-Ren, wake up!
It was around 6 am when Ren woke up hearing Jane, followed by a pounding on the gate outside.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Ren! You need to get out here quick!"
Hearing someone yelling for him, Ren got out of bed, he walked out of his room feeling something off.
Like he lost something important.
The usual smell of food in the morning wasn't there, with a curious look on his face Ren walked into the kitchen.
Everything was how it was last night.
'Strange, Aunty Leah would have made breakfast by now, and she would have already answered the gate'
With a strange look on his face, Ren rubbed his stomach as he left the house to check the gate. Outside the gate was an old man with a panicked and sorrowful expression on his face.
The same old man who tried to get Ren to lower his roast meat prices.
Seeing the look on his face, Ren opened the gate and couldn't help but ask him what's wrong, "What's wrong Old man Ma? You look like something terrible happened."
Seeing Ren with his bed hair, and appearance as if he just woke up, Old man Ma sighed inside, 'He's so young and he already has no more relatives'
Eyes slightly reddening, Old man Ma looked at Ren as he tried to smile, "You have to come with me, boy, have you eaten anything?"
Curious, Ren shielded his eyes from the bright morning sun as he looked at Old man Ma curiously, "No, I haven't eaten, why do you ask?"
Old man Ma's expression became somber, as the red in his eyes became more apparent, "That's good boy, that's good. Come with me, it's good you haven't ate yet"
Ren curiously followed Old man Ma, as he walked away he remembered that he didn't check Aunty Leah's room, 'Ah, she must have slept in, I should let her know I am leaving'
Turning to the house, Ren shouted, "Aunty Leah, I'm leaving with Old man Ma for a little bit!"
Hearing no reply, Ren thought that she must be really tired, shaking his head, he left the house following Old man Ma.
Hearing Ren's shout, Old man Ma's fists clenched causing his knuckles to go white, with tears flowing down his face, he avoided looking at Ren, 'Boy, there's no one in the house besides you, and I'm afraid, that you'll be the only one there in the future'
Jane noticed everything that was going on, Old man Ma's voice when he spoke, his reddening eyes, when he clenched his fists after hearing Ren shout.
Jane felt a sense of foreboding, as she scanned the house.
It was empty.
She put all the information she gathered from Old man Ma's behavior together as she thought about how Aunty Leah wasn't in the house.
- 'Should I tell him?'
After several rounds of mental battles, Jane finally decided to tell him.
-Ren, the house is empty.
"What? She must have went to the market then, nothing strange about it."
Ren paused slightly as he responded to Jane, there was nothing strange about Aunty Leah going to the market in the morning, that could explain the lack of breakfast, 'Maybe we ran out of ingredients?'
Seeing this, Jane sighed, she decided to tell him again, as best as she could.
-Ren, in the future, although we will have our issues, you know you will always have me, I'll always be here.
She couldn't tell him her worries directly, she didn't know how to.
Hearing the words Jane said, Ren felt a sense of unease, as a shiver went down his spine, 'Why did she say such strange things?'
Old man Ma, stared at the passing trees and the buildings in the distance as he wiped the tears off his face, without looking at Ren he spoke again.
"Boy, when you get there, try to stay calm, don't act recklessly"
Ren was even more confused after hearing what Old man Ma said, curious he thought for a moment, 'His voice sounds as if he is suffering from grief, I wonder if he is alright?'
Jane could only sigh.
If she had a body, she'd hold him right now, to allow him to better handle what will happen soon.
She might not be the nicest, but she isn't heartless either.
She knows the pain of losing a loved one, so she wanted to be able to hold him, because, it's one of the things, that can cause you to hurt the most.
They quickly reached their destination.
As they approached an area of destruction, they could see the ruins of a restaurant, Old man Ma, as they approached put his hand on Ren's soldier.
Ren finally realized that something was very wrong.
Everyone was giving him looks filled with pity, several were shedding tears, the sky started to darken as more and more people started to cry.
They felt sorry for the boy who lost everything.
Not everyone in the crowd felt sorrow, there was a handful, gloating at his misfortune, not only that, they were even joyously laughing.
The annoying little boy that took the best stall spots, has got what he deserved, was what they were thinking.
In the crowd was a fatty, his eyes were red as he looked at the currently clueless Ren, his fists clenched as he saw the gloating individuals in the crowd.
This is Fatty Yan.
Recently he investigated everything about Ren's life, after, he started to wish this brother of his a good life.
Yes, he now considers Ren as his brother, and as a brother, seeing the individuals enjoying Ren's misfortune, he ground his teeth in anger.
At this moment, the crowd grew quiet as Ren approached a bloody cloth, under this cloth there were five smaller lumps and a larger lump.
The ground was coated in a black, coagulated blood.
There was an old lady standing next to the cloth with a somber expression, she looked at Ren and sighed as she spoke to him, "Child, don't do anything reckless".
Shua!
She pulled the cloth to the side as she backed away from the area.
She needed to give him space.
Seeing what was under the cloth, Ren finally understood everyone's strange behavior, he finally understood the meaning behind Jane's words.
Crack!
Lightning flashed across the sky as rain started to fall, eyes turning red, tears of blood fell down Ren's face as he fell to his knees.
Picking up a severed head, Ren embraced the head, as he roared at the heavens.
The roar was like an enraged dragon, the roar, was heaven shaking!
The roar shook the whole town of Riven, shook the forest in the distance, and startled all the beasts in the surroundings!
Grief, rage, and a thirst for revenge could be felt in this roar, as an immense bloodlust spread outwards!
Every dragon has a reverse scale, and those who touch the reverse scale, invite the destruction of the world, because the dragon won't rest until you're dead!
And his, happened to be Aunty Leah!