The Burden Passed
Now the young children were growing so sweetly. They were living happily in the wilderness. Yeah, this family was so cool. No one seems to have any deformity. The woman was happy, the children were happy, and the husband was also happier. But it came time for this man is get old. It is time. He's getting old and his body is weakening. He doesn't know.
The only thing that is sustaining him is the creature inside him. This creature has sustained him, has given him the ability to keep on walking and living. And now even the creature is wearing off since it is tucked in a body that is weak, and it cannot do extra things. Now the creature had to make another request, which was not according to the desire of man. The first time they made this, they agreed. To free the creature, he never knew this would come to this point. The creatures demanded that he needs to continue living in the human world, and the body of man is getting older. So he demanded that he be allowed to go into one of the children's bodies and to live there.
This was a tough decision for the man to make, but he had no other choice. Since he was even dying. And also his young boys are growing and are praying for. They are strong. They are learning over and over again in the wilderness, catching animals. They were strong enough. They are about 18 years old. But who was going to be? The two young boys were Andrew and John. John was claimed to be the older. Although they were born at the same time, John was the older one. And Rio was the smaller one. All of them possess the same capabilities.
All of them seemed like they could do the same things together. So it was hard for the man to choose who and how, who he was going to give the ability to hold this creature inside their body. For him, it felt like a burden since this thing was never inside him. So he was feeling like he was placing a burden on one of his children. But he had no other choice. He just gave out, he just called them. And he decided that he would take the older one, since he was the one to hold the responsibility of the whole family once he was gone. He told him, Hey, John, you know I love you. You're my only big son. And you are the one I would like to leave authority over this one, girl.
I would like you to carry my burden. I would like you to hold me strong and never let me go. And if my time comes to go, just release me and I will live in peace. The young man, the young boy, didn't understand what his father meant. And so he started the ritual. The creature inside him started to perform some rituals which. In return, the man was the one who was doing them, so the boy didn't know what it meant. So he just stood there, just like any other young boy who would do if he were called by his father. And now the creature was to be transferred from him to the boy. It came with a shocking stroke, a thunderstorm, running from above.
And it struck the young boy. He fell to the earth. The young boy. And the creature was able to transform inside his body. And without realising it, the man was released again. The young boy was lying down, hopeless, helpless. That's how the creature wanted. It didn't want to feel like it is a guest anymore. It wanted to dominate. It wanted to feel like it's home.
And something tricky about this young boy is that he was born through magic. And he, and magic, have come inside him once again. So it isn't just magic. It is dominance. It is power. But there was still one thing missing. The unification of these two powers. But this was nothing. Because he didn't even know. He didn't realise.
The boy and the creatures were connected, interconnected, perfectly. Even the boy didn't realise that there was a king, a creature inside him. He just thought he was asleep. And when he woke up, he found his father lying next to him, full of tears, thinking that he had killed his child. And he asked, Hey Dad, what's wrong? Why are you crying? And father with a curiosity, hey, my son, he gave him a very strong hug. And he asked him, How are you feeling? And the son replied, Oh, Dad, I'm feeling great. Why are you asking me this?
The father noticed immediately that the creature didn't do any harm to the boy. Neither did it allow him, the boy, to notice it was inside him. So he rushed to say, Nothing, my son, you recall. I love you. Just know that you are the head of this family. And immediately he released the boy, in the boy rushed back to his brother, where they continued praying. And at that time, since the man was so, so weak, he fell on the ground. His wife noticed something off in the living room. And so he came rushing to the edge where the man was lying. And he hears, Hey, my love, what's happening?
He didn't respond. He didn't say a word. He was just silent, so cold. And the mother started crying immediately. He noticed that his love is gone. It's gone, not because of sickness, but because of age. He was ageing very rapidly. Due to the integration with that creature. The man didn't have the capability like his son. He was not born through magic.
He was just born like any other human being. His body was not meant for that job, so he died. When the boys came back home, hoping that they would find their mother had prepared them a sweet, sweet, sweet meal, they found him seated, holding their father, just crying. His tears rushed through them eyes. The sons didn't understand anything about death since they had never seen anyone die. They have been born and raised in this jungle, in this wilderness, in this forest. This has been their whole life. They don't know if there exists any other person, not there. They thought that they were the only ones who lived in this world. Now, something shocking, something which brought another understanding of life, has happened.
Their only beloved son, the father, is gone, and they don't know what to do. This night it was so sorrowful. No one spoke to each other. Even the mother didn't say a word to them. He just looked at them and he gave them, she gave them a strong hug. And that night, before they slept, they made sure that they buried their father. The children were disturbed so deeply to a point that they were not able to sleep. And when they came outside, they found their mother too. She was lying next to the grave of his husband, crying, crying, crying. They tried to comfort her, but they couldn't.
They didn't know the deeper connection these two had. And the wife now is feeling like this burden is becoming heavier and heavier and heavier. And she felt like she can't go on. So she gave up. She gave up fighting. She gave up everything. Without another thought, she allowed herself to just drain, to be drained. The sons tried to beg her to come back to the house. She didn't want to, but they forced her. After all, she agreed and she went back to her bed.
As she lay there, death struck her like a strike. And also, due to stress and all that sorrowfulness, she was dead by morning. When the two young boys came and they found that their mother was not responding, they were shocked. Now this is the reality. This is the only woman who has ever cared for them, the only person who has always cooked for them. They don't know how to cook. All they know is to hunt, and all they know is to fight by themselves. Now the reality is coming to them. It was tough for either of them this night. They never thought it would come to be this way.
They buried their mother next to their father. They couldn't understand where now, why this was happening to them. But all they know now is that they are all by themselves. They sat there next to each other, wandering, holding each other by the shoulders, asking themselves What are we going to do next?