Old Hut

A woman was forcibly dragged by two bodyguards through the bustling village. All eyes were on the woman. She continued to rebel, but it was all in vain. Her shabby and tired face made her unable to move. She could only surrender to go with the two royal guards to Plython's palace. The woman in the white dress got on the horse-drawn carriage that the guards had provided by force. Her two tied leashes made it difficult for her to rebel.

Along the way to the kingdom, the woman kept thinking about how to escape. She pushed the two guards on her right and left until they were thrown out of the carriage. Without thinking, the woman named Sierra bit the rope tied to her hand and approached the driver of the horse and pushed the man to the ground. As soon as possible, Sierra took the wheel of the horse and drove away from the royal guards.

The horse continued to gallop through the wilderness away from the village. Sierra tried to escape her dark life, but she was still reminded of her son's death. The need for revenge grew stronger. In fact, she had obeyed all of King Python's wishes as a slave. However, King Python continued to target Sierra's son and intended to kill him. The Python King knew that Sierra's son Evander could take his place in the Python Kingdom.

Suddenly, Sierra stopped the horse she was riding when she saw a beautiful girl in a white dress in front of her. Sierra was stunned at how beautiful the girl looked. She wondered what the girl was doing in this dangerous forest.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Sierra asked with an astonished look on her face. She looked back, she thought it looked like the royal guards were no longer chasing her.

"I should be the one asking. Why are you here?" asked the girl carrying the fruit basket. The blonde-haired girl walked up to Sierra and smelled her scent like never before. "Are you human?"

Sierra was taken aback by the girl's question right in front of her. "Are you stupid, I'm obviously human. I come from the village of Python, not far from this forest."

Instantly Sierra was startled when she heard the sound of a horse heading towards her. Without thinking, she immediately mounted her horse. "Hurry up!"

The girl named Lalitha got on the horse with Sierra. The two of them went deeper into the forest. Who knows where they will go. Lalitha already looked confused by Sierra's panicked face. Lalitha looked back as an arrow was pointed at her. Sierra increased the pace of her horse.

"How did the royal guards get here? What are you doing?!" Lalitha grumbled at Sierra. The girl continued to grumble at Sierra.

"Shut up already! It's a long story!" retorted Sierra.

Lalitha who also panicked threw the fruits in her basket at the royal guards. How stupid the girl was, the moment she realized that she so easily killed two bodyguards who had nothing to do with her.

Lalitha seemed to say something from her mouth. Her right hand seemed to emit a white light towards the two guards, instantly the arrows that were pointing towards her turned towards the guards, making the two guards fall.

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Sierra stopped her horse at an old hut far from the village. She was just following Lalitha's directions. Apparently, she felt safe that there was no sign that the royal guards were still chasing her. Sierra and Lalitha got off the horse. Sierra looked confused. Who was the owner of the old hut? She didn't think it was possible that the old hut belonged to Lalitha. Previously, Sierra thought that Lalitha was a noble girl from another kingdom. Looks like her assumption was wrong.

"Where is this? Why are we going to this ugly old uninhabited hut?" Sierra asked Lalitha.

Talitha swatted Sierra's head away, annoyed "How could you insult where I live. It's good I brought you here. Want me to take you to hell?"

Sierra sighed in annoyance. "It hurts! Yes, sorry."

"Hurry up and get in!" ordered Talitha as she led Sierra into her old hut.

Sierra was instantly shocked when she saw the contents of Talitha's old hut. The old hut was filled with strange potions that emitted smoke. Sierra's gaze centered on a black-robed person with gray hair, like an old woman. The old woman appeared to be stirring something in a pot that was exploding.

"Gran, someone's coming. I don't know where else to take this woman, she seems to be in trouble. But, she does look like a difficult person." Talitha said to the grandmother named Orsh, who seemed to be of the elven race.

Orsh stared intently at Sierra's eyes, he sensed something odd about the woman. "Blood red color." Orsh muttered which made Sierra wonder. Blood red meant someone who had a vengeful anger for the trouble that had hit him. Someone who hated hypocritical and evil-hearted humans. A good human who turned evil due to his own actions. Orsh had been able to read Sierra's heart and mind, wanting revenge for the hurt that had lingered in the woman's heart.

Sierra groaned in pain as a red mist enveloped her body. Her black eyeballs turned red. She continued to moan in pain while tugging at her hair and screaming loudly. The woman's red eyeballs stabbed sharply at Lalitha. She saw a strange figure on Lalitha's body, fish scales.

Sierra picked up a bucket of water near the door and poured it over Lalitha's body. Instantly Lalitha groaned in pain. She ran out of the hut followed closely behind by Sierra. Increasingly, Sierra's face looked like a monster, her face torn to shreds. She aimed her red magic at Lalitha.

"GIVE ME BACK MY SON!"

Lalitha's foot tripped over a piece of wood and she fell. Her eyes rounded as Sierra's magic power shot towards her. Without thinking, Lalitha unleashed her white magic power at Sierra and hit the woman in the chest. Sierra was thrown violently into a large, towering tree, causing the woman to spit out blood.

Before Lalitha knew it, her leg had turned into a tail. Yes, Lalitha was the Siren of the Leviathan Sea.

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