The two siblings

Now, Sei and the boy (the archer) are coming to us.

The surrounding structures emit a bright green light. The whole village... No... The whole town is filled with bright green light!

Ah, so this is what is keeping the village safe from the wolves. A fortifying power stone.

A power stone is embedded in the building's specific parts; thus, the power of the stone fortifies the building.

I then breathed out in relief.

"Sigh"

Somehow, this kingdom's government didn't forget about its citizens.

Now, Sei and the boy reach us.

I turn my attention to the boy.

He is wearing zoom-lens eyeglasses. Of course, he has a bow and power stones for materialising his light arrows. A blue hair with some strands, arched standing on top. His front hair is smoothly curving to the left and to the right. Hmm, his hair is about 1 foot long.

Now, this boy has removed his spectacles and is smiling blissfully. His smile is really great, as if he is really blissed out. He then said:

"Thank you, mister; if you people hadn't come, we might have been dead. Ahahaha... Hahahaha…"

I just smile back at his blissful condition.

The girl then hugged him.

"Oh, Ayrimir, thank goodness you survived."

Thus, the name of the boy is Ayrimir.

Ayrimir nod.

"Mmm... Mmm... Miss here saved me; I am grateful."

Sei is watching over them.

While at it, she smiled with sadness.

You can see my face in a side view.

My iris is in the corner of my eye because I am observing Sei.

With that, I give a thought to what Sei is sad about.

Though, I instantly uncover what it is.

She is probably envious of the blissful scene she is witnessing. Girvacks is with his daughter, and Ayrimir is with his... sister, I presume.

Meanwhile, Sei here loses hers in her very front.

A one that is really horrifying and humiliating at that. Seeing your family get eaten in front of your face is a really heartbreaking experience.

Though she didn't get the chance to see or hear it due to its drastic speed, she is probably imagining the sounds of her mother's and sister's bones, flesh, blood, and everything else being crushed by the detestable monster's sharp humanlike teeth. She might have felt disgust, loathing, and detestableness as she imagined the horrid way her beloved family's body got grinded leisurely by those said teeth.

As I imagined the scene, I cringed due to how unbearable it is.

Why am I even imagining this? It could be me that is imagining things, rather than Sei (chuckles).

I then turn my eyes to the surrounding buildings, where people are giving us a look.

"There sure are a lot of inhabitants in here."

I muttered.

I then turned my eyes to the girl and wondered.

What could she be talking about the government being done in?

It's not like there is a civil war that could break the organisation of the management.

While looking at her, I noticed bruises all over her combat suit, and, needless to say, all over her body.

I click my tongue.

Tsk.

Though she is in the right age, she should just stay out of battles if she is this weak.

Seeing her struggle recently has filled me with worry.

And that little boy probably stayed in a high place to do his shooting games. Well, I see that it could somehow be effective against those dog-sized wolves. But you see how hopeless it is against the Girvacks-sized one. Just look how buffed it got by only duplicating its size several times.

Don't even think about that jumbo one.

Anyway, I cheer Sei up.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah"

The tone of her reply is like she has been refreshed.

She uttered it as she crossed her arms while looking at me.

Maybe she's thinking, She also has me, just like they got theirs.

I then smiled at her with a relieved look.

Sei is 23 years old, making this girl probably 20.

I and Sei approach them.

I then said:

"Why are you two out here? Didn't you know that it's really dangerous?

"We are children of hunters; that's why we have some experience fighting beasts."

The girl straightened her posture (for she was inclined to hug her brother) as she talked.

She continue.

"But we didn't expect the situation to be this bad. If it weren't for you people, we could have died."

As she spoke the second sentence, she started bowing her head and then said:

"We are grateful."

Just at the exact moment I am looking at her elegant bow, a cool gust of wind freshens the whole area, causing her bow to look more splendid.

Her obsidian-coloured hair is being swayed in the air, causing it to spread points of light in the air.

The glass-like quality of her hair is being reflected by the town's showily bright green lights.

Now, she holds the strands of her hair because they are being swayed to her face by the wind.

"Sigh"

Who would've thought that it would turn out to be this perfect sight? After all, she is looking at me beaming, with her weary eyes partly closed.

The only thing I'd do is smile.

"Sigh"

But.

I'm kind of tired of hearing this grateful, thanks, and such.

If you had messed up, you could have died.- I think to myself, -

Well, the way she gives her thanks is really brilliant. But...

I then said to her:

"It could have been better if you apologised, though."

She raised her eyebrows and opened her mouth in a circle. A look of one who is surprised and completely doesn't understand a thing of what was said.

"Huh? People would prefer."Thanks," though?"

She replies with a question suggesting that when a person saves someone, they reject the apology of the individual they save. Rather, they love to hear thanks. Because they want people to understand that if they save, it's not because they are forced, but because they wanted to... A thought only heroes could have.

On the other hand, if you ask a person that you saved to give you an apology, it is assumed that you want the person you saved to feel sorry about the trouble they caused you.

Yeah, heroes don't feel any trouble at all because they love saving people. ~

I glared at the girl.

I then say:

"It would be better if there was no one that needed to be saved, alright?"

The girl faintly widened her already circle-shaped mouth as she slowly tilted her head.

Pretty cute, to be honest.

I continue.

"If you are grateful when you are being save, well i don't love seeing people that is in need, people that is in trouble! I want those who experience trouble to be sorry about theirselves, i want you people to hide from trouble! Not to engage to it! Why felt grateful? Do you people don't care about those who saves you? "

The girl swallowed.

Of course, being thanked is also an honour because it is motivating. However, it should be done with tears of joy. Which shows that you really sought ways to save your life and lost HOPE, but survived at the end by being SAVED. Not like this. They feel like they are prepared to die at any time. They are grateful that they got saved, but if there is a chance that trouble comes again, they will also immediately rush to it to save the lives of others without even thinking about their own.

This is breaking my goal.

I can't enjoy a peaceful world if anyone is wholly prepared to die at any time.

This is not how righteous people should act. I want them to fear death, not to accept death.

I then command the girl.

"Give me your sincere apology now!

Swear that you are not going to engage in battle if survival is not certain! "

"Huh?" - a slow silent voice of the girl -

The girl is steadily staring at me in wonder.

She then smiles slowly and, at the same time, closes her eyes slowly.

While at it, she nods as she says

"Yes... Yes... Please guide us, sir..."

"Azro... "

She then smiled cheerfully and finished her sentence.

"Az-Az!"

"Huh?"

I am surprised at what she called me. My mouth is hardly smiling, and my right eyebrow is unsteady because I don't know if I will stop her or not. (She nicknamed me an AZ-AZ.)

Well, at least she is somehow energised now.

The girl then called out to the boy.

"Ayrimir! Let us prepare room and food for them!"

Ayrimir, then, who is being praised by Girvacks and Vara for being a brave boy despite his young age, replies:

"Okay!"

The girl then turned to me, saying,

"Please let us prepare food for you…..."

I smiled really pleased at how generous she is.

"AZ-AZ," she continued.

Gulp...what? "Sigh," good grief. Well, I guess I'll just enjoy my new name.

Thus, we will stay the night at their place.

Outside the town, you can see a hill nearby.

Above it is a two-story house. The house is out of light, so I doubt there will be people to greet us.

When we entered the house, I noticed it was too spacious for them, which means this is their family house.

"Hmmm, your parents?

I ask as I look at a picture that is hanging on the wall.

The girl's face saddened, then she said,

"I am sorry; they're dead."

She uttered it as she get utensils in their kitchen cabinet.

From a distance, I can hear clinking sounds as she picks which utensils she is going to use.

Sigh. I just narrowed my eyes, slightly smiling, then turned my head to the window, thinking how unfortunate I am. I am just trying to start a conversation but who would have thought...sigh.

"Good grief" I muttered.

It suddenly occurred to me why we are here,

Isn't this place dangerous?

The moment I look out the window, I see numerous beasts of different kinds approaching.

"Hmm. Come to think of it, we went out of town, didn't we?"

I touch my chin with my right hand while my left arm supports its elbow.

I am wondering why I haven't thought about it lately.

The girl might have heard what I muttered, so she says,

"Ah, I thought it was fine to come here because we are with you. We have really been wanting to go home."

She has this really innocent look in her face, talking to me as she minces some meat. By the way, she is looking at me as she talks while cutting the food.

Well, I think she will not cut herself, won't she?

Where did she even get that meat? I thought they had been longing to visit their house.

While at it, I then just took the opportunity to ask,

"Uhm, what meat is that?"

"Huh? Uhm..."

She smiled and blushed a little.

She then said this with her eyes narrowed.

"White wolf's"

"Oh! The dinner will be delicious then?"

She smiled, continuing to narrow her eyes to be completely close.

"Yeah!"

I then turn around to face the beasts incoming.

I then uttered it when I had already gotten out of the house.

"See? Those wolves that we encountered are just meat dishes.

I wonder what could have happened."

I relaxedly walked as I carried my sword to see the situation.

From the front of the house, you can see that the view has widened to the extent that you can see the whole hill.

In it, you will see numerous beasts that are ascending towards us.