BATTLE CRY'S

Lontara 37: The Past

Andros saw that and planted his fish and then took off his shirt, he put on two layers of clothes and gave the outermost layer to wear Veins.

"It's wearing, a shirt like that definitely can't stand the cold." Andros gave him his shirt and greeted the vein.

"Thank you." Vein was wearing that shirt outside of hers.

"I'm worried about whether Uncle Ozo and Hazel will be okay. It's late and they'll be looking for us."

"Just relax, Uncle Ozo is a Silver Mage. And also he seems to have traveled a lot, there is nothing to worry about them." Vein chiming.

"Yes, right. First we have to get out of this place"

After eating the fish and shrimp they spent time lying on the grass and staring at the starry sky while sharing stories.

"It must have been hard, getting such treatment from your peers" Vena slightly frowned upon hearing of Andros' childhood being ostracized by a child her age.

"How about yourself?" Andros asked suddenly.

"Hm. This isn't a good story but, maybe I can share it with you...."

Vena told me about her childhood. He was the youngest of five children. Formerly Vena was a jolly child and loved to play like children in general, everyone liked the jolly little girl. But when he was five years old Vena was known to have only two elements in the spirit root and one of them was a poison element. Father and the other elders were so proud of being born a genius within their sect but the genius of Vena made his four brothers spiteful to him.

Their attitude slowly turned cold and often frightened the Veins. It made Vena very sad and lonely but her mother still loved her even after getting such treatment from her brother Vena's mother even more dear to Vena, it made her four brothers even more furious.

They began to prank Veins in various ways. It made Vena more frustrated especially in addition to the training given by her heavy father. Even so little Vena did not complain because when she came home her mother would welcome her with a warm hug and kiss.

But everything changes when Vena's mother is killed while away on business with her father. Their carriage was ambushed by dozens of Magicians, At that time Vena's father failed to save his mother who had been hit right in the heart. Finally Vena's furious father slaughtered all the attackers to the point of not being left alone.

After getting word that her mother had gone missing Vena was devastated. His heart was broken but he did not cry even when his mother's funeral he just stood expressionlessly looking at his mother's coffin in the grave.

From that day on something changed in Vena, she was not the little girl she used to be. Now he dared to oppose his four brothers, but because his knowledge was still low he was always defeated by his brothers.

Therefore he practiced more diligently, he showed very fast development thanks to the persistence and guidance of his father who was also a poison master and was finally able to defeat his brothers.

After that he became obsessed with poison, initially he did it on small animals such as rabbits or cats over time by secretly he tested the poison on his brother.

After that he became addicted and continued to make research and experiments on the human body so that it got the nickname 'Mad Venom Princess' by the Black magician. Even it made her grandmother worry if the men were afraid of her and Vena would not be able to get married.

He grew fed up with the eyes that always looked at him with a disrespectful look, if he saw any man who tried to look at him with such a gaze then he would instantly throw a poisonous needle into that person's eyeball. From then on he wore a mask to cover his face.

"That's my story....." Vena said, followed by a slow breath, he lifted the mask he always wore while staring at the mask.

Andros only listened while staring at the starry sky then turned his face to Vena.

The vein that realized it immediately looked back towards Andros.

"What's wrong?"

"Hm. right too, if you look again it turns out you are very beautiful." Andros noticed Vein's face shape well.

"U..um, Really?" The vein immediately turned its face to the other side.

Andros looked back at the twinkling stars in space. The two of them lay on the grass and lifted the sky they threw jokes at each other and slowly fell asleep with the sound of crickets from the forest.

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Andros stood in front of the black door that was his entrance with Vena, the door was now tightly closed and could not be destroyed even though Andros was expending his full strength. Even if it did not use deep power it should be enough to crush a huge rock. But this door doesn't budge in the least.

Andros sat cross-legged before the door thinking about how to get out of here.

While out there, Vena was sitting by the lake. He played on the surface of the water and turned to the right and left and looked at the door of the library building.

Then stand up and go to the large rock area near the river which if enough closed. He looked around and slowly opened his clothes. With a heart he took off one by one his clothes. White and beautiful body, seen from behind the black clothes.

Then the vein soaked behind a large stone.

"Ah... heaven of the world." Veins dunked his entire body up to his neck. This water feels very comfortable and soothing as if all the dirt and sweat on a clean broom.

Then Vein cleansed her body, until she felt something pinch her back. Vena looked back and saw a small white fish sticking out of her back.

"Ah you again.where are your friends."

Vena felt something shrug her shoulder. He saw two small fish followed by another small fish.