SHADOWERS: 'OF THE TWELVE REALMS'

Chapter Twenty one

TRUTH BE SAID I don't know why I chose not to do it, it still makes me wonder even now of how, or why I chose to risk my life and listen. Although I convinced myself by that time that I did have valid reasons for allowing it to speak. Just like that girl, who I took pity on, and made a consideration, I was willing to do the same to this one and find it all out, what was actually really going on with this house or maybe myself, could I consider Grandpa's Note.

They was something about all of this that just urged me to find out, perhaps Grandpa's return wasn't so much of a coincidence. Leaving with me some eccentric watch that came with a creature.

How could I normalize that, everything that had been happening lately, and just call it a normal thing, I saw and heard things I failed to explain, they were getting worse I didn't know what to do, or who I'd tell who didn't think I was crazy or making excuses to leave the city.

''Okay. Fine!'' And my thoughts seemed far as my focus was back on. ''Mate, whar don't you follow?''

''Everything.'' I imagined how stupid that sounded, but the word mindlessly left my lips. ''That word you keep mentioning- Regem? What is that?''

''Thar fing there on your floor, thar watch fingie you say.''

''You said I activated my Regem, which is that watch, so you're saying when I touched it I activated it, correct?'' That seemed about right with its explanation.

''Ya finally followin', turns out you are Not as stupid as you look.''

I tried my hardest to brush that comment off. It wasn't the first time someone told me that.

''I also have some questions thar I need answers to.'' It said, I just stared at it, I knew I was to hear the worst. ''How in the fallen kingdom of Elexxia, did You get yourself a Regem?''

''I already told you that. My Grandpa Naijo gave it to me.'' I said starting to think me telling it all that, would in time become detrimental for me.

''You mean Naijen.'' But I guess here it was information in exchange for information.

''No I mean Naijo, I'm pretty sure I know my own Grandfather's name.''

''And I'm pretty sure I know the Great Guradian Regem Keeper also known as won of Our won too many traitors. ''

''Yeah. I don't think we're talking about the same person.'' I said skeptically.

''How do you suppose you have thar Regem then? They was only won Enex who had direct access to All ten Regems.''

''Did you say ten Regems?'' I said incredulously.

''Affirmative, whar you fink, yours was the only won? Whar Age are you in?''

I paused, pondering. It was hard to get a sentence out of this creature with out getting lost.

''So you do know how you got here.'' I avered.

''Well, I connected the little dots and made an entire readin' out of it, you should look into it.'' It uttered with loud sarcasm in it's tone, brushing it's bushy brows upward before letting them settle back down, as it rolled it's tongue and continued. ''A hundred Moons ago, a noticed was made, whomever caught him dead or alive was to inherit, the wanted mark on his head of ten thousand coins in gold. I firstly, was tryna wrap my mind on why where they tryna cease the great Guradian Regem keeper, I later found out why exactly he was wanted, it became known thar he had stolen all ten Regems of the ten realms of which he was entrusted weve to guard weve his life until he's deaf day, he then vanished weve them after he stole 'em to who knew where, no won had neiver seen or heard the last of him.

''I supposed he was eiver probably dead, lost the Regems a while ago, or maybe he was concoctin' a plan weve the Heithens. But now I find meself here, the only way I could travel from, won realm to anofer was eiver through the openin' of the tearin' gates or Regem magic-"

''I'm sorry, you lost me on the hundred years part, I still don't think were talking about the same person, were talking about a man whose probably sixty years of age Not a hundred and plus that, okay?''

''Well look kid, am Not tryna convince you thar whar am sayin' is in fact a hundred percent accurate, am just tellin' you the facts, you could spent all day arguin' on whar your Grandpa's actual age is which am sure he's probably four hundred summers old or you could listen to me, there is no way Regems I thought to be lost or traded or even destroyed are actually still in existence, well, they are indestructible but Now he begins distributin' 'em to his New family members which of course doesn't make any sense because Regems reject anyone whose Not it's rightful possessor, the punishment is deaf.

''The prior Hunter who had it only knew thar after all thar, he lost his mind, his sanity everyfing he knew was all swallowed up by the spell bound to the Regem cursed him to his deaf, come on Naijen knew better. .

''Unless he does want to end his family line for some reason, but if he doin' whar I fink his doin', then this can only mean won fing.''