Chapter 51 - Questions Of Medivh (3)

Medivh's question made a bigger fuss than his first question when he asked it. In the end, no one understood the purpose of his first question, but it was clearly telling Asil who does he think he should set free. Because freedom was so precious to those who were there, and because they thought that if the Asil chose themselves, maybe they could be free, the people in all the cells started screaming at the Asil to choose themselves.

Their screams did not last long, soon after Baran silenced all the slaves with a shout. Baran turned to Medivh spoke with a bewildered face upon silencing the slaves and spoke: "Young Master, you paid for slave Asil to take him. What does it mean to take someone else?"

Medivh looked at Baran and replied him calmly: "Yes, I paid for taking Asil out of here but I can change my mind about it. And if I do, you can tell me the price of the one I want to take and if I have to pay more, I will pay you. Thus, not a problem."

After Medivh's speech, Baran approved with a nod and became silent. Indeed, even if the price of the slave he was going to buy was higher, there would be no problem if he gave enough money to buy the slave by adding on top of the money he had already given.

When Medivh spoke to Baran and returned to Asil, He looked at him and seriously asked Medivh a question: "Young Master, first of all, I want to know something. Will my decision affect who you take, or will you desist from granting me my freedom if you choose someone else?"

Medivh thought briefly and then replied: "The decision you make may affect whom I give your freedom, and if I choose someone else, I will not give you your freedom.  So make your choice carefully."

The hope of the slaves in the other cells had been destroyed when Medivh shut up. In the end, if the young man chooses someone else, it would destroy Asil's chances of freedom. No one would have chosen someone else to give up their freedom in such a situation. Naturally, no one thought that Asil would choose someone else.

While the others were demoralized, Asil answered Medivh's question: "Then the one you should set free is Senior Bias, who stayed with me in this cell."

As soon as Asil's speech was over, the facial expression of all the people changed and everyone looked towards Asil with strange expressions on their faces. Their big reaction was normal. After all, in such a case, Asil unexpectedly said that instead of his own freedom, his cellmate Bias Gerz should be free.

Asil's response undoubtedly surprised his cellmate Bias Gerz the most. His eyes were instantly widened, and he spoke with his trembling voice, looking towards Asil as he had difficulty believing what he was hearing. "As... Asil... What are you saying? Why did you say my name? I'm an old man with no idea how long he'll last. I don't have much to live. Why did you choose me?"

After Bias Gerz spoke, Asil looked at him, smiled, and replied: "Senior Bias, I have been in a lot of fights since I have been here and I have lost almost all of them. The more I lost, the harder the behavior became harsh against me. But all this time, you were the only one whose attitude towards me hasn't changed since the beginning. Even on days when I was very hungry, you sometimes shared it with me by cutting out of your own food. The favors you did me seemed small, but they meant a lot to me. Finally found an opportunity for you to return you these favors. How can I think about myself and turn my back on you when I have this opportunity? How can I sleep at night if I do that and I really get my freedom? How can I call myself human from then on? I give that answer with all my heart and no regrets. The decision is up to The Young Master but I hope he chooses you and you can see the grandchildren you have long wanted to see again."

After Asil's candid words, Bias Gerz couldn't help himself and tears began to slowly pour out of his weary eyes. For him, this did not matter even if the young man, named Medivh after Asil's reply, did not set himself free. He rejoiced as if he had gained his freedom thanks to the Asil's reply.

As Bias Gerz's tears slowly poured down, Baran's facial expression changed and he immediately spoke, looking at Medivh: "Young Master, you cannot take Slave bias. He's someone who has done me a great deal of disrespect. That's why his place in Kastor is so special. He's my personal slave."

Medivh looked calmly at Baran and spoke: "I don't know what the great disrespect he has done against you is, and I'm not interested in that. And I don't think someone who shed a heartfelt tear after Asil's response would be disrespectful to you. The thing between you two is probably because of his grandchildren. This is none of my business. This is between you; a stranger like me has no right to interfere. But if I want to give him his freedom, you can say the price. I think we can agree on that."

After speaking to Baran, Medivh turned to Asil again and calmly spoke: "Asil, I understand that you have chosen him for the favor that seniors did you. I got to know you a little bit with two questions, and you got me interested, but nothing happened between me and senior. There's no good or bad relationship between me and him. Therefore, naturally, there is no reason for me to give him his freedom. But I can make an exception for your answers. Well, that depends on you, too. I'm going to ask you one last question, and I'm really curious about the answer that someone like you would give to that question. If I'm satisfied with your answer, I will not only grant you your freedom, I will grant the freedom of the senior that you wanted him to be free."

"If I'm not happy with your answer, I'll just grant you your freedom and we'll get out of here together. Then you work yourself to pay off your debt to the senior, and after you've earned enough money, you get the senior's freedom through your own efforts. So your answer, in short, concerns the freedom of the Senior you want to be free. So, this time, feel the burden of it and give me the answer you really think about. If I feel that your answer is not the real answer from within, I will do my best to make sure that you do not gain senior's freedom once you are free. If we agreed on that, I'm asking the question now."

After Medivh spoke, everyone became silent and Asil first looked at Bias Gerz whose wet eyes looked at him with hope, then looked at Medivh again and talked: "Young Master, you can ask your question at any time. I'll answer your question from my heart."

Medivh smiled and asked his last question: "Asil, what do you think is power? Think it over and give me your answer."

Medivh had asked a rather short and easy-to-understand question. It's just a two-word "what is power?" his question, when first heard, could have sounded like a very simple question. There can be people there could even think "What is the significance of this question, power is power."  But contrary to what was seen and thought, this short question was of great importance to Medivh.

In reality, Medivh indeed lived under duress, as Asil said. He was one of three children of the leader of a very rich and powerful family. He had an older brother and a twin sister. But almost no one liked Medivh's character, including his father, older brother, and twin brother, in his family and the clans that his family led. To them, Medivh was very soft-hearted, and this character could cause the family and naturally the clan to face big problems in the future. His parents had hired him many skilled masters to bring him up the way they wanted him to, and sometimes even tried to manipulate him with brute force.

Of course, Medivh was not disliked since he was born and he was loved like all the other children in his family. Life of Medivh, who lived beautifully and was and was compassionate but did not receive great reactions because he was small, had changed completely in a single day. It was that day, at the age of twelve, that he finally had the profound power. That day he and his twin brother were summoned by his father and taken to the family's Great Hall.. When he entered the Great Hall of his parents with his twin sister, inside the hall were his father, mother, older brother, and elders of high status within their clan led by his family.