A Love In Dark Times

-0ld Richard, but you haven't told me, you're twisting the branches. yes, maybe I got carried away with the story or maybe it's the drink, I remember the time when.... wait old man, attendin to the earrings, tell me how does it benefit me to know the history of these people, when my problem is here in reality. How do you know it's real, can't that story be real any more than we are, maybe we're all imaginary creations, otherwise our existence is insignificant in this vast universe and in the great eternity, which is as if it were? “If you see, old man, you're already drunk, you're philosophizing, you'd better continue telling me that story, as my neighbor is in front, it's getting more interesting, I hope she has dragons, I love dragons. -I think so, although I hate dragons, they are always angry, but who doesn't have to live with gastritis and burnt lips. -0ld man, you better go on with your story. -Well, it turns out that Luis started to learn spells. Wait, old Richard, that's not what you said, it was about the hero and the old man. Ah yes, that's true, but it's just that there are normal things that happen after that, they can’t be told, you are harassing me for not getting to your point, so I'm going to speed it up, although I recommend you to order more drinks at home. -All right, I've already ordered, I need to be drunk enough to go to that mafioso to rescue my little girl. “Excellent, I am going to get to that point, then old Michel met Luis on the way, congratulating him: you are tremendous, very few face against that and survive, boy treasure those scars, not as wounds but as medals, although you must prepare yourself, that already tasted your flesh, so it will not stop to come for the rest, besides you hz the duty to protect Linda, that's right, I already met her, that's why I came to you, following her red cord, rejoice, you will I her noble knight who will defend her from her many misfortunes, bending wild beasts, dodging arrows, spears, mud and even the mighty fire of a dragon. Luis thought the old man was crazy, the only thing that made sense to him was that he knew Luisa, however, he respecte the elders, so he wanted to play along, not in mockery, but to not cause stupor, so he asked him the most obvious question: “How do I get ready? The old man jumped back, clenched his right fist, pointed to the sky, and declaimed: -you must learn to unlearn, you must know that nothing is certain and that everything is a process, because first we craw to walk, just as we cannot know everything because we could succumb of confusion, now maybe you will find incredible everything you can witness, but it is nothing compared to what you have already seen, there is no greater power than to give life, the first miracle that we are given is to be conceived and also given birth, besides being aware of things like beir Luis was eager to go to see Luisa, 50 in order not to be rude to this crazy old man, he wanted to say goodbye with the greatest consideration: Sir, I would love to continue this conversation, but I have to leave..... The old man opened his hand saying: wait, I know that you are not aware of your talents, although you carry them in your blood, perhaps some ancestor of yours hid them to protect his descendants or perhaps he could not teach them to his successors, but you have no choice boy your destiny is glory and your flag will be the love for Luisa. Luis, between scared, bored, worried and confused, began to leave, but the old man lowered his hand suddenly as if he was releasing a hammer opening a hole the size of a house, in front of the boy, that if he did not stop by reflex and fear h was buried there, surprised with a pale face and his mouth open like a cave, he turned to see the old man who smiled an showed him how he was still releasing some sizzles from the palm of his hand, telling him As I was telling you, not everything is what it seems, not everything is alike, except as the great principle says “what is above is equal to what is below”, this tap will soon be nothing with what you will lean to do, it will be very powerful, but you have to learn to do what you tell you without questioning me, did you hear that? Luis still couldn't digest it, suddenly he felt the ground shaking and spinning, he couldn't stand falling backwards into the crater, everything went dark, he groped as if he could hold on to something to avoid hitting the bottom of the hole. When his sight cleared he observed that he was being carried by the old man, although he must be hallucinating because he could see that they were above the houses and that they advanced without Michel moving his feet towards a door of ligh that was open in the middle of the sky and how could he know that this old man was called Michel, so before crossing th door he fainted completely. He dreamed living with Luisa in a castle surrounded by many children that he supposed to be his children, a cheerful mu sounded in the background like the one heard in December, he even smelled mistletoe in the air, believing that it was the end of the year he looked out onto a balcony to watch the fireworks but as he walked the bricks were falling one by one, worried as a good father tried to protect his children, but when he turned around he only saw shadows and hairs flying, t ground below him dissolved making him fall in a green, black and red whirlwind, the music changed to macabre laughter and the smell changed to rottenness, He falls suddenly to a big brown mountain and he can visualize at the top a white star that collapses on him only that two beautiful eyes save him lifting him by the arms, they leave him on a pedestal to then continue to the horizon where they remained fixed, where little by little a face appears which they complement, this face is that of Luisa, who comes closer, staying a few meters away where he runs to look for her, but a mirror comes out 0 the ground covering the whole horizon, blocking him from his beloved, in the mirror there is only his reflection, -maybe first of all I will have to defeat myself ~ Luis thought- -after all they say that the greatest enemy is within oneself.

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