Purity Online - The World For The Fallens
[Season 2] Chapter 57: Worst Night
"I am .. who showed him the gate of darkness."
Slowly, the door to Senshi and Yamarashi's parents opened, revealing a fairly simple bedroom with one large bed that fit two people, a wardrobe, a table, and a large bed, and other furniture. The room looked dimly lit because it was only illuminated by moonlight.
"So this is your parents' room?" yamamura said as she spread her gaze into the room.
"But, Yamarashi. I still don't understand what you and Senshi mean. Actually, what happened to your family?"
"It all started 7 years ago" Yamarashi said.
...Flashbacks...
When I was seven and Senshi was five, we came to this forest and built a house. Maybe for others, living in the middle of the forest and being isolated from the crowd it felt really bad, but for us it wasn't. It is fun because we can enjoy the beauty of the forest and interact with nature every day. Both of our parents were very friendly, understanding and hardworking couples. It was a very peaceful life. Every day I can hunt beetles, sleep under trees, look at the clear blue sky, and do other fun activities.
However, our happiness and peace were marred by a flock of Dire Wolf. In order to meet our need for meat, our father often went hunting and his food was stored in the storage room located behind this house. To those wolves, the meat we gathered was a pile of treasure. They'll do everything they can to rob him. Our farm produce is often erratic due to pests and bad weather, so the meat from the game is our main hope. That's why we are determined to protect him. Even Senshi and I, who were kids at the time, insisted on helping our mom and dad protect the storage room despite the ban, so they were forced to let us help.
But our efforts always end in failure. Although none of us died, we always failed to protect the meat we had. The wolves were too many and too strong. Even though we've used weapons, but we're no match for them.
Our food reserves are slowly thinning. We continue to spend energy hunting and farming, but our crops are always stolen and our crops are uncertain. As a result, we are often forced to endure hunger for long periods of time and rely only on crops in fields that rarely survive until harvest time arrives.
One day, I couldn't stand a life like that. I decided to stop fighting the beasts and chose to hold back the hunger, while Senshi and our two parents continued to fight even though they always failed to protect the meat in the storage room.
One night, while I was sitting in the living room trying to sleep to hold my hunger, I somehow had the intention inside of me to protect the storage room once again. I joined Senshi and my parents, hoping that at least this time we would be able to protect the meat.
Seeing the dire situation, father and mother ordered us to leave while they held the wolves. Immediately, I pulled the arm of Senshi who was still panicking and in shock, then went away. Senshi who was shedding tears tried to rebel and forcibly let go of my hand grip so I snapped at her and uttered a bunch of sentences that I should not have spoken. The words that had drawn my brother into the gate of darkness.
"You must not be reckless!! We don't have enough strength to fight Dire Wolf that much!! Open your eyes, Senshi!!! We are weak!!! No matter what we do, we won't make it!! Your recklessness and futile struggle will only increase the number of casualties!!!"
My words are definitely not a good tranquilizer for Senshi. His crying is getting louder. He was crying sobbing. I was a bit sorry to see her, but it was the only way to prevent her from returning to where our parents were.
We ran as hard as we could and hid in a tree near the house because we knew Dire Wolf could not climb a tree. We could hear the agonizing screams of our parents and the howls of the wolves, but we dared not approach or descend from the trees. We also could not see anything because the tree was near the side of the house that was opposite the storage room. That night we went through with fear on top of a tree branch, covered with piercing cold air and accompanied by the sound of night animals that seemed to mock the helplessness of both of us. It was the worst night of our lives.
Morning has arrived. The howls of the wolves were no longer heard. With a feeling of fear and worry, we descended the tree and set foot on the green grass while swallowing our saliva which seemed to have turned into glue. We hurried to the storage room while continuing to hope for the safety of our father and mother, only to see the scene that made our hopes vanish without a trace.
Both of our parents were stiffened with cold bodies. Their entire bodies were covered in wounds and there were fatal torn wounds on vital parts of their bodies. The storage room door had been filled with severe scratches and was broken down. The meat in it is gone. Senshi and I immediately sat in a doldrums knowing that our mother and father were dead and failed to protect the storage room.
We failed again, and this was the worst failure. A failure that claimed the lives of two of the main members in our family.
To be continued
Author: Mweheheheh, chara torture in the backstory has begun!! Finally I can torture chara again after 6 months XD Wahahahahahahahahah!!!
*tampoled by all chara*
Ryugai: It's been almost a year and a half of ongoing novels, but the author still likes nyiksain chara. When did he get his _-"