Divine Protection: The Pride System

Episode 13: Burning Anger

At night, in one of the houses in the village.

A woman with long blonde hair and brown irises, making a face full of anxiety.

Besides, a burly man with a beard, and a wrinkled face, also had the same expression as that woman— he was the husband of that woman.

Or rather, they were both the mother and father of a child named Meily.

His father was named Kamal, and his mother was named Lusi.

Right now they are both made very agitated and scared by a reason, it is—

“... Meily hasn't been home yet.”.

Lusi almost cried when he said that, his chest was depressed, it hurt like something was strangling him.

The worry and fear that had lingered within him, he could no longer hide within his facial expression.

“How is it, Kamal? Meily still hasn't come home either, what should we do?! What if he disappears?!”

Susi was very worried, tugging at Kamal's clothes in a panic, hoping her husband could do something about this.

But, Kamal was also troubled, his face had the same expression as his wife, he also did not know what to do.

“Shut up! Just free! I've been searching around the fields and asking people who are in the village, but none of them have seen Meily anywhere!”

Hearing that, Lusi's expression instantly turned dark, he had lost his hope and could barely maintain his strength to stand up.

“Kamal, did Meily disappear?! That kid was a little naughty, but he was a good kid! So there's no way he'll go all the way without asking permission from us!”

“—Tch! I KNOW THAT TOO!!!”

“Kyaa!!”

Kamal snapped at Lusi and pushed him down, leaving him even more helpless.

Perhaps, realizing what he had done, Kamal immediately calmed his mind and helped Lusi to stand up.

“I'm sorry.”

“No, I was wrong too. I'm sorry too.”

They soon make up.

But that won't be the end of all of this.

Meily disappears, and they don't have a clue to where Meily is missing.

It plunges them into negative thoughts, and makes them even more desperate.

Meily had been missing since this afternoon, and her parents had been searching for Meily since the afternoon, but there were no satisfactory results.

“It's no use, it's possible that Meily went to the forest. Let's ask the guard for this.”

Hearing the proposal from Kamal's suggestion, Lusi nodded and agreed.

“You're right, for now it's better we do what we can.”

After staring at each other, with a serious face, they ran towards the village gate.

There was no time to get ready, even though outside this moment it was extremely cold, their daughter's life was the most prioritized. They won't be able to calm down before they can find Meily.

Kamal gnashed his back teeth with a regretful feeling, he galloped while carrying the lantern light in his left hand.

He regretted, if only he paid more attention to his daughter, this would not have happened.

“Kamal, what will happen if Meily really disappears?”

While following from behind, Lusi asked, while putting on a pitiful face.

Since this afternoon he had been like this, he had no time to eat, and now his face was really very pale, like it had aged for decades.

Her thoughts were only filled with Meily and Meily, so she paid no attention to her appearance at all.

Hearing his wife's question, Kamal felt guilty, he wanted to do something to comfort her.

“Calm down, I'm sure this will be fine. Meily is a strong child, we will definitely meet her again.”

Saying that, Kamal forced his face to smile, but his eyes did not.

Like Lusi, he also had a very pale face as if he had aged for decades.

He wanted to comfort Lusi, and alleviate his worries by saying that everything would be fine.

But—

“Kamal, are you really worried about Meily?”

“....”

Instantly, the surroundings froze, hearing what his wife said, Kamal turned his gaze back, staring intently at his wife's brown irises. But, Lusi was also stubborn, he turned his face away and said.

“See, you're speechless. Kamal, are you really worried about Meily? You just said everything was fine, but you didn't fight for it at all! What do you really want?!”

“What do you mean? I'm also worried about Meily, isn't that obvious.”

“....”

Words wrapped in anger, looking at Luci's reddened face, Kamal frowned.

She was also angry, after all the reason why she was smiling was because she wanted to comfort Lusi, not because she wasn't worried about Meily.

Assuming that this was just a misunderstanding, Kamal tried to explain it.

“Lusion, this—”

“Be quiet!! It's your fault because you never became a father!!”

Lusi snapped, cutting Kamal's words over his burning impatience.

Hearing that, even though this was just a misunderstanding, Kamal could not let it go.

“Of course I'm worried about Meily! What do you think we're going to the gate for! Isn't that to ask if Meily went to the forest!! If it is, then we need to create a search team as quickly as possible!! I'm worried about Meily! Everything's connected!!”

“That's wrong!! Looking for Meily was the top priority, after which just asked!! Why don't you immediately gather people and create a search team?!! Of course, it's because you're not worried about Meily at all, so you can assume that this is just a trivial matter!”

“....”

It is true, Kamal could have said that Meily disappeared and discussed the matter with everyone in the village.

But, he was worried that the villagers would not believe him, and was wasting time debating the matter.

All he needs is proof. For that, he needed confirmation from the guards.

Also, gathering the search team would waste a lot of time, if he could, he wanted to immediately search for Meily even though it only numbered a few people— did, even though he was alone, he would still look for her.

Kamal did not say that on the conclusion that maybe his wife had the same thoughts as him.

But, it seemed like he was wrong, and it was instead creating a misunderstanding that led them to this quarrel.

“Listen, you misunderstood. I didn't do it because I wasn't worried about Meily. But, it's to shorten our time when we want to look for it.”

“LADERS!!! You have been like this since!! You don't love Meily at all!! I prioritize Meily above everything else!! But, you, have you ever even said that you care about Meily?!!”

“....”

Lusi showered the questions to her, but she remained silent, not speaking a word in return.

However, Kamal's mood changed when he saw Luci hurling insults at him.

“You have failed at being a father! If only you had looked after him and didn't spoil him. This will never happen!”

“.... Silent.”

“Since Meily disappeared, you never once said that you were worried about her, never once! You just smile like an idiot trying to escape reality!”

“DIAM!”

“No, I will not be silent. How many times do I have to repeat it. Kamal, you don't care about Meily at all. In fact, if he is not found, you will only feel happy!”

“I TOLD YOU SILENT!!”

His field of view died in red, and his nerves flared up to hear Lusi vent his thoughtless comments.

His anger at his insensitive wife, who had been spouting those selfish words while looking down on him from a safe distance, exploded.

He would grab it and drag it down— Although the time needed for it was not fast enough.

“AL EARTH—!!!”

“KH, AH?!”

Kamal dropped the dark sensation swirling in his brain down to his chest, and released it.

The earth magic shouted in excitement as the ground under Kamal's feet exploded and cracked as soon as he stomped his feet.

The cracked ground crept up like a living creature, walking towards the bottom of Luci's feet, and by the time the ground had arrived, a solid ground protruded like a boulder, threw the blonde girl who had denounced him.

Screaming, Lusi wildly fell further behind him, hitting the ground hard.

Confusion swept across Lusi's face, suggesting that she had no idea what had just happened after she was struck by her husband's own earth magic.

Kamal rushed to the side where Lusi was lying on the ground.

“Don't play around with me!”

Saying that he didn't think about Meily at all, saying such a thing, wasn't a good joke.

Consumed by anger, everything became like from wherever he saw it, it followed his overheated mind.

“Urkh..!”

Kamal leaned over the supine Luci, and began to strangle her slender neck.

Crutches, crutches.

Crew, crek, crek.