Slap!
"Y-you how dare you show your face here!"
Claudia didn't move a single inch. She got slapped by her friend's mother. She was attending her friend burial. When she suddenly got slapped by her friend's mother, right in the face.
"How come my son died, and you live?!"
Claudia stood still, she was looking down on the ground, she didn't want to look her friend's mother in the eyes, because she feel guilty.
"She probably left him to die, what a bitch."
"Hey, be quiet she can hear us."
"So be it, if she can hear us, let her hear."
People were talking about Claudia behind her back. But Claudia ignored their voice, and focused her attention at the woman right in front of her.
"Leave... don't ever show your face infront of me again."
Claudia slowly turn her body, and began walking away from the place. Claudia walk to her house. She enter it and placed down her bag on the floor. She quickly walk to her bedroom, and lie down on her bed.
Tears were flowing down from her eyes, remembering her friend that died back in the dungeon.
'It's my fault that they died... it's my fault that i'm weak at healing... i... killed them..'
"Ha...Ha...."
Knock! Knock!
"Sis? Are you in there?"
Someone was calling her from behind the door.
Claudia wipe her tears with her hand.
"Yes, i'm inside."
"Can i, come in?"
"You can."
The door slowly open, revealing a young boy with a brown, wearing a long sleeve blue shirt, and a white pant.
"What is it Matthias?"
"Nothing, i'm just worried about you sis."
"Is that so? I'm really sorry for making you worried."
Matthias closed his mouth for awhile, before he open it again.
"Sis, are you sure you're fine?"
Matthias knew that her sister was having a hard time right now, that's why he was worried about her.
"I'm fine."
"Really?"
"Mhm."
Claudia say the word while still smiling to his younger brother.
"If you say so."
Matthias became silent.
'Sis, you're lying. I can hear the word you spoke before.'
Matthias was eavesdropping her sister when she talk about her friend, talking about how she killed them.
'Sis, why you keep that word to yourself and not talk it out with me. Why are you lying? I could help you...'
Matthias really want to help his older sister, but if she doesn't want to open up to him, what else can he do. Mathias then stand up and proceeded to leave the room.
"Sis, if you're feeling unwell. Call me."
"Yeah..."
Matthias soon closed the door slowly.
***
"Chief, we have a problem right now."
A guy with a black hair wearing a white shirt with a brown vest, and a short black pant. was talking to another man.
"What is it?"
The man with a white hair, wearing a top hat and a white shirt with a black long coat, and a black pant asked the man.
"Appearently, a-a monster suddenly attacked our barn, killing every cow and chicken in there."
The man look down to the ground. He could not meet the other man eyes.
"WHAT?!"
The man with white hair shouted at the other man.
"Don't you know?! That tommorow is the day for the goddess sacrifice?!"
The white haired man grabbed the man's shirt. But the man didn't move a muscle.
"Do you want to be sacrificed? HUH?"
The white haired man was angry, as they were talking, a boy with a blonde hair was walking right beside them, holding a loaf of bread.
Both of them at the same time, quickly look at the little boy.
"Huh isn't that, that 'girl' brother?"
The girl they were talking about, was the girl who survived the dungeon incident. They were talking about Claudia,
"Rumours said that she abandoned her friend, which lead them to death."
As the white haired man heard about this, he quickly smiled.
"Kukuku!"
The white haired man approached the boy.
"Hey kid, let's have a talk."
"Hmmm? Sure."
The white haired man grabbed the kid hand, and they went into a dark alley.
***
Sun light penetrated the window in Claudia's room. The light shine right over her eyes, making her woke up from her sleep. She stretch her hand up.
"Hoaam."
She then stand up and took a shower. After taking a shower, she put on a blue sleeveless shirt, and a green long robe. She tied her hair into a ponytail.
Claudia came out of her room,
"Matthias, wake up."
But there was no response from him.
"Matthias?"
She went inside his room, but Matthias was not there.
'Where is he?'
"Did he wake up first? That's impossible."
Noticing that something is wrong, Claudia goes out.
"Have you seen a kid with a blonde hair?"
"Appearently not, sorry."
She start asking people about Matthias, but unfortunately no one see him, some even ignored her.
After searching for 4 hours, she still couldn't find Matthias.
'Matt, just where did you go?'
As she was wandering around the street, she saw that there was a group of people gathering. She then approached the group of people. Only to find that they were looking at the sacrifice performed by their Town's chief.
'Is it already the time for sacrifice? I forgot about that.'
It was an common sight for them as sacrifice will be held every month, to pay a tribute to the goddess for protecting them from monster all this time.
"Ohh, goddess, Please recieve our sacrifice."
As Claudia was about to leave, something whispered in her ears.
"Sis."
She instinctively turned around, realizing that there were nothing.
"Matthias?"
"Sis."
"Matthias! Where are you!"
Claudia scream, making the group of people averted their attention to her.
"Sis."
"Matt. Where are you?"
The voice whispered once more.
"Sis... help... me."
She noticed something was wrong right now. As she was standing still, a lightning suddenly struck the chief's offering.
"ARGH!"
"Goddess?"
"Why?! Why?!"
The chief screamed. The other people were shocked aswell. This was the first time that a lightning struck down, while the chief was offering a sacrifice. Claudia, suddenly, smelt something.
'This smell?! Blood?'
Blood was pouring from the offering place.
"Sis, help me."
The voice become more clear, as the blood finally reached her shoes.
'Wait, why did the voice become clearer...'
Claudia slowly approached the offering. She grab one of the offering meats. She noticed something, there was a bracelet on the meat. A bracelet that she knew. A bracelet that she bought for her brother.
As she saw that Claudia fall to her knees. She look at the Chief.
"You.... did this?"
The chief hold his head before start laughing.
"Yeah i did it why?"
"Why... did you do it?"
"Because you must pay for your sins right?"
"What... sin did i do? What sin... did my brother do? YOU MONSTER!!!!"
Claudia cried out, she then point her staff to the chief, before the chief quickly grabbed her staff. And punched her stomach.
"Bwargh!"
He then pin her body to the ground. Overpowering her body.
"YOU MONSTER! JUST KILL ME! KILL ME!"
Bak!
The chief punched her head.
"I get it stop screaming, i will kill you, but before that. Since the goddess refuse our offering that means the goddess will no longer protect our village."
The chief slammed Claudia's head against the ground.
"Thus, if this town die, might aswell have pleasure before i die myself."
"KUOORGH!"
Suddenly, monster quickly attacked the town.
"RUN! RUN!"
"FUCK, WHY DID THE GODDESS REJECT THE OFFERING?
As the whole town was still in the state of panic, the chief quickly grabbed the wounded Claudia into his house.
He throw Claudia body onto his bed, before slowly undressing her clothes.
"Heheh! Time to have some pleasure!"
Claudia can't do anything, tear was flowing down from her eyes. Right now she was in fear. Her body trembled. As the chief slowly touched her body.
'Ah...ah... someone..... help.... me...please.'
Claudia wished to be saved. The only thing that came up to her mind was...
'Mister.... save....me.'
She closed her eyes.
***
[Quest have been given.]
[Save Claudia.]
[Reward : Bone Materalization(Low)]
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