Chapter 25: Losing everything

(3rd Person's POV)

A boy with silver hair and blue eyes entered his home with a saddened look. He looked like around 12 years old normal human kid but from just sharp facial cuts and radiance skin tone, one could tell that this child shouldn't be a human.

He walked silently towards the dining table before he sat on a chair.

"Oh, you are here- what's wrong, son?!" A girl around in her late teens with the same hair and eye as the boy came out from a kitchen and was about to greet her son when she noticed her son saddened look on his face.

"Mommy… why I am not like other angels?" The boy asked softly.

"Eh?! Well…"

The girl didn't know how to answer.

She was a race angel created by God and used to live in heaven. Same with other angels as they were all creations of God and do not need to go through an age cycle to get mature.

However, her son was an exception as he was the only angel who was 'born' and not 'created' by God. As such he had to live and become mature just like humans.

So she could understand the struggle of her child. Although she was not a human who had gone through such a cycle of life, she was a mother who had given birth from her tummy.

Other angels treated her son like of their own kind but in the end, they were simply angels and do not have any sense of how to interact with children of their own kind.

Even among human children living in heaven, he was ostracized for reasons that her son had exceptional potential as an angel born with several strong powers who would soon assume a 'special position'.

Her son had an exceptional strength even among regular angels,

As such, the boy constantly questions his identity.

He thinks and acts like a human but is an angel. How should he live?

The girl smiled and hugged her son from behind.

"You can tell mommy your problem. Did someone bully you?"

"Nah, Lady Gabriel just suffocated me between her lumps of fat. I wonder why every female angel has such huge chunks of those meats…"

The mother almost choked by holding her laughter. Even she was confused why God made female angels so alluring in the first place since they never really need to marry to increase the population of angels.

"But mother… I want to know someone of my age. I want to live like a human."

At this statement, her heart crawled to her throat. What she feared was about to happen. She had to do something for her son not to fall from grace at all cost!

As such, after thinking about a minute she smiled and rubbed her son's soft hair.

"Don't worry, son. Mommy will make some arrangements for you."

She smiled warmly and kissed her son's forehead.

"I will fulfill your wish at all cost. After all, mommy loves Mael."

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(Mael's POV)

A person with short silver hair and tall height was dragger a sword slowly in a corridor. His eyes were void of light and stern enough to bestow enough fear to paralyze a person.

It was me.

I lost everything.

My comrades who fought alongside me.

My lovely wife whom I had made several promises, Jeanne.

And my mother who sacrificed her life just to fulfill my selfish wish to live like a human, Eliza.

I had nothing.

After Jeanne's and Eliza's death, I saw some of my memories with Eliza, my mother. Everything started to become clear with each step I took in that corridor.

The location was Charles VII's palace.

My only goal was to behead Charles.

My mind lost rationality and instead sow a seed of revenge.

A path where each step I took, I felt refreshed.

However, different from my expectation, I didn't find a single soul in the castle. Every room, every floor, and every chamber was empty but one person whom I know was waiting for me.

"Tell me a single reason where I should spare your life."

In front of my sharp deathly glare was standing a person but unfathomed by my appearance as if he was expecting this.

Charles came forward and then bent down on his knees.

"Mael, I won't ask for either forgiveness or mercy. If you wish then behead me this moment."

What the…

I flinched in confusion as to why he didn't choose to fight. Wasn't he just a coward king?

"I am indeed a coward king but Mael…My hands were tied… I had no choice…" Tears began to fall from his eyes before he explained the entire situation.

Devils!

They were behind all of this!

Blood rushed into my eyes. Francois Prelati or Francois Marbas was the one pulling the strings the whole time!?

"Mael… he was the town of Bourges… Please, you have to stop him."

I gritted my teeth and rushed out of the castle.

"Sona and Ivan were with Gilles! No! I don't like this!"

Both children were natives of Bourges and I had a faint feeling that Gilles must have lost his mind. How could I forget about them?!

With lightning speed, I rushed towards Gilles' castle but my feet began to lose energy after what I witnessed in front of my eyes.

Thud*

"N-oo….."

My spirit broke into pieces what I witnessed.

Human dried lumps of blood, heads, and guts were scattered on the flood whereas some of the bodies were lying helplessly on a table surrounded with torture devices.

Human skulls were hanging on walls. Bodies were lying on what it seems like magic circles made out of the blood.

Worst of all, they were all of the children!!

"Sona… Ivan!"

I ran towards the table while praying that they weren't them but…

Several knives were knitted down on Sona's naked body while Ivan's body was being eaten by rats.

It was not hard for anyone what they went through.

"Khh!!!"

I gritted my teeth that my blood burst out from the gums and tears after tears fell on the dead body of the children I cared for.

"Forgive me... Forgive me for being so weak…"

Hugging her dead boy, I cried and begged for forgiveness but it was all for nothing. Both children died in a gruesome way. It was all my fault.

If Jeanne and Eliza weren't enough that I also lost those two children! Is this some kind of joke!?

"Just wait a little longer; I will get rid of them!"

I made up my mind that I will tear them into pieces!

I picked my sword and ran towards another chamber.

"Aaa…"

I then heard a noise when I was searching for each room.

I kicked the wooden gate destroying into pieces and entered only to witness another spice chilling horror in front of my eyes.

A big man was raping a 12 years old boy. The boy had his limbs cut and barely any energy left to spare to even beg for death. His eyes were dead but his body was screaming and begging for salvation.

One after another everything was taken away from me.

"Gilles…"

I called the name of one of my friends but when he turned around, I didn't say a friend, not even a human but a fiend.

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Though I wanted to add a little more gore but I am terrible in it, especially if it about children. UwU I have a very fragile heart~.

Anyway, I again apologize for the delay as my schedule was tough but I managed to pile some chapters.

Don't worry another chapter is comming.

Just throw all the stones on my face and help me write exciting content.

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