Balam had seen the wish of the women, the victims of the Goblins, that they would rather die than live with such shame, of course it was the wrong decision. However, Balam who had encountered this sort of thing over and over again knew that these women would not turn back even if he tried to advise her, for that very reason, Balam cut them down with one slash, freeing them from shame and painful suffering.
The move Balam took was shocking for Pino, this was the first time he had seen a murder, and it was done by his own father, right before his eyes. he could not believe what he saw, the woman he saved from the pit of hell instead chose death over life, and death was granted by his own father and done with his own hands.
"Why, son? Don't put on a scary face, your anger is pointless, your actions and attitudes are good, son. But ... what will happen to them after this? Can they live properly and escape the shadow of this suffering? Can you confirm it? No!! You won't be able to do it, son, they know all that ... they choose to die ... we have to respect their wishes and decisions, "exclaimed Balam, giving him a cold gaze he had never shown Pino before.
Is it wrong for Pino to get angry with Balam? No ... he was not wrong in this matter, he saved the women from the darkness and tried to bring them to the light. Unfortunately he did not know what was on the minds of women, did not understand the suffering that women had gone through, whereas Balam encountered these kinds of incidents often enough that he knew what was appropriate to do even if it was not the best choice.
Pino was angry and annoyed, but he couldn't deny what Balam said, he didn't have the right answer to that problem. Sometimes helping someone out of the dark doesn't mean taking him out of the place, just helping without guiding and watching him is not the right step, because everyone has their own way. However, ignoring them is also a bad choice, even a very bad one, a dilemma indeed but it is true.
"You shouldn't have killed them too, right?" Pino asked, he put his sword back on, walked towards the woman who had just stared at the light for the last time, picked up the cloth that had fallen on the ground, then he covered the heads of the women, then turned his back on his father.
"Just worry about yourself first, son. You will understand what I am doing in the future, now you have to pay attention to your situation ... rest, I will bury them," Balam exclaimed, he didn't pay attention to what Pino was doing, he picked up the four women and moved them, and then he made a hole big enough, so that he could fit all four women into the hole.
The night grew colder, without any more warmth, the full moon shone brightly. Balam washed the sweat on his forehead, he had just finished the funeral for the women, victims of the Goblin's savagery. He sat by the graves of the women, his eyes sad, staring at the sky, hiding his feelings, he didn't really want to take life anymore. Tonight he returns to the person he used to be, ever since he took care of Pino, he never did anything like today, taking human lives.
He knew how much impact his actions had on Pino, but he couldn't deny the wishes of women, he could only harbor this guilt. Even though he often does this kind of action, but it all happened in the past, more than ten years he has not killed others anymore, the feelings he felt today made him think back to that time.
However, he didn't let Pino carry this burden, so he took it. Bringing them back to ordinary life does not guarantee them a good life, the responsibility is much heavier than taking their lives, especially this decision can be taken after Balam saw the decisions of the women who were unanimous.
Seeing Pino who was sitting far away from him staring intently at the grave without batting an eye, Balam felt guilty. "Son, sorry, you have to see that incident ... the action I did was not the right one, if you had more power ... you would definitely have many choices," said Balam, he approached Pino when he said this matter.
Only a few steps from where Pino was sitting, Balam stood quietly, his eyes gaze upon Pino with affection. For a moment he couldn't see Pino anymore, he turned around and was about to leave Pino who was silent and did not respond to his words. Of course he could not be angry with the attitude Pino showed, he was silent and walked away from Pino.
"Yes, Dad. What you did was too shocking for me, I've never seen you like this," replied Pino, he lowered his head, no longer dared to look at Balam. In all his life, this is the first time he has seen Balam with this attitude, especially when Balam killed women. Pino could feel that something was different from his father, he felt that Balam was used to doing such actions.
They were silent and looked at each other's eyes, Pino dared to look into Balam's eyes, he sighed softly as his gaze met with an unusual gaze from Balam. Pino stood up, he walked slowly, he stepped closer to Balam, but he did not hug Balam or be in front of him. He passed Balam and walked towards the graves of the women.
Holding a stone, then putting it in the graves of the women, then he held it tightly. His eyes were full of determination, his gaze was firm, then he seriously said, "I'm sorry ... I couldn't help you earlier, if I had more strength, I could help you.I can't do anything right now, however ... I promise ... I will make this world better and more livable. "
Pino said it seriously, his face was flat but his eyes were full of determination. He stood leaving the tomb and past Balam, then said softly, "Dad ... how can I learn magic quickly? I've heard from some people we lived with ... that I had a big mana, similar to mom. "
Balam wasn't too surprised when Pino talked about magic or making the world a better place, instead he smiled broadly and looked at Pino with tenderness, "I know you're going to say this, son. Our goal is to go to Morshore City to make you understand what magic is ... you'll understand better when you're there. One of the conditions for learning magic is to open the magic core ... before that, I wanted you to know ... if I asked my friends to close your magic core. "