1 Ragus, the Farmer

In the middle of the night, rain poured endlessly as the wind blew fiercely, shaking all the trees and grasses along its path.

"WAAAAAAA!"

"Waaaaaaaa!"

"Ungaaaaaa!"

"Uweeeeeeeeeeeee!"

"Waaah!"

Bam! Cries of five children sounded when a loud bang echoes through the night.

"Why... why couldn't I do anything when I needed it the most!" A person shouted as tears poured out of his eyes, gazing at a woman who seemed to have her life draining from her body.

"I'm so useless, why... why!"

He continued to weep as he held the hands of his wife.

At this moment, the lady on her deathbed smiled, she shook her head and spoke in a low tone: "Ragus, our adventures were filled with greatness, I... I would've at least wanted to share our retirement in peace, but I guess I can't now... Still, I am glad, at least our children will be the ones sharing it with you..."

A few seconds had passed silently, Ragus couldn't accept it, this outcome, he's a priest! Why couldn't he be useful in a situation like this!

Elena couldn't help but smile: "Ragus, you are special, even though you couldn't use mana to heal others like a priest, you can actually create potions and candies to heal us instead."

"Do not blame yourself for this, there is nothings here that you can use, neither of us expected this."

Ragus still couldn't let go as his knelt on the ground and shook his head: "If only I can use mana if only I could!"

"Ragus, take care of them for me."

As she uttered, the light from her eyes slowly vanished as the hand Ragus is holding slowly loosened, falling lifelessly on the side of the bed.

Ragus felt speechless, his gaze shifts to his wife Elena to the five children crying just below her, his gaze turned to stare, his stare turned to glare.

Killing intent escaped from his body threatening to devour the five children!

His hands stretched towards the children, trembling as the wish to kill couldn't help but be expressed on his face!

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Six years later, Ragus, after that incident, he had been a farmer, he's planting rice to sell to the town, that's his only way of making money to eat daily.

He also chops wood and gathers rare herbs to sell for additional profit.

Living at a run-down village far away from the capital, Ragus is quite satisfied with his life.

"Yow! If it isn't old man Ragus, picking grasses again old friend?" An old farmer chuckles as he waved.

"You should celebrate with the village once in a while, you know, hook up with the ladies there!"

Ragus is already 42 years old, he's lived with the village together with Elena for ten years already, but due to the village's lack of medicinal herbs, the incident happened.

Ragus smiled at the farmer, shook his head: "I'm not really looking for a wife you know, I'm already busy as I am, I can't have someone continuously order me around as your wife does to you."

"W-what do you mean order me around?! I'm the boss of the house! No one orders me but me myself!" The farmer shouted in embarrassment, he's known as the village's...

"What? Had I heard it correctly?" A sharp voice sounded, followed by large footsteps as a big woman approached the farmer and immediately grabbed his ears.

"I-I, Maria, it's but a joke, no need to take it seriously! Ahhh! Argg! My ear! Let go, woman!" The farmer is known by the name Adam, he's properly built old man around the same age as Ragus.

Ragus couldn't help but sigh at the display and could only place his thumb up: "Goodluck brother!"

"Goodluck your ass! It's all your fault! AHHH! MY EAR! MARIA! IT WILL TEAR!" The farmer couldn't help but exclaim with rhyme as he was dragged away by his wife.

Ragus chuckle and shook his head continuously picking herbs.

"Oh, this is a good one." Ragus exclaimed as he picked a herb, it is a grass bouquet with a red flower in the middle.

[Parrot Flame Flower

Description: Can be used in making low-tier Health Potions.]

Ragus nodded, he placed it inside his pouch and started walking down from the mountain.

"Yow, Ragus, what's up, got anything great?" An old man covered with white beard shouted as he continuously hammered on the forge.

Ragus shook his head: "Meeh, not a single ore, I found a herb though."

The Blacksmith's name is Luga, the village's only blacksmith, Luga chuckles: "Well, I guess you'll be the one benefitting from it then."

Ragus scratched his nose: "Sure am."

"Brother Ragus!"

"Ragus!" At this moment, two beauties shouted his name, Ragus looked and saw them and smiled.

"Oh, Rena, Erin, you guys sure are energetic huh?" Ragus couldn't help but chuckle.

Rena and Erin are two top beauties, they are at the age of twenty-eight, although they are twins, one has red-colored hair while the other blue.

Rena and Erin chuckles and struck a pose: "So, what do you think of our beauty now?"

Ragus chuckle: "Well, surely you both look good, but, you know, you'll need fifty more years to catch my taste."

"Hmmp!" The twins snorted and immediately left.

Everyone around started to laugh as they shook their head, this event would usually happen when Erin and Rena developed in some way, they would always show it to Ragus even in public.

Ragus couldn't help but sigh, he greeted with a few friends as he made his way to the end of the village, there, a rundown house made out of wood can be seen.

As he arrived, he opened his door, he made his way to the far back, there is a tomb, but much like that of a shrine, it's big enough to fit three people in it.

He placed his hands together and bowed: "I'm home."

As he did, sounds of running can be heard, like tiny footsteps continuously echoing making their way to him.

"Dad's back!"

"Daddy!"

"Piggyback ride!"

"Yey!"

"Candy! Candy!"

Five cute children swarmed him, Ragus couldn't help but smile, he took five pieces of candies out of his pocket: "Here, each for every one of you."

"Yey!" All of them exclaimed in happiness as they all placed it in their tiny mouth.

"Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!" All five of them couldn't help but have a soft expression as they touched their check with closed eyes.

Ragus chuckles, he nodded his head: "Great, daddy will make more for all of you tomorrow."

"YAAAY!" They jumped excitedly as they ate the candy, running here and there as they played with each other.

Ragus couldn't help but smile as he uttered: "The five of you are my treasures, so long as you all are fine, I'll be happy."

Six years ago...

As Ragus's hand approached the children, he couldn't help but stop midway, he knelt in front of them as he continued crying.

"I'm sorry... hik! hik!" Ragus cried, he wept on their bed as he shouted: "I am a useless father!"

"I couldn't save your mother even if I'm a priest! I'm a useless father!"

But as he shouted, he felt it, his fingers being wrapped by tiny little hands.

"Uwnya."

"Woobooo."

"Hibibi."

"Weiyuuuwaa!"

"Shompi!"

Ragus's couldn't help but cry further, he's glad that he had not something and bowed with closed eyes: "I'm sorry... I'll definitely do everything to make you five happy."