My body feel so weak, as if I'll drain my whole energy only to move one inch. I slowly open my eyes.
This is my room, with familiar atmosphere and interior inside. After a while, I finally could move my body.
"Ugh…" I groaned hoarse in pain. Feeling few my body still in pain.
CLANK
I look at the sound, there are mom that drop a tray to the floor, make all the food splattered.
She look surprised with me, then she quickly come closer and hug me.
"Ohh…. Ivy… You finally awake" Mother hurriedly jump and hug me, despite all the food that scattered around.
At first I surprised with a sudden hug from mother, but eventually I let my mother keep hugging me and even I hug back to mother.
Then, a step hastily could heard from outside room, and father appear in front of door.
He couldn't hold his tear and also rush and hug me again.
'Ahh… truly a considerate family' I thought.
Father and Mother finally let themselves from hugging me after a while, and father finally speak.
"Ivy… I'm sorry, I couldn't help you at that time" He said regrettably with a distraught tone on his voice, he still feel guilty couldn't protect his family member.
I grab his hand and say.
"Father, don't worry and don't feel guilty, what I did is truly what family should do, I don't want to let father die in front of me. Okay?" I said tried to appease father
"But… what my purpose of me if I let you die later? I see Viktor pour that vial to you in front of me"
"Don't worry, just rest assure anything that has happened, and at least I didn't die from that vial" I said jokingly.
"Don't say that… you know what happen to mother after look at you bathe that vial from whole your head?!" Mother said snapped me.
"Ahaha…" I only answered with a smile.
"And also, look at you… your face changed you know!" mother said with give me a mirror.
I look myself from the mirror and yeah… I changed a lot, from my hair become white silver and my face as if has poured by an acid, it isn't change face shape at all, but the injury after revive that liquid still there and not disappear.
"We tried to call the healer and even ask help from priest that come to this village, sadly, he even couldn't remedy your face injury, he said it need more power that him, probably from goddess blessing or something that on par with that" Mother said.
I only touch a rub my face carefully, after a while I realize something while look at my face.
"Is it from receive to much radiation exposure?" I mumbled.
"Radia… what?" Mother asked me as if I already knew something.
"Ahh… no… I think it'll be difficult to regenerate" I said try to cover what I said before.
"Ahh right… how long I've been unconscious?" I asked curiously.
"One week, after you fall unconscious everyone start to safe everything that they could, and helping each other. Ahh right, also your friends will departure right now" Father added information.
"Really?" I asked, and also I'm quite shocked because I spent one week on my bed and today is my friends departure to capital.
"I should hurry up" Then I tried to get out of the bed.
"Don-" Mother try to hold me get out from bed.
"Ugh…" I groaned in pain again, this time my leg not fully recovered.
"I told you" Mother said highly her tone.
"I need to give them a farewell" I said.
I thinking for a while 'should I make that?' after a while.
Then I open my [Magic Space] and pull a log of wood.
"What will you make from that?" Father asked curiously.
"Some device for my leg" then focus on my work, I'm using a [synthetize] I reshaped a wood of log and then two crotch has ready.
"Is that easy make an item?" Father asked to me again, probably he never amazed by how my creativity on magic.
"Yeah… thanks for magic, everything become convenience" I said shrugged.
Mother only rolled her eyes how persistent of me.
"Alright… we'll go there together shall we?" Mother asked to me.
"Okay…" I answered.
***
Another place, there are so many people with in front of the village gate. Despite one week ago this gate has burned down by the bandits, luckily that the princess hold our departure and give all of us to fix some crucial place for defense before we leave, even some knight willing to help us.
"Sigh… basically all of this because of Ivy" Zack said after look at surrounding. Only a few people who die and there aren't any things that stole by bandits.
'If only I was strong enough to protect anyone like Ivy, probably we could defend this village and even saved Ivy those leader' Zack thought.
Look at his bare hand, even though it has abrasive from constant training everyday, it still not enough to protect everyone.
He look at the surrounding, his friend that'll go to with him to academy, he feel that he'll carry put more burden, not only because he must protect them, but also Ivy that won't accompany him again.
"Sigh… I hope Ivy could join us" He mumbled, hoping again that Ivy keep with him.
"Thinking about me?" A familiar voice suddenly wake him up from his thought.
"?! I- IVY?!" Zack startled shocked by the voice, then he quickly look at his back and he's right, Ivy is there.
She come approach with a tool to help her stand. White hair and wound on her face that make her unrecognize from before.
Zack still aghast with Ivy appearance. Even though he already know about Ivy condition because he has visited Ivy when she unconscious, he didn't suppose it'll be like this when she awake.
"Ivy?! I knew you're still unwell but why you force yourself come here?" Zack asked after he pull out himself.
"Umm… to give you farewell?" Ivy said with her different tone, and Zack realize that liquid not only change her face but also her voice, it become hoarse.
"Sigh… I knew you always thinking about your friends but I didn't expect this much" Zack said facepalming his hand.
"Yeah… but at least let me see my friends out of their cage before me" Ivy said.
"Yeah… thank you… I hope I can protect them when you aren't with us"
"Haha… don't worry, you've a [Dragon Knight] blessing right? Everyone who'll come closer will hesitate because of you, that's for sure" Ivy said with smack his back.
Then both of them laugh together and enjoying their time before departure.
"Everyone, please get ready, we'll leave right now, please ride on the carriage" A knight shouted to the crowd.
Everyone get ready and one by one jump on the carriage.
"Farewell… hope you've a safe trip" Ivy said to Zack while waving her hand.
"Yeah… I'll wait you at capita, just tell me if you arrive at there?!" Zack shouted while waving his hand back.
With that, Ivy and his friends has separated away, while other has went to capital, while herself has a matter that she should deal.
***
I keep look at the carriage that carry all my friends and other kids to the capital, until all the carriage lost to the horizon.
Only left me, father and mother who keep accompany me stand in front of gate.
They left, only me and other kids who unlucky couldn't fulfil the criteria that settled by the kingdom.
"Father… how much victim that died from the bandits raid before?" I asked to my father while I keep watching horizon.
"If I'm not wrong around 17 people" Father said while thinking a little bit try to remember.
"Is there any strong people who free and could take care 50 dead body?" I asked again.
"Ehh… I could gathered people to do that… but why?" Father asked to me.
"Remember when I went to hunt before the bandits raid?"
"Yes?"
"I found a goblin settlement and after I raid that, I found around 50 female dead bodies there, while there are also 5 female who still alive" I answered.
"Oh god?!" Father responded nauseated. He couldn't imagine one goblin settlement that fill with 50 female dead bodies.
"Could you ask them to gather to church? And don't forget to bring some shred to cover their nose" I asked while looking at father, I could imagine what he feel.
"Alright…" He answered and take another way to aske as many people to gather at Church.
"Ivy… you can do that later you know? Aren't you aware that your [magic space] won't let a carcass rotten in there?" Mother asked to me, I guess she still afraid that I still forced myself.
"No… I hope with hasten the burial could make their suffering disappear soon" I answered.
Yeah, even though mother has a right argue but look at them who suffered from goblin's torture, I want to let them rest properly as soon as possible.
"Ahh right… how about 5 people that I saved before?" I asked to mom after a while.
"You mean from that goblin settlement? Yes, they are in church care" Mother answered.
Then we arrived at church. I can see few flower has planted again. Then, we entered the church.
Mother opened the door and we walk in to the church, there are few people who still praying, and the most important person that I need to meet also there. Madam Thelma.
A woman with all back clothes, she still mourn and pray from event yesterday.
'Hope I'm not give her more burden' I thought while waiting to end her praying, even though eventually I'll exposed it.
After a while, finally she finished her pray, then she turn around and look at us.
Quickly she pull herself and give a smile to us.
"Ahh… Ely, Ivy. What's bring you to this church today?" She tried to ask politely.
"Yes… I need your help to burry 50 female dead body, is it possible to burry them at empty land behind the church?" I asked straight to the point.
"Ohh my god?! What happen else now?" She shouted shocked.
"Ahh… no, it's from my hunt before, I found a goblin settlement and after I raided that, I found around 50 dead body there, most of them is female" I explained.
"Ohh… how honorable you are, not only save a person who still alive but also people who has died. Hope god gave you more blessing" Madam Thelma said and giving a praying gesture again.
After that, we waiting my father to come, and eventually, around 20 people has gathered, and we're start to burry all of them.
I put out all 50 people lying on the ground, and they start to dig a grave and burry it one by one.
Around 50 dead body has buried, together with a victim that also died from bandits raid, with only a cross tombstone as their sign, everyone don't know who are they, but all the villager still give a pray and pity for them.
"Thank to you, I hope they can rest in peace properly" Madam Thelma said to me while grab a basket of flower and sprinkle it one by one with other female villager.
"Yes…" that's what come to my mouth, while my eyes keep looking at the sun who nearly set, I still thinking about my decision.
"You still want to revenge? In order to not let them attack again?" Madam Thelma asked as if she knew what's going on inside my mind.
"Yeah… but not a hateful revenge. I don't care about this face or liquid that has pored to my body. It is… only a matter that need to settled down" I answered, thinking about Viktor that escape like a coward.
"It depends on your decision, but you must remember we still here for you even though your friends has leave" Madam Thelma answered with a smile.
I smile a little heard Madam Thelma's answer.
"Thank you" That what come to my mind.
***
One week later.
"Are you sure you've prepared anything?" Mom asked to me again, this is her 15th same question.
"Don't worry, I've healthy enough to take care an goblin commander again" I answered with a smile.
Then I look at father who keep look at me worriedly.
"You'll deal with Viktor right?" Father asked to me.
"Yeah… that's for sure before I went to Veris" I answered confidently.
"Be careful okay, and make sure you won't on verge of death again" Father warned me.
"Alright"
Then I look at everyone, who give a farewell to me.
"Alright everyone, thank you very much for all your effort for me" I thank them with bowing myself.
All of them waving their hand.
With that, I leave the Arista Village, my home, follow my friends path that has took before me, fly away from her cage.