Chapter 43: Dean's Past (2)

The annual festival held by the Kingdom Tryton is filled with game activities by common people. On the first day of the festival, Dean Volton gets a job from the nobleman he helped.

Dean is just an ordinary teenager who likes to play, study and help his parents. Because of his warm and helpful nature, he accidentally helped a man who was almost pickpocketed. It turned out that the man was a nobleman and Dean was asked to help him carry some goods into a horse-drawn carriage.

That's what makes him late getting home on the first day of the festival. Even though he promised to go home early because he was celebrating his birthday. It was his 15th birthday that day.

The job of helping the nobleman earned him a wage of one gold coin. It was the same as a month's food allowance for him who was a commoner. With the coin, Dean bought premium groceries for his mother to prepare as a celebration of the day.

Humming, he opened the door to his house, which had been decorated with small flags. Dean shouted, "Dad! Mom! I'm home!"

However, the smile he had put on for the day faded instantly when he saw the pool of blood that greeted him. The blood also adorned the two bodies of his parents lying below.

Dean frantically approached his parents. "Dad! Mom! Are you listening to me? What happened?"

With carefully, Dean lifted his mother's head. He accidentally felt his mother's body which was already cold. He tried to check his father's body too which turned out to be equally cold. Their bodies have become corpses.

"I-I can't believe this. Are you guys fucking with me? Wake up! This isn't funny!" Dean continued to shout loudly.

His screams invited the neighbors to come to his house. Especially a kind-looking auntie who came with some cookies. She was the first to come.

The aunt stood at the door. "Dean, what happened? Why are you screaming?"

She went straight in as she saw Dean not answering and just sitting downstairs. As he stepped inside, a very recognizable rancid scent wafted into his nose.

"What is this smell—oh my gosh! What's wrong with Mrs. and Mr. Volton?"

The aunt was shocked to see Dean's parents on the boy's lap lying stiff. The cookies she was carrying had fallen over. Dean was still crying silently and staring at her.

"Aunt Green, did anyone come here before I came?"

Dean said clearly. Although his tears were still falling, the voice he let out was very clear. He felt like someone who was trying to stay sane.

The woman called Aunt Green was still a bit shocked. Then she said stammeringly. "T-there were three people who came. They said they were Mr. Volton's good friends. They were also welcomed by your parents."

Dean tried to remember who was close to his parents. "Did they claim to be from my father's family, Auntie?"

The aunt nodded when remembered something. "Yes, they said they were your father's friends. J-just a moment, I will tell my husband to help you."

That old woman went out. Dean was left alone when he needed someone to accompany him.

Guk!

Dean saw a medium-sized dog approaching him. He said, "Willy, come here."

The dog came over and rubbed his body against Dean's. Some other people started to arrive and were surprised to see what was inside the house. Not a single person dared to approach Dean. They were afraid of the blood.

Aunt Green's husband came and ordered the men to bring Dean's parents' bodies. The boy hugged the dog called Willy and was calmed down by others. They finally dared to come closer.

It was the worst day of his life. Dean didn't expect to be orphaned so soon.

***

"You son of a bitch! You attacked him wrong, you moron!"

Dean was kicked by the large middle-aged man beside him. Using a mask that partially covered his face, Dean deftly killed several people who were blocking the man.

After a few months of losing his parents, no orphanage wanted to take him in because he was not an ordinary human. He has a strange aura. The house his parents left him was also withdrawn because he couldn't pay his debts. Therefore, he was working as an assassin in a small guild now.

During his work, he was often underestimated and mistreated by some of his seniors. Not just fellow workers, the clients even openly harassed him. Because his body was too good for his teenage age.

One such client was the middle-aged man who abused her. He was a fugitive who wanted to escape to the Senova Empire. He became a fugitive because he was convicted of abusing several women. Therefore, he wanted to escape.

Dean, who was under a guild, received a job to deliver the man safely. The problem was that the client was abusive towards him.

"Those knights are really annoying. What's wrong with me screwing a few women? After all, they're the ones fishing in clothes that expose their bodies." That man said inappropriately.

The two of them ran all the way to the border forest. The knights didn't chase after them anymore because they were already very far away. Even Dean stopped his steps.

"Sir, we've reached the border. If you walk straight ahead to the right, it's the side gate to the Senova Empire." Dean said politely although his tone was cold.

The middle-aged man ignorantly said, "You have to take me to my destination, damn it. I've paid you a lot of money and you unknowingly stop here. What if someone catches up? Do you want to take responsibility?"

Dean faced left and looked like he was doing something with his hands. Then he looked back at the man. "No, sir. I can make sure that you won't be pursued again."

The man was dismissive. "Just watch out if you lie. I'll find you and cut you into small pieces for dog food."

Grrrrhhh ....

Guk!

Brugh!

At the same time as the man's body turned, a large beast lunged at him. Without even being able to fight back, the man was already brutally bitten by the animal.

"H-help me!" The man shouted with all his might. However, Dean just looked at him coldly.

When the man could no longer make a sound, Dean raised his voice. "Yes, I guarantee you won't be chased again since you died here."

Dean took out a magic scroll. It was a one-way communication device for emergencies. He bit his hand until it bled and dripped it on the scroll until a red light appeared.

"The target has been cleared." After saying that, Dean tore the magic scroll. It was charred into ashes.

Dean approached the big beast and said, "Willy, don't waste your energy with that criminal."

Although the old man paid to escape to the Senova Empire, he still died. Because another client who turned out to be a nobleman victimized the man and paid dozens of times more to kill him than the man. Thus, he performed both tasks well.

Srak!

"I thought there was a monster that escaped from its habitat. It turns out there's unique blood here."

A woman wearing super sexy clothes appeared barefoot. That woman was wearing only a robe behind her, the front of which was open and revealed some curves of the body wrapped in a red dress.

Dean had no idea who the woman was and why ordinary citizens could enter the dangerous forest. "Citizens are not allowed to enter the forest up to the border here."

That woman laughed. She said, "I'm not any citizen. Hmm... is this your first encounter with another creature? Apparently not, because that dog of yours is an artificial monster."

Dean was surprised by the woman's statement. Although Willy did have a larger body than the average dog, he had accompanied her from the time his parents were still around. He felt that the woman in front of him also had a unique smell.

"Who are you?" Dean asked in a cold tone.

The woman opened her hood. Gray hair with burning red eyes. Pale white skin and red lips. She was as beautiful as a princess in a fairy tale. Even her voice seemed very seductive.

"I also want to ask, who are you to casually enter my territory? Ah, the smell of you two is unique. You're also a half-blood, huh?" The woman answered Dean's question with another question.

Willy, the dog growled and unceremoniously attacked the woman. Dean was casual at first because he intended to kill the woman and didn't want to leave any witnesses. However, what happened next surprised him.

Brugh!

With her bare hands, the woman easily hit Willy and threw him into one of the trees. That strength was extraordinary for a human. The woman was not human.

"Gosh, I had to bring out my strength in this daytime. Attacking all of a sudden, huh? You've never seen a vampire, have you? Damned half-blood beast people."