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Fifth number of Augorus, 946

      «Humans have always been strange in the opinion of the Defenders, but they tried not to show it. On the one hand, people are ordinary, unremarkable and, unlike the Defenders, cannot boast of their magic and abilities very similar to it. But on the other hand... Humanity is a word that comes from the word “human”, which means love and attention to a person, respect for the human person, a kind attitude towards all living things, and also a person who has such a trait is ready to do anything to make another person feel good. Although this definition directly refers to people, for some reason many of them are not humanity. Although they themselves came up with this definition. Hah, that's funny! They came up with this themselves and they themselves do not correspond to it! Against their background, even the Defenders, whom many consider monsters not under the power of people, which, in fact, was, for the most part, not the case, were some kind of saints. People can humiliate everything and everyone, praise themselves, remaining “birds that wanted to fly far, far away, to the most beautiful lands, but dreams remained dreams, and the birds were in a puddle of mud.” Even the Defenders, who were protecting them from everyone and everything, were treated extremely horribly and savagely! And they only obediently obeyed them and accepted such painfully offensive things, from unpleasant words to real beatings, in their direction. But anger was boiling in many, and as a result, many of the Defenders began to run away and hide among people. The main ones, who are also the rulers of the Defenders, were shocked, and the people were no less, on the contrary, they were even angry at such deviant behavior on the part of, in their words, their slaves. But somehow the rulers of the Defenders agreed with the human government that they would not touch the escapees. But they set some conditions: if the escapee is not found within three years, then he will be allowed to live peacefully among people, but if so... Oh, this poor Defender will be out of luck. But the main Defenders did not argue, but only nodded in agreement. Of course, some did not particularly react to such a “law,” but there were fewer Defenders who wanted to escape. However people's attitude hasn't changed...       As it was said, the Defenders seemed like some kind of saints against the background of people. And it was true. Of course, only for ordinary people. For the rulers, everything was different... Constant discontent, sometimes wars... But relatively everything was fine for everyone.       Also, after the new law, a small problem arose... People and the escaped Defenders began to enter into romantic and sexual relationships, and, of course, after the second one, children began to appear: half-human half-defenders. Among a large crowd of people it was very easy to recognize them: the first sign was an unnatural hair color (except pure white, if the skin and eyes were also white), the second was non-human parts of the body, the third was magic and the last was either a life expectancy above average or maximum, or there is even immortality, and at the same time external non-aging. This caused great indignation, but everything, in principle, quickly calmed down. Although such demihumans were still not treated particularly well. Such a pity...»       Thinking about people, Defenders, humanity and politics, he sighed, lowering his head, looking from under the at his long legs hanging from the high-rise building. He was a tall man, almost a little over two meters, and although he looked about twenty-five years old, he was more than a hundred years old. Dressed in black robes with dark turquoise accents, which contrasted well with his long, white hair with a tint of light turquoise, braided into a large thin braid. One eye was bright crimson, in which no life was even visible, as if there was not a living creature sitting on the roof, but a corpse, and the other was completely white. and this handsome man's name was Kay. This person is one of the rulers of the Defenders. More precisely... he was. The country he ruled, namely Calow, was attacked by the army of the country where his wife of convenience, Fiola, was from, who was of royal blood, a country called Plownight. And since there was no other way out, because their army killed all the Calow fighters, the ruler had to flee. And since now he is not a ruler, he was not allowed to go out into the human world, so he will be declared, or maybe he already declared, wanted.       But we want to digress a little from this and talk about his family life; We hope none of you mind. As was said, Kay married Fiola for convenience in order to, at least temporarily, stop the enmity between the two neutral states. She treated him very badly, and this was not only because their countries did not get along, but because Kay was a mixture of a person who moved into the world of protectors, namely his human mother, and the Defender, former ruler. In their marriage, three triplets were born: the eldest was a very kind boy, who took after his paternal grandmother, Nyer, the middle was a daughter, who almost completely took after her mother in appearance and a little in character, Elirma, and the younger brother, who in appearance and character, except for the pride that he passed on from his uncle on the wife’s side and his mother, he went to Kay, Rhine. The latter, despite Kay's attitude towards him for eighteen years, was his favorite. "What kind of attitude?" - you ask... And we will answer you. Fiola did not like her youngest son, which is why she often humiliated him, beat him, called him names and much worse, and, following the traditions of respecting women, the female gender is truly honored in Calow, unlike other countries. The tradition began a very long time ago, namely when this country first appeared, because the first ruler (by the way, one of the best in the entire history of Calow) was a woman, and also it was impossible to upset the wife, because if something didn’t suit her like it - and war, Kay treated Rhine in exactly the same way, although clearly softer, unlike the woman. He didn’t know how he felt about him, but nevertheless the fair-haired man caught his interested glances, especially when he fought with melee weapons and mirror magic. But not more. He paid attention only to this. Kay paid his attention to absolutely everything that happened to his son. Sometimes he even secretly went into his room at night, examining what he was doing. And if nothing new appeared, then he simply sat down next to him on the bed and stroked the fluffy top of his head with cat ears, whispering a quiet lullaby that his mother sang to him as a child, because he, like his son, always had nightmares. The song was simple, but in the very ancient language of Calow, which everyone had already forgotten, even the father. But for you, so be it, we will tell you the translation, although it is clearly meager, because the lullaby consisted of only five phrases: “Hold on, just a little more,” “Fight, just a little more,” “Pray, just a little more,” “We will sing, just a little longer” and “Everything will be fine.” It was rumored that this song was sung during the most difficult moments of Calow's life, but, again, no one remembers this anymore. And the boy, like the future ruler, quickly calmed down. But everything in the mother’s relationship with the boy went very far when the boy was eighteen years old. Kay didn't know why, but Fiola poured boiling water over the left side of his face and some of his head, causing his face to be disfigured with a lifelong scar that covered half his face, and his eye had to be amputated. And the man could not stand it. At least somehow deciding to support his son with such a loss, he poured some powder into his left eye, and now he is completely white and sees nothing. Yes, Kay blinded himself in one eye, but he did not regret anything. Entering the room already half blind, the eldest was very surprised by his son’s reaction. At first he wanted to kick out the one who came, and when he saw his father, he hesitated slightly, but apparently decided to return to the original strategy, but when he saw the white eye, he was stunned. His face was indescribable, that even we cannot describe it in words, because it had to be seen. After standing there for a while, Kay went to see Fiola to dot all the i’s. And so, his father's heart felt something was wrong, and he urgently sent his children to other countries: Nyer to Omoolun, and Elirma to Proudale. He also wanted to send Rhine to another country, namely Ogruen, but, alas, his son, even after much persuasion, refused and remained in Calow. And so, the country was attacked... Before escaping to the human world, Kay almost forcibly dragged the one who remained behind him to special disposable mirrors that were teleported to the human world, but he only looked at him with contempt and somehow slipped out of my hands. The eldest regretted that he did not keep track of him, and still regrets... He doesn’t know what’s wrong with him, how he is, and whether he’s even alive... But he prayed to all existing gods so that he and his other two children, whom he also dearly loved, would be alive.       His eyes stung slightly, but the man shook his head. This is not the time to show your weakness, even if there is no one here. Standing up from the edge and moving away a little, he jerked when he heard the sound of sirens in the distance. Turning around, he saw police cars very far away and backed away slightly. They couldn't get him out of here, but it's better not to risk it. They couldn't get him from here, but it was better not to risk it. After searching in his trouser pocket, he found a mirror that could take him anywhere. If he is in the human world, then to the place of this world, if in the world of protectors, then to the place of that world... Opening it and looking into the reflection, he straightened his long bangs.       "It's worth visiting my old friend... I think he will help me."       Closing his eyes and throwing his head back, Kay imagined the apartment in which he had been a couple of times, as well as its owner, and magically, or to be more precise, because of mirror magic, he was sucked into the reflection, and the mirror evaporated after the man , as if none of them were here.