The mine

                                        

                                              
Chapter 4

                                
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                  
                                
                                
                              
Jaron visits Eluned.
Eluned the healer, greets jaron at the hut, and says "Let me examine Itachi, please, hand him over, I need to check his condition,Eluned said "I also need to know did he get poisoned". Eluned layed out healer's tools, herbs, and potions.
Eluned examines Itachi and says, "He's suffered magical trauma, dark magic, residue of a curse, I need to prepare a special potion, rare herbs, purification ritual, to cleanse him". Kragnir tried to reassure Jaron that his son would be okay. Grimbold is waiting at the training hall. 
Eluned hands Jaron a list of ingredients: moonstone, wolf's bane, silverleaf, and pure water, and says "Gather these, we need to mix them under the light of the full moon, to activate their properties, Kragnir can help you find the ingredients".Jaron passes through the kingdoms market, Jaron asked Kragnir if it's okay to go moonstone mine won't the king be mad, kragnir says" don't worry our king is a gentle , Don't worry about moonstone we'll get wolf's bane and silverleaf".
Kragnir leads Jaron to the kingdom market,meeting the apothecary and herbalist, where they gather wolf's bane, silverleaf, and pure water. The moonstone mine is outside the village. Kragnir says, "We need to be careful. Goblins have been spotted near the mine. Goblins are there in mass.jaron, trying to go to the moonstone deposits.
Jaron and Kragnir enter the mine, navigating through tunnels, avoiding goblins, he finds a moonstone deposit, as Jaron mines the stone, goblins attack, Kragnir fights them off,goblins pick up pickaxes, meanhwile Kragnir fights a hord of goblins leaving corpses stacked on each other. Kragnir is injured, goblin leader escapes, Kragnir says, "We have the moonstone, let's get back to Eluned, she can treat my wound.
Eluned examines Kragnir's wound, and says "I need to clean and dress it, I'll apply a poultice, and give him a pain-relieving draught, wound cleaning, dressings, poultice and other herbal remedies . Kragnir lies down, Eluned works on his wound, and Itachi watches on the process.
Kragnir says, "More moonstone can be found at the old ruins, northeast of the village, but be warned, the ruins are said to be cursed." Itachi ponders what he heard old ruins, northeast, cursed, Kragnir still recovering, says, "I'll come with you, once I'm able, because the old ruins houses danger and the unknown".
Grimbold says "Bring the child to the training hall, I'll teach you how to defend yourself, and him, sword, shield, archery, defense techniques, training hall, Itachi watches, Kragnir arrives, still recovering, and says "I'll observe, and assist, if needed, training hall, Grimbold and Kragnir watch over Itachi".
Grimbold leads Jaron to the training hall, a large room with sword, shield, and archery stations, Itachi stays close to Jaron, Kragnir leans against the wall, observing, Grimbold hands Jaron a sword, and says "Let's start with basic defense techniques, stance, grip, footwork, sword, shield. The training hall gets lively as Itachi, Kragnir, watches training.
Grimbold corrects Jaron stance, "Feet shoulder-width apart, knees slightly bent, weight evenly distributed", he demonstrates, and says "Try it, remember to keep your back straight, and sword at the ready", Kragnir nods in approval, Itachi watches with interest the sword stances , Grimbold training while sitting with Kragnir.
Grimbold tells itachi to come to him. Grimbold says, " why don't don't you try something, I'll try to teach you alone." Grimbold gets a one on one time with itachi for 3 hours and discovers something. Itachi goes to his father.
Itachi says "I can sense magic, and I'm good at hiding, and running", Kragnir adds "He's also shown some talent with archery, but needs more practice", Grimbold nods "We can work on that, archery, magic and hiding, running skills".
Itachi was busy trying to be of use to his father. He felt like everyone was in this situation because of him. He wants to take accountability for his actions and further damage.  He doesn't want anyone to die for himself.  He knows he's a child, but that nightmare of the figure he saw is terrifying. He trembles by the image of the being.  He could remember it all a warrior , walking in black armor and black sword, walking in a place full of skeletons.  He felt like he was being strangled by snakes.  As the man got closer and closer, the only words he uttered were Malakar. Somehow, the Meer mention of that word tied some knots in his stomach.
There's a part he didn't mention to his father that the dark figure had his father's head dangling around his neck. His dad's eyes were gone tongue cut off and ears Slightly cut. In one of his dreams, his mother was sitting on a throne, the thrones made of bones, and a crown made of flesh.  The figure then appeared behind his mother.  Itachi interpreted that his mother and the figure had a relationship that tied to his father's death. Itachi, at all costs, wants to avoid the worst-case scenario. The only thing he could do to limit the bad things is to get stronger.  The more Itachi develops, the more power and strength he can have to prevent his visions. 
Jaron didn't know of his sons inner contemplation, but he continued to make plans to stay in this kingdom.  The thing going through his mind is that people around here won't keep protecting them for long.  If a situation reaches its breaking point, it could affect the outcome of their stay. So he should start devising a plan to stay at the kingdom because something in his gut tells him that it'll be a long battle ahead of them.  Jaron knows that the king doesn't like his stay there, but he'll use any chance of saving his son. Jaron, as she training, he has visions of the queen, and every time his heart flutters. The more he thinks about her, the more frustration he gets because of how a mother could ignore her child at a time of need and the matter concerning his life.