CHAPTER 10

THE INJURIES IN BODY AND HEARTS

After the battle with Zodd Kaal and Griffin got seriously injured and were moved to Midland kingdom’s royal capital in the Windham castle where medical’s facilities are best in all the midland kingdom.

A few days later

In the Windhamcastle

Two of nobles are talking about Griffin’s incident and walking

“Did you hear about the Band of Hawk?”.

“Hmm...yes ...you mean about Griffin’s grave injuries ....incident ....in his recent battle...right ”.

“Well ... I heard ....that ....the few soldiers were saying that some giant beast ... just appear in that Chuder stronghold ...and”.

The other noble just cut him in the middle and said “Well it’s just a falsehood!! ...it’s to conceal their blunder ... making a story like that ... it’s a simple but effective child’s trick!... don’t you think”.

“But it seems it was not just one or two who witnessed it ....and besides that, they were eventually successful in subduing the stronghold. So why they need that story?... Even if he was wounded you cannot call that a blunder.....well whether it’s true or not ... But ....this will be another step in the successive rise of his credit ...”.

“True ... Argghh it is so vexing ...”.

Nobles were still talking when they suddenly noticed Kaal. He was still not fully recovered so he was walking with the help of stick a coming towards their direction.

suddenly one of them nobles silently said to other noble

That is the captain of hawk’s raiders

Second noble

Ohh...

And the second noble suddenly get in the Kaal way and said “Hey!!! ...you!!... Clear the way you churl!!” Kaal heard him but didn’t reply to him.

The noble ones again came towards him and said with the arrogance “ ... I heard ...that last battle was quite the calamity ...a beast appeared on the battlefield ...eh?.....

did you receive those wounds on your body by your so-called BEAST?? ... ”.

The noble suddenly turned his head toward the other noble and started talking with the Same tone again “Perhaps ...in the darkness ...maybe you mistook some mutt for a monster ?!.”.

Hearing this made Kaal lose his temper and he just started to move forward and he intensely put his stick on the feet of the noble.

The noble shouted in pain “Ohh!!..aa! Aa!” And the cause of the pain he falls on his butts and other noble started to argue seeing towards Kaal “Hey!!...How...dare you!!!...”.

Kaal simply looked at them and replied: “Sorry ...the pain’s made me a little dizzy ...”.

The nobleman saw this as his insult and said in anger “Y...You bastard!! Now face my sword ...!” And started taking out his sword.

Kaal turned towards them again and this time with his bloodthirsty eyes and a serious expression on his face.

Noble saw the Kaal face and just lost his all will to fight. Kaal saw him again with a mocking expression and moved forward. After seeing Kaal moving forward the noble felled on his knees and started trembling in fear.

Near the hospital where Griffin was admitted.

At the gate of the hospital where Griffin was admitted all the important band members were sitting and was waiting for something. Kaal saw them and got near to them. Rickert saw Kaal and called him “Kaal!!”.

Kaal walked toward them and asked them “What are you all doing here?”.

In place of answer Rickert question Kaal “Should you be walking yet?”.

Suddenly Kaal saw Casca sitting on a side of the road. They both see each other but didn’t say anything and Kaal suddenly remembered those days words of Casca and started to stare her face a little but Casca moved her face to another direction.

Suddenly Judeaus said to Kaal “Don’t worry about it...everyone knows that was not your fault ...even Casca ...Casca just got as worked up as the rest of us, and she blurted that out don’t sweat it” Kaal heard it but strayed silent.

After a moment he said “So?? What’s everyone doing?”.

Judeaus replied, “Well we all are here to pay Griffin a visit ...but there is already a line ...” And pointing his finger toward a group of people who have surrounded the Griffin.

Kaal asked again “So who are they?”.

Judeaus “Oh, those ...they are officials, bishops, dignitaries from the royal court ...

the world’s as kind as it is cruel you know?...

there is a statesman who sees Griffin as just an annoying upstart commoner ...

but now there are also some like them who think if they stake a claim on him now it will pay off down the road...

well, guess it’s only natural .... these days Griffin’s all wins and no losses.

In fact, he is head of the mightiest armed forces in all midland... ”.

Kaal heard it all and gives a confused expression on his face “...Hmmmm... All right”.

And started walking toward the door to get inside where Griffin was. Seeing him suddenly going inside everyone started to panic and started trying to stop him.

Casca shouted on him “Hey!! Were not you listening just now? ”.

Kaal simply turned his head and said: “I m listening ...so what?”. Kaal answer just confused everyone even Casca and everyone became speechless for a second.

After a second Casca started shouting again on him “WHAT DO YOU MEAN, SO WHAT?... I m saying you need to wait here until the dignitaries have finished their audience!! ”.

Kaal replied to Casca in a frustrated manner “Well what difference does it make?... It’s just dropping in on a wounded man! ..and who gives a damn about social status?!”.

Casca shouted again to stop him “KAAL!!”.

Kaal put his hand on the guard’s shoulder and said: “I m going in out of my way!!”.

But the guards didn’t hear him and stopped him by placing their weapons in front of him and said “You shall not pass! Please wait until the dignitaries are finished!!”.

Kaal grins a little and then placed his hand on one of the guard spears and throw him down the stairs. Seeing Kaal this behavior Casca shouted on Kaal again “KAAL!!”.

In the meantime, the second guard attacked Kaal with his spare but Kaal easily dodged it and caught his spear and said “Give me a break ...right ”.

And throws the second guard down the stairs too and calmly said “*Hehe!!* Sorry ...”.

Band members saw it and said

Judeaus “Oh!!! Boy”.

Corkus “That dumbass!!”.

Kaal asked Rickert “Hey ...want to come, Rickert?” But he instantly refused and Kaal alone started to go inside the hospital.

Kaal started to calling for Griffin “Yo Griffin...” But he suddenly started to get a chill filling from his behind but he continued his talking and turned his head to see behind “You want more...?..give it a ...”.

When he turned his head behind he saw Casca jumping towards him with a stretched fist to give a punch and before Kaal can react she punched Kaal with full power. Cause of punch Kaal lost his balance and bumped his head on the wall and started to feel dizzy. All band members saw the whole incident and they just dropped open there jaws cause of shock.

After a few seconds, Kaal returned normal and quickly started to stand up shouting “WHAT THE HELL?...YOU CRAZY BITCH!!” But he suddenly stopped after seeing Casca face, she had tears in her eyes. This made Kaal lost his will to argue.

And Casca started saying in a trembling voice “Why??...why do you always have to be this way?... Why do Griffin ... bother with a guy like you...so...much?”.

Kaal started to see the wound inside his mouth and thinking

What’s that about?..well I m the one should be crying ...oh oww...that aren’t no woman’s punch.

After that Kaal just stood up and started going back.

Rickert called him “Hey Kaal?”.

But Kaal keep moving forward and said: “Forget it, I will just come back!”.

Kaal stopped for a second and saw towards Casca and then continued his walking.

After Kaal went Rickert started saying and everyone started to see toward him “Still... I kind of know ...how Kaal feels ...lately Griffin has been kind of hard to approach, I guess....well it’s like he is drifting away from us ...”.