First of all, I have no idea what Dahael is doing. I guess I'm not a genius
This sentence seemed a bit odd.
Knowing what he would eventually run held a special sort of feeling the twelve year old.
Also, I'm not really sure who's point of view it is at the beginning of the chapter; you seem to be describing Morren's thoughts, but the rest of the chapter belongs to Larraus.
I don't really think you need the 'quotes' for thoughts when you already have italics, but that is just personal taste.
I didn't really find the cider-making to be of much interest. Also I'm having a bit of trouble placing Larraus' station and rank: you describe him as a merchant, but he also seems to be a landowner, and yet he works in the fields. You might need a bit of clarification.
Full points for weird and interesting names!!
Keeping Moren away from the villages and towns was necessary now that he was twelve and had developed a reputation for being smart. Larraus shut the distasteful line of thought firmly out of his mind...
I don't really understand this. After reading the rest of the chapter and re-reading this sentence several times over, I'm guessing that he is worried about kidnappers? But it really needs some more explanation.
He would have to find out who that man was. Pear cider. Anyone that clever deserved to be put in a leadership position.
No offense but this didn't strike me as particularly brilliant or clever. Any first grader can change the rules of the game or take advantage of loopholes. Ever heard kids on the playground yelling "tag no tagbacks"?
Also I thought Larraus was completely overreacting. In his manor there would presumably be many servants; if one servant has not seen the son I don't think there would be great cause for alarm.
If I remember correctly Dahael is some kind of assassin, or at least someone with a lot of combat training. I think he would do more than just whack the man in the side once and run away. Maybe you meant for this to stand out to us, but if so maybe you should give Dahael a better explanation.
Most of my comments seem pretty critical. Don't take me wrongly; the chapter wasn't
bad. It just wasn't great. It really failed to draw my interest though. Something you might want to think about: why did you choose to give the viewpoint to the father? As a general rule of thumb you want to give the viewpoint to the character with the most pain.
Also, to me the chapter felt a bit like, 'he did this, then he did that,' something I am a bit guilty of in my own writing
In my opinion it lacked tension and snappiness. I really did like your prologue, though! Maybe you can draw a bit more of the interesting world from that into chapter one? Maybe mention the afterlife or something like that.