162 162 – Daughter's Apology
“Dad…” Kimi hissed as she and her father stopped. “Forgive me…”
Mattias suddenly turned around. He fired a giant fireball which exploded as soon as it hit Kimi. The petite elf was instantly blown away with a smoky body.
“I’ll never forgive you!” Mattias snapped with wide eyes. “You were the one who stole my research to obtain divine power! You shouldn’t….”
The man’s words were cut short by the griffin who suddenly bumped into him. Like his daughter, Mattias’ body also flew far and landed hard on the ground.
Kimi got up so easily, feeling no pain at all, even though the attack earlier was very violent. She then glanced at Elise, who was sticking the tip of her sword to the ground. The female warrior closed one eye, and the veins on her face tightened. It was her who seemed to be in pain.
Elise had transferred the pain to herself.
“Thanks, Elise. Appreciate it.” Kimi walked over to her father, holding up her lute.
“Let me do it if you can’t.” The female warrior responded.
“No.” The elf kept walking, starting to play her lute. “I have to do it myself.”
Mattias struggled to his feet, and Kimi froze his legs, so they were tightly pressed to the ground.
“You insolent daughter!” Mattias cursed. “I’ve raised you! How dare you do this to me!”
“Sorry, dad.” Kimi shot another cold dew to freeze Mattias’ hands. “The one who raised me was mom. And she died of too much stress because of your harsh treatment. She loves you very much and chose to stay with you.”
“You don’t know anything…” This time it was Mattias’ mouth that was frozen by Kimi. The man could only growl.
The petite elf then fired various elemental magic into her father’s body, from the wind to burning fire, to chunks of rock and soil. Mattias groaned in pain over and over, but that didn’t stop Kimi at all.
“Forgive me….” Kimi let out a muffled groan. Her tears had flowed a lot, but her face was still expressionless.
By the time Kimi finally stopped playing her lute, Mattias had fallen with a body full of wounds and partly burned.
Elise approached the man and checked the pulse on his hand. A few seconds later, the female warrior said, “He’s gone.”
Kimi fell to her knees and burst into tears.
***
Several townspeople gathered in the town square. Some were wrapping the bodies in cloth. The ritual of absorbing life energy by the dress turned out to have a fatal impact. Most of the people who took part in the ritual would not be able to survive much longer, especially after the dress was destroyed by Kimi. Many of them fell.
Lynn knelt on one of the bodies, wiping her tears. When Elise and Mona approached her, the woman whispered. “Thanks for everything.”
“No problem.” Elise chimed in.
“You guys have no idea how important this crusade is!” Zak’s screams caught people’s attention. He was being led away with his hands tied, along with the other cult members, the ones who didn’t wake up even though the effect of the dress was gone.
However, Lynn didn’t care and continued to stare at Rupert’s corpse in front of her.
Not long after, Diana and Vin came to that woman with the big braid. They were dressed, not as naked as when they were still fighting to free the town.
“You don’t need to be naked like that anymore, Lynn.” Vin raised an eyebrow as he looked at his friend’s body, which wasn’t even wearing a belt anymore, but only shoes.
“Or you still don’t like this town’s typical clothes?” Diana shrugged. She and Vin did wear bright clothes like the rest of the townspeople. “I’ve told you many times, you can wear other clothes, even if it will attract the townspeople’s attention.”
Lynn shook her head, looking at the two friends with a blush. “I don’t know, somehow I’m more comfortable like this now…. Maybe I’ll just stay like this for a little while longer….”
Vin and Diana exchanged glances.
“Maybe because with that she can immediately prove that she is a woman.” Vin nodded.
Diana chuckled. “Maybe she will say: Look, this is my pussy! My breasts are there even though they are almost non-existent!”
Loud laughter immediately came out of Vin’s mouth. “Or the exhibitionist tendencies within her have awakened!”
Lynn’s face reddened even more. “Oh, shut up, you two!”
“Well, we have to go.” Diana continued. “The city supervisor’s office cannot be left empty forever. Someone has to return the order.”
“You stay here, Lynn. You need rest. You deserve it.” Vin added. “And check your feet to the healer.”
“I’ll do it later.” Lynn sighed, then stood up, clutching her left leg. “They are still busy taking care of the victims whose life is sucked in by the cursed dress.”
After saying goodbye to Elise, Vin and Diana left.
“Now it’s time to say goodbye, Elise,” Raymund said. “Don’t forget to give it to Lynn.”
This is one of the parts Elise doesn’t like when her mission is over. She felt that she had bonded with someone, only to leave them. However, the female warrior could keep her feelings from showing on her face.
“This is for you.” The female warrior put on a faint smile, then handed her a box the size of a palm wrapped in a makeshift cloth. Circumstances did not allow Elise to wrap that thing any better. “And please, don’t open this, no matter what.”
That’s because the contents of the box are balls that are partially shaped like a vagina.
“Aah, you don’t have to do this, Elise.” Lynn shook her head, refusing to reach out her hand to accept it. “What you and your friends have done has had a huge impact….”
“No, you have to accept that thing.” Raymund’s voice cut off Lynn’s words. “I’m Raymund, the god of hope. You prayed to me to save your town, right? Well, I’d like to chat with you sometime.”
Lynn’s eyes widened, and Elise put that thing into her hands.
“I have to go now.” Elise held back her tears, still smiling.
Lynn suddenly hugged the female warrior’s body. “Thank you again, O servants of God.”