The charred bodies of the victims left me with a tremendous fear of what was to come, Rika did not believe what she was seeing, much less me. I had never witnessed such a primitive and monstrous act.
Sanae closed her eyes at all that, she was shaking in front of the whole situation.
Sanae pulls the sword from its sheath and strides forward to one of the villagers who was celebrating the death of those burned people.
Sanae holds the resident by the collar of his shirt and presses the sword close to his neck.
Sanae - Do you know what you just did? ... You killed two innocent people !!
'Man' - if you are angry because these people are dying, then kill the witches! You're a hunter, aren't you? So do what every hunter is good at, do your duty.
Sanae - now your ...!
Emilia - come on, sanae. What these people did cannot be undone, our goal here is different, now let's go.
I pull out sanae and take Rika's hand and take them away.
Sanae had the sword in her hand, if I hadn't intervened, she would have killed those people.
Not that I'm not sorry for those people being burned alive, but ... Our goal is to end these witches, so that these people stop committing these horrible acts, and I'm sure that these people will pay for this crime soon.
That same night we went to the nearby forest, to stand by and watch the city. It started to rain, so we took shelter in a small cave.
Rika - Emília, since we don't have much to do, let's talk about you. Talk about your family, about yourself ...
Sanae - people, I'm not feeling very well, I'm going for a walk.
Emilia - hey, where are you going?
Sanae leaves the cave and says nothing more. I keep looking out of the cave.
Rika - do you want to talk?
Emília - do you think I was right to intervene with sanae? Especially because those residents killed those two people without even having a proof.
Rika - sanae is not usually impulsive, this explosive way is very reminiscent of our father.
Emilia - do you think she'll be fine outside ...?
Rika - despite being the little sister, she is much stronger and more courageous than me. She'll be fine.
Emilia - I hope you're right ...
Rika - Emilia, I'm curious. Why did you decide to become a hunter?
Emilia - why…? Hmm… At first it was admiration, but after a while they made me realize that the real reason why I want to be a hunter is because of revenge.
Rika - revenge ...? What happened?
Emília - my grandparents were killed in front of me and being raised without the help of the father, only the Mother is something that moves me.
Rika - was your father killed too?
Emilia - I don't know for sure… Maybe so.
It happened many years ago, I was still just a baby at the time.
My father was a police officer, according to what my mother said: "every day he came back late. Every night my brothers and I would get on our knees by the bed and go and pray for 'Lua' to bring his father back."
There came a day when prayers didn't reach my father, so he never came home.
I don't remember his face, the only ones who remember him are my older brothers, my older sister Amelia, and my older brother Marcus.
They vaguely remember our father, and the youngest girl and I know nothing about what he looked like.
The youngest Emily, is the only one who still believes that our father is still alive. I also wanted to believe, but it will be easier to accept that he has been dead for a long time, than to believe that he is alive and abandoned us.
Emilia - well ... I shouldn't even be a hunter when I said I wanted to be a hunter, my mother denied it and said she would never be able to accept it for me, for health reasons.
Rika - um ... I see. That explains a lot, so you really are ...
Emilia - yes, I am weak. My bones are very fragile, I had everything to die ... in my 9 years I went to the doctor, they said that in about 1 year I would die. 1 year has passed since then, my bones apparently got stronger, I was healed.
At the time, everyone thought it was the work of the goddess, a miracle of the Moon.
Emilia - I was examined again at the age of 10 and practically my inevitable cure pointed to two possibilities: the first was that it had been a miracle. The other is that the doctors were wrong to analyze me.
Since then, I went to the doctor's office at least once a year to analyze the situation my bones are in.
Emília - even today I still suffer from this disease, she still takes a lot from me. Nowadays I can have a normal life, but being a hunter requires more of my body, I almost died in training, it took me almost three years to complete the test and…
Rika - wait, and your Mom, does she know you're here?
I look at her face and go white with no reaction.
Rika - no ... you ran away from home !! Haha ha…
I fall hard on the floor and start to cry horrors.
Emilia - Rika, she will kill me !! What do I do?
Rika - I have nothing to do with this.
Emilia - now help me, please!
Rika - why don't you make an appointment to visit your family?
Emilia - well, it would be nice to be able to show her that I changed. But ... Oh, how about after the mission? Could you come with me?
Rika - fine with me. But it will not be free.
Emilia - TREATMENT DONE.
The conversation continued.
We talked a lot, until we heard the sound of trees falling from the bottom of the forest.
Rika - what was that?
Emilia - maybe it was a tree ... A sanae! She's still out there. We need to go after her!
Rika - You're right, come on.
We ran towards the sound of the tree's impact.
Emilia - this tree ... It is really huge. Was it sanae who cut it?
Rika - maybe. But why would she do that? There is something wrong here. I know my sister, she is silly but not to that extent.
Emilia - that means that we ...
Rika - We are not alone, prepare for the worst, we don't know if they are just witches.
A mist appears around us, the area we are in is covered by this mysterious mist, so I feel weak, but I insist on standing.
I look to the side and see Rika, she looks weak and tired. Whatever or whoever is doing this to us, he probably did it with sanae. I need to stay on my feet as long as possible.
I see a black figure coming from the shadows, it looks like a child ... No, now there are two. Wait, there is something strange about these kids, they are taking shape, but what are they? Why do they look like Merlin and me when we were kids ...?
I look closely at this version of me as a child, until she decides to approach me, she is coming towards me, why can't I move? I am so tired…
I fall to the ground, my vision is blurred, I don't know what's going on.
I wake up, my head hurts, it seems like everything is spinning. But where am I? This place ... There are no fallen trees, no fog. This place is totally different from where I was. I don't see Rika, much less sanae, I'm worried, I need to look for them.
Emilia - hey ... Is anyone there ... ...?
I hear footsteps and laughter coming from the forest, I draw my sword.
Emilia - get out a coward ..!
A child appears to me, she looked like Merlin.
I know it's not Merlin, they're just messing with my head. I need to put an end to this.
Emilia - Hey little Merlin, come here, let's talk and…
The face of the Merlin child spins, giving the real impression that it was not human, his face was deformed. This deformed child screams in terror and jumps in my direction, I jump aside, but she managed to scratch me on the back, something tells me that if I hadn't woken up, I would already be dead.
Something is happening to the child, his eyes are melting, horns are growing in place of his eyes, his body is deforming, he is absurdly strong in seconds, strong in the feeling that he looked like a child full of steroids hahaha ... Leaving the jokes aside, it looks like the child warmed up, she just stared at me.
She seemed to be waiting for orders.
Someone else appears over the trees of this dark and macabre forest. He approaches the demon children and runs a hand over their hair.
This man had his eyes sewn together, had little hair and had a huge scar on his head that went up to his eyes.
(Unknown) - nice to meet you, human. Handmaid of the moon. Feel grateful that you are still alive, as I will also taste your body. Now, why ... You are still pure, how interesting interesting, will serve to have about 10 children.
Your words made me afraid, your words are making me afraid. A fear that makes me want to be selfish and abandon my companions here.
I run, I run incessantly. Without direction or direction.
Emilia ~ if I lose him I can look for Sanae and Rika, I better not stop running.
Soon, that being appears right in front of me, it kicks me in the face, I am thrown away, I hit the shore on a huge stone.
I was puffing blood, my whole body was hurting.
(Unknown) - Oh no, no, no. What do you think you're doing? It won't be cool for you to give me a child in that state.
With great difficulty I get up, try to punch him in the face, but he holds mine.
(Unknown) - You are brave, very different from those other two. Liked you. No wonder I left to take care of you last, you are simply special.
Emilia - what… * cof * did you do… * cof * * cof * with mine… * cof * friend? !!
(Unknown) - your friends? Ah, those girls? Dead. All two. Killed for me, Belor Blackburn. Record that name in your head, because I will be the last person you will see until the end of your life, which will not pass today. Hahahahha !!!
The demon kids were right behind them, they were also laughing.
He's squeezing my neck, his hand is full of blood. It's his? My..? Or theirs ...?
To be continued…