In his house, Mupan was smoking one thing when Alex walked in. He promptly invited Alex and gave him a seat. The seat was a thick picket stump formed and polished to make a chair.

“Are you aware why our tribe known as the stone head tribe?” Mupan requested whereas gazing at a stone determine in his home. It was a round single-room home, all the things in it was in plain sight. And the stone determine was positioned close to the east nook of the home.

“It’s due to the character of our energy. The mysterious vitality that we management helps us strengthen our our bodies and will increase our defence. For a second, we embody all the things {that a} stone is. A physique as sturdy because the stones are a present given to us by the nice guardian spirit.” Mupan walked to the stone determine earlier than persevering with.

“And when the primary chief of our tribe used this energy to headbutt a mammoth and smash its cranium. We turned the stone head tribe.”

“For generations, our tribe search information from the guardian spirit to awaken our younglings. What you skilled throughout awakening was a imaginative and prescient connecting your spirit together with your guardian spirit to switch the information that can not be taught.”

“It was the one strategy to achieve that information. No human can impart that information by phrases. It’s a must to expertise it to grasp it. Due to this fact we search the guardian spirit that resides in our bloodline.”

“We undergo the method of awakening yearly to make our tribe sturdy.”

“To make our future generations thrive.”

“Now, are you aware why I referred to as you right here?” Mupan requested.

‘Sure. To ask me about my awakening.’ Alex replied vaguely. He did not specify his expertise throughout awakening nor did he explicitly say that he did not see any stone giants in his imaginative and prescient.

“Huh!” Mupan chuckled.

“Child, do not be cautious. Typically it’s good to take a leap of religion. Do not all the time cover your ideas. I would give you the chance that can assist you. Similar to the way you may be capable to assist me sooner or later.”

Mupan mentioned after seeing Alex put up a psychological guard. He may see the impenetrable defence Alex had in opposition to everybody. And he was thoughtful sufficient to grasp this and cope with it.

Even then, Alex stayed tight-lipped. He was caught red-handed and he did not have a manner out. As soon as once more he felt like just a little child.

“Hahaha ha… Nonetheless being as guarded as ever. I actually wish to add you to our buying and selling caravan. We want a cautious sceptic such as you in our staff. It is good to not absolutely consider within the phrases of others.”

Whereas he was speaking, Mupan rummaged by the room to choose up one thing.

It seemed like a small iron coin. It was smaller than a thump in diameter. It had a round gap by the center and a few issues had been written all throughout in an unknown language.

Mupan took this coin and gave it to Alex.

“This was left behind by your father. He wished me to offer this to you if you end up an grownup. As promised, at this time I’m handing over this souvenir to you.”

“My father!”

“Sure, your father.” Mupan paused after that. Taking a seat on the picket chair close by. He requested.

“Are you prepared to pay attention now? As I mentioned earlier than. This will probably be useful to you. And the one prerequisite is that you simply hear me with an open thoughts.”

Listening to the previous man complain. Alex knew that his strategies had been mistaken. In a small tribe, everybody knew about all the things.

And as an elder and the one shaman within the tribe. Mupan is perhaps essentially the most educated of all of them. How can he not find out about issues that occurred to Meru?

Alex realised that his origin may not be as obscure as he had thought.

He was simply entertaining Alex when he lied.

After realising this, Alex was able to have a great dialog.

“If that’s the case, let’s have a great discuss Mupan.” Alex mentioned with a smile.

“Ha ha ha. Lastly, you might be performing like considered one of us. I nearly thought {that a} ghost possessed you or one thing.”

“…”

“Okay! The place was I? We had been discussing one thing about your father. Yeah, he’s not from our tribe. It is so simple as that. You made it laborious for me to say it. However that is the reality.”

‘As anticipated, it was beginning secret.’

“So, it may also clarify your weirdness. I prayed so that you can have the guardian spirit of your mom’s facet. However once you launched the smoke out of your palm. I realised that you’ve got the guardian spirit out of your father’s facet.” Mupan breathed in a plume of smoke from his pipe earlier than saying.

“The facility you gained. It is rather like the smoke from this pipe. It bends and flows and at instances interacts with the setting round it. It was a bizarre energy befitting its bizarre customers. I do not know in case your father absolutely understood it. However one factor was for sure, he was positive that he barely scratched the floor of what that energy may do earlier than he died.”

” And what I wished to say was that your father launched a reddish smoke as an alternative of the greyish smoke that you’ve got. That is all that I do know. I consider this info would enable you to sooner or later.” After saying that, Mupan silently noticed Alex.

Alex lifted his head and made eye contact with Mupan.

“Thanks for sharing this information with me.” He mentioned with sincerity.

“So what ought to I do when others ask about my spirit guardian? Ought to I proceed to lie or can I say the reality?” Alex requested.

“It is as much as you to make that call. And the reality is that nobody would discover it till you attain the complete physique strengthening stage. Solely then are you able to absolutely materialise the physique strengthening on a scale that will be apparent from a look. Nonetheless, It does not matter should you selected to say it or not. You aren’t the one one with a special spirit guardian than that of our tribe.”

“Huh! Are you saying that every one the psychological pressure I put myself by to make an ideal lie and act prefer it was true was all for nothing?” Alex was exasperated.

“That is why child, you need to discuss extra. You’d have identified that should you had interacted together with your friends just a little bit.” After saying that, Mupan checked out Alex like he was a misplaced trigger.

Alex who noticed this felt ashamed. He wished to fade from the face of the planet than to face there and expertise the disgrace. As a person from a civilised society. He was ashamed of the foolishness through which he handled the issue.

But, it did not cease Alex from asking.

“Mupan, it is chilly exterior, is not it? The sky is darkish and there’s no gentle. Can I keep right here at this time?” Alex requested shamelessly.

“Do not get cheeky with me child. Run away proper now, earlier than I whoop your ass. Mani is ready exterior proper now. He treats you want his personal son and now, simply as you change into an grownup. You wish to run away from house. Is that this how you need to behave?” Mupan grabbed a chunk of wooden, earlier than throwing it at Alex. He was fed up along with his nonsense.

Alex who understood what to do subsequent was joyful to depart the home of Mupan. He as soon as once more used his impeccable ability to say one factor and drain extra info from his goal.

As an alternative of asking the place his house was, Alex made Mupan not directly give him details about his house.

After efficiently failing his mission. He went exterior to satisfy with Mani. They went house in silence.

Alex was in deep thought. He was making a plan for tomorrow. He had a lot to do and a vital factor to make.

‘It’ll get hectic from tomorrow onwards.’