Chapter 141: No One But You
All eyes were on me, well not on me, they were on the black knight. They all stared with a mixture of emotions on their faces. Disbelief, awe, excitement, curiosity and even fear, but it was all mostly excitement. Even Lars couldn’t stop gawking at the black knight who stood beside me, his presence an imposing force as he stood right next to me, staring down at the people who had requested to see him.
And Heather thought this was a terrible idea! I thought to myself as I smirked wishing I had tea with me to sip because this was about to be a really good show!
Lars continued to stare at Eddie __ the black knight__ his lips were parted slightly as he stared up at him in disbelief. "This..." He breathed out, "This is impossible!"
"Oh but it is Lars, you asked to see the black knight and I brought him, as requested!"
The room buzzed with murmurs. Some of the men appeared outright excited to be in the same room as the black knight, others were a little doubtful about it. Some of them exchanged glances as though wondering if this was some grand hoax but it wasn’t.
Others were still watching in disbelief when all of a sudden, one of the men stood up. An old frail looking man that looked familiar too. I realized I recognized him as one of the men I saw in Lord Skarde’s place. He was the old man who had been crying about his son.
I watched as the old man shuffled forward in front of the black knight. I could feel Heather and Eddie tense up behind me but we didn’t say anything. Instead we watched quietly as the old man walked forward and he didn’t stop until he was directly in front of Eddie.
I held my breath as I waited for what he was going to do because all he did was just stare at him, not saying anything. We all were curious as to what he was going to do but all of a sudden he reached forward and pulled Eddie in for a hug.
Eddie stood awkwardly as the old man held, his frail hands holding on to Eddie’s frame. All I could do was just watch as Eddie reached back and hugged the old man back who was now trembling as he sobbed against Eddie’s shoulders.