Bruises and gashes covered the young man from head to toe. The wounds still slowly oozed blood from his head onto the ground. He laid where the local guards had thrown him after beating him. Behind the gruesome image of the broken and bloodied body was a handsome young man of 13 years of age. If it wasn’t for the savage beating the guards gave him for insulting the local lord’s son he would be considered quite a handsome boy.
“Don’t you dare look at the Lord’s son again it is insulting to him to have such a lowlife such as you look upon him” the head guard of the village yelled at him before they savagely beat him.
Rin regained consciousness his entire body ached and groaned as he tried pushing himself up. This wasn’t the first time the guards had beat him for such a small infraction, but this was more brutal than usual.
Rin estimated he had broken two ribs and numerous gashes around …show more content…
He came to the small creek near his shack and threw himself into the waters to clean the wounds. Plunging into the water was all he could manage to do. Washing away all the dirt from his cuts was Rin's first priority. The feeling of the cool flowing water cleansing his wounds grimanced as they stung. Rin to regain some semblance of strength in his body as he washed himself. Beneath the blood and grime was a handsome young man. His normally wavy black hair clung to his face just above his rare green eyes. Despite being 14 he didn't have any baby fat on him. The life of an orphan wasn't something that provided enough food for him to have baby fat. Instead Rin was too skinny, but had enough lean muscle from working in the Zhan clan farms that he was tone. Rin knew he couldn’t stay in this village any longer. He needed to get to the region’s largest city. Only there would he be able to throw off the shackles of