[ 31 October 2021 ]
[ Kent's Family House ]
" Ragna, I hope you're okay,... my grandson... " grandma Rory Kent prays as she goes home as she still had the keys.
As she went home, she began to remember the message she had just received from her fellow Healer temples' friends that the Battle Maiden had made contact with Ragna after a bit of misunderstanding.
" Thank goodness the Battle Maiden had made contact with him as she promised me back then. " Rory feels relieved as she prepares to enter the house two bring all of her things before evacuating, but before that.
" Rory!!! " someone suddenly calls her as she instinctively looks and searches where the voice came from.
" You...! " Rory shouts as she recognizes the man that she just looked at.
" Mr. Zack!!! " Rory calls the person's name as the man who just called her one of her old acquaintances.
" Rory!!! still looked the same as ever!!!" Zack says as he was so correct after briefly recognizing her earlier which he almost fears that it is a wrong person but turns the woman she just called was the Rory he knows. After all, Rory looked the same as he remembers back then, thanks to her Gift and Blessing [Healing Body] that allows her to Heal with anyone including her own body, making her look so young despite being in her 60s.
After they greet each other, Zack begins to help Rory pack her belongings from the House while both of them ask about each other. From the conversation, it was revealed that Zack Kiehl, this man, is Rory Kent's old friend from the US who happens to come to Trinia for a better life after WWII which is also the time when Trinia country begins to be formed by the Diviners as a Sanctuary for the refugees.
Back then, Zack and Rory came from Kansas as they both were also neighbors and classmates back then, even when coming to Trinia, both of them came together with their known friends and relatives as they were given a promise of a new life in Trinia and to escape the ravages of war.
" So how was your life, Rory? " Zack asks as he finishes bringing Rory's last package to her car while moving some of the nearly heavy ones to his Truck as he parks it near the House.
" It was good, Zack... I feel a lot better here than in Kansas... " she says which makes Zack smile.
" And how about you, you seemed to have a good life too after we never met so long. " Rory says to Zack he replies that he's been fine and tells Rory of his work as a Home Vet that he has done for many years.
As he tells Rory about it, Zack begins to say his regrets for not meeting Rory for some time as he also regretted not coming to Rory's husband's funeral (Ragna's grandpa) since he had to help the Inquisitors take care of the Divine Bred Animals at their base.
After he tells about his life, Zack then asks where is Rory's children and grandchildren as he sees Rory being alone while evacuating all of her things which made Rory sad as she tells Zack that her children are all gone.
The first one, his first-born son, Carnegie, died with his wife, leaving his only son Ragna who also now is currently gone for the Abyss Tower Raid. The second one, her daughter, Rosaria had left for the US as she was married there and the third one, her last son, is gone, as he can't be found anymore.
" I'm so sorry for that. " Zack says as he never thought Rory's family will be so scattered which made him sad since he thinks that Rory must have a good life with her family unlike him who had constantly had many misfortunate when his wife gave birth to a child many times until she gives up before dying, leaving him alone at old age with no progenies in this world.
As he calms Rory down, Zack immediately tried to cheer Rory up to leave as he brings her slowly to her car and tells her to drive first for he will follow her to the evacuation point behind her to guard her.
" Thank you, Zack, I really appreciate your help. " Rory says as she enters her car and drives first while Zack followed her in his truck.
While following Rory, he sets his eyes on the west as he can see the skies are red which makes him uneasy.
" The Demons are on the verge of attacking again, aren't they? " Zack says for he thinks to himself about the Abyss Tower in that direction.
" The Abyss Tower, The Tower of the Abyss, or whatever it is called, is something that should've never existed in the first place," he says.
" And the gods..., since this is the demons' attack, they should've not let their mortals sacrifice themselves fighting the demonic monstrosities inside that very Tower. " Zack comments on himself while driving behind Rory's car.
As he comments about the Tower, he begins to remember Ragna, Rory's grandson whom she said to participate in its Raid which makes him also worried for he also prays to the Creator to guard Ragna in his Raid.
" I don't know on what Tier that his Gift Core at right now, but now I can only pray for him to the Creator for his very safety inside the Tower. "
" For surviving the Tower of the demons needs the blessing and the great guardian from the gods, for no humans should've entered that realm of battle in the first place. "
As he prays while following Rory, Zack and Rory's vehicle then entered the Evacuation Point where the authorities begin to assess their belongings for security as they checked it all.
" Clear!!! " the security says as they were both instructed to park their vehicles on the designated parking they had made and enter the evacuation camps to rest themselves until the authorities give them another announcement.
After parking, both Zack and Rory decided to go to the camps as they were assigned to the same camp for them to rest as the two of them get their meals.
" It'll be alright, Rory " Zack suddenly says to her while eating together.
" What are you saying, Zack? " Rory asks.
" Your grandson will survive, don't worry. " Zack says those words without reason which Rory finds it confusing at first but later she agrees for that is what she hoped right now, for his grandson, Ragna to return home, safely.
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Extra:
Hello guys this is the first chapter of Volume 2: Tower of the Abyss.