patted her head.
''Good boy. Bad people need to be punished, but as you pleaded so nicely I will let them go.'' He looked coldly at sweating noble. "You should be grateful to the Lord that made a new law of child protection or I would have just killed your beloved cousin. Now go..."
Kendra smiled at noble and held her hand in front of him. "If officer Luar doesn't want that money I do. I do not mind if you show your gratefulness with that."
He wanted to say something bit when he saw officer Luar staring at him, he gritted his teeth and put a full hand of gold coins in her Kendra's hands.
He then turned around and grabbed his cousin and rode off with quite a speed.
Kendra was stunned. She was just teasing him, but he took it for teal. She looked at the big shiny gold and shrugged.
"How much small gold coins are a big gold coin?" she asked while she got serious.
"Same." What it means it 100 small gold coins and that is 10 000 silver coins. She had eleven big gold coins and understood what big fortune this is. Her eyes got cold.
"To just give away such fortune without care...He dares to hide such wealth... It seems we found one more rat. I heard his wife is quite benevolent. Please let her go with enough money to live a comfortable life. Please."
He didn't ask about gold or why she wanted to save the woman, but he nodded. "I need to go to Palace right away. We need to check before rats hide."
Kendra stopped him. "Someone told me that there are hidden rooms and paths in walls and behind pictures. Check it in all houses. Close the inner city. It seems there are still enough money and hideous things hidden in the city."
She put money in her ragged bag, put it on her neck and under the shirt. He ignored her doing and guards as well. She greeted them politely with a bow and left with Isaa.
Somehow all the guards in the city had quite respect towards this child.
She turned around and went to her land. What the young Lord and his soldiers will do is not her problem. She started humming one famous song as she felt quite rich. Eleven big gold coins... Hehehehe.
Isaa somehow knew that Kendra was happy because of gold coins and started laughing.
"Brother, this is easiest earned money, ever." she laughed and Kendra joined.
"We were lucky this time. This gold we will hide for later. We need it in the future when we leave this place. "
Isaa nodded. Even if she had the body of a child she still lived for a while and knew the meaning of such amount. Kendra is right. They need it for the future.
"Later on I will give you every month certain amount of money so you can use it as you wish. I need to take care of the payment to the workers and then I will see how much money I will get fro the Lord,''she said smiling at Isaa
''No worries brother. If you can't it's fine. I can see one day you will be able to make a bunch of money. At that time I hope you won't forget me .''She said while acting cute.
''Of course not. But you do not need to wait that long. I plan to start giving you some share. After we take care of the oysters you will get a share as well. We need to share everything,''said Kendra while looking at Isaa with warmth.
''No. I want my share from the things I took part in. Like oysters. Everything else can be left with you. I know you will invest it wisely so I do not really care.'' said Isaa and taught about all the things she got from Kendra. If she were not here, would she be able to live such a comfortable life?
Kendra was worried that in case they got separated by some unlucky reason, Isaa won't have enough money on her. She just want her to be safe and sound. So she shook head.''When I get gold from the Lord I hope I will get at least one more big gold peace. We can share these gold pieces in half. I feel safer if it's split. What if someone stoles from me. Then there could be you. Don't you think?'' she just wanted her to take the money. If she says it this way there is a higher chance that she will accept it. And she did.
Isaa taught about it. If there is someone who ha such power its better to have money on both of them. So she accepted. Kendra got happy. Finally, this child accepted it.
Soon tehy arrived at the farm. Now it's not just a place with the house, it turned into a farm.
They changed many things. The house looked better and the woman planted so many wild flowers around the house, so when you sat in front of it, you were in the sea of colors. It was pretty. Kendra and Isaa went to the cleared land and they already cleaned it, put the fertilizer on and were at the moment. plowing it.
It seems tehy will be done by lunch with everything. Kendra sighed and called Goluk.
''Goluk, can you take me to the office. I need to take some money to pay you all. By the way, can they make 3-4 horizontal lines in the lower part of the land? I need it predone. ''She explained to him that she needs the land to be soft and airy so she can plant few things. they understood and nodded.''Don't worry. When we are done with plowing and cultivating it, we will make it as you wish.''
Kendra nodded and turned to Isaa. ''You and Fluffy should stay here. I will be back soon. Go play with children a little bit and find out if any of them live in town as well. Later we will need them.''
Isaa understood. She went with Fluffy to a group of children and spoke and played while Kendra went home to get the silver.
They passed the office and she saw officer Luar. ''I need your help with something. ''She said while entering the office. Goluk stayed and waited on the carriage.
''You are fast back. Do you need something?''Kendra nodded.
''Money that city owns me. I need to pay my workers and I don't have enough. Can you send someone to the Lords Palace and find out how much I can get. I really don't want to touch that money from this morning. You know, for now, it's better not to.''
Officer Luar understood. ''Don't worry I will send someone right away. The inner city gates are, as of this morning, closed but my messenger can go in and out.''He sent quickly one soldier with a horse to the palace with a message.''Don't worry. With a horse, we will get an answer quite fast.''
But what they got is a big surprise...
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The energy started swelling around the barrel and started seeping out. Luckily officer Luar took the barrel deep in the garden behind trees and the house. From there no one could see this strange thing that happened.Moments later the energy that spilled out came back into the barrel and seeped in the bodies of the two children.First to open eyes was Isaa. Kendra told her to stop if she felt full. Now she felt so full like she ate a whole table full of the food, but in her body."Kendra?"Kendra heard her calling. She slowly opened her eyes. "Full?" She asked."Yes, and now? " She looked at Kendra questioningly. Kendra looked at her "Let's get out."She felt that Fluffy would know more. She saw it was already night, but the moon was still crescent. "Till full Moon, he can't tell us. Are you hungry?"Isaa shook her head but her eyes looked sleepy. She rubbed her eyes and yawned.Kendra saw Fluffy sleeping in his basket."Go, take Fluffy and go sleep." she took Isaa into her hammock and put sleeping Fluffy in the bed as well. Isaa hugged him lightly and as soon Kendra put the blanket on her she fell asleep.Kendra gently stroke soft hairs from Isaa's face and went back into the barrel. She was almost full as well, but she felt that there is more. Like a thin barrier.If she gathers more she might pass or break it. She closed eyes and concentrated at faster absorption.Isaa was with her before and she was worried to take to much or to absorb fast. But now she had a free hand. She concentrated on her mind and started to absorb.In beginning it was slow but slow she didn't just absorb, she connected the dots like drops of water.One after another connected at first into the line. Then into a small stream and now into a small tornado that swirled around her and entered her body.Isaa and Fluffy were actually not sleeping. They could feel her actions. "Fluffy, when you get your voice there will be so much to be told. Kendra is amazing. Her powers are definitely bigger than mine. But at least I am not weak anymore. I feel that if I train a bit more, I'll be able to break the line and become stronger."He looked at her and nodded. Isaa felt comforted. If she becomes stronger, she might not be as strong as Kendra, but at least she will be stronger than most people she knew and will be able to protect herself.While Kendra was in the barrel she slowly gathered water and tried separating it in smaller portions. Then smaller till she didn't make it into the drops as Kendra did before.She felt so happy. She used more water and made hundreds, then thousands, then she turned it into a small cloud filled with droplets and let it fall slowly around the garden.She made it again and again till she didn't feel tired. She laid down and at last fell asleep. Fluffy looked at her and then at the swirl around the barrel.That child is so powerful that can even connect the energy wisps into steam. Kendra is the first human that did that. He can't talk and he can't help her now. She seems to understand what others couldn't. She needs more but steady. Most of them just feel filled and they stop. But Kendra didn't know that she passed multiple barriers already.He will need to explain so much. Soon the swirl started seeping into her and stopped. She opened eyes and smiled. She felt quite strong now. She got out the barrel and slowly got into her hammock. She saw Isaa's sleeping face and felt tired herself.After she closed eyes she fell asleep but Isaa and Fluffy looked at her for a while. The power around her was still strong and now disappeared. It seems she became stronger.Isaa was happy. She finally closed her eyes and fell asleep truly.Fluffy looked at the two powerful children and sighed. He will need to teach them so much. he closed his eyes as well and fell asleep as well.The next day they woke up before daybreak. Kendra looked at the potatoes and saw they were ready. They all sprouted since she saw them yesterday. She wondered. Does it have something to do with the energy from last night? She turned to Isaa.''Isaa, what did you do when I went to back to the barrel?''she asked curiously.''I felt much stronger and did what you taught me. I turned a big ball of water into a smaller ball then droplets and then I made rain. It was fun.'' she said.''Oh you did well my sweety.''said happily Kendra while she pinched softly Isaa's cheeks.''My sister is now stronger. When we go to the sea we will try more things. But now let's freshen up and eat something. What do you want to eat?''''That from yesterday. I wanna eat that.'' Isaa said while thinking about it.''What do you think we give it some silly name...pizza?''asked Kendra. Isaa nodded. It's easy to remember.''Can we make some before we go to the sea? Then at least first day we don't need to cook anything,'' she said with big shiny eyes.Kendra laughed.''Do you like it so much?''She saw Isaa nodding and started laughing.''We shouldn't eat it every day but sometimes is fine. There is so much good food in the sea. One day is acceptable to eat it. But later we need to catch fishes. I will make good fish soup with lots of vegetables. I am sure you will like it.''Isaa nodded.''I miss fish anyway. We can catch many and dry them and bring them home. I know we need it for winter.''she started counting on her fingers. Kendra started laughing. It seems she turned Isaa into second her, the hamster family.''Let's stay here for now till we are not strong enough to travel around. We need after all the information's about this country and cities. Places. There is so much to see outside and to learn. If we stay here forever we will not be able to grow our powers. Do you wish to stay?'' she looked at her. If she planned to stay she will do it till Isaa is big enough and then travel the world alone.''No. I can feel as well that my powers grew. And there is something inside the powers that is stopping me. It seems I need to use my powers to become stronger.''They ate pizza and left the house. She let Isaa again make the cloud and water the plants.She looked at her closely and saw that she didn't feel uncomfortable after doing that.''Tiered?''she asked. Isaa looked at her hands and then at Kendra with a big smile.''No, it seems my powers grew and my endurance as well. I don't feel tired at all.''Kendra saw the whole garden was shining with morning dew and droplets from Isaa's watering. She used her powers to water the potatoes that waited to be planted. the sprouts grew quite a bit since last night so she needs to plant them very soon.''Let's see how far did they go with work. We need to plant potatoes soon. Before we go we need to water it a few times so they can start growing. After that, we will water it after we come back...no need before. Let's see if the seeds from the tomato sprouted.She looked at the bit of earth she planted in a jar and saw tiny sprouts arising. This is from first tomatoes they ate while ago. It seems she will let them inside the jar and then transplant them in the garden. There are not many there. But it will be enough for them.She was glad. She needs to go and see that young man that liked to tinker stuff. She needs something that could water the plants per drop when she is not around...She already had the idea but she needs him to handle it.They put their baskets on and in Isaa's was Fluffy and in Kendra's were cookies she planned to give each one. She planned to get some rabbits before they don't eradicate them all. Rabbit meat taste good. She wants to put some in ice cellar to have more options for winter food. She already had so much inside, but there is no such word as too much food. She sighed. So many people visit them, how can there be too much food.They arrived at the door and saw officer Luar and few guards talking to a man that wanted to enter the city but they didn't let him in.''Do you know who I am. I am nobles cousin. If you don't let me in I will tell him to punish your whole family.''he was so full of himself that he didn't see the disdain on guards faces.''You need the invitation from the noble to enter the nobles circle. We already sent someone to check your cousin...if it's like that, the soldier will come back with a written invitation and you can go in. Before that, you can only stay in the outer city.The man got stunned by a calm voice and unperturbed expression of guards and officer Luar.''By the way. Our Lord is head of city I really want to know what noble has such power to order Lord's guards and punish them. I wonder.''he said while smiling icily at the man.He felt coldness seeping from the officer but he shook it off and got even angrier.''You, dog. So what if you are Lord's guard. The real power in the city is my...'' he got hit by something and stopped.''Who dares?!''He saw two small children looking at him with big eyes and didn't think too much of it. He turned at officer Luar and yelled. ''I even get attacked here and you don't do anything against it. What are you doing?!''''I am like you said Lord's dog and his high officer. By talking bad about his Lordship I even have the right to arrest you and put you in the dungeon. Wanna try me?'' he said while still smiling.The man saw that the situation got really reversed and got slightly scared. He waved his hand and huffed.'' Yes, yes, you are Lord's dog. I will talk to my cousin and ask him to apply at the Lord for your release from services. You are not good enough to be an officer. Hmph...''he went back into his carriage and yelled at his servants.Officer Luar smiled at Kendra and Isaa that stood there and watched. He saw on their faces that they won't go away and wanted to see the fun...He sighed.Kendra winked at him and smiled mischievously. She really is interested is there any noble that would dare now to act against the young Lord. Isaa just found it funny. Then she remembered. She went white in her face. Kendra looked at her expression and turned to look at the sight that Isaa made so distressed.Grand carriage came out the gate and one fat man with some effort came down from it and walked towards officer Luar. He then saw his cousin walking out the carriage and knew he must have said something as officer Luar had an icy expression on his face.''Officer Luar, I am truly sorry if this silly cousin of mine has offended you. Could you please be grand and forgive him.''He smiled and tried to give him a few gold coins. What he got is a sarcastic laugh. ''Sir. Did I ever take before any money from anyone? It seems you have lots of it...''he looked with a wide smile at the carriage.''Our Lord plans to make granary. I will tell him that you plan to make a grand donation of money and grains to the city. We, the citizens of the city will be grateful for it.''The noble got scared. He was a fool. He forgot how the Lord got all the gold and everything they had from nobles that were arrested for grand treason. But at that moment one loud voice could be heard.''You damn dog don't even know what is good for him. So what if the Lord is making granary. That fool...''he wanted to say more but the terrified noble hit him with the fist in his face and started beating him up.''You damnable idiot. If you want to go to jail, please go. Do not take me with you.'' he turned to officer Luar and saw his getting angrier.''Please don't listen to this fool. We really have no wrongdoings in our home.''Isaa got angry. No wrongdoings. She then remembered the secret passage in that house. She smiled icily. ''Kendra, there is a secret passage in the house behind the big picture. They should go for a search. By the way, his wife is the one who was kind to me. Please help her.''Kendra nodded and made her expression look compassionate.''Officer Luar please the uncle go. He already got beaten up. I am sure he won't do anything bad anymore.''she looked at him and winked slightly. He understood and patted her head.''Good boy. Bad people need to be punished, but as you pleaded so nicely I will let them go.'' He looked coldly at sweating noble. "You should be grateful to the Lord that made a new law of child protection or I would have just killed your beloved cousin. Now go..."Kendra smiled at noble and held her hand in front of him. "If officer Luar doesn't want that money I do. I do not mind if you show your gratefulness with that."He wanted to say something bit when he saw officer Luar staring at him, he gritted his teeth and put a full hand of gold coins in her Kendra's hands.He then turned around and grabbed his cousin and rode off with quite a speed.Kendra was stunned. She was just teasing him, but he took it for teal. She looked at the big shiny gold and shrugged."How much small gold coins are a big gold coin?" she asked while she got serious."Same." What it means it 100 small gold coins and that is 10 000 silver coins. She had eleven big gold coins and understood what big fortune this is. Her eyes got cold."To just give away such fortune without care...He dares to hide such wealth... It seems we found one more rat. I heard his wife is quite benevolent. Please let her go with enough money to live a comfortable life. Please."He didn't ask about gold or why she wanted to save the woman, but he nodded. "I need to go to Palace right away. We need to check before rats hide."Kendra stopped him. "Someone told me that there are hidden rooms and paths in walls and behind pictures. Check it in all houses. Close the inner city. It seems there are still enough money and hideous things hidden in the city."She put money in her ragged bag, put it on her neck and under the shirt. He ignored her doing and guards as well. She greeted them politely with a bow and left with Isaa.Somehow all the guards in the city had quite respect towards this child.She turned around and went to her land. What the young Lord and his soldiers will do is not her problem. She started humming one famous song as she felt quite rich. Eleven big gold coins... Hehehehe.Isaa somehow knew that Kendra was happy because of gold coins and started laughing."Brother, this is easiest earned money, ever." she laughed and Kendra joined."We were lucky this time. This gold we will hide for later. We need it in the future when we leave this place. "Isaa nodded. Even if she had the body of a child she still lived for a while and knew the meaning of such amount. Kendra is right. They need it for the future."Later on I will give you every month certain amount of money so you can use it as you wish. I need to take care of the payment to the workers and then I will see how much money I will get fro the Lord,''she said smiling at Isaa''No worries brother. If you can't it's fine. I can see one day you will be able to make a bunch of money. At that time I hope you won't forget me .''She said while acting cute.''Of course not. But you do not need to wait that long. I plan to start giving you some share. After we take care of the oysters you will get a share as well. We need to share everything,''said Kendra while looking at Isaa with warmth.''No. I want my share from the things I took part in. Like oysters. Everything else can be left with you. I know you will invest it wisely so I do not really care.'' said Isaa and taught about all the things she got from Kendra. If she were not here, would she be able to live such a comfortable life?Kendra was worried that in case they got separated by some unlucky reason, Isaa won't have enough money on her. She just want her to be safe and sound. So she shook head.''When I get gold from the Lord I hope I will get at least one more big gold peace. We can share these gold pieces in half. I feel safer if it's split. What if someone stoles from me. Then there could be you. Don't you think?'' she just wanted her to take the money. If she says it this way there is a higher chance that she will accept it. And she did.Isaa taught about it. If there is someone who ha such power its better to have money on both of them. So she accepted. Kendra got happy. Finally, this child accepted it.Soon tehy arrived at the farm. Now it's not just a place with the house, it turned into a farm.They changed many things. The house looked better and the woman planted so many wild flowers around the house, so when you sat in front of it, you were in the sea of colors. It was pretty. Kendra and Isaa went to the cleared land and they already cleaned it, put the fertilizer on and were at the moment. plowing it.It seems tehy will be done by lunch with everything. Kendra sighed and called Goluk.''Goluk, can you take me to the office. I need to take some money to pay you all. By the way, can they make 3-4 horizontal lines in the lower part of the land? I need it predone. ''She explained to him that she needs the land to be soft and airy so she can plant few things. they understood and nodded.''Don't worry. When we are done with plowing and cultivating it, we will make it as you wish.''Kendra nodded and turned to Isaa. ''You and Fluffy should stay here. I will be back soon. Go play with children a little bit and find out if any of them live in town as well. Later we will need them.''Isaa understood. She went with Fluffy to a group of children and spoke and played while Kendra went home to get the silver.They passed the office and she saw officer Luar. ''I need your help with something. ''She said while entering the office. Goluk stayed and waited on the carriage.''You are fast back. Do you need something?''Kendra nodded.''Money that city owns me. I need to pay my workers and I don't have enough. Can you send someone to the Lords Palace and find out how much I can get. I really don't want to touch that money from this morning. You know, for now, it's better not to.''Officer Luar understood. ''Don't worry I will send someone right away. The inner city gates are, as of this morning, closed but my messenger can go in and out.''He sent quickly one soldier with a horse to the palace with a message.''Don't worry. With a horse, we will get an answer quite fast.''But what they got is a big surprise....
