A Slave who became Emperor Chapter 53

Zaffar left the Shah's palace and was riding to his barracks . . his mind was elsewhere . . scenes started playing one after the other in his mind . . the gutters . . the brothels . . the dark alleyways of Sultanabad . .

A little boy was running in a dark alleyway . . there was an open drain running parallel to the alley . . he was out of breath . . but he didn't stop . . he heard fast footsteps approaching him from back . . he increased his speed . . but he felt scared . . he didn't wish to be caught . .

There were three men chasing that boy . . one of them shouted . . 'you little thief . . come back . . else I will chop off your limbs . . . 'that man had a butcher's knife in his hand . . the boy gulped . . his throat was becoming dry . . his heart was beating very fast . . he didn't stop . .

The alleyway opened into a big lane . . . there was a river running alongside . . the river was flowing with a heavy current . . . a few hundred meters from this spot, the river would break into a waterfall . . the other side of the river bank was covered in thick forests . . full of wild animals, bandits, savage tribes . . he looked behind him . . he knew that these men would not spare him . . he took a deep breath and dived into the river . .

The water splashed and the men stopped . . one of them said, 'the water flows with a rapid current . . the kid will surely die hitting his head on rocks . . if he luckily escapes the river . . the wild things in the forest would take his life . . . let's go . . ' the others nodded and went back . .

The boy was drifting away in the river . . the fast currents didn't let him get away . . by luck he came across a log . . . he held on to it with all his strength . . . he was drifting away fast . . he thought his end was near . . the water fall was a steep drop of sixty feet . . he would die for sure . . . suddenly he slowed down . . he opened his eyes . . he saw that he was caught in a net . . he was being pulled . . he shut his eyes and drifted off to sleep . .

The boy opened his eyes, he was in a tent . . there was a person standing beside him . . the boy looked at him with gratitude . . . he opened his mouth to thank him . . the man said, 'save your gratitude . . once you say thanks . . you would not remain thankful . . if you really intend to pay me back . . . work for me . . ' he added . . 'loyally . . ' the boy looked at him and nodded in agreement . . the man asked the boy . . 'what's your name? ' the boy replied . . 'Mir Al Zaffar . . '

The man said, 'parents? ' Zaffar said, 'my father died due to a disease . . my mother turned into a whore to earn bread and take care of me . . when my mother lacks customers, I steal things . like bread and meat . . . people spared me often,as they had pity for my background . . but none helped us . . . but this butcher didn't like me stealing from him . . he asked my mother to become his keep . . he said we would never be hungry again . . but everyone knew that he killed his wife . . he was a sadist . . so my mother rejected his offer . . now he wanted to kill me for a petty theft . . I hope my mother is ok . . ' the man said, 'if I kil the butcher . . will you be happy? ' Zaffar said, 'yes . . I would be . . ' the man said, 'what if you killed him yourself? ' Zaffar said, 'I am small, only twelve years old . . ' the man said, 'I will teach you . . ' in two weeks, Zaffar went to the other side of the bank . . . into Sultanabad . . and killed the butcher . . before being killed the butcher dug his finger nails deep into Zaffar's face and left a deep scar . . Zaffar fled the city . . he knew that no one would dare to hurt his mother . . . Zaffar gave the money he stole from the butcher to his mother . . . with that money she started a brothel, recruiting all the orphan girls . . she taught them well how to pleasure men . . she took good care of them and never let anyone hurt them . .

The man who taught Zaffar said, 'scars turn a boy into a man . . . ' Zaffar looked at himself in the mirror and said, 'I am a man now . '

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