Okay, so here it is!
Ageless Knight
The old knight
sat in his golden throne. Long ago he passed the age of three hundred
but he didn't look a day older than twenty. His body sat there stiff,
with his jaw hung open. His eyes were closed while his hair gathered
dust. He could still think and remembered the burden he carried and
why. He thought of his old sword, still next to his throne.
A demon had
descended upon the kingdom and terrorized all, lighting flew from its
eyes, its breath froze the air and its feet left fire in its wake. No
army could scratch the beast and the king of the land sent out for a
wizard. The wizard came up with a plan. He was going to use a spell
that would bind the beast to a human body. No one in the kingdom
would volunteer, except for the knight. The knight took in the beasts
soul into his own and the beasts body collapsed and rotted away.
People forgot
about the knight and his sacrifice, all except for his own lineage.
His great, great grand daughter visited the knight almost daily. She
knew he could hear her. She told him of many things happening in the
kingdom and the world. She read stories to him though he would never
respond to her. She didn't need a response, knowing she kept the
weary knight company was enough for her.
One day the
great, great grand daughter brought her son to the knight. The son
was mystified.
Several months
after the son's visit scientists came to see the knight, none of the
them initially believed it until they saw the ageless man himself.
One of the scientists, an eager young one, walked up to the knight.
Then, after a moment's contemplation tried to pull the man off the
throne. The demon's soul then began to leap from the knight to the
scientist. The demon sought to leave the body of the knight and
become free. The knight then took his sword and lunged it into
himself, so the demon couldn't complete the journey.
As always, amazing entertainment in few words.
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