Acacia laid down for a while and didn't bother to move. She thought about everything in her life until now. A god is stuck inside her and she can't get rid of it.

Her curiosity against her brother's action felt an itch that she absolutely have to scratch but the anger she felt was indescribable. The pain she felt from that poison, the familiar burn yet it didn't hurt. If anything she felt like lashing out on something.

"Do I really have to will to kill?" She asked herself and raised her hands up. 'What would it be like to kill someone? Pierce their flesh and sleep soundly? I can not do something like that. He is wrong.'

She put her hands down and heard the door open. Zephyra came inside a bowl and sat down beside her, placing the down in front of her.

"It's a raphat vegetable soup. Good for the bones." Zephyra smiled.

"Thank you." Acacia picked up the spoon and scooped up the soup in the spoon. She blew air on the spoon before taking a sip.

"You okay?" Zephyra asked and placed her hand on her forehead.

"I am fine just tired.." Acacia nodded and managed a weak smile. Turning her focus on the soup.

"I can see that, you look like you went through hell." Zephyra patted her head i

'That seems easier than what I'm dealing with.' Acacia thought to herself as she took small bites from the raphat meat in the soup. She chewed and drank until the soup was finished.

"That was quick, must be starving." Zephyra commented in an impressed tone.

"It was delicious." Acacia wiped her lips with the back of her hand.

"I'll tell Kel that later, he would be over the moon." Zephyra replied with a pleased expression.

"Um, what happened after earthquake or apocalypse." Acacia asked as she couldn't keep her curiosity at bay.

"Ah, you were stuck in that thing for that long?" Zephyra rubbed the back of her neck.

"I think so." Acacia nodded.

"Okay, so after the earthquake. The monsters spread everywhere; land, water and air. The heroes did everything to push them back as everyone ran to safety but suddenly, the beast men started to act weird and attacked everyone. Some attacked their wives, children and friends. It was a mess and people began to fear beast men." Zephyra started to explain with a somber look in her eyes.

"Why were they acting different?" Acacia asked as the image of the beast man that killed her friends flashed in her head.

"Well, no one knows why exactly. It was something suddenly added to the biology of beastmen from nowhere. Whenever we are in danger or in a tight spot where we might die, it activates and the beast man loses his humanity in the process." Zephyra shook her head.

"So it's like a defense mechanism, is it possible to prevent it?" Acacia took a mental note of the information.

"Well, only those with weak mana can prevent it because they don't enough mana to start it." Zephyra replied. "Those with enough mana can activate it but I've only seen very few people coming back from it twice without losing their senses. I've gone through it once myself but I managed to control it. I can't say the second will be easy.

"I see." Acacia was surprised by her words.

"So, with the new aspect to beastmen. The Flow Society became extremely antagonistic towards us and gave us the option of death of a shock collar like we were dogs. No one supported us and even one of the captains was adamant on making sure we bend to the rules because apparently his one and only sister died in the hands of a beastmen and they belonged to an influential family. I felt sad about what happened to his sister but I just couldn't stay in a place that was openly antagonistic against me." Zephyra shrugged.

"One of the captains?" Acacia tilted her head slightly and felt like she knew who the captain was. "What was his name?"

"Uh...I think Lucas- no Lucian. Yeah, that was his name." Zephyra pondered and snapped her fingers as she remembered his name.

'He is using me even after I died? I don't understand him at all, why does he want to get rid of the beastmen and lied that I was killed by one. This is pissing me off.' Acacia thought and took deep breaths as calm down.

"So we all separated and beastmen stayed in the ruins while the Flow Society began rebuilding at another location." Zephyra concluded her explanation.

"Thank you for telling me." Acacia smiled at Zephyra.

"You are welcome, little lady." Zephyra and pulled her down to the mat beside.

"Huh?" Acacia blinked for a few moments in confusion.

"Shh, you need to rest." Zephyra said and the door opened, revealing Bella who had a scowl on her face.

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"Why are you squeezing your face? Do you want to cuddles?" Zephyra asked while inspecting her face.

"No." Bella turned her head away with her arms crossed and a pout.

"Get over here."

Bella reluctantly uncrossed on her arms and laid down on the mat by Zephyra's other side.

"That's more like it." Zephyra hugged the two girls and fell asleep almost immediately. Acacia was surprised by how fast she slept like a log.

"You will get used to it." Bella murmured with her eyes closed. Acacia didn't reply and snuggled against Zephyra.

'She feels so warm, I like this.' She thought in her head as she slipped off to sleep.

The next morning, her eyes fluttered open and she turned her head but didn't see Zephyra or Bella. She was confused for a moment and sat up on the mat and yawned.

'They left this morning.' Daemonis spoke in her head but Acacia didn't reply.

'You can not ignore me forever, your brother is roaming around with his chest puffed out in pride while everyone sympathized with him. Are you really going to let that slide?" Daemonis asked.

Acacia got up on her feet and decided to shower and change. After a few minutes she was clad in a big oversized green hoodie and pants. She left the room and looked down, she saw everyone roaming around and getting ready for something.

"You're awake! And you can walk?" Kel waved his hand. He stopped waving and pointed to her legs.

"Your soup must have done wonders." Acacia looked down at her legs. She didn't even think about it because everything in her head.

"That must be it." Kel nodded with a smirk.

"Oh calm down, her body might have healed itself." Jahir commented and rolled his eyes.

"Since you can walk. Do you want to follow us to the trader market?" Zephyra asked while putting a sack over her shoulder.

"The trader market?" She tilted her head as she walked down the stairs and her gaze flickered between them.

"Yeah, we give him something valuable and he gives us some worth that value in return." Jahir explained.

"I want to follow." Acacia spoke out.

"Okay, just stay close to us." Zephyra nodded. "Alright, Bella, Kel, Acacia and Elric are following me. The rest should protect the household."

Everyone started to separate themselves and Zephyra's ground left the building, passed through the barrier and onto the street.

'Who created that barrier?' She thought and put her hands in her pocket as she followed the group.

"Say, why aren't you flying?" Kel asked and held one of her wings in his hand as they walked.

"Um, I can't remember how to fly." Acacia quickly thought of an excuse. 'Lying is better than explaining anyways, they wouldn't even believe me. They all probably think I'm a beast man.'

"That sucks but I can fly, all I need is too concentrate really hard and boost my fire to my legs." Kel grinned and let go of her wing.

"Fire? You're not a beast man?" Acacia asked with curiosity. 'Is that how he got his scars?'

"Nope, I didn't stay with Flow, felt too restricting." Kel shrugged.

"I see." Acacia glanced at him and didn't ask further. She glanced around and noticed how deserted it was, broken buildings and abandoned cars with moss and plants growing over them.

They soon reached a place and she noticed a similar barrier but there was nothing in the other side. Her eyes as watched everyone passed through it and disappeared. She slowly walked towards the barrier, she put her hands through it and it disappeared, she pulled her hand back and it reappeared. She took a deep breath and walked through it.

She opened her eyes and was surprised by the loud noises of people, some advertising weapons, bird monsters locked up in a cage as a man bargained with a stranger.

"Welcome to the trader market." Kel said as they walked further into the place. Her eyes didn't stop taking in everything, looking through some items with interest. Some traders calling out to them if they wanted to trade. She looked up ahead and noticed a street leading to some houses.

"Why don't you guys live here?" Acacia questioned

"Rent." Zephyra shrugged and entered inside a shop except for Bella, who stood outside the shop. Acacia didn't bother to question her and looked around the shop. There was various weapons everywhere she turned to look around. She waited for the shop keeper when she noticed the wall moving.

She squinted her eyes and tried to be sure if she saw that clearly. The brown wall moved and a pair of black eyes opened. The sight sent a jolt of fear in her heart.

"Welcome, it seems you found yourself another member." A man pulled away from the wall, his voice quiet but rough. His body, clothes and hair were all brown, his clothes changed colours and revealed a tired looking man with messy black hair and green eyes.

"Yeah! This is what we could gather." Zephyra set the sack down and poured out the contents in it. Teeth, bones, eyes and skin of monsters pilled the floor. Acacia cringed in disgust.

"Well, this all worth three weapons at most." The man crouched down as he inspected the monsters part in the ground.

"Don't try to scam me, Tosic. These are worth at least five weapons." Zephyra crossed her arms as she stared down at him.

"I am just doing business, most of these are outdated anyways. The market want new things that would bring in money. I'm the only one that would accept half of these in this whole market." He packed the stuff back into the sack and stood up.

"Fine." Zephyra clicked her tongue in annoyance.

"Excellent choice, this is a an obsidian crystal. Break it and it increases your magic power for five minutes without worrying about going berserk." Tosic picked up a black crystal and threw it in the air. Zephyra caught it immediately and looked down at it.

"This is a sword that responds to magic power. You should be able to use it." He removed the sword and shoved it in Kel's arms who looked down at the sword in awe.

"And this is a magical defense crystal. Forgot the crystal name, it should help the lady outside." He opened a drawer and brought out another crystal, throwing it towards Elric direction who caught it with ease.

'Why is he so unorganized?' Acacia thought as he kept pacing in the shop, her gaze was drawn to the daggers on a table and she wanted to touch when a stick smacked her hand. "Hey!"

"No touching, new girl. You will get your own weapon when you're ready." Tosic turned around and put his hands behind his back.

"We will be on our way, then." Zephyra put the crystal in her pocket and left the shop with Kel and Elric. Acacia was still staring at the shop when she noticed that he disappeared. She frowned and quickly stepped out of the shop.

"I guess these are still are good. Let's go back." Zephyra said as she walked away.

"That's it?" Acacia was puzzled.

"Yup!" Kel nodded but his attention was on the sword.

'I was expecting more but I guess that's for another day.' Acacia thought with a sigh, she noticed Bella staying close to Elric as they exchanged glances. 'Maybe it's nothing.'

They all left the market and passed through the barrier once more. They walked further away from the place and turned towards another street.

"Huh?" Acacia stopped in her tracks as she saw a group of people dressed in blue with smiles on their faces.

"Zephyra! We missed you." A woman spoke out in a cheerful manner but the look on Zephyra's face was anything but cheerful.