Chapter 8: Nero Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Nero Chapter 8

I now stand face to face with Eiren Adonis, my teacher who is chronologically around half a decade younger than me.

"Ahh you're the boy from earlier, I see that you have finished. Are these the beds from you and your friends?"

"Yes, Eiren Adonis."

"Well, you and your friends may now eat dinner and eat as much as you want. Bear in mind the more you eat the less there is for the others. The dinner is inside the barracks just traveling further South."

"Yes, Eiren Adonis" I repeat.

I look back and see Nikolaos and Georgios taking a beating from the teenagers but they don't whine from the pain instead they smile. Knowing that this is something none of us will ever forget. The teenager then looks and eyes me for what feels like a minute.

"Fine job boys, you all did a great job." The teenager then stops his beating and walks away acting as if nothing ever happened. Georgios and Nikolaos then run and we all hug each other then jump into our prickly beds.

"That teenager was gonna lose if we had just one more rock! Ain't that right Georgios!" Nikolaos laughs and slaps the back of Georgios.

"Not a rock, just a pebble you hard-nosed brute!" Georgios replies, returning the rewarding slap.

"That's genius, you red-haired devil!" They both laugh together and even I join in.

"Great job boys and Eiren Adonis says we get to feast for our victory!" We all chest bump each other and spit out and snot out any blood we gained from our bout.

I tell them the directions given by Adonis and we venture off for what felt like an hour until we arrived while carrying our beds and regaining our bags. A half dozen helots direct us to our living quarters and so we place our beds in the corner but I make sure no one leaves their bags in the room. Then the helots show us to the dinner while an older Spartan stays standing watching over us. Discover new chapters at novelhall.com

"I take it you boys took your chances with directions instead of waiting for everyone else?"

"Well, what should we do?" Nikolaos waves his hand in my face for my attention.

"I reckon we make friends and allies. We can't just be a group of 3 for 13 years."

Georgios answers his question and Nikolaos makes a confused face.

"We don't need anyone else, the three of us can do anything Georgios," Nikolaos tells him and I shake my head.

"You both are right but overall Georgios has the right idea, we need to make allies. We don't want to limit our future social standing by having no connections." Both Georgios and Nikolaos make a confused face as I have revealed too much and forget they are only 7 years old.

"Scratch that it's just what else are we going to do? just stand around?"

"Well, shoot ain't nothing stupider than just standing around!" Nikolaos immediately showcases himself as not the type to stand around by doing jumping jacks.

We all then start to walk around analyzing essentially our classmates. Many of the boys chomp down any food they are able to as no food is left on the table. I look over to see any boys not eating and eventually spot one.

"Hey, what about that guy?"

"Him?" Nikolaos points at the boy I spotted. "Why him?"

"He is lonely. I would hate to not know anyone.." Georgios answers Nikolaos allowing me to just walk over with both following behind.

"Hey, what's your name bud?" When the boy looks up his face shows dried tears on his cheek.

"Name's Nero.."