23. Heretic

There was a week time skip that I forgot to add, it has been a week since Cleria gave birth ok :)

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The girl closed her eyes and covered her face as she waited for the pain to come but it didn't arrive instead she heard the painful scream of the boy and the panicked shouts of the other children. 

She raised her head and what came into her sight was the bloodied face of the boy who was lying unconscious on the ground. The girl was immediately frightened, she didn't mean to hurt him. 

One of the children gazed at her with a frightened expression. 

" Y-You killed him! " the boy shouted at her while glaring at him. 

" N-No! I- " she tried hard to explain but the words never came out of her mouth as she was just too scared. 

She didn't know what would happen to her if the elders in the clan knew what happened here. Maybe they will punish her again, maybe she will have to go without food or water again.

" I'm going to call the elders!" one of the children said before running towards the main clan compound. 

" W-Wait! " she tried to call out to them but all of them glared at her and ran away leaving her with the boy, she didn't know whether he was dead or alive she wasn't in the state of mind to check. 

She was scared, she didn't know what would happen to her if they caught her, her situation was already worse in the clan and she knew everyone hated her and even her own parents wished she was never born. 

All of this because she was born with a power they considered heretic, she had no control over it, and it wasn't her fault but they didn't care. They treated her with disdain and mockery. 

Each day was as painful as the last, having to live in seclusion and being ostracized by your relatives. 

She shakily stood up as she summoned her strength and started running towards her residence. Due to her being seen as filthy, the clan had arranged her residence on the outskirts with no security or guard near that place. 

It was a secluded part of the compound with a forest near it. If she escaped into the forest then she could leave the clan premises without alerting anyone. She might be attacked by wild animals but it was honestly better than waiting for these people to punish her. 

She didn't even bother picking up anything from her residence as she didn't have anything of value there, only sad and painful memories were there. 

She wiped her tears and gritted her teeth while running towards the outskirts of the compound. 

She could see the thick outgrowth and vegetation signifying the forest, she didn't hesitate and continued running.... 

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Vivian was on a small vacation with Venelana and the others in Kyoto. They decided to go to a stream in the forest near the city to fish because Vivian wanted to try fishing. 

And as the son-cons his mothers were how could they decline, they immediately bought all the equipment necessary to fish from the river and right now they were competing with each other to show their son who the better mommy was. 

Even if they stopped fighting and arguing they still tried to one-up each other whenever they had the chance, it wasn't anything malicious it was just something akin to playful banter. 

It was a pity that Cleria couldn't come, as it has only been a week and Venelana felt it wasn't safe to bring Alexia and Cleria along after what happened to Vivian last time. 

She felt her heart clench whenever she thought of that event. To think she would have been so careful yet some trash dared to lay a hand on her child.

And to think they were partly at fault if they had not sealed his strength he would have not been so helpless. To think she prepared against so many threats but in the end, it was just a Low-level exorcist who nearly made her lose her son. 

She still remembered seeing him being stabbed through the heart, she nearly lost it at that time. But luckily Vivian was immune to holy damage, and with his insane regeneration, he somehow survived.

She remembered holding his unconscious body and thanking god even if it caused her pain, after obliterating the trash who dared to touch her son and beating up Touji Shido to an inch of his life, her rage more or less subsided because to her nothing else mattered as long as Vivian was safe. 

But that wasn't the case for others. And she had to deal with the massive shitstorm that entailed. 

The Inquisition headquarters burned and Heaven had to bleed a little that day...

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Suddenly Venelana noticed Vivian staring at a particular place without blinking. 

She was a bit worried and asked him " What is it, baby?" 

" Mama, there " Vivian didn't say anything and just pointed in a direction. 

She didn't quite understand but since he wanted to go there she would take him there....

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Her body was covered in wounds and cuts as the thorns on the vegetation had left shallow cuts on her body. It caused a slight stinging sensation on her body but she didn't care as she wanted to go as far away as possible. 

She was scared of anyone chasing after her since she had killed ( she thinks) someone then they would certainly send someone after her.

Her body was aching, and she was tired. She didn't know how long she had been running, she only knew it should have been many hours. 

While running her leg was caught in a stone and she tripped and fell on the ground causing a sharp pain to come to her ankle. Some tears came out of her eyes due to the pain, but suddenly her eyes widened in fear due to hearing a growl.

She raised her head up to see a huge black bear which was growling menacingly at her. 

She couldn't help but crawl back in fear at the sight but this sudden action of hers enraged the bear as it lunged at her.

She screamed and closed her eyes waiting for death while tears poured out of her eyes. She couldn't help but think about her life, it was filled with painful memories and she wondered whether there was a point in her living.

Thus she accepted her fate and closed her eyes tightly while clenching her hands. But the pain she was expecting didn't come as she only heard a loud thud and there was silence. 

She raised her head tremblingly from between her hands and what she saw before her stunned her. 

The huge black bear was dead with a black spear made of light stuck inside its skull. And a cute child was standing on its head with a happy smile.

While she was gazing at him he turned his gaze towards her causing her to flinch a little. He smiled brightly at her causing her to feel awkward. 

" My name is Vivian, What's yours by the way? " He said excitedly as he gazed at her. 

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"T-Tsubaki.....Tsubaki Shinra " ...

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