Interlude: Lion’s beginnings

  The eternal spider is my try’s i. It produces silk that is all but impervious to the elements. It be hard enough to cut through steel while being light and flexible, so its silk is highly valued and brings great prosperity to the try.

  Everyone in the try is taught at a young age that it is the job of every citizen to protect those spiders, and those who rake in a multitude of achievements and are proved to be trustworthy, are given spiders to keep as their own.

  The giant spiders stantly crawl around our try to make webs and y eggs, the webs they spin around the try are said to be one of the five most beautiful sites in the world. Whenever I see them, joy fills my heart.

  “Lio, stop staring at the webs and e over here.”

  “Ok, brother”

  -Break-

  I love my older brother; he has taken care of me and has always stayed by my side since I was a child. He is the only one who has dohat since our parents were taken away.

  I still remember the army ing to take mom and dad away. When I asked my brother with tears in my eyes why is this happening, he said, “Mom and dad did something bad they won’t be ing back, but I will take care of you”. After that day, I heard mom and dad were executed the following day.

  My mom and dad owhe try's most signifit artisan weaver business. They were trusted with hundreds of spiders. They were my heroes. It didn’t make sense why they were executed, so I went around to everyone I knew.

  When I k their doors, they all told me the same thing “Sorry, lio, we were not allowed to talk with you anymore,” hearing this broke my heart, but it was worse when their parents answered.

  They said horrible things to me like, “Get out of here.”

  “I don’t want my kids to be ied by your family.”

  “Scum of the nation, your exitance is a blight to every citizen.”

  Brokeed by what they said, walking home I hear people around the town talking about my family and looking at me.

  “To think that’s what the Animus family was doing, ahey always went around ag all holier than thou. When all they were was traitors.”

  “I cur. In my opinion, exeg them was too easy a punishment, sidering their irreparable damage to our try.”

  “DONT SAY SUCH THINGS ABOUT MY PARENTS!”

  The woman infuriated by my screaming, told me, “A child of vilins like them has nht to speak about this. Do you even know the gravity of your parent’s as? You should be on your hands and knees begging for fiveness for your parent’s as.”

  “Yeah, you brat, even if you spent your entire worthless life w, you could never repay all the damage your parents did to the nation. Noologise for all your parent’s sins.”

  I try to speak up, but my voice is entirely suppressed by the never-ending words the women scream at me.

  “APOLOGIZE”

  “APOLOGIZE”

  “APOLOGIZE”

  They keep screaming at me. When I was about to say something, I noticed all the looks around me. Every adult was staring at me, waiting for me to apologise. All these looks caused me to freeze up. I couldn’t get my mouth to work.

  But the screams of apologies didn’t end. In this situation I feel all I do is apologise. So, as I prepare to get on my hands and ko apologise, I suddenly hear.

  “I’m sorry for all the sins my parents have itted.”

  It’s my brother. He’s on his hands and knees apologising.

  “Do you think that will fix the damage your family has caused”

  “No, it won’t. Apologizing never had the power to do that, yet you insisted. No matter what I do for any of you, it won’t undo the damage my family has caused, so maybe instead of bullying the 7-year-old behind me, you fine adults all around me should put your heads together and try to figure out a way to help yourself get through the tries current issue. But right now, I o get my brother home, so good day to you all.”

  The woman looked angry but didn’t say a word as my brother took me home. “Lio, I will tell you one day what our parents did, but remember, no matter what our parents did, it is not your fault. You hold no bme for the current state of the try. “

  -Break-

  So, as we return home, we see the head butler of our house. He’s been with me since I was a kid. He has also been with my brother since he was a kid this kind man has been taking care of us since we were kids.

  “Lord Cole, I would like to hand in my resignation.”

  “Ed, are you leaving us too; you’re the st of the servants with us.”

  “My lord, you must have known this was ing after our versation. I had warned you, but you didn’t listen. This is simply the result of your as. It has been a pleasure.”

  “Ed, please don’t leave Cole and me all we have left.”

  “Young master, it has truly been a pleasure serving your family, but I have a family I o keep fed, and w for your family o longer aplish that, so goodbye.”

  Ed said as he left. All the servants have left, and all my friends are gone. Everyoes us, and my parents are dead, so now it’s only my brother in this big house, and the thought of that alo me g.

  But Cole said, “Don’t worry, I will take care of both of us no matter what happens. Trust in me, Lio.”

  “I trust you, Cole.”

  Name: Lio animus

  Age: 7

  Birthday: Scorpio 8th

  Hair: Brownish gold

  Eyes: white

  Height: 110 cm

  Likes: spiders, brother,

  Dislikes: citizens of his try, lies