178 The Mysterious Demon
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After Ninhursag said these things and explained herself, we all fell into silence.
I could notice that Aquarina and Zack were growing their hate for demons a bit more… And I couldn’t blame them, this entire story was demon-hating-inducing, even I was getting angry.
But… even then… I cannot bring myself to hate an entire race for what a part of their kin did to the people of this continent.
“So the Goblins… all the Green Skins are led by this man?” I asked.
“…Apparently, that’s how it used to be. It is said that Barthus was defeated later on by your parents, they had also confirmed it to me. He died beheaded by Shade.” Said Ninhursag.
“Oh…” I said.
“Papa avenged your family, Nin?” asked Aquarina, her eyes shone brightly, the admiration for her father grew larger.
“Indeed… I was grateful for what he did… but deep down, even killing that despicable man… Didn’t brought any joy to me deep down… My parents will never come back, even if all the green skins die… I know they’re vicious and monstrous, so we should still just kill them if we see them… But even then… I guess I went a bit too hard on my own hate, I should had at least escaped and waited for reinforcements.” Said Ninhursag. frёewebnoѵēl.com
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“True…” said Zack.
“Well… I guess that’s that… Nin, I want to tell you that… Ah, I guess it doesn’t matter much, seeing we have not met enough… But… I want to tell you that I here for you! Whenever you need someone at your side…” I said.
I was rather bold there, but I just wanted to calm her sorrowful expression, it really broke my heart.
“Sylphy… You’re such a cute little girl… Thank you, I will take your words for granted then…” said Ninhursag.
“Me too! I-I want you to count on me too… You’re not alone…” said Aquarian.
“Yeah… Ninhursag, you’ve been protecting me all this time, right? I am very grateful for all the things you’ve done for me, so… I want you to count on me as well.” Said Zack.
“You’re just children yet you act like adults telling me to count on you… You’re not even half as strong as I am yet… you boldly say such things? Sigh… You’re really a trio of bold children, aren’t you? But okay, I’ll take these words to heart. I am counting on you three,” said Ninhursag.
Ninhursag seemed to miss the warmth of a family quite a lot, and we all agreed that it was something we cold give to her, it was perhaps the only thing we could offer as of now.
I wish I could do more. I want to do more. But… I am weak, young, and unexperienced in many things. I wish time could pass faster, but that’s not how things work, you live day by day, I cannot simply skip it all until the desired time.
“It’s the only thing we can really do… Despite our parents being powerful, growing stronger really takes a long time… I wish I could do more, I wish I could have the power to change the world… But I have yet to even become someone capable of doing anything…” I said.
Ninhursag, Aquarina, and Zack looked at me with surprise.
“W-What are you talking about, Sylphy?! You’re the strongest of all three of us and you killed that Goblin Champion all by yourself! You’re pretty amazing… Seriously, how can you not realize?” sighed Zack while facepalming.
“Sylphy don’t ever say that! We’ll do it one day, we’ll change the world together… but for now, you don’t have to get sad because you can’t make a change…” said Aquarina.
“Oh… I-I guess I went a bit overboard there… I was just expressing my own thoughts, but I guess I shouldn’t had to worry.” I laughed.
Ninhursag looked at us with a warm smile.
“Come on now, I didn’t said all those things for all of you to get sad or to feel motivated to go fight demons or something, I was just sharing a bit of my past because you asked for it. For now, we should really concentrate in what we can do, right? We have yet to find the goblin king and who brought them here to begin with… Ah, but I guess I will be healing first before doing anything.” Said Ninhursag.
“Yeah, you better rest well, we’ll take care of you, our parents can do the rest, they’re powerful heroes after all.” I said.
“You trust your parents a lot, they’re indeed strong people that saved humanity from the Demon King, I am sure they’ll be able to handle what’s happening here…” said Ninhursag.
Suddenly, mother and Nepheline came back bringing a plate with warm stew, bread, and other things, a full meal for Ninhursag.
“Ah… This is all for me?” she asked shyly.
“Of course its all for you! Why would I bring it here for?” asked my mother rather angrily.
“Thanks… It’s just that… It has been a while since I ever ate something like this…” she said.
“Well, friend, this is what we do every day, if you had the decency of coming to stay with us we’ll give you this food every day…” sighed Nepheline.
“Nepheline…” said Ninhursag.
“Yeah! Good idea, mama! Why don’t you stay to live here, Ninhursag?” asked Aquarina.
“T-To live here?! But that’s…” said Ninhursag.
“Aquarina, don’t force her to compromise in something she doesn’t want to, leave her be, she’ll decide what to do or not in the future. For the moment, we should concentrate in our own things.” Said Nepheline.
“Right… Sorry…” said Aquarina.
“Well, you can think of it though… We have always had our arms open for you, Ninhursag. The Amazon tribe would happily welcome you in as well.” Said Nepheline.
“Thanks… I will think about it… But maybe I should really just settle down…” said Ninhursag.
She took a spoon of the stew and as she tasted it, her eyes shone brightly a little bit.
“How is it?” asked my mother pridefully.
“It’s good…” said Ninhursag while smiling.
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Within the Goblin Camp, a large group of Goblins was running away from large beasts made of black flames. They had all sorts of animal-like shapes, and seemed ferocious and strong, the goblins were incapable of handling them, and easily died against their attacks.
However, a sudden crack in space happened, as a dark portal leading somewhere else opened.
From within, a figure covered in black and purple clothes emerged, below his hood, there were two crimson-red eyes.
With a wave of his black staff, a wave of red energy came out, killing several of these black flame summons in an instant…
“Hmph, so they’re here… What a pain… If she’s related with them… Taking her down will get harder…” he said.
The man suddenly looked behind him as he saw an enormous mammoth-like beast slowly approaching, the presence of a being of incredible power mounting over such a beast could be clearly felt meters away.
“Ah, so you’re here…” he said with a smile. “I suppose you’ve come to finish what your father started.”
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