The Key to the Master's Heart - A Tale of the Kingdoms of Magical Beasts and Shapeshifters

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ing about his past. As a child, he grew up hearing tales about how his father

He grew up to be highly rebellious and stubborn so none of the parents who came to adopt chil

yone claims his father gave him the name before passing and aside from his life

ents were among the casualties of a ter

until his stomach was so full that he screamed for joy. The next day, he will repeat the cycle again and he kept doing it over and over. It was on one of these nights that he met Mowei, a monkey who became his only friend and companion. As Ikaris stole out that night, he spotted the very popular village chef spicing and frying large

an lady roasted the fishes from the fishermen daily catch. Again, he swooped by, as swiftly as a hawk

the culprit. It wa

aris heart skipped a beat. In his distraction,

silhouette of the running monkey in the dark and pursued it even as he dodged the continuously

s soon realized that the monkey he was chasing had vanished into the thin air. In pain and desperation, he realized that

een so close to getting caught and the fear of dying from jungle justice sudd

a knock on the window. Shocked, he walked slowly towards the window to find a piece of meat and fish kept on the edge. He looked around but saw nothing. Still, he knew what – or who – had kept it there. Taking it up, he ate i

see the monkey to thank him personally but caught no sight of him. It continued this way for several nights and Ikaris ate to his fill until one night when he called out to the monkey t

ition and they stole twice of what either of them would have ever stolen. They continued this way for years, eat

to be steali

rchants until they once stole from the wrong kinsman who was smarter than they

p with their escape plan. When they both tore free, they fled the city but the soldiers wer

nto the bush. He watched the soldiers close in on the only creature he cons

Ikaris becam

ari

his thoughts now and

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indow again. "We are not on the road.

realization dawne

e his move and went to the door of the cargo. He applied

of both as they realized

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icked two pins from a hidden parchment around his cloth and began

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ng immediately, they were about running when they paused. In fro

d to realize they were hundreds of rogue looking people in black with some wearing skull faces or carrying

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