Yuahuatouri: A New Life Being a Legend

Chapter 77 - Far But Protecting

"Why are you here, Haruka...? Isn't it still daytime...? Back to napping, baby."

Korrina held him and Haruka immediately shook her head as she did not want to take a nap before Korrina stopped crying.

"Mohhhhh..." Haruka shook her head.

"You want milk?"

"Mmmmm...!" Haruka shook her head faster.

"Today is your birthday... Sleep first huh? Let's celebrate it together tonight, Haruka." Korrina gave a kiss on Haruka's cheek.

"Yes..." Haruka puffed her cheeks and turned her gaze the other way while holding onto Korrina's clothes tightly.

"Don't want to... Okay..."

Korrina went to her room to accompany Haruka until she fell asleep in her bed. Haruka stared at Korrina's face, her tears still visible, so Haruka touched Korrina's cheek.

"Hmm...? What's up, my little angel?"

"Iirrr... Uuu..." Haruka started touching Korrina's cheeks using both of her palms, she started rubbing them trying to wipe away all those tears.

"Mama's fine, hehehe..."

"Mama... Edit..." Haruka started talking until it made Korrina only able to smile bitterly.

"... ..."

Haruka gave a kiss on Korrina's cheek to calm her down, Korrina could only smile while closing her eyes.

After entering the room, Korrina immediately lay on her bed and placed Haruka on the bed. Korrina did not leave but instead she accompanied Haruka so that she could fall asleep.

"Mmmm..." Haruka looks like she doesn't want to sleep.

"Hehehe" Korrina smiled.

"Ohhhhh..." Haruka hugged Korrina's face.

"Ouchh... You don't want to be in them..."

Haruka lay lazily on the bed while making a tired face, Korrina rubbed her stomach using her index finger, making Haruka laugh out loud.

Seeing Haruka laughing and smiling was able to make Korrina's mood improve, Korrina smiled and Haruka grabbed Korrina's index finger and smiled.

"Guhhhh~" Haruka smiled widely.

Korrina and Haruka both smiled, before long they both fell asleep quite peacefully different from Korrina who had a nightmare where she was with Alvin.

"When are you going home...?" Ask Korrina.

"It won't take long."

"I see, you can't go home because you have a duty to protect all of us." Korrina stroked Alvin's head slowly.

"Sorry..."

"It's okay."

"I can't be normal."

"Normal...? What you're talking about, you're always normal."

"Only in your sight..." Alvin lowered his head.

"Don't look desperate like that, you're normal. Even though you are a god, inside you there is the same feeling as Mortal that is normal." Korrina smiled.

"Is it normal to have no friends or acquaintances...? Or the... They all hate you and stare at you low...?"

"That's normal, anyway... You have me."

"Just you..." Alvin smiled bitterly.

"Kids-" Korrina immediately showed a sad expression when saying their children, Alvin's face looked like he was tired.

Korrina could only quietly feel a different kind of sadness to Alvin, her children did not consider Alvin normal and there was not even a liking to him like they liked his own mother.

"Kids yeah... They love you more. They trust you that you can protect them up close, Korrina." Alvin chuckles small.

"But... Thanks to you, all of us were saved from the threat of the gods in the Crimson region."

Alvin shook his head, "There really is no place for a god like me..."

"Don't say that... They love you kok--"

Korrina widened her eyes looking at Alvin who had looked clean now looked dirty filled with blood and wounds, she could even see his two arms that were gone.

Alvin smiled as he closed his right eye, "I'm tired, Korrina. I need a break before I can be loved by them."

"But..." Korna was at a loss for words.

"Haruka doesn't hate you anyway, she thinks you're normal too!" Korrina smiled broadly.

"Hm... It's not time he knew me." Alvin nodded.

Korrina grabbed Alvin's cheek and she could feel his rough cheek, all the wounds he saw were real. All those injuries must have been the struggle he went through trying to protect his family and go home.

"... ..." Korrina tries to cure Alvin, but can't. He could see some blood starting to flow out through his mouth.

"Yes... I'm fine."

"One life is better than millions of lives that matter, right..?" Ask Alvin.

"Sacrifice doesn't always end well---"

Korrina glared at her children who turned her back to Alvin, Korrina arrived behind the children and she turned her eyes back, looking at Alvin who was enduring a lot of pain to protect her own family.

"... ..." Korrina turned her gaze to her children and they all left Alvin alone.

"Kids..."

Korrina started touching Alvin's back and Alvin immediately glanced back and smiled, "Trust me..."

***

"... ..." Korrina opened her eyes wide with a few tears flowing, she looked around and realized that she had fallen asleep with Haruka.

"Hiks... Hicks..." Korrina started crying out a pitiful voice, Haruka was still asleep peacefully holding tightly onto Korrina's finger. She was not aware that her mother was crying in front of her because she was sad.

Korrina got up from her bed leaving Haruka alone on the bed, she went to the bathroom to wash her face and looked at herself in front of the mirror.

"... ..." Korna looked at herself in the mirror.

"Hweeeehhhhh....!!!! Hweeeehhhhhhh...!!!"

"... ..." Korrina immediately approached Haruka's crying voice, it seemed like her nightmare was contagious to Haruka and it was not a good thing.

"Haruka's... No, no crying. Cup, cup, cup... Mama's here, not going."

Korrina picked up Haruka and immediately breastfed her to make her stop crying, Korrina also moved small so that she could go back to sleep.

"... ..." Haruka looked at Korrina and Korrina returned the gaze with a smile while closing both eyes.

Korrina took a few steps back and accidentally hit Haruka's toy cardboard.

"Ouch..."

Haruka stops drinking Korrina's milk because her attention is taken over by the cardboard containing the toy.

"Gahhhhh~~~" Haruka stretched out both her arms towards the cardboard.

Korrina sat down on the carpet and placed Haruka on it, crawling towards the cardboard and taking out a different toy.

It seemed that Korrina could not leave Haruka alone while she was playing. Korrina chose to sit down and accompany Haruka who was playing.

Haruka took out a stick that let out a sound, every sound that came out was able to make Haruka laugh out loud. Korrina was happy to see it and she started combing Haruka's hair and tidying it up.

"Mmmmm~"

"... ..." Korrina smiled.

"Guuuu...?" Haruka suddenly picks up some toys that Alvin gave to Rina, Agfi, Yuuki, and Rexa before. All the toys were broken and even dirty because they were never played again.

Korrina could only silently look at all the toys her children had thrown away. Haruka picks up a necklace that was once given only to Rina.

"Wahhhhh~"

Korrina stroked Haruka's head, fromadi Korrina did not make any sound because she just wanted to calm her mind by just looking at Haruka.

"Gwa gwa~ gwa~ Kyaaahhh" Haruka started playing with all the former gifts Alvin had ever given. Korrina was quite relieved to see Haruka liked all those toys.

"... ..."

"Haruka."

"Hm?"

"Do you love Papa?"

"Guhhhhh~" Haruka nodded quickly.

"Darling.... Papa's..."

"REally...? Even though he never came home...? He never came back, did he...?"

"Papa didn't come home... Papa protect... Ari auh's..." Haruka pointed up while smiling widely.

"Papa protects from afar huh...? Ahaha... But, does Haruka hate Papa?"

Haruka shook her head, "Haruka... Never hated Papa..."

"Ehh...?" Korrina glared when she heard Haruka's voice that sounded like a 13-year-old little girl.

"Loe... You...?"

Korrina could see Haruka smiling, "Beru... Uha...! Oooh...! Hehehe~ Beruuuhaaa..."

Korrina could not understand what Haruka had just said and when she said that, Korrina could only smile and hug Haruka as tightly as possible.

"Mama loves Papa too..."

"Yeyyy~"