Chapter four:
With some sheer luck she arrived at the lake the cottage is situated, her eyes glue to the lake as if gazing into the deep as bubbles began to erupt from the lake in response to her gaze
tenth showed up growling at the girl who hissed back at it, tenth eyes soon land on Damien figure on her should and as if in rage began trashing furiously with his tentacles while attempting to snatch Damien from her
the girl react to this by transforming to a giant basilisk just like Damien hissing angrily at tenty, both side were lock on a show down of intimidation
just then the blind man showed up, landing on tenty head gracefully, his gaze glue at the basilisk stirring dagger at him
he shift his gaze from her to Damien body carefully and meticulously held within her grip not to crush him
"let's not be rude to our guess tenty, do invite them in" patting tenty to calm down
"what your name" he asked the basilisk after tenty calm down
she kept her gaze Locked on fhe an and how he kindly stroke tenty while talking to her
her body revert back to normal with her still holding unto Damien. "I don't have a name yet" her sweet meek voice portray a gentle soul
"I see, then come in first, hen he wakes up with can talk more. you also would need a change of clothes" he points at her ragged clothes stain with dried blood
tenty extend one of its tentacle for her to hop in and lead them to the cottage
Dinner this time around looks nothing like it used to be anymore as three figure sat at the dinning table with an awkward silence permitting the air
Damien had waken up a while back while why his father was setting up the dinning table and was invited to the table immediately he woke up along with the new guest
unable to stand the silence anymore, Damien decides to speak but was beaten to his action by his father, "dinner is getting cold, eat first we'll talk later"
Damien clenched his fist but decided to obey, helping himself to the basket of fruit on the table. the girl follow shit seeing Damien had began to eat.
"the beef won't wuff itself down you know, mix diet doesn't just nourish the body. its also speeding it recovery, especially beast meal"
Damien had to get himself some roasted meat too and in no time dinner was over quietly
about to speak he wasn't beating to it again, "how reckless and foolish were your action today Damien, what would you have done when the odds stack up against you
you might be Strong for your age and even stronger than your peer but there are people out there far stronger than you are
picking up fight isn't my problem but picking up a lost battle is one I can't tolerate
a wise man should always chose his fight wisely, you didn't just put your life in danger but that of her too"
Damien shrinks into his sit hearing the serious and stern tone his father was chastising him with, he has rarely seen him get anger or work up
seeing Damien shrunk into his sit miserably, he sigh and gave up scolding him further.
"do you mind telling me about yourself now" he shifted his focus to the girl who jolt at his gaze
she just witnessed him scolding his own son, being a guess meant she might get a double of that and her instinct already show this man is stronger than her
"she doesn't have a name and us around two hundred years old in her previous form but is barely few month old in her new form after consuming a mystical herb"
both his father and the girl turn towards Damien wondering how he got to know so much about someone he just met and barely know
realizing the awkwardness, Damien face turn solemn. hiding his face from the curious gaze burning at him
making a mental note of this, his father turned back to the girl more interested in what herb she had consumed to help her awaken a sentient consciousness.
"can you describe the herb you consumed for me" the girl nodded in agreement, rumbling through her rag clothes as she brought out a portion she had left
his eyes brow raised seeing the faint aura surrounding the herb, it's no wonder he had missed it earlier.
this herb had lost its lister to a dying rate, it wouldn't have much use to anyone as it is
"do you still recall where you found this Herb?"
she nodded, "I can take you there if you want to, it's on the other side of the mountain peak at the heart of the forest.
I don't know much on herbs or alchemy but I believe there are other precious plants there too"
Damien father took a thoughtful pose, lost in his own thought. "I'll locate it myself on a later time, first tell me, how long have you been in contact with the humans"
"ever since I woke up, losing my previous strength of a tier 3 basilisk. I made my way to the human settlement I have come across some while back
but I was unsure how they would react to my appearances, so I leave at the edge of the forest watching and learning as much as I could from the workers of the field while hiding from being discovered"
"And today?"
she was intrigued by the kid with lightning ability playing by the side of the forest so she decided to show herself to them
hoping since they are all kids, she would be accepted by them. but the result overwhelmed her imagination
this brings me to asked why you were bent on saving them back then" Damien cut in with a serious time at the end of his speech
even his father was interested to hear her reason for holding back instead if reacting to her natural instinct.
"I met an old lady one of the night I snuck into town, she didn't mind my look and offered me hospitality aware from the chasing town guard on my tail for stealing something to eat
ever since then, she had taken me as her own anytime I go over her house. she thought me to look beyond the cruelty of humanity and I'll see their sweet nature"
both Damien and his father marvel at her resolve to hold on to this teaching even when she is in trouble
"so are you l..."
"no he isn't" Damien father cut in before she could complete her question, "he is very much human and a weak one at that
the incident today made me realize I've been to soft with you, hence forth you'd be under Intense training and that goes for you to Dianne
with time you would perfect your transformation and get rid of all the adnormality in your transformation
I can't allow any member of my family to be weak, you can't be weak as long as long as you are one of us"
she felt elicited hearing she got a name and most importantly she got the one thing she had been looking for after observing humans for a while.
"family"
dinner was over quietly, Damien say at the edge of the cottage close to the lake as he gaze into the night sky in thought
"hey" Dianne walked over and joined him
"hey"
"thanks for earlier, I owe you one back there"
"its nothing, I bet you've have done the same for me if I was in your shoes. I saw what you did to that man who pushed Granny down"
Diana eyes took a suddenly glint of hate and anger but quickly suppressed it, after which she let out an helpless sigh.
"I couldn't help it, he incidentally hurt Granny which lead to her death. if not for him, granny would still be alive today"
Damien nodded, he saw the entire information through her memory. two youngster were practicing their Magi and one incidentally made a miss fire
hitting Granny with earth spike, before someone with healing magi could show up. she already passed away, out off anger she trace the youngster and killed him at night.
"let me ask you, how did you feel when you killed him, what does it feel like to accomplish the desire of your rage?"
he could still recall the amount of rage he felt back there, all he wanted at that moment is slay that kid
"nothing, I didn't feel the joy of killing him after watching him die. at felt I felt the thrill of killing him with the thought of avenging Granny
but after that I felt empty and lost, no true joy once it over. I stare at that corpse for long wondering if I did the right thing
if Granny would have want me to go down this path, the regret and pain is not something I'll wish for anyone and its the more reason I stop you"
Damien looked at her for a while, after which he went back to gazing at the stars. "I've always wanted to get Strong and be the strongest human out there after listening to tales my father told me about his time
but now I don't know what I really want anymore, if humans are like this, what good would it be for me to grow stronger only to end up becoming like them"