Chapter 18 (Part 2): The child in the cave

Lucion used to listen carefully to the Bishop talking when he used to visit him.

He used to talk about God, read the scripture about God.

The history of Light God who descend into the human world using a vessel because the Godly power cannot withstand Gods real body…

That was why Lucion believed that the God before him must also housed a vessel named 'Yuna'.

His God, Yuna asked him who 'they' are and why he is placed inside a cave so Lucion explains slowly, looking discreetly when he is talking.

When he talks about his experience, Lucion started to feel thankful for things that happened to him because he was able to meet his God.

His God called Yuna walks slowly towards him, she crouch down and caress his head.

Lucion nudge his face closer and enjoy the sensation of his God touch. When she takes her hand away, Lucion felt disappointed, he was quick to get attracted with the touch and at the same time felt immense gratitude for his god to even touch a lowly person like him.

"I am grateful to be put here, my god" Lucion end his word with that, he hate them....really hate so much but if it's the will of his God, he will suppress all his dissatisfaction for her.

Yuna look at the child who was saying a ridiculous word of gratitude towards the bastards who torture and hurt him, crushing his body and spirit.

'I really want to kill'

Yuna felt anger, immense anger. Her head felt like it was going to explode due to anger and rage. She desperately schooled her expression to not make a twisted face of rage in front of the child who was suffering his whole childhood— the child who is a mere skin and bone, smaller than her even though he is older than her.

Yuna open her mouth and say dryly to the child who believes those monsters as people who are beloved by the Light "They are not people of light"

What fucking light, those monsters in human clothing. Yuna would rather believe that they serve an evil god!

The child eyes widen in disbelief "…They are not…? Are they not people of the light?"

If so, then can he kill them? Can he torture them?

Lucion asked a silent question that he dare not say. Even though he belief that God will know everything about him, he don't want to share his dark thought openly to his holy God. His God should not hear any impurity, she is after all his most cherished, pure and holy God.....

And Yuna on the other hand was fully riled up at the child thinking the monsters as good and does not even know one bit of the child actual already twisted psychology and his increasingly distorted perception of her.

It maybe because the child life is too pitiful or maybe because he act so obedient to her or maybe because he seems so innocent and defenceless towards her, his eyes that is full of trust and dependence make it hard for Yuna to have any bad thought of the pitiful child.

.....also the child is chained so Yuna vigilance is on the lower side, that is actually the main point. Pitiful as he may be, always maintain basic vigilance!

'Don't swear me, don't swear before a child….don't'

Repeatedly calming herself from wanting to breathlessly curse them so much so that their ancestor will crawl out from their grave, Yuna said "They are not, they are evil…."

Yuna filled with momentary righteous indignation spiritedly start her lecture: "Light does not hurt its believer. You awaken as light elemental right? Those evils must've been afraid that light believer will grow stronger so they put you in this place where light could not reach"

'So don't blacken because of them, don't randomly believe in the wrong thing!'

Yuna caress the child oily and sticky head, not averting the pitiful child and said slowly "I'm sorry that you suffer"

A word of condolence people usually say to the unfortunate, a default phrase.

The child who was enjoying the gentle caress of his God again shakes his head hurriedly when Yuna apologize to him.

"No no…. its' not your fault, it is because I am too weak and let myself be caught by them"

'Why should it be my fault?'

But Yuna does not ask him, she is at least tactful enough to not destroy the touching moment so she just smiles lightly.

….and, now what?

Is she going to engage in an escape from the dungeon? Rescue mission?

Also, where is she again? How exactly did she end up here? How will she go back home?

Someone, anyone, help!

'911, I have an emergency!'

After her anger calms down, Yuna was then brought back to reality of having to deal with her current predicament. She don't have the leisure to engage in psychological counseling as of now!

Yuna an unknown passerby in a novel does not have the leisure of the protagonist to engage in emotional and healing scene of 10,000 words while being in a dangerous place.

Reality checking herself, Yuna take a deep breath to calm herself down and trying to not engage in a depressing mood of evil people when she herself in a dilemma as of now, Yuna asked the child "What happened when I arrive here again?"

"The stone on your statue glow brightly and then you appear" the child said pointing at the statue.

"Its not my sta—"

'The fuck!'

Yuna rubs her eyes thinking that her eyes is playing trick on her but even if she repeatedly ogled the statue, the facial shape of the statue does not change at all.

The statue has her appearance! Exactly like her appearance!

Even the small stone position, not just any stone but a smaller version of dimension stone!

To confirm her suspicion, Yuna part her clothes and look down at the stone that was embedded in her chest.

Exactly alike!

'Fuck! This is so creepy!'

The child, Lucion also look at the stone that was embedded on Yuna chest, a bigger version of the faint glowing stone that gave him silent comfort in the moldy dark damp cave. His eyes narrow in a meaningful light.

It was also the first time he gets a clear appearance of the stone statue. Seeing the similar appearance makes him wild with joy. It also firmly confirms that the one before him is really his beloved God that 'accompany' him throughout his dark days.

Yuna stretch out her hand to touch the stone and as she did so, an inexplicable knowledge, something that is always there gets instilled inside her memory.

It also makes her understand why she found herself in the dark narrow cave.

She really came because of the desperate calling of the child!

'What in the fucking stone is this really?!'

Yuna also get to know that she will return to her bedroom at day break which relief her anxiety in some way, its good as long as she can return.

But…. What about the child?

She can melt the chain and destroy the iron door but it's the enemy camp ah!…

What to do if she were besieged by many many powerful people? She is so small and oh so weak. She cannot do some rescue mission!

But... her conscience will not rest if she didn't do anything about the child. Damn her conscience.

"God….."

"Hmm…?" Yuna who was lost in thought subconsciously answer the soft voice.

"Will you be with me and not leave me?" Lucion asked, expectation laced his tone.

Yuna felt tongue tied to answer the child who look at her with expectation. She could only pat the head of the child and change the subject "I'm thinking of a way to let you out of here, this is not a place where human live, this body of mine is too weak…" big sis is a salted fish so it can't be helped, she a lazy bum that only practice elementals out of curiosity, hais....

Lucion eyes dim not getting his desired answer.

"If I get stronger…. Can I keep you? I will protect your vessel, you don't have to strengthen your vessel"

Once a vessel gets too strong, it could no longer accommodate the Godly power and dies.

Lucion wants God to be close to him, if she goes back to the godly realm, he will have no way to get close to his God and only lean desperately to its cold statue. Now that he meet the real person, only having the cold statue that used to soothe him started to become unbearable.

His yearning for God is tremendous, it was filled with endless greed. A distorted place and experience produce a distorted mindset.

The momentary warmth and touch felt so good and addicting that Lucion who is numb of fear could not help but be in fear of such warmth out of his reach forever.

"What vessel….." Yuna want to start explaining but then she look at the statue that was identical to her which she cannot explain how it look like her.

There is so many mystery that slammed on her as well as having to think of possible way to get the child out of the cave before dawn such that Yuna could not muster up enough energy to talk endlessly and explain all the root cause of why she is in the cave.

Her head is throbbing.

Not getting a response again, Lucion plead, desperation on his face. His desperate eyes coupled with his hollow face of severe malnutrition looks a bit scary and.....ugly.

"Please…..God, I will get stronger….please stay with me..."

Yuna look up the ceiling in exasperation, the child and her is not on the same page at all. She is having a headache on how to escape while the child was busy with his God this and God that!

'God…..you fucking bitch! I know you're out there somewhere, come quickly and save your believer!'

Constantly being called God this God that, Yuna who was having a headache simply replied "Lets' see after you get strong first"

'Who knows whether you can get out here alive first!'

CLICK—

It was the sound of the iron door being opened.

'Holy shit! What the fuck! I haven't even come up with any plan!'

With wide open eyes, Yuna stare stupidly at the iron door that was opened slowly from the outside.

'I'm doomed!' forget about the child, she will be slained before she even get transported back!

"There is a light coming from the cave, the filthy orphan must've finally developed his own unique light ability"

A rough voice said to his companion.

When the door was pushed open, his eyes make contact with another person that should not be there.

The man eyes narrowed into high vigilance and reacted quickly.

He moved swiftly and caught the hand of Yuna.

Yuna also regain her wit and try to create a fire but even before she did so, a light shape into spear pierced the man heart and with wide open eyes said "You—" before he fall on the ground.

Yuna turn her head mechanically at the child holding a spear made in the shape of light, his obedient and innocent face long gone. It was replaced by a sinister look.

He sneer and said "You. Are. Not. Worthy. To. Touch. My. God"

His voice full of contempt and anger.

Lucion is angry, extremely angry. His God was touch by a mere filth, a disgusting vile creature.

His light that have been honed for years but he dare not show was wield today for his God.

He has bate his time because once he show his power, he know he will be used by the Bishop that he loathe. He has planned to kill all the torturers and at the end also take his own life to atone for his sins, for he will take the life of his beloved God people.

It was also why he does not dare make any light and live constantly in darkness.

That is why, Lucion have desperately cried for the last time towards his God.

Thankfully, his God listen to him, thankfully, the people he loathes is not his God's believer.

"What happened?"

The companion of the man came in and Yuna this time does not stood rooted, before the man react, she make a huge clusters of butterflies and burn the man to death. He could not even scream before he melts and burn into crisp.

Yuna could not even care less about the abnormality of Lucion, she quickly melts away the iron chain of Lucion and she dug out the small dimension stone while the statue crumbled after the stone was dug out.

"Let's Go"

Yuna used her recently learned wind ability to lift up the child who cannot walk because he is weak and malnourished.

Like come on, he is all skin and bones and his cheek is sunken deep, also, they are in a hurry to escape! Why should she run when she can fly?

Yuna take a deep breath.

A fire slowly formed in Yuna hand and many butterflies started to form.

She will let the butterfly pave the path for her. If she is not smart enough to device a strategic plan, then she'll just used the most primitive brute method.

She cannot stood still for more people to come and wait for death!