Chapter 8
“…because I’m afraid that you already offend the wrong person”
“…what do you mean is…?”
“You shouldn’t offend that purple haired brat from the beginning”
Goh’s mind buzzing when he heard that.
‘Offending the wrong person? We are the strongest within western domain! Just who is that purple haired just now!?’
Even though he thought that, Goh’s body starts to shiver uncontrollably. He knows exactly who his father is.
Youdi Murash doesn’t like a bad joke!
Everyone could tell that just by Youdi’s look only. Even when Goh stare at Youdi’s eyes, Goh can’t find any trace of joking. But a question starts to pop up on his mind.
‘Wait. There is no way that purple haired had a background. It seems like he is stil13 years old. Adding up with the fact that he is living in such a crude fruit village…’
Goh’s face lit up because he had something he can argue with. But it dim abruptly as if he was poured with cold water on his face after Youdi said,
“That purple hair and golden pupil is the unique trait of their clan. I never saw anyone out from their clan who had the same trait. Adding with that brat personality, there is no doubt about it”
Again, shock filled Goh’s face. He doesn’t want to count just how much his expression had change today. Usually, Goh was a proud and arrogant youth. Aloofness and pride always plastered on his expression. If he want something he will take it whether you like it or not. If he asks something, he would get it as if his word was a law. That is how much of important his position as Youdi Murash son is.
But, that important figure within Murash clan's eyes actually contain a bit of dread within.
Youdi did not let his son ask another question, he turn around and start to leave his son behind. But there is no way Goh would end it just like that. There is one important question which still bugging his mind.
“So what should I do!? Should I apologize!? And what about that black haired brat just now, could I offend him!?”
Shout Goh hastily. His hand spun wildly, asking for an explanation, while his shout reverberate on the corridor’s mansion. There is no one around except themselves, but that sound probably would reach someone ear.
Youdi stop his step, stood there for a moment before he said something before turning his head around.
“…We will attack Murago clan today, right when the sun reaches its peak. Rest, and try to recover your stamina and Qi as much as possible because you will participate on it. As for the twin, follow me.”
After Youdi said that, he just left without saying another word, leaving the confused and scared Goh behind. Just like before, his father didn’t answer his question.
As for the twin, they stunned on the spot don’t know what should they do. After the look each other for a moment, they nodded their head and decide to follow Youdi Murash inside.
On the way, Youdi Murash only walks silently with somber expression on his face, which scared the twin. The twin thought that Youdi’s expression as if telling them that their life would end very soon.
What they didn’t know was Youdi actually feel like beating his son to pulp right now.
Youdi know a little of what kind of background Esrad had and yet his son has the probability of offending him.
The first time Youdi saw that purple hair and golden eyes, his heart trembled. The problem is he didn’t know why. All the things he did before none other than gambling. He slapped his son and then only cripple both limb which they can choose whose. With these, he would seem like the righteous but strict father who wouldn’t just kill someone out of the blue. But he snapped because the brat challenged him instead. That is his mistake.
‘…you are not the one I look for. I’m looking for someone with purple hair and golden eyes. He is someone from a big clan from Bologos Continent with proud and fearless personality, not someone half-assed like you ’
A certain someone pop up on his mind with what he said. Youdi recalling his memory while caressing his scar on his face which He doesn’t know when but that wound feel like prickling again.
‘…that guy, who is much stronger than me let me live another day. Someone with proud and fearless personality. Even his enemy was the same. The good thing is that purple haired brat was only protecting the black haired one. If I didn’t kill him or injure him too much, his background won’t touch my clan’
He is gambling whether Esrad background would touch his clan or not. But if he kill Esrad, that is clearly offending them . That is the reason he kept delayed to kill both the brat and in the end only make them fainted. He didn’t worry too much at that time. If his intuition was wrong, he would just kill them afterward. But on the last moment, he suddenly remembered it which made him wide eyed.
But one last question remains.
‘What the hell someone from such a clan doing in the remote place such as fruit village?’
‘There is no way the clan behind that kid would let him go far away from their clan. He is still a brat. Considering he already lived at that village, he must be there since a kid even since he was a baby. There must be someone guarding that purple haired one from behind. Or at least they had their own goal.’
Youdi keep contemplating it while he walks. One speculation after another pop up on his mind but there is no one who would be able to ascertain it whether it is right or not. In the end, he stop thinking, his eyes glittered brightly while his somber face showed that he already reach the last determination.
‘It is decided! We will never touch the fruit village!’
If we accidently offend them we will be doomed! Thought Youdi while he walks.
Youdi murash and the twin slowly but surely start to disappear from Goh sight, leaving him behind while he stood still without a word. After about ten breathe of time, he walks quietly while he weakly lowers his head toward one of the room. Meditate.
‘Murash Clan attack will come soon!’ Goh eyes flickered mysteriously. Only Goh himself knew what is he thinking right now.
At the same time in certain place, inside the wooden house.
Bloody bodies could be seen lay around all over the place. There are around ten bodies with the wound and several marks could be seen on their bodies and face. All of them seems strong, but they are beaten quiet pitifully.
And within that house, there are two figure who still standing up with their back straight. One was a somewhat beautiful woman with Silky long brown hair, Smooth white skin, and exquisite body with height 167 cm and black cold eyes. The other one was a guy around middle-age, with robust body, height 187 cm and wound all over his body with bloody clenched hand and an angry look on his face.
They are none other than Uncle Bolman and Aunt Lutia, and the people they beaten up were their henchmen.
“W-w-we are sorry boss we wouldn’t do it ag- gubah!” said one of the beaten up figure. But not even finishing his sentence, he was punched again by Bolman.
“Of course you wouldn’t! You ever careless again, your little life will be go make a trip to hell!”
On the usually manly but kind uncle Bolman’s face, the complete fury could be seen. His eyes and face were crimson, his vein pop up all over his face and muscle, his jaw clenched tightly to the point his gum bleed, even his body shaking wildly.
He doesn’t look like angry anymore, but more like he become a madman!
“That is enough Bolman. Today is the last time we would be here. There is no next time.”
Suddenly, unhurried and calm voice came from Lutia mouth while she walks forward slowly with her hand in front of her chest.
“But, because they talking nonsense when working that…!”
“Stop it Bolman, calm yourself. Remember the reason we are here in the first place.”
But Bolman who’s already become a madman, didn’t like it when Lutia which should be angry like him, seems rather calm. But when he saw Lutia’s face, Bolman took a deep breath trying to calm his anger.
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Because, even though auntie Lutia said that, an angry look too can be seen on her face. Her eyes glittered with coldness as if you would be frozen if you dare to look at her eyes. Being stared by such eyes, made all of Bolman and Lutia become scared witless. Some of them even fainted on the spot because on Lutia’s eyes, cold killing intent which cannot be found when someone killed ten thousand lives was gleaming brightly.
Her killing intent lurk out from her body while she said,“Listen here you d*mn dog. You all never dare to touch even one person from fruit village. If you did, and being found by me…”
Lutia didn’t finish her sentence, but her means was crystal clear to them. The remaining henchmen who didn’t fainted start to nod their head hastily as if their head would fall off at any moment, and some who still can talk reply with weak and scared voice.
“What should we do Lutia?”Asked Bolman who already a bit calmed down.
“It is obvious. For now, we should prepare for the attack at midday. We just need to kill the Murago Clan dog, as for the fruit village…”
“…we need to protect the villager as much as we could”
“…alright”
After a brief conversation, they separate to prepare the things they need. It is rather questionable for why they are attacking under Murash clan. But there is no one who knew, even Yuwan himself.
If Yuwan was to know, don’t know what kind of expressions he would make.
What they didn’t know is there is actually a little girl inside the house. Her golden twintail hair flutters softly without a wind while she staring wide eyed at the whole event without anyone noticing.
She is none other than the little girl who asks Yuwan’s help.
After both Bolman and Lutia left, her eyes gleam with determination. She looks at the whole scene once again before she left the wooden house hastily.
‘I need to inform big brother about it!’
She didn’t run, but flying. By her speed alone, she should reach Yuwan’s house sooner than Yuwan himself if compared. But whether she would make it or not, there is no one will know. As for the one who cause the "Reaper Phenomenon", no one knows.
At the same time, inside the fruit village. The villager which should be doing their activities was gathering at the village elder’s house. Of course elder’s house couldn’t contain the entire villager, so the villager who cannot go in only silently waiting outside the house. Almost all the villager face filled with dread and anxiousness which affect the atmosphere around elder’s house.
But, different kind of atmosphere could be seen inside Elder’s house. There are 6 people who didn’t have anxiousness and dread plastered on their face while they were sitting on Elder living room.
“…That is what I heard. What should we do elder?” said a purple and wavy haired middle-age woman with her eyes glittered brightly with seriousness on her golden pupil.
“What are worrying about, Dira? We just need kill them if they dare to mess up in our villages“
That worry-less word and lazy voice came from a middle-age man with beard on his chin and indifferent yet confident smile on his face while he playing with his long black hair. What he said just now was the same as someone who say hello toward his neighbor in the morning, such worriless and easy going tone of voice.
“What are you saying peter, it would be troublesome if we didn’t do a thing beforehand. What would you do if they break all of my goods, especially my Durio fruit? Even I will kill you if you don’t want to take responsibility~ especially my Durio Fruit~”
That somewhat soft gentle yet confident voice came from long yellow haired woman with white soft skin little lips. You could tell by her voice alone that even though she said it with somewhat teasing tone, she didn’t joking about it.
Hearing what yellow haired woman said, Peter eye’s gleamed brightly.
“What is it Buyan? I can’t hear you~”
“Stop it you two, we should ask what Lord Abe and Lord Louki from Murago Clan need to said first.”
But before Buyan replied yet, their conversation was cut off by somewhat old voice. On his face a lot of wrinkles could be seen, but his eyes gleam with the wise of an old man.
“You don’t need to call me “Lord”, elder Baily. I’m just a mere newcomer guard on Murago Clan Mansion”
“Well, we cannot decide something without telling Murago patriarch first. Especially we can’t ascertain it without any prove.”
Replied the two people from Murago Clan, which incidentally present inside Elder’s House because they are making a trip to Fruit village a while ago. The former was a youth full of vigor with big round eyes and brown skin with black hair while he scratched his head embarrassedly. The later is middle-age man with sharp eyes and bulging body, talking with serious tone. They both wear a full plated armor with some kind of plant logo which Murago Clan logo on their chest.
These six people were Auntie Dira, Uncle Peter, Auntie Buyan, Elder Baily, and two people from Murago clan called Abe and Louki.
The Murago clan guard actually just want to rest a little bit because of work while buying some fruit to eat when they saw a the villager start to running toward them with anxious face until they heard someone saying that there is a meeting inside elder’s house that they decide to ascertain what is going on.
When the villager hearing what a middle-age man called Louki said, they can’t help but become more anxious. They afraid that they would be killed even before a patriarch heard a thing about it.
“Actually, did the kid called Yuwan said a thing about when is the suspicious group he saw began their attack?”
“…I didn’t know because he didn’t told me or maybe he forgot to”
“…In that case, we should ask Yuwan himself about it. In the worst case scenario, we need to bring Yuwan back to the clan mansion”
After a brief conversation, Abe and Louki decide to end their conversation and decide to ask Yuwan personally. All of the villager except Auntie Dira was ordered by Elder Baily to stay behind while he himself with Dira going to show Abe and Louki the way to Yuwan’s house. Dira’s tagging along, could be expected because she just want to meet her son who run after Yuwan before.
Of course the villager was rather reluctant to end it just like that. But after being scolded strictly by the elder about wasting time, the villagers reluctantly start to part, letting the four through. Even after these four disappear from the villager sight, they didn’t scatter, while they still swarming around Elder’s house waiting patiently.
Not even one of them could expect that Yuwan and even Esrad were actually fainted on the ground on the grassy plain with wound on their bodies.
The grassy plain outside of the Fruit Village.
The grasses sway slowly with the wind, letting the smell of grass spreading around. The weird thing is, the smell of grass contain a little blood smell. That blood smell coming from two bodies which lay on the ground, dripping from their mouth and nose.
These bodies were the fainted Yuwan and Esrad.
If the Elder and Dira with Murago Clan Guard were here, they wouldn’t be able to find something different in the grassy plain except for the fainted Yuwan and Esrad, there is no one except them in the grassy plain.
But, actually there stood an old-man beside Yuwan. His white long hair fluttering softly, his face full of wrinkles and ancientness filled with gentle smile on his face, while he stood straight with his hand clasped behind his back. The weird thing is, he seems transparent, even the grass was pass through him as if he is not there in the first place.
He just stood there while he staring at Yuwan gently, when suddenly his lips began to part while he said,
“You are already grown up, Yuwan.”
Said the figure with very soft and gentle voice, contain with longing.
If Yuwan was to saw him, he would know that figure for sure.
He was Yuwan’s Grandfather, Syubi Reizem!