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encrusted sword that the nobles of the kingdom were said to carry.
     
    They’re definitely going to think I’m a thief, he thought when his father’s words about attracting the attention of the one that knew where the Sword of Kirakath was located came to mind.
     
    Another thought crossed his mind at that moment that had him frowning.
     
    Why do I feel like I’ve seen this sword before? The question plagued his mind for a few moments, but he dismissed it after not long after that Later, he would reflect that he should have thought more on it.
     
    Sliding the sword back in its sheath, Caleb rose to his feet. As soon as he was standing up, he attached the scabbard to his belt at his left hip and spared one last glance at the graves that he had built.
     
    I don’t know whether to be glad that Gabriel was gone or wish that he had been here in the hopes that he could have changed everything, he thought with a heavy sigh. It took every ounce of willpower that he had not to fall apart at that moment, but he felt that he did not have such a luxury.
     
    Dad always taught me to put duty above personal happiness, Caleb thought with a look of remembrance upon his face. It’s time I start doing exactly that.
     
    With that, Caleb began to walk towards the trail that he had come from earlier that day. It was without another look towards the destroyed village of Kirakath that Caleb left.
     
    All thoughts of returning to the village in the future, even the distant future, were nonexistent. Caleb’s walk was not that of a man on an errand. It was that of a man that had nothing left to live for.
     

Chapter 5
     
    Maybe I should’ve dug through the house to see if I could get another pair of clothes, Caleb thought as he looked down at his clothes. Dirt and blood were visible on his tunic and the sleeves of his undershirt. Apparently, digging the graves and handling fresh corpses had a tendency to soil clothing.
     
    The only reason that thoughts of his clothes came to mind was because he was walking down the road towards Caldreth, covered in blood and dirt, with a finely made longsword at his hip.
     
    He sighed as he dusted off his hands on his leggings.
     
    Who am I kidding? I don’t care what anyone thinks when they see me, he thought with a grimace. My home was just destroyed. My family was just murdered. Why should I care?
     
    Anger swelled in him as he placed his left hand on the pommel of his sword. Anger was easier to deal with pain and sadness. It could be vented; pain and sadness could only be healed by time.
     
    Where are you? Caleb looked off to the horizon. For the thousandth time in the past few days, he wished that Hector was there. He would know what to do. He would have the dedication to do what he needed to. Caleb was sure that he would never lose hope either.
     
    Unlike me, he thought bitterly.
     
    It seemed that his very being was a battlefield, and the combatants were his self-doubts and his determination to carry out his father’s last requests. His self-doubts were clearly winning at that moment.
     
    A twinge of pain brought him from his thoughts. He could already feel his recent actions catching up to him. His encounter with the bear on the last day of his hunt had left him bruised, and his decision to give his parents and Gabriel’s father a proper burial had caused his muscles to ache uncontrollably.
     
    I need to find somewhere to stop and rest, he thought. Unfortunately, he had no idea what he was going to do, despite his thoughts. He did not have a copper to his name, so stopping at an inn was out of the question. Without a bow, he could not hunt any game either. In short, he had a very uncomfortable journey to look forward to. The only bright side, it seemed, was that only twenty-five miles stood between Kirakath and Caldreth.
     
    His eyes moved forward once again. How far away am I now? He knew not how long he had been traveling, but he was certain that the sun would be setting in a few