Chapter 12 - Regrets

*Boom*

The big fat man has blasted off away from him after he unexpectedly caught Karl's punch and immediately appeared on his back then used both of his hands together and slam him into the ground with his force *boom* the ground shattered into pieces. Karl withdrew from him and stand straight as he glared at the big fat man lying on the ground beaten. His face was covered with blood and bruises. His mouth, nose, and the eyes were red as he looked at Karl, he said.

??: "𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦....𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥....𝘬𝘪𝘥"

K: "....."

??: "𝘵....𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘥....𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵....𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘵" *cough*

??: "𝘵𝘩....𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴....𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨....𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪....𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵"

??: *smile* "𝘧𝘰𝘳....𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨....𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯"

one tear dropped from his eyes as he smile at him, later that he passed away. those were his last few words and breath before he died. Karl suddenly sat strained on the ground, his senses and consciousness are starting to come back in him. Afterward, he lay down on the ground as he look above the sky and chased his breath. Later that, he finally cameback to his senses and he began to question himself about what happened that caused him to be exhausted. He feel sleepy and tired. However, Something suddenly came into his mind, he remember the raid and it made him more aware. I don't want to give up, not right now, i still need them. With that thought in his mind, he forcefully stood up even though his body was worn out.

he saw the big fat man lying on the ground and was beaten already. Karl's eyebrows furrowed, he was confused, how did he end up like this. He look around to see if there was another person but he saw nothing. He has no any idea what did happened in this circumstance. Karl approached him and try to check his pulse. His pulse wasn't responding nor breathing that coming from his nose and mouth, he was dead. Karl was shocked however he also noticed that they weren't in the village anymore, they were outside the village. Karl immediately left to go to his mother and save others.

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??: "𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘩𝘩𝘩!! 𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘩!!!"

??: "𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦!! 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩, 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩, 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩"

??: "𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘐𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘢, 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦" *hold hands*

I: "𝘪'𝘮 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨" *cry*

??: "𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘺𝘦𝘴"

Finally, Imelda gave birth to his child, both of them decided to name it Syman. Both parents were happy for their newborn baby, however, the old lady was terrified as she carry the baby, the two were confused by her. The old lady told them there was wrong, worriedness and sadness coated their faces. Imelda and his husband were stunned as they look at their newborn baby, it was different. Their eyes were round as their mouths gawked, Imelda asked to her.

I: "𝘸𝘩-𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵??....𝘸𝘩....𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴??"

??: "𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴....𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘯"

I: "𝘯-𝘯𝘰....𝘯𝘰!! 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴....𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨!! 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺....𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯!!! 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦!!!" *cry and shout*

??: "𝘐𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘢...."

I: "𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦....𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦....𝘞𝘺𝘯𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵??" *smile while tears on her cheeks and her eyes were wet*

W: "𝘐𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘢....𝘯-𝘯𝘰....𝘪-𝘪"

I: "𝘯𝘰 𝘯𝘰!! 𝘪 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯!! 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯!! 𝘯𝘰 𝘯𝘰!!"

W: "𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘢!! 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘮!!"

Imelda didn't embrace his son, only Wynrich did. She kept denying and denying it until she went crazy. She always believed that her son was been kidnapped by the Majins. She didn't acknowledge him as her own kin and treated him like a beast. She was angry for having a son like him, she was hoping that it would be a daughter or a son that's more quite appealing, cute. Both decided to have an another child however, they couldn't, Wynrich was infertile which was very sad and disappointing to her. Wynrich and Imelda sometimes ended up fighting because of Syman. Wynrich was angry for his wife, he couldn't keep tolerating her treatment of him. Syman was now 11 years old and preparing a food for her mother.

S: "𝘮-𝘮𝘢𝘮𝘢....𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳....𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥"

I: "𝘮𝘢𝘮𝘢? 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵? 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘮𝘢!! 𝘪'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳....𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶!?"

S: "𝘣-𝘣𝘶𝘵"

I: "𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦!? 𝘵𝘴𝘬"

I: "𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸"

Syman went back to the kitchen and soon he began to cry. Wondering what did he do to make her mother hate him that much, is it because of my appearance? he thought. It was night, Syman awoke by the disturbance coming outside his room, so he stood up to check it. As he was getting close he heard his father and mother's voices, he tried to peek but his guess was right, they were quarreling. He quickly stop peeking and sat near the door, lower his head, and began to cry, he said to himself.

S: "𝘢𝘩 𝘴𝘩*𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯"

S: "𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘪 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦."

S: "𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘪 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴"

S: "𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘮𝘦? 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦"

S: "𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘦"

S: "𝘩𝘢𝘩, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦....𝘩𝘶𝘩? 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪....𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨?

Syman was about to leave when he heard something from his mother. Instead of him, they were quarreling about an affair with his mother to another man. His father found out that her wife was having an affair, it also made him so mad when her wife also told them it was already a month. Syman also noticed about her mother, recently she's been going home late, and sometimes not showing up in the morning for them. They kept talking, blaming, and regretting until both husband and son heard that she had been decided to leave. Wynrich was silent for a moment as he look at his wife, his feelings broke as he heard that she had someone she love, he said.

W: "𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦....𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨....𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?"

W: "𝘸-𝘸𝘩𝘺?....𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥....𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶?.....𝘸𝘩𝘺'𝘥....𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴? 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴?" *starting to cry*

I: "𝘪'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘞𝘺𝘯𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩, 𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯, 𝘔𝘢𝘫𝘪𝘯. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘺, 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘫𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘪-𝘪....𝘣𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯....𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤"

W: "𝘐𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘣. 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺?"

I: "𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘞𝘺𝘯𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩, 𝘪'𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘥"

Imelda left her husband standing dumbfounded. As soon as she was about to get close, Syman immediately left before he found out by his mother on the door. He went back into his room and slept as if nothing happened. He suppressed his feelings and bear the pain that he carry. One day, in the morning, After Wynrich woke up, Imelda was not on his bed anymore, his wife was nowhere to be found in their place. Wynrich was worried day by day, he even waits for his wife at the door hoping that one day, she would get back home. Syman, was worried about his father he isn't eating well anymore or sleep, he sometimes witness his father just sitting on his bed until morning, Wynrich was depressed. 3 months, there was no any news for his wife not even sending a letter for them. They don't know if she was still alive, dead, or had been captured by the slave hunter.

There was a day, an errand boy who was in a hurry running into their village. He was so noisy shouting for something, disturbing the residents when Wynrich heard Imelda, his senses came back immediately and went outside to see the commotion that the boy caused. Syman was also confused too, he didn't try to go outside because it will only get worse. Later, he was close when he asked the boy what it was, the residents looked at him with their faces filled with disappointment and disgust. As soon as the boy said his wife was been punished he was stunned, he didn't know what happened to her this past few months. A public execution will take place tomorrow at the City of Zickwau. Wynrich was really confused, he doesn't know what happened, did my wife became that crazy to commit a crime? so he decided to go the public execution tomorrow to know what caused it. It also made him devasted that his wife was about to be executed, there was nothing else that he can do, it already happened, he was full of regrets, he didn't tell Syman about what happened that day.

~ At The Center Of Zickwau City ~

??: "𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘬𝘦!! 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘬𝘦'𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦? 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘜𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦! 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩?"

??: "𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩!! 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥!! 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵!! 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳!! 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥!! 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯!!"

??: "𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳? 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳?"

??: "𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥!! 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥!! 𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯!! 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴!! 𝘣𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘢!! 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺!!"

Weinrich who was standing was dumbfounded as he saw his wife, kneeling on the center of the stage with a blindfold on her eyes. When he heard those words coming from them, he was devastated into pieces as he put his hands onto his head and suddenly kneeled strained. Why? why did she do this? how did she do this? he can't fully understand the circumstances however Syman who has covered his appearance, on the other hand, was also shocked as he see her mother in a pitiful state. His eyes began to wet and tears ran down to his cheeks without knowing. He was there without knowing his father that he followed him. Syman was also worried, despite by his appearance, he'd take the risk to unravel the problem about his father so he followed him. Then after they arrived, they were infront of the stage and a sudden shock coated their faces.

??: "𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘺?"

??: "𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘪 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨"

??: "𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥!! 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥!! 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳!!"

the man began to remove his blindfold and when he was done, Imelda shouted for help, but they couldn't for they knew how wicked she is. Imelda cried as much and shouted as she can, and because of her noises, she has been stoned. The crowds began to throw rocks at her, some were hit on her face, body, and her head. Blood ran down on her forehead causing her to feel dizzy. Two men carried Imelda to the execution place to begin. A long wood with a rope and a shiny sharp blade on the top with a hole that can fit a head. After Imelda was put she suddenly noticed his husband staring at him dumbfounded, Imelda's feelings were shattered as she saw his husband doing nothing, she cried so much. She said to him with her voice loud.

I: "𝘞𝘺𝘯𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘦!! *cry* 𝘪 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨....𝘪 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 *cry* 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 *sobs* 𝘮𝘦....𝘺-𝘺𝘰𝘶....𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦....𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦....𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶??"

Wynrich approached when she heard his wife shouting for help. However, as soon as he was about to get near, he was stopped by the guard. He keeps struggling and begging to get close to her wife to the guards. Luckily he was permitted by the man who was responsible for execution after Wynrich said he was just going to say something to her for the last time. Wynrich said as she saw her wife crying continuously, soon, he also began to cry.

W: "𝘐𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘢....𝘪-𝘪 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯....𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳....𝘩𝘰𝘸....𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘴....𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪 𝘥𝘰....𝘐𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘢, 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦?? 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬....𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶?? 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦....𝘪....𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶.... 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦??" *smile*

I: "𝘞𝘺𝘯𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘪 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵, 𝘪'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘦, 𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘪 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦. 𝘐 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵, 𝘪 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰, 𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯" *smile* *cry*

W: "𝘐𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘢 𝘺-𝘺𝘰𝘶...." *shocked* *sudden tears ran down into his cheeks*

S: "𝘮𝘢𝘮𝘢!! 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘢!!"

When they both heard Syman's voice, they were alarmed. The crowds who heard his shout were terrified as they saw Syman without covered on his face running towards his father and mother. Even the man and the saint were also terrified by him. The guards also stopped him but when he explained his intentions he was also permitted. When he was now near her mother crying, her mother suddenly spoke and caught her attention. The crowds went silent and felt sorry as they saw a three person crying pitifully.

S: "𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳....𝘮-𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳....𝘪-𝘪"

I: "𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 *𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦* 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺....𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴....𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘪-𝘪'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶....𝘢𝘯𝘥....𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳....𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘯" *both of them cried*

S: "𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘪𝘧....𝘪𝘧 𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯....𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴" *sniff* *hicc* *hicc*

I: "𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩-"

When she was about to finish, the saint became irritated and annoyed as she see the crowds getting emotionally attached to them. Wynrich and Syman were suddenly been dragged by the guards outside the execution stage. They keep struggling to beg for mercy but the saint and the man didn't show attention to it as they have now already decided. The guards punched Wynrich and Syman until they were now out of their strength. Syman heard his mother's last few words as they were being carried by the guards. She said to him with his loud voice as she cry.

I: "𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳!! 𝘪 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯!! 𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦!!"

I: "𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨!! 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦!! 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶....𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺....𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺, 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘢-"

*schwing*

She was been executed before her last message to him. Syman cried out loud and Wynrich was still in a midst of shocked. They couldn't do anything, it has been done already. Regrets, Sadness, and Depression were what they both feel as they sat strained on the ground with their hands clenched, and saw Imelda's head smiling. After the execution, the crowds began to flee while both of them were still sitting as they look at the ground, and tears dropping. They were again carried by the guards towards the outside because they were an obstacle in the way.

3 years passed and they couldn't still forget Imelda, especially Syman's father. He always sits near the door as if he was waiting for someone. Syman also noticed that his father doesn't interact much anymore, he always stays silent and it's like he always has something on his mind that caused him to spaced out. Syman, as he watch his father, it made him sad. He wonder where did things go wrong? he thought. Syman was only the one who take care of his father, he even goes outside despite his terrifying appearance to buy food for him.

He was also now responsible for working so that they could live, but when they were out of money from his mother and father's accumulated money, he decided to look for a job. Many merchants, farmers, lords refused because of his looks that might scare off their subjects and customers but luckily when he arrived at the Bürwagen City, he finally got the job, delivering products with a carriage. Even though it was far away from their home, he also planned to move to Bürwagen City, he was quite respected despite his appearance. However, it was only his co-workers. The people who sometimes see him were terrified, so his superiors decided to dismiss him from his work which was very disappointing to him.

He always gets rejected every time he applies for a job. He couldn't earn money and he was worried about his father's sudden sickness. The morning was cold and wet with a brisk wind sweeping the rain across the city. Karl was sitting side in the road as he was getting wet from the rain when a tall man approached him. He said "𝘬𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?" Syman ignored and didn't reply to his questions. The tall man smirked as he suddenly known his intentions so he said "𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺?" when Syman heard money he was alarmed by his words. He turned his attention to the tall man and faced him with only his glare. The tall man replied he said.

??: "𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦? 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵? 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 "𝘌𝘹𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘴" 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺" *laugh*

I: "𝘳-𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺? 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘺-𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺?" *startle*

The moment Syman lift his covered face the tall man was shocked, so Syman said "𝘰𝘩 𝘯𝘰, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘦?" the tall man was only shocked however when Syman said to him, he laughed. Syman was confused by him, what a strange man he thought. The tall man answered back he said.

??: "𝘪 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦....𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺"

S: "𝘌-𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺!!??"

They both keep talking until the tall man sat along with his side. Syman was proud and delighted, it was his first time receiving praise, not by his appearance but his determination and strength. But little did he know that the organization he was about to join is not for earning money for the poor people instead it was something far great, ambitious, and abundant. Syman finally decided to join him without thinking for a second thought because he was in dire need of money.

S: "𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳!! 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳!! 𝘪 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘫𝘰𝘣!! 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺!!"

S: "𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳? 𝘸𝘩-𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦....𝘺𝘰𝘶?"

After he came back into their home, his father was nowhere to be found in their house. Syman kept searching everywhere for him until evening, but he couldn't find him, he even tried to ask his neighbors but they won't face or respond to him. He panicked and was worried that his father had been missing. Until one day he found out the rumors from his neighborhood that he had been imprisoned for stealing a food. Syman was enraged, energy began to flow on his body without knowing. Why would my father steal food? why did he try to go outside? is that all true? He went to the tall man's hideout to ask for help, at first he was hesitant, afraid that they won't help for such a worthless person like him. When he heard his promising words "𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘪 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶?" Syman was happy. It was also the tall man's schemes to loot the city for wealth.

It was night, 300 veteran bandits who specialize in physical energies were ready to infiltrate the gate. They carried axes, bows, spears, and flintrods. Syman was the lead, he was now inside the City Of Zickwau after he was able to assassinate the guards earlier from the gate, and the walls silently, it was a success. After he opened the gate they first focused on the city's defense, killing one by one guards, and after a while, a shouts from the bandits echoed through their area, the raid now began.

The moment she heard explosions outside she awoke and stood up to see outside in the window, she said irritatedly.

??: "𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘺....𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦....𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦"

The door suddenly blasted open and a servant who was in a hurry and worried appeard. He said.

??: "𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘺!! 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥!! 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘺!! 𝘸𝘦',𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘬𝘦"

??: "𝘸𝘩-𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵?? 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘶𝘬𝘦!?? 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴!?! 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮!?!"

??: "𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨"

They didn't take it any longer and hurriedly proceeded to evacuate with the duke and his child or else they would be target next by the bandits.

Fire spread near the gate and houses. Screams can be heard shouting for help and suffering from pain caused by the fire and the bandit's weapon. The rest were raped and killed by the bandits, there was no one to protect or defend them because the guards near the gate were all dead. Syman was busy heading into the prison to see and get his father but unfortunately, he saw his father, naked and crucified in a cross shape of the wood. His body and face were covered in blood, wounds, and bruises. His breath was nearly losing and his eyes were nearly closed from pain. Syman felt destroyed as he see his father in the worst and most pitiful state, he was so furious. Why did they do this? he only steal a food, how big did he commit a crime to be tortured like this? why? With that thought in his mind. His father suddenly spoke with his voice like almost fading away.

W: "𝘚𝘺....𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘯....𝘪....𝘪 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵....𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬....𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘯....𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰....𝘳𝘦"

S: "𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘢, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳" *cry*

W: "𝘪'𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨....𝘮𝘺....𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘶....𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘵-𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦....𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦....𝘰𝘧....𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘮𝘺....𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯...."

S: "𝘯𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯!! 𝘪 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦!! 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦"

??: "𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘺!! 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭!!"

S: "𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵!? 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺!?

W: "𝘯....𝘯𝘰....𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦....𝘮𝘦....𝘪 𝘢𝘮....𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰....𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘳....𝘥𝘦𝘯" *cough blood*

S: "𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳....𝘺𝘰𝘶!!

??: "𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘶𝘱 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘯!! 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨"

W: "𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳....𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥....𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭....𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦....𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶....𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨...."

S: "𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳...." *clenched his hands* *cry*

*Boom*

Half of the their room blew up, Syman was stunned as he saw his father was blown away by the explosion. Wynrich said before he finally died "𝘪'𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘢" then *boom*. Syman was in a shocked, he went silent as he had just witnessed his father getting blown up. His eyes were red and his tears were dropping on his eyes and soon energy began to surge on his body, having an aura. His eyes suddenly turned white and his fists became like rainbow energy as he kneeled silently.

??: "𝘴𝘩*𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳!! 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥!!"

??: "𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳?? 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘶𝘱!!....𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘯??"

His companion saw Syman emitting an aura to his body, he was shocked. Later when he approached him, he saw Syman's eyes white as if it's like unconscious. He tried to wake him, carried him but he can't because he was like attached to the floor. When he was about to leave Syman, Syman stood up from his spot and then suddenly disappeared. His companion was confused, where did he go? he thought but after a minute, he noticed Syman was now at the battlefront, fighting unconscious. He'd slam the ground with his bare hands and punch those guards who were charging at him, every guard were blasted off far after they caught Syman's punch. *Boom* *Boom*. After a while of devastating aggression only one he left, the unique ability user.

Their leader or the tall man walking as he saw Syman's standing on the center with full of a dead person and one unique ability user who was kneeling, begging for his mercy. The tall man was impressed to think he has this kind of strength, if he would continue his determination he can become a bandit one of the 10th bandit captains. He said "𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘯" but Syman was unconscious so he didn't listen and still proceeded to begin torturing the unique ability user. The tall man smirked, he think of him as stubborn but later he realize that Syman was unconscious after he gets closer to him. He put his hand on Syman's shoulder then in an instant *Ping* Syman suddenly fainted. He ordered his men to finish off the unique ability user. It would be a trouble in the future if we face him again.

They've all now gathered what they want, gold, slaves, and jewelries. When they were about to leave the tall man who sent a scout to observe the other front or gate was in a hurry as he ran towards his captain. The Captain was relieved they've all now gathered and was ready to leave but he was wrong, so he got confused. The scout said "𝘉𝘰𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘒𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘺" after he said his message, when he read the atmosphere he was also wrong. They were now prepared and ready to leave so he feel embarrass and they laugh. The bandit captain didn't care he was glad that he spotted the Royal Knights and they were all now finished or else it would be a hassle if they face the Royal Knights which contains Magica and Unique Ability User.

They only have a few physical energy users that are good only at fighting bare hands let alone face a magica or a unique abilty user that have elemental magic and odd skills, it's a massacre. Soon the bandit captain shouted to his man and ordered them to leave the slaves and withdraw because it will only burden them. He also said to meet at their hideout. Afterwards, The tall man or the bandit captain also followed them as he carried Syman because he was still unconscious.

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It's been 11 years since Syman joined the "Exodus". He'd join every raid their bandit Captain was. His parents died because of the Kingdom, because of them. He kills every guard and assassinate every noble, however, he still felt unsatisfied and empty. He still couldn't find the person who framed his mother and tortured his father. He spent his life hunting for them while he improved his skills. No matter how he improved he can't even land a hit or scratch on his leader, but there was one thing that he liked about the organization. Despite his character they still respect him, he was also one of his bandit captain's trusted men. He felt attached to them and dedicated his life to the organization.

One day, Their bandit leader assembles them to have a discussion about where will they next raid. It lasted hours until the preparation was completed. They assigned Syman and his one trusted subordinate man to infiltrate the Village. They also gathered information about the lifeless child who lives there that possess an odd ability. Syman's face was solemn as he listen to the information from his leader. Afterward, they went back to their respective place.

~ At The Village Of Isruhr ~

Syman was hiding with his face covered with cloth along with his companions as they watch the streets full of happy people. Working, kids playing on the streets, and many more. They were able to infiltrate the Village for assassinating the patrols guarding the entrance and in the tower. He was having uneasiness as he watch those people, he feel guilty and he was hesitant. However, he couldn't disobey his boss's orders because he was entrusted.

( Syman POV )

S: "𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘥𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘪 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺?"

S: "𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰? 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦?"

He saw an elemental magic user, a water element performing in the street. He was astonished for how good he perform.

S: "𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳? 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦? 𝘪 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘴𝘴....𝘪'𝘮 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥....𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳"

??: "𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘺, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭....𝘴𝘩*𝘵 𝘪'𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘩𝘦"

S: "𝘸𝘩-𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨??"

??: "𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘮𝘱, 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘱, 𝘭𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵*𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘩𝘦"

( End Of POV )

Syman was skeptical, he was feeling uncomfortable towards him. Even if any woman doesn't accept him whenever he court, he still didn't have an idea to assault someone. He feels angry, disappointment and he wonders to himself, mother, father did i choose the right path? His face went blank and became silent for a moment, reminiscing.

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~ during the raid at the house of victim ~

*Kyaa!!* *help!!*

??: "𝘰𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵"

S: "𝘩-𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴....𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩"

??: "𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥. 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺?!?"

S: "𝘪'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺....𝘪'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘸"

Without complaining, Syman went outside obidiently to wait for him. He can hear screams inside the house, struggling, resisting and later that it suddenly became quiet so he wonder what happen. Before he could get inside, his companion appeared in his sight with blood on his clothes, he was shocked as he quivered in fear. What did happened? where is the girl? so he decided to see for himself. After he went inside the room he saw a brutally killed woman hanging on the ceiling. He suddenly sat strained on the ground, this isn't what i expected, how can he kill someone like this? he thought. He heard a series of noisy sounds coming outside like a lightning far more louder than the flintrods, so he immediately left to check. Soon when he was about to go outside his companion was nowhere to be found, he feel like he was been left alone, betrayed by him. Syman became angry as he stand in the door, and sooner he heard footsteps getting nearer.

He immediately hides and later he saw a kid carrying a steel like rod. He noticed the kid that it has the same appearance as their boss what said. White hair, red eyes, and a delicate body, he was having a hard time thinking what would he do with the kid, he didn't even see or sense any special or odd about him. He also noticed that he was trying to unlock the door and was about to go inside so he followed him. He didn't follow him any longer when he went to the room where the victim was hanged on the ceiling because it disgust him so much the longer he look. He was also worried to the boy for seeing a rigorous death person hanging.

He decided to went back to the others and forgot the boy. He was still a kid and there was no special about him, he can't sense any danger coming from him. However, when he was about to leave he heard footsteps coming, and later faced him as he smile creepily towards Karl without a cover on his face. He was impressed, it didn't scare him about his appearance and it only gave a creepy smile too. They both stared at each other and soon Syman decided to scare this kid so he throw his dagger into him, he believes that this kid will run away, will be feared by him. However, After Karl evade the dagger he was surprised that it blocks his punch with his steel rod and was able to follow his speed. Soon he senses danger was approaching when Karl shoot at him continously *bang* *ratatatat*

( Syman POV )

S: "( 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯, 𝘪 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴....𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯 )"

S: "( 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬, 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦? 𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 )"

*bang*

S: "( 𝘴𝘩*𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘵 )"

S: "𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘩!!"

( End of POV )

~ End Of Chapter 12 ~