He could be helped

Roland, who was hugging the sleeping Liam, tried to converse with the angry phoenix. while still holding his hand out from underneath Liam,

Roland said as he held Liam to his chest:

"Anna, calm down a little... am I someone who'd joke around at such a time?"

"...."

"If you use your Phenix's eye to look closely, you'd be able to see it for sure."

He did not say what he held because he knew that Anna wouldn't believe him unless she saw it with her own eyes.

Anna did as he told her. It was challenging to do so while grasping the last bit of rationality she could master.

And then, she saw it.

A half-transparent fiery red chick... it looked so small and tender... it was cutely grasping Liam's shirt while sleeping in the palm of Roland's hand...

The big body of the Phoenix glowed brightly and disappeared. And from within that glow. A glorious woman dressed in red with red curly hair, and a face so beautiful to be that of a human appeared.

She had thick, long eyelashes over her Phoenix eyes. A small yet long, sharp nose. And thin, red lips.

Everyone held their breath as she kneeled to take a closer look at Ronald's hand in disbelief.

Pearls' like tears fell from her eyes...

"My baby, his soul is safe... he could be helped..."

"Yes, as long as he stays by Liam's side, he could cultivate a new body one day..."

Then he said ever so gently:

"His soul ran to Liam's side as soon as his body was crushed... even though it must have hurt a lot... he is an exceptional child."

Anna sobbed quietly beside the kids. She didn't want to wake up the children who went through a lot but couldn't stop herself from crying...

..................

Ronald waited for Anna to calm down a little, then said:

"All on this land should vacate right now, there is only one exit, and it will close soon."

"Sir Ronald, all the animals got evacuated already. The remainders are only the phoenix queen, the child of the grand clan, and the criminals, Sir!"

A man dressed as a soldier reported.

"Enghh...What do you mean criminals?!! Haaa... haaaaa...We are the victims here!!"

The village chief, who was hiding and wailing in pain until that point, retorted with a loud voice between his gasps.

And the rest of the villagers followed:

"Yeah, where do you want us to go and leave our homes?"

"That Phoenix queen or whatever you called her. She killed my husband and brother!! how dare you call US 'criminals'???"

"We had no way of knowing that she was a phoenix! what crime did we commit by crushing what we thought was a monster's egg??"

one after another, they appeared from where they were hiding as they retorted

"That phoenix tortured us and killed our families! why don't you punch her instead??"

"you think we don't have eyes? you are blaming us to cover up your friend!"

Anna was getting angrier with every single word they spoke... She stood up slowly, then glared at the villagers...

When they saw her look, they flinched and backed down...

then who seemed to be the village's lawyer stepped up saying:

"you think there is no law in this world??"

"according to the pact between spiritual and regular beings;

law number three; if a spiritual being hurt a regular being, the spiritual being have to bear the same amount of damage! And according to law number twenty-one; if the spiritual being was under disguise, if hurt by mistake by regular being, the regular being won't be considered guilty!!"

"haha... playing victims, are we??"

When Anna was about to explode, she heard a voice filled with murderous intentions from behind her.

Roland looked scary even from Anna's perspective. It seemed as if all his veins were about to pop out.

Maybe because Roland's murderous intentions were intense.

Liam flinched. And as he did, all the surrounding area blurred as if an energy wave waved over it.

Roland instantly calmed himself, and everything became quiet in a minute. The surrounding area became calm. Liam hugged Roland tighter and returned to sleeping soundly...

Anna was surprised and could not believe it...

"...Is he really just a child?!"

that much power... no matter what, how can a child have that much power?

Even if he had the highest level of superpower. Even if he had the only level which can grow between all levels. Is a child really capable of holding such a power that can cause the surroundings to wrack?

Roland looked at Liam and hugged him gently,

"...He is. He is only a child.''

A child who for some reason even Roland did not know, had power so great, to the point it caused the child so much pain.