[Booooooorgghh...]

You could hear that sound as the house quivered.

It seems like gusts of winds are hitting the ground.

'What, is there a clash going on on the air?'

Yes, that massive pressure that was shaking the ground could be aftershocks of collisions.

There were indeed strong clashes that were going on in the sky.

[Broooooooornghh...]

"What is this..."

Every blow was caused the land severe shake, making the view all blurry.

I and Sera couldn't even stand straight at all.

"Ahhh!!! What is happening out there?! Mother, Father, let's depart already!"

Covering her head with both hands and cowering in fear, Sera called for both of our parents to get in and escape already.

This clearly suggests that she was not told that we were the only ones who were leaving.

I looked at Father with a look asking why they were staying behind.

Father just smiled at me as he handed me something.

"Huh? Is that the crystal?"

I asked as I accepted the item.

"Yeah, the payment of all of our items. (beamed)"

I wondered why he said that. It seemed that the crystal hadn't even changed a little.

Father then added a book to my hand.

"Hmm?"

"Give this book to Sera. These are the samples for her creations."

[Boooooorghhh!!!...]

"Huh?"

Suddenly a warm feeling overwhelmed me and before I knew it, my eyes instantly flowed out of tears.

"Huh?! What?"

I could just put up my hand to rub my eyes.

The surroundings were like it was too warm.

It was so sudden I hadn't even noticed.

The matter over the weapons' payment was answered; Sera's samples were granted.

'What, is not this what it looks like when you are having a grand farewell?'

Is what I've thought as I felt the shivering of sadness all over my body.

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Father could just smile at me greatly as he saw my tearing up face.

He then patted my shoulder then uttered as if in great delight.

"Come on, come on, there are a lot of safer places out there. No need to worry about it. No need to cry."

'What? You should've already known that it was not the reason of whatever the reason why my eyes release tears, right?'

Right. Father should've already known why my eyes released tears. For him to act like that, yep, it was indeed a tease.

How dare he make a joke out of this guy's pure tears!

[Brooooooorgh!!!]

Another powerful gust shook the house.

"Tsk."

I couldn't stand straight at all.

However, when I raised my head, I saw Father and Mother.

"Ah..."

What a magnificent scene.

Despite the totally destructive shaking of the place which probably shift in feet if not half a meter at its every quick movement, Father and Mother were just unbudgingly staying on their ground and not being intimidated at all.

Father was just smiling at me as if nothing was happening while Mother was just leaning on the wall, arms crossed, looking at us with a smiling worried facade. (Obviously worried about us)

Seeing that scene had made me realize that pouring out tears was just a waste.

'Wait a minute...'

Could it be that my father really thought that I was just being afraid that I teared up?

I then turned to my father for clarification.

'Ugh...'

Father was looking at me as if he was having great fun!

He really was just teasing me!

'Damn eyes! Why would you tear up without my permission first?!'

I could just grit my teeth and bulge my eyes against the floor as I rage in shame.

"Father? Mother?"

Oh!

"Hey, Greek, get in already, hurry up."

Father immediately called out to me.

"Ah, right."

I then entered with haste.

"Ughhh, seriously you should've finished your talk already. Now how I could ignore it if Sera called out to me with tears?"

["Gulp."]

I and father could only swallow in synch as we saw Mother walk towards Sera.

As you could probably already think, Mother is a little bit of a tough strict fighter. Though she is smiling, you can really tell her strictness in her straightforward-looking sharp eyes. Her eyes are kindly cute but her lashes are sure sharp which indicates how often she let out a glare and expression of extreme concentration.

What is sad is, though a little bit crybaby, Sera has almost entirely copied all of Mother's traits.

Her reddish-pink hair, her unreserved way of talking and speaking, and her being bluntly straightforward.

I guess what only differs is that Sera was still young. I wonder if she could even ever become a sort of a fighter though.

"Mother?"

Sera had her arms bent and were impatiently quivering as she was expecting a hug from Mother who was walking closer to her.

Mother then, despite how she appears tough, couldn't just deny how she was against the idea of letting us go without seeing us off with a proper farewell.

It explains why she was just leaning on a wall at the corner this whole time.

"Mother? Why aren't you and Father getting in? "

Mother then, with a comforting smile, hugged her warm cute tearing-up child.

'But seriously, child?' sigh...

"Don't worry, there are a lot of more safer places out there, okay?"

"Huh? But isn't it safer to stay here with you?"

Mother then loosen her hug to holding Sera's shoulders then gives her a warm somewhat sarcastic smile.

Sera could only wonder what's up.

Not to mention, also me.

Also, I glanced at Father who was also smiling as the same.

While at it...

[Kriiiiishhhk... Pooooorgshhh!!!]

(The place trembled)

A fierce flash of light illuminated through the openings of the house as that fierce shocking spark sound echoed all over the place. It was like a really massive lightning (about thousands of lightning compressed in one strike) hit the town.

["Gulp."]

We could only swallow after witnessing the scene.

As if planned, we could only tremble in wonder and fright as we saw Father and Mother sarcastically smiling almost in synch with the destructive explosion outside.

The flash was so bright that you could hardly look at them; however, their solemn somewhat sarcastic smile as it gets dazzled with the light could clearly convey their message.

Without any consideration required, one could already tell that they were saying...

["More safer to stay with us... You said?"]

.........

Sera then immediately made a lunge which I stopped by grabbing her collar.

With a scolding facade, she yelled at them saying...

"Then why are you not going with us?!!!"

With her teeth showing due to anger, she yelled as if scolding Father and Mother.

"You couldn't be thinking of playing hero, right?!!! Then why do you have to stay here?!!!"

[Kriiiiiishk... ]

After chuckling for a moment, Father replied in an unconcerned tone.

"What, there will be no home for you to go into if we don't stay here, right? (Beamed)"

Sera's eyes could only flash in anger due to that response.

[Poooorgshhh!!!]

Father and Mother then waved at us as they smiled signalling us to go already.

With trembling lips and gritting teeth, Sera could only mutter in a way that without a doubt would become a loud yell again.

I could only activate our leave already as I chuckled and waved back to Father and Mother who were also waving at us.

"No matter how you look at it... It is not... "

The environment then immediately looked like they got sucked into the magic circle in an instant causing the surroundings to get dark.

On the contrary, they began to spread away from the circle the very moment they completely entered, presenting us with a whole new place.

"...even close to a good reason for you to stay!!!"

Sera's voice echoed at the whole place which was certainly in a deep forest.

After noticing we were already in a different place, Sera immediately quieted down. But observing her facial expression, I could only feel bad for she was really infuriated and sad that she couldn't stop her tears from pouring.

'Oh.'

I immediately let go of her collar after realizing I was still grasping it.

Sera immediately turned and looked at me with a fierce glare.

'Uh'

"Sorry."

Without any complaint, I could only apologise with my hands raised upward asking for peace.

I indeed needed peace. We indeed need to be quiet and peaceful. For of what place we are in... is what we couldn't care less of.

"What is with this place?"

I muttered...

...Obviously to warn Sera not to make unnecessary noise. Not that her shout just now hadn't attracted attentions from whatever that had heard.

The place was somewhat dark. However, there was no need to pore before seeing this intimidating place.

Sera slowly get to my side with an undeniable fear coating her.

I could only let out a long breath as I saw the horrible scenario in my sight.

"Whooo..."

I could just let out a long breath as I scrutinize the place.

What place we have been put into, what pops up right after the teleportation, and what scene we are seeing, was...

A totally destroyed village and numerous dead bodies prone all over the ground!

"What... Happened... Here...?"