LETHYFEROUS
2. MARRIED

Fleur swiftly ran, away from the wolves. However, the number of shrubs there made him difficult. Sometimes he looked back, finding the wolves chasing him faster.

The wolves jumped, then ran through the thickets of the bush in the place.

The limbs of the 20-year-old girl tripped over the roots of a tree. He fell until all the Ganoderma he had obtained had fallen. The girl's green eyes glared far towards the wolves chasing her. Her hand reached into the bag, as she was shocked.

“Hah? Where's my wand?”

Fleur spread his gaze in all directions. His hand groped the ground surface, in case he managed to find his magic wand. Nahas, the threaded wooden stick could not be found.

The roar of the wolves grew crazier as their distance grew closer. Fleur had no other choice but to get up and run as fast as he could. However, not yet had the girl step, a wolf who was the leader immediately swung its claws and injured the red-haired girl's knee.

“Argh ... pain ...”

Fleur fell back. His right leg was draining red fluid with deep scratches there. He looked towards a wolf that was about to ambush him this second.

DORR!

DORR!

The wolves are roaring hard. However, their voice did not in fact make a man tremble to face the beast. They ran away, away from the red-haired girl who was almost his lunch.

Fleur's heart almost fell out. Just this time he heard gunshots splitting the forest. A hand suddenly stretched out in front of him. The girl turned her head, finding a man standing nearby. The man's blue iris hypnotizes him now. Really, this was his first experience meeting a handsome man.

“Hah?” The girl flinched, then a few seconds later she heaved a sigh of relief. “A-I ...”

Fleur looked towards his injured right knee. There was no way he would rise with such a deep scratch. He only grimaced back at the hand of the man who was his helper earlier.

The blonde-haired man knelt down, then checked Fleur's wounds deftly. She shook her head. “Do you have any ingredients to hold the bleeding?” tanyakanya.

The green sliced girl simply shook her head. “But, my mother can treat me later,” she replied. “Only ...” His sight lingered for a moment. “I need to go home soon.”

“Where is your home?” ask the man.

“Near here,” replied Fleur.

“Then let me take you home.”

Fleur did not dodge much. Just because his mother forbade him from approaching men, doesn't mean he's turning down the blonde guy's help right now. If only he had not been hurt, Fleur had run to his house since then.

“By the way, what's your name?” ask the man. He was forced to carry the girl on his back because the wound was deep enough.

“Fleur,” replied the green sliced girl. “And you?”

“James,” replied the man. “You've been living here a long time, huh?” tanyanya.

Fleur muttered. “Yes, that's it. I was born in this forest and lived only with my mother,”.

James nodded mafhum. “I'm a traveler,” reply. “Lucky once you met me earlier. Otherwise, those wolves would've ripped you off.”

The red-haired girl hissed in horror. “I just first met them,” he said. “Not usually their territory reaches this forest.”

“Reasonable things for wolves,” timpal James. “Perhaps in their home region, their food supply is up.”

A few minutes later, the two reached Fleur's house. Hera who saw her daughter being carried by a man immediately ran outside the house. His eyes were glaring about to get angry, but he looked down at the wound on his daughter's right leg. Finally, inevitably he had to allow James who was holding Fleur to enter the house. While Hera was treating Fleur, James just sat down while observing every inch of the household.

“You're still here?” ask Hera ketus. He ruffled his waist towards the wandering man.

“Ma.” Fleur. He had been sitting on one of the chairs in the room since. “James has helped me, why did Mama even jerk it like this?”

Hera snorts. “Do you not remember the advice of Mama earlier, huh?” his reply. “Sway everyone, Fleur!”

“Mama!” The 20-year-old girl did not want to give up. “If there wasn't James, I would have died in the wolves. Do you want your child to die like that?”

“Iya, indeed you should have just left since then!” sahut Hera's.

“Mama!” Fleur snorted in annoyance. He looked at James with hopeful eyes. “James, can you stay here? I can't possibly trouble my mama right now,” the door.

James remained silent. He found a cruel look from the woman in front of him.

“James will not stay here,” said Hera with both hands folded in the chest. “There will be no men in this house until anytime!”

Fleur closed his eyes as he let out a long sigh. “From now on, there will be men in this house, Mama,” he said firmly. “Because I'm going to marry James!”

Hera jerks. “What's your reason for marrying her?” snapped it.

“He saved my life, Ma. And I love him!”

***

Hera could not stem the selfishness of her daughter this time. He let Fleur marry the man he had just met in the forest. It's just that, her fear of Selena's curse is overflowing. Worried if the curse really came true.

One week after James stayed there to help Hera and take care of Fleur to make a full recovery, the marriage finally took place. The show is very simple with Hera acting as a priest and witness Dewi Selena herself. The sacred ritual was performed at night where the moon lit up their cottage gracefully.

Fleur's smile seemed blotted out. Her face that was shone on by the goddess that night looked very beautiful. James who looked at the girl felt hypnotized. He did not stop staring at Fleur until the ritual was completed.

“May you be a faithful couple until the end of your life,” Hera said at the end of the ritual.

The woman looked at the two people who were drunk with romance. In his heart he was both grieving and frightened. Really, this moment was not what he wanted to see when Fleur was an adult.

Tonight, it's a romantic night for Fleur and James. Luckily, there were two rooms in the cottage, one used by Hera and one for newlyweds. Hera herself could not sleep. The anxiety is only increasing. Many times he wanted to see his daughter, but stopped because he realized Fleur was married now.

“Hopefully nothing happened with them,” his murmur with both hands shaking.

Meanwhile, Fleur was already preparing for his first night with James. He never imagined getting married at a young age, especially considering that his mother continued to forbid him to meet many people, including men. This time, Fleur was no longer little princess Hera. The girl is grown and married now.

Fleur took off his clothes, about to replace them with pajamas. Two arms suddenly grabbed her waist with one kiss landing on the girl's shoulder. Fleur turned his head, finding James hugging him from behind.

“I love you,” hiss James near Fleur's ear.

The girl turned around, letting James comb through every strand of her red hair. The green bead looks charming exposed to the dim shine of the Luna. The man in front of him grew closer, cutting the distance and space between the two. James landed gently on his roanum, welcoming the sweet taste he would feel in a moment.

Suddenly, James's movement stopped. His blue eyes are breaking. Slowly he broke free from his embrace in Fleur's body.

“James?” Fleur frowned as the man moved away from him.

The thing that made the girl shocked was when James' body suddenly burned by itself. His clothes were burnt, along with his blistered skin, then gnawed at the man's veins and bones to the point of barely making use of them. James moaned and moaned with a great burning feeling in his body.

Fleur shut his mouth with both hands. His body inched backwards until he dropped a vase placed on the edge of the window. “J-james!” his screeches. “James!”

The fire quickly burned James' body and caused him to shed instantly. Its decomposed stomach contents also burned with the smell of charred meat that pierced the smell. The man glared at the girl standing in front of him. One hand extended forward about to reach Fleur.

“K-you ...” The hoarse shriek vanished completely when the fire that burned James finished his head quickly until a crackling sound emerged as his skull was grilled.

Hera who heard her daughter screech headed straight for the newlyweds room. She opened the door and nearly fell when she found the burned body of the man in front of her daughter. Silence continued

until James was completely reduced to ashes and only left a charred scent in the room.

“F-fleur?” call him.

The girl just fell silent. His net was still staring at the pile of ashes in front of him. His body trembled, before finally falling unconscious.

***