- Laba balimi abayizilima bazosicebisa ... hehehe - Kusho uFuriolo, ephakamisa isikhwama semali.
- Iqiniso ukuthi ukwethusa abalimi abahlubukayo akuyona into engihlekisa kakhulu. Sekuyisikhathi eside bengasibulali. I-Bufff… - I-Lollipop yahoxa.
Yilawo amagama abo eziteketiso selokhu baqala ukusebenza "njengabalamuli" bezicebi ezicebile. Bebekade bekwenza isikhathi eside, bebengasasebenzisi amagama abo angempela.
- Yebo, bheka ohlangothini olukhanyayo; Ngale misebenzi emincane asingcolisi izingubo zethu. Angifuni ukuthi ngiphinde ngisebenzise umholo wami ngamahembe amasha. - UFuriolo uphendule ngokumomotheka ebusweni bakhe.
"Noma kunjalo," esho, engamnaki, "asambe siye e-gothic inn ukuze sibone ukuthi kukhona yini okuhle angakudla." -
- Ngabe kufanele siye khona ngempela? E-Andorhal kunamahostela amaningi kunalokho. Uyazi ukuthi ngimbi kangakanani kulokhu abakushoyo ngaye. -
- Bah, ungabi yisicefe. Yini oyesabayo, umlingo omncane? - wahlekisa.
- Uyazi ukuthi akuyona imilingo nje kuphela. Lowo wesifazane uzama ukubuyisela umyeni wakhe ekuphileni nge-necromancy nangobuciko obumnyama ... - kusho uFuriolo ngezwi eliyindida.
Wama kancane uLollipop wambuka kabi.
- Ake sibone ... Uyazi ukuthi umyeni wakhe washona eminyakeni emithathu edlule. Uma esangcwatshwe, kungenxa yokuthi ubuciko obumnyama abumsebenzeli kahle. Noma kunjalo, uma ngikwazile ukuyiphakamisa, kungaba yini uma kungeyona inqwaba yamathambo? - Ugwebe waqhubeka nokuhamba.
UFuriolo wakucabanga lokho okwesikhashana wabe esemlandela eduze, ebheka izinkalo zakhe zintengantenga lapho ehamba. Wayeseke wahlangana nabesifazane abaningi ohambweni lwakhe, kepha wayehlala njalo ebuyela embhedeni naye. Wayemfuna ehlanya; amathanga akhe, amabele akhe, ukhalo lwakhe olumakwe… Babelokhu bengabathandi, kepha babengeke babe nobudlelwano obukhulu. Wayecabanga ukuthi lokho kuzophazamisa umsebenzi wakhe. Ngokushesha uLollipop wama, kwamenza washayeka kuye.
- Kodwa wenzani? - Uthe umbuka ngale kwehlombe lakhe - Sesifikile.
IMarie's Inn, noma iLa Gothica, njengoba abantu baseAndorhal babeyibiza kanjalo, yayincane futhi icindezelekile ngandlela thile, kepha kwakukhona njalo ukudla neziphuzo ezinhle, nesinkwa esisha. U-Andorhal wayengumthengisi omkhulu kunabo bonke embusweni.
IGoth ibingowesifazane owayegabadela futhi engowesifazane kakhulu, kepha manje wayezivumele ukuthi athathwe yiminyaka nemilingo emnyama futhi yize ayezama ukuyifihla emini, wayezizwa ekhathele, esindwa futhi ehlala ephoxekile ngokungasitholi isifiso sakhe abuyise umyeni wakhe ongasekho.
- Isikhathi eside ngaphandle kokukubona! - Uthe kahle ngenkathi bengena endlini yezihambi - Hlala phansi, ngizokunika okudliwayo.
- Yini engalungile ngalokhu namuhla? Ubukeka ejabule kangakanani ... - uLollipop wabubula lapho embona engena ekhishini.
- Mhlawumbe usevele ukwazile ukuvusa umyeni wakhe ... - UFuriolo wahleba ngezwi elincane.
- Shhh ... Uyabuya - uLollipop uthe uma embona ehamba futhi.
Igoth libalethele izitsha ezimbili ezinkulu zesobho elishunqayo nezigaxa zenyama ezintantayo nezicucu ezimbili ezinhle zesinkwa esifudumele. Ngemuva kwalokho uhambe waya endaweni yokucima ukoma wabathelela izingilazi ezimbili zewayini.
- Sebenzisa abafana, uzohlala ulale kahle? -
- Yebo Marie, njengenjwayelo. Ngiyabonga. - ULollipop uphendule. Owesifazane ongumgoth wabuyela ekhishini base benika umlando omuhle ngokudla, okuthe ngokukuhogela nje kwase kuvele kwaqinisa ukuthanda kwabo ukudla.
- Buuufff… ngigcwele! - Uthe uma eqeda.
- Uthathe ukuluma kwesinkwa kuphela, awufuni okunye? - Ubuzile, ebukeka enobuso benjabulo ephelele, ngemuva kokuphinda kabili isobho.
- UNerd. Konke okwenzelwe wena - uLollipop uphendule ngesisu esichichimayo.
Bachitha ubusuku lapho, bethola imizimba yabo baze bakhathala. Evuka ngakusasa ekuseni, uLollipop wabona ukuthi uFuriolo akekho embhedeni. Emva komzuzwana wezwa ehlanza endlini yokugezela.
- Furiolo, uyaphila? - Esho esondela emnyango.
- Hhayi kakhulu, ngicabanga ukuthi ngibe nesidlo sakusihlwa esiningi kakhulu izolo ebusuku ... arrggghhh ... - Uphazamise ukuphalaza futhi.
- O Nkulunkulu wami, ulahlekile, yebo… - Ngaleso sikhathi uFuriolo waphuma endlini yangasese wayolala embhedeni.
- Ushintsha ophuzi kancane. Kusamele ufune umelaphi. - Uthe into ethukile.
- Cha ... ukuthula ... kuzoba uhlupho. Ngizovele ngilale phansi isikhashana ukuze ngibone ukuthi iyahamba yini. - Uphendule esezimboze ngengubo.
Engafuni ukumshiya yedwa, uLollipop wasebenzisa ithuba lokusa ukugeza futhi wagunda izinwele zakhe kancane nomunye wezinduku zakhe. Emini, uFuriolo wayengavukanga, yize ayesenombala ongajwayelekile, ngakho-ke wanquma ukwehla ayodla okuthile ahambe ayofuna inyanga.
- Sawubona ntombazane, uyafuna ukudla? Nginesinkwa esisanda kubhakwa. Uphi umlingani wakho omuhle? Ungangitsheli ukuthi usalele ... - Igothi limtshele ngesikhathi embona ehla ngezitebhisi.
- Iqiniso ukuthi akaphilile kahle. Ngokusobala udle kakhulu izolo kusihlwa - kuphendule uLollipop. - Ngizodla okwenzile bese ngiyofuna inyanga.
- Mmm ... Umelaphi ... yebo ... - Umgcini wendlu yezihambi wathi ucabangisisa - Ngizokutholela ipuleti elihle lewundlu nocezu lwesinkwa. Hlala lapho uthanda khona, sithandwa.- futhi waphuma njengomphefumulo uSathane awuthatha awuse ekhishini. ILollipop yazinza etafuleni eliseduze nendawo yokubasa umlilo. Owesifazane ongumGoth uqhamuke ngokukhulu ukushesha ephethe ipuleti lewundlu eliboshiwe namazambane nocezu olukhulu lwesinkwa.
- Umama wami uMarie, ngicabanga ukuthi uphasile! - Esho ngamehlo abanzi.
- Ungakhathazeki. Ukudla lokho uzacile kakhulu. Isinkwa esifudumele sizokufanela kahle kakhulu. - Uthe ngokubukeka okuxakile ngesikhathi ebuya endaweni yokucima ukoma ephethe ingilazi yewayini - Yidla, udle ... -
"Lo wesifazane ulahlekelwe yinadi," kuzikhalela uLollipop. Futhi waqala ukudla isitshulu. Lapho ephethe uhhafu wepuleti, waqala wazizwa enesiyezi.
- Kuzoba yiwayini - Wazitshela.
Kepha ngokungazelelwe waphinde wakhipha. Eyokuqala ayekwazi ukuyithwala, kodwa ngokushesha wabona ukuthi kudingeka aye endlini yangasese. Wavuka ngokushesha, kepha akasenasikhathi wagcwalisa phansi netafula eliseduze ngamahlanzana aluhlaza okotshani.
"Sthandwa sami, ngicabanga ukuthi nawe unamahloni," kusho lo goth ngokungazelele, obevele lapho engawubangi nakancane umsindo futhi embuka ngobuso bokuthula okuxakile. - Ungakhathazeki. Buyela embhedeni uphumule, ngizohamba ngiyolanda inyanga.
- UGraci ... - ULollipop uzame ukusho, kodwa angikwazi ukuqeda isigwebo ngenxa yochungechunge olusha lokuphinda kuthathwe.
Wabona ukuthi kungcono amlalele bese egibela embhedeni. Ngenkathi engena ekamelweni, kumnikeze isikhathi esanele sokufika endlini yangasese ukuze akwazi ukuphalaza, kodwa kulokhu bekuyigazi eliphuma emlonyeni wakhe langcolisa izindebe zakhe. Wethukile, wagijima wageza kusinki, kepha akuzange kumsize ngalutho njengoba waphonsa futhi. Kwase kuya ngokuya kungalawuleki. Wayeqala ukuphathwa yikhanda ngempela. Kwenzekani kuye? Welula amanzi ukuze ahlanze usinki wabe esebona ukuthi kukhona okuhambayo.
- Kwenzenjani…? - Washiya amanzi wabheka eduze. - Izikelemu? Puaaaj - Washo waphuma egumbini lokugezela enengekile futhi enesiyezi.
Wayesenesicanucanu futhi manje wayesesaba. Bengingaqondi lutho. Ngabe ukudla bekungaba kubi? Ngemuva kwalokho wezwa amazwi ngaphandle kwendlu yezihambi. Wasondela kancane ewindini. Kwakukhona isixuku eduze komnyango wedolobha. Kwakunabaqaphi basebukhosini kanye noMntwana u-Arthas uqobo.
- Uthini? Ukuthi okusanhlamvu sekuvele kuthunyelwe emapulazini? Ngokukhanya, silahlekile. - Kusho omunye wabo.
Izinhlamvu? Ingqondo yakhe ibingasebenzi kahle, umbono wakhe ubufiphele. Yini eyayingalungile ngaleli phuzu? Ngemuva kwalokho wakhumbula isinkwa nokuphikelela kukaMarie ukuthi badle.
- Usifake ushevu. UMarie usifake ushevu ... - Kodwa izwi lakhe laseliphela, wayephelelwa amandla. Awele embhedeni ehleli phansi. - UFuriolo… - Bengingacabangi ngaye selokhu ngeza ukuzodla. Wazungeza ngokushesha okukhulu njengoba amandla akhe ayemvumela futhi waqhwaqhwa. Umzimba kaFuriolo wawukhona, kodwa wawubola. Iziqeshana zomzimba ezihlakazekile beziwela phansi, ubomvu nezimpethu ezifanayo abeziphalaza endaweni yazo.
ULollipop wayefuna ukumemeza, kodwa izwi lakhe lalingaphumi, wayeseqala ukungaboni futhi nezindlebe zakhe zazikhala. Isandla ayethembele kuso ukuvula umbhede kwehla isisindo sakhe wawela eceleni embhedeni ikhanda lakhe lisondele esifubeni sikaFuriolo owayesaphefumula kancane. Kwakungafanga.
- I-Necromancy ... - Wacabanga.
Futhi-ke waquleka.
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Eduzane Owesifazane wamaGothi waya kwelinye lamathuna asemathuna.
- Isikhathi sesifikile, sithandwa sami. - Ukhulume ethuneni - ngikhonze inkolo yabalahlekile. Konke okusanhlamvu kuthunyelwe emadolobheni. UKel'Thuzad uzonginikeza ithuba lempilo entsha. Impilo yaphakade ukuthola indlela yokukubuyisa. Ubuthi sebuvele bugijima emithanjeni yami - wathi lapho isicanucanu siqala ukufika. Walala phansi eduze kwetshe lethuna wangihlebela, "Sizoba ndawonye maduze."
Futhi wayelele lapho. Ilinde ukufa obekulindelwe isikhathi eside.