False Hero

Her scream died down, but she was motionless, she didn't want to move, she didn't want to see more deaths. People who loved her and needed her, she couldn't save them.

While this was happening Grey and Ari was still following the toddler. The toddler was still looking for his mom, but she was not to be found.

In truth his mom was already dead, her body was buried so deep into the pile of debris that she died in an instant. 

Grey's expression hardened up as he saw that there was no one to help the older, he clenched his fist as he kept following the toddler. 

Looking at Grey's expression, Ari smiled saying, "Don't worry, this toddler doesn't have a bad ending."

Grey released his clenched fist as he said, "Good to know that."

"You do know how to keep your calm."

"I will take that as a compliment,"

"I mean it as a compliment."

As they were talking amongst each other, the toddler finally reached the place he was meant to be. The toddler reached where Arae was seated on the ground. 

Her eyes were dead set on the ground, she didn't look anywhere else nor did she know what was happening around her.

The toddler approached Arae, standing near Arae the toddler extended his hand reaching out for Arae who was looking down. Placing his hand over Arae, the toddler called, "miss----- habe you seen my mom?" 

upon hearing the toddler's voice, Arae looked up towards the toddler.

Looking at the toddler she whispered, "you are alive..."

Not understanding what Arae was talking about, the toddler tilted his head in confusion.

"You are alive... You are alive... I am glad... I am glad."

The goddess shed tears for the first time in her life, looking at the toddler who was alive she was the happiest.

"Are you sad?"

Asked the kid, it was the obvious thing to ask for the little kid after watching the goddess break down in tears.

Arae wiped her tears off as a smile took over her face, "No, I am not sad." Arae looked around as she asked, "You seem to be looking for someone, who are you looking for?"

"My mom... dad told me to look for her, but dad hasn't---- hasn't come back yet."

It was easy to guess Arae that what might have happened to his mother and father. But even after knowing that face, she smiled as she said, "I will help you look for your mother."

"Really!?!!" asked the toddler, overjoyed. 

She got up and extended her hands for the toddler, "Really.".

The toddler grabbed the hand as they started walking towards the exit of the city, Arae purposefully led the kid out of the city.

Arae picked the kid up as they walked through the streets of a dead city. Ari and Grey were watching them go away, from behind. 

"The Nerul city got destroyed in this disaster and this was not the end, " Ari pointed towards the mountain, as she said "This will soon fall on the city, engulfing the whole city in it. It would get buried as if it never existed before this, but there are few people who do know about this fallen city."

As she was saying this a smile curved up her face as she said, "Now you are one of those people.".

Grey didn't say anything to it, as he was going to say something, he overheard a conversation between the kid and Arae. 

Carrying the kid in her arms, she walked through the city. 

"By the way, what is your name kid?"

"I am Bryce Esser,"

"Bryce Esser, that's a beautiful name, I will treasure you for the rest of my life and I will do anything for you, anything."

Grey who heard this conversation, whispered the same name, "Esser?".

Ari stood beside Grey as she said, "Yes, this kid is their ancestor, the Esser family, and the last words spoken by Arae, the sentence about her doing anything for him for the rest of her life. Those words latched back to her as a curse."

"I see, everything makes sense now."

Before Grey could realize it, he was already out of the memories and was currently standing in his imaginary dimension. To be specific he was standing in the middle of the shallow lake.

"So what are you going to do now, Grey?" asked Ari who was standing beside her in the shallow lake.

"I don't know, I think I have no other choice other than killing her."

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"Please spare me!! please spare me!!! please ---- what have I done to you, please---- AHHHHHHHHHHHHH."

The man screamed as a paper roll was inserted in his asshole. 

Hearing the man's scream, Helm laughed, "What are you shouting for? I just inserted paper not some type of metallic rod."

Helm condensed his mana in the tip of his finger, this condensed mana turned into small flames, "Now I am really excited about what kind of scream, I will be able to hear from your asshole burning up."

"No, please don't---- please don't, I am sorry about whatever I have done, please spare me." 

Helm slowly brought flame closer to the paper as he said, "You still don't understand it? I am just doing this to you because I am getting pleasure out of it. Your scream------- it makes me so happy!!!"

The tied man's eyes widened, his eyeball shook violently in fear as he heard the words that came out of Helm's mouth. 

"Please, please--- please, don't!!!!! please!!!!!"

"Yes!!! yes!!! shout more!!!" exclaimed Helm in happiness as he brought the flame closer to the paper, but before he could burn it someone interrupted him.

"Sir, there is an emergency."

Helm looked behind as he gave a furious look to his henchman that just interrupted his fun. "It better be important, or else, you will take his place."

"No, no sir! it is important, the young master----- young master has gone missing and just now a letter came."

"What?!" Helm extended his hand as he said, "Give it to me."

Unfolding the paper, Helm read the content of the paper, it stated, 

Hey hey, Brat!! it's me yours truly a business partner. I sent this letter to you because I want to let you know that I have your bratty young brother. I have gotta say he is just like you, A brat and he also shouts like a bitch, especially when I torture him. It is fun, to torture your brother, but please do come to take him away because I might truly break him apart. Just saying!! By the way, I am waiting at the old church.

Just by reading the contents of the letter, Helm was damn sure about who has written this letter. There was only one person who had the audacity to call him a brat.

He punched the wall as he screamed "GREYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Helm rushed to Arae's room and said "Grandma!, there is someone bulling me can you take care of him for me," 

He tried to fake his tears as he said this and it was obvious for Arae but yet she couldn't deny the order given to her. Those words might seem like a grandson asking his grandmother for help, but the truth was far from it.

Helm knew about Arae's curse very well, he has abused that curse over the years. He always acted like a victim to activate that curse and give Arae her order.

Her current order was to kill Grey. 

Leaving the mansion, Helm left the mansion in hurry with his troops. There were around thirty troops, but Helm was truly confident about the presence of his Grandma, Arae.

Kirsa followed his brother and Arae from behind, but she did that in secrecy.

They reached out of the city where the old church was located. Standing outside the church, one of the troops suggested that, "This might be trap sir, we should----"

"I know you are concerned about me and I appreciate that, but if I hear anything tasteless coming out of your mouth again. I will cut your tongue out."

The troop kneeled down as he said," Apologize sire." 

Walking towards the entrance of the church they entered the church. It was an abandoned church, well, Grey had a thing for abandoned buildings. 

It was the night time and they carefully walked through the entrance of the church, due to pitch darkness, the fire affinity troops burned their fireball, illuminating the place.

Walking through the aisle, Helm gestured his troops to surround the church from all sides. But he himself walked freely towards the altar.

As he extended his hand, he heard a voice, "Careful, you might trip over."

It was the voice he recognized very well, lighting up the fireball he illuminated the surroundings and with that, the light fell upon the white-haired boy who was seated on the top of pile debris at the end of the altar.

"Grey..." 

Grey got up from the top of this debris as he walked towards Helm, but his steps were wet. Looking down helm saw blood around Grey's feet and when he looked at the bottom of the debris he saw a particular young boy who died under that debris. 

Grey turned around to look towards the debris as he said, "Oh right, yikes! sorry about you little brother."