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Just to be safe, he didn't absorb that bluish energy, but only the regular energy which he usually absorbed. After a few minutes, there were still no changes, and he felt a shadow cast across his face. After opening his eyes, he saw that Aeloria was already done with her routine.

"Sorry if I took a long time. The dirt and grime were sticking so hard to my skin that it took me a while to get it off," Aeloria said with a blush on her face.

Alexander just shook his hands, telling her not to mind it. Remembering the scene, he could not help blush from what he had done.

"Let's go outside. Anya seems to be sleeping. Let's not disturb her by making noise," he said in a low voice.

Aeloria nodded her head as she took the first step to exit the small wooden house. When they were outside, they went to a table where there were two seats made out of rock. Alexander sat down while Aeloria sat in the opposite direction, so they were now facing each other.

Alexander gazed at her intently. She was actually much more beautiful when there was no dirt and mud covering her. She was a beauty that even Alexander was taken back by the huge change. If she was back in his world, every entertainment company would likely hire her for an unimaginable price.

"Oh yeah, you didn't give me any reply when I asked you this earlier. Is it okay to ask? Are you and Anya related by any chance?" Alexander asked remembering, since their last names were totally different.

Hearing his question, she was saddened, and her brows trembled slightly, "Well, I think you already know that me and Anya aren't really related. I believed that you already know why her parents died, right?" she asked, looking into his eyes.

Alexander nodded and replied, "Yes, she said that her father died during a hunting trip when he was attacked by some beast, while her mother died of an illness," he stated, recounting the story Anya had told him back their.

Hearing this, her eyes trembled, and a deep sigh escaped her mouth. Alexander, seeing her expression, couldn't help but think that this wasn't really the case at all.

"Actually, that story wasn't true about his father dying. They were killed by bandits when he was out hunting for food. The villagers witnessed that they offered him a chance to live if he gave his wife which is Anya's mother, to them to be their plaything to pass the time.

Her father retaliated, but those bandits were stronger, killing him in the process," she said, her voice trembling, thinking about Anya's life experiencing the loss of love ones as a child.

"After that, her mother and Anya were left, but did the bandits leave them? No, they didn't. One bandit went to their house, and one of the villagers heard their conversation. He said that if she didn't follow instructions to go to their place every day, her daughter would be implicated in this trouble.

Aunt was so scared at that time that she had no choice but to comply, and the villagers were too weak to handle this," she uttered, clenching her teeth.

Alexander frowned at this. The story was actually darker than it seemed, "What is the condition that those bandits gave to keep her daughter safe in return?" he said, his voice becoming heavier.

"You already know what those conditions are, since what do disgusting men want from a woman anyway? Because Aunt was so beautiful that those bandits couldn't resist at all. They offered her to serve all of their people back in their lair. She could only resign herself to her fate unwillingly, since Anya was the only thing left for her. She then followed what they instructed.

She left early and told me, if it was okay, to take care of Anya while she went to 'work'. She didn't know that I knew where she was going, and I tried to stop her, but her mind was already made up. At night, when it was dark, and Anya was asleep, a knock came. When I saw it was Aunt, I cried just by seeing her appearance. Her face was so red and pale that it felt like she was out of breath.

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Her clothes were tattered, and there were many whip marks on her body. Her smile was still hanging on her face, and she looked at me with her eyes that were devoid of any life. Looking down, I could see that her lower part was bleeding continuously, as she fell toward me, gasping for breath," Aeloria said, her eyes were deep red, while gritting her teeth in rage.

A line of tears began to fall down her face.

Alexander's face was calm, but his heart was thumping heavily. His emotions were dormant, but they calmed down suddenly, as if he wasn't affected at all. But one word appeared in his mind, which is to exact "Revenge." Imagine a happy life with your family being ruined for their own amusement. It was something only a madman could do. It was even worse than a devil itself.

"Every morning when I woke up, I could see that Aunt was smiling, looking at me, trying to comfort me, telling me she was feeling better than ever before. She then left before Anya could wake up, and when she returned that night, she was in terrible condition again. Her lower part was still bleeding, which greatly affected her health. Every night she came back, more injuries seemed to appear.

Her face wasn't affected, since that's what the bandits were after. I even saw that her nipples were bitten off, making her cry out in pain when she tried to sleep. This torture kept going on for months, until she got so sick she couldn't walk anymore but still keep going.

Her stomach was now bulging, and she was impregnate by those bastards at that time, but they didn't care about it, as they kept playing with Aunt. As days passed, she became seriously ill, making a slight move impossible she can only lie down to her sickbed, and she passed away not long after, filled with bad memories of torture," Aeloria sobbed.

Her tears kept falling from her eyes, and she even choked sometimes as she told this story.

Alexander clenched his hands to a fist and swore in his heart that before he left, he must avenge Anya's parents so their souls could finally pass away with no resentment.

"I'm sorry for asking about this," he spoke.

He hadn't known that by asking this question, he was bringing back those bad memories.

Aeloria wiped the tears on her face and tried to make a smile, "Don't worry about it. Since you know Anya, knowing this is information is good," she said softly.

"But how did Anya not know about this situation?" he asked, narrowing his gaze.

Aeloria just sighed and replied, "That's because Aunt kept this a secret from her, afraid that she would hold resentment in her heart. At that time, when Aunt was leaving, Anya had been looking for her, and she could only see her in the middle of the night, tired and sleepy, so she had no idea. After that month, she only saw her for the first time not leaving their home, which is when she was sick.

So those were their last moments before Aunt passed away," she said, as she hung her head.

"But that was a very long time ago. It's been a year since her parents died," she continued.

Alexander nodded his head as he asked another serious question, "They did come back?" His voice was calm as he said this.

Aeloria nodded her head in fear and replied, "When Aunt passed away after a year. They came back, and one of them turned their target on me and gave me the same option as Aunt. I was so angry and scared at the same time, but I treated Anya as my little sister, starting from when she was just a child, since Aunt always helped me when I was young back then.

So I agreed to their request, and just by seeing his ugly smile made me so enraged," she said, her nostrils flaring with anger.

"But luckily, that day was the start of the trouble. This is when the beasts started attacking the village.

So, when the bandits heard this, they tried to go near the area to capture both me and Anya, but because of the large amount of beasts that were being attracted by our village, they fled in fear and never bothered me again in the past three weeks," she said in relief, but the death of their village because of the calamity made her not happy about this.

Alexander couldn't help but sigh in relief, since Aeloria didn't experience what Anya's mother went through, since it could have been a disaster and a dark memory to be remembered.

His eyes then narrowed as he asked something, "Did your village chief not do anything when this happened?"

"No, he's powerless at that moment. Since if he wants to partake in it, all of the villagers will also be caught in the spiral as well," she replied, answering Alexander's question.

"Powerless?" he muttered inwardly, deep in thought. He sensed that the village chief was more than meets the eye.

His gut told him that the chief wasn't normal, since he felt something weird about him. But since his mission was to find the culprit, then the old man was his first suspect.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Alexander then stood up, wanting to investigate the reason why these beasts were attracted to this village. Seeing him stand, Aeloria glanced at him, wondering what he wanted to do.

Seeing her questioning look, he smiled at her of course, "I'll be out and investigate. I'll be back, and you don't need to gather food for today, since it will be dangerous at this time. I'll return bringing lunch," he said with a smile.

He then diverted his glance to the forest and walked his way, bidding farewell. Aeloria was about to say something, but he had already walked in. She was worried that bad things must happen to him, but when she remembered Anya telling her about how he single-handedly dealt with a werebear, she calmed down a bit, but the worry was still there.

Alexander, who was inside the place checking the area, hopped from tree to tree, circling the village. He didn't feel anything abnormal at all. After circling the area, there were no beasts, but only animals that were not ferocious. And only herbivores were found.

"What's the source of this trouble?" he muttered, deep in thought.

After hanging in the tree for about an hour and seeing that the sun was about to set, he decided to return. But first, he needed to bring lunch.

He directed his way to the river, from where Aeloria had cleaned herself. If he was right, that river must be filled with fish. After hopping like a ninja, leaving afterimages from tree to tree, he arrived at the serene river.

Alexander then jumped down from above. As his feet touched the ground, he only took off his shorts and T-shirt so his clothes wouldn't get wet. Yes, he wouldn't get cold, but sleeping in wet clothes was uncomfortable don't you think?

With just his boxer shorts, he then went into the water, which reached over his waist only. He focused his attention on the clean water. And he could even see its bottom, making it easy for him to spot the fish that were swimming merrily, not knowing the impending danger is closing in on them.

With a shoot of his arms through the water, the speed was so fast that it caught the fish. With a grip the fish couldn't get away, it felt like it was being held by an iron grip that no amount of movement could make its body free.