THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE FOREST PATH
KRISSHO QAYOMI RAMAYUKI OUR THREE WARRIORS
RAMAYUKI VEILING HIMSELF IN A LONG PIECE OF CLOTHING
AS KRISSHO ASKS -
"WHY'RE YOU HIDING YOUR FACE???"
RAMAYUKI REPLIED
"BECAUSE IF PEOPLE SEE ME, THEY'LL TRY TO KILL ME!!
AND I DON'T WANNA KILL INNOCENTS ANYMORE!
"ANYMORE??? WHAT DO YOU -- ANYMORE???
YOU'VE KILLED INNOCENTS BEFORE???
QAYOMI IS HE EVEN A GOOD PERSON???"
THEY BOTH LET OFF A SOFT GRIN
AS RAMAYUKI GOES
"GOOD AND BAD DEPENDS ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE
IT'S UP TO YOU HOW YOU CHOOSE TO SEE THINGS
QAYOMI! ARE YOU SURE THEY'RE GONNA BE OKAY??"
"YES, I TOLD THEM THE ROUTE!
I'M SURE THEY'LL SAFELY REACH MY PLACE
DON'T YOU WORRY! KAYA IS A BRAVE GIRL
I'M CERTAIN SHE'LL TAKE CARE OF SHRIKAL
AS FOR THEIR INJURY, THEY'LL BE FINE
OF ALL THE PEOPLE I TREATED THEM AFTER ALL!"
AS THEY GOT OUT OF THE FOREST
VARIOUS KINDS OF CROP FIELDS THEY PASS BY
ENTERING A VILLAGE WITH A STRANGE VIBE
FAR ACROSS A DOZEN OF HOUSES THEY SEE GATHERING
AT THE CENTER OF THE VILLAGE THEY FACE COMMOTION
A STAND, A WOMAN TIED ON IT, PLACING HAY BELOW
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES GATHERING AROUND THE POLE
SHOUTING THE WORD 'TRAITOR! TRAITOR!!! TRAITOR!!'
THEY CAME CLOSE, NEAR A SOLNEM(SALOON)
JUST TO REALIZE THAT
THE WOMAN TIED UP IS SO YOUNG AND GORGEOUS
KRISSHO WONDERS "WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE??"
RAMAYUKI REPLIED, "SINCE THEY'RE SHOUTING 'TRAITOR'
"I ASSUME SHE PROBABLY MARRIED OUTSIDE HER RELION"
"YEAH RIGHT, WHAT'S A RELION??"
"OH YEAH, LISTEN CAREFULLY OKAY??
IT'S A SYSTEM, A CLAN, A CONCEPT
BASED ON ELEMENTAL POWER OF BELIEVING THE GOD
FOR EXAMPLE QAYOMI HAS THE ICE SPIRIT
SO SHE IS FROM THE ICE RELION, UNLIKE YOU
WHO IS FROM THE LIGHTNING RELION"
"AND YOU'RE FROM THE GOLD RELION??"
"NO, I'M FROM THE EARTH RELION"
"WHAT??? HOW???"
"YOU DON'T HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT
FOR NOW, DON'T ASK QUESTIONS, LET'S GO"
"AREN'T WE GONNA SAVE HER???"
"DO YOU THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR THIS???"
"THEN YOU GUYS GO AHEAD
I WON'T LET SOMEONE DIE
IN FRONT OF MY EYES"
AS HE STARTS WALKING TOWARDS THE CROWD
QAYOMI AND RAMAYUKI LOOKS AT EACH OTHER
WITH DISAPPOINTED LOOKS IN THEIR EYES
"WHY DID YOU BRING THIS IDIOT TO ME???"
"IT WAS GRANDPA!!"
"HE'S OBSESSED WITH PLAYING HERO, HUH!"
"HE'S NOT GONNA LISTEN"
RUBBING HIS EYES RAMAYUKI SIGHED
"FINE, WE ARE GONNA SAVE HER!!
BUT JUST THIS ONCE!!! HEY! COME BACK!!"
"EH? REALLY??? WE ARE???!!!
YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD PERSON!!! AFTER ALL!!!"
"I'M NOTHING LIKE THAT...."
THROUGH HIS SILENCE HE CONVEYED
"I'M TIRED OF SEEING PEOPLE DIE, ANYWAYS"
SHARING THE PLAN, HE SAID
"SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME
WE'RE GONNA MAKE A RUN FOR IT, ARE YOU READY??"
"HELL YEAH!! LET'S GO!!!!!"
KRISSHO N QAYOMI APPROACHING THE CROWD
RAMAYUKI WENT AROUND THE HOUSES
AVOIDING EYES GOING TO THE SOLNEM BEFORE
KRISSHO SHOUTED ADDRESSING THE CROWD
"EVERYONE!!! I WANNA ASK SOMETHING!!!
WHY ARE YOU BURNING THAT GIRL???"
HOSTILE THE CROWD WERE THEY REPLIED
"IT'S NONE OF YOUR CONCERN!!!!"
A PRIEST VENTING THROUGH THE CROWD SAID
"MY CHILD, YOU MAY ASK WHAT HER CRIME IS
BUT I ASK YOU, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND??"
"I'LL TRY, SPEAK!!"
"WHAT AN IMPROPER CHILD!!! HOW DARE HE????
HE'S TALKING RUDELY TO THE PRIEST!!!"
"DO NOT ANGER MY CHILDREN, THIS BOY IS JUST CURIOUS
LISTEN BOY, THIS GIRL YOU SEE BEING TIED UP THERE
SHE COMMITTED A HEINOUS CRIME
BY MARRYING OUTSIDE OF HER OWN RELION"
KRISSHO AGAIN WONDERS
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT??"
THE CROWD GREW SUSPICIOUS OF HER IDENTITY
SHOUTING THE LABEL "THAT'S BLASPHEMOUS"
CONFUSED HE ASKED "WHAT DOES THAT MEAN???"
AS EVERYONE GOT MORE SUSPICIOUS OF KRISSHO
BECAUSE FOR THEM THIS IS A BASIC CONCEPT!!
A GROWN UP BOY WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF
BASIC SOCIETAL NORMS IS JUST UNUSUAL
"SO MARRYING OUTSIDE ONES RELION IS BLASPHEMOUS??
BUT THAT DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE RIGHT BURN SOMEONE!"
TONING HIS VOICE DOWN HE ASKS QAYOMI -
"SHE'S A HUMAN RIGHT?? NOT A DEMON!! THEN WHY
WHY THESE HUMANS ARE TO HOSTILE TOWARDS HER
JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT HER RELION IS??
WHY IS THIS CONCEPT OF RELION SO EXTREME???
WHY DOES IT MATTER TO YOU GUYS SO MU--"
QAYOMI INTERVENED
"PEOPLE ALWAYS CRAVE FOR DISTINGUISHMENT
TO PROVE THAT THEY'RE DIFFERENT, SPECIAL
THE FALSE PRETENSE OF BEING THE CHOSEN ONES
CAUSES SO MANY DISTINCTION, THE PEAK OF HYPOCRISY"
"YOU'RE SOUNDING LIKE RAMAYUKI!!"
QAYOMI SLAPPED HER OWN FOREHEAD!!!
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO MENTION HIS NAME!!"
"OOPS, I FORGOT!!"
GROWING MORE SKEPTICAL THE CROWD
THE PRIEST ASKED IN A CALM AND DIGNIFIED TONE
"MAY I ASK WHERE YOU CAME FROM BOY?
YOUR QUESTIONS ARE SUSPICIOUS
ESPECIALLY, HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW
THAT MAN SOUNDS LIKE?? ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH HIM?"
"I'M FROM THE SK----"
COVERING HIS MOUTH QAYOMI SHOUTS "RUN!!!"
AMBIGUOUSLY THE PRIEST ORDERED THE CROWD
"CHASE THEM!! CATCH THEM!! THEY'RE SUSPICIOUS!!!"
AS HIS EYES TURNED BACKWARDS HE SEES
RAMAYUKI WITH THE WOMAN ON HIS SHOULDER
ALTHOUGH NOT HIS FACE BECAUSE OF THE HOOD
HE LOOKS AT HIM, AND HE LOOKS AT THE PRIEST
STATUE, PROBABLY THINKING HOW TO REACT
THE PRIEST BREAKING THE SILENCE HE SHOUTS
"CATCH HIM!!! HE'S FLEEING WITH THE TRAITOR!!!"
AS PEOPLE GOT CONFUSED WHOM TO CHASE
OUR WARRIORS TOOK ADVANTAGE
AND MADE A RUN FOR IT IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION
THE COMMOTION LED THE VILLAGE INTO UTTER CHAOS
KRISSHO AND QAYOMI RAN TOWARDS THE RUSTIC FIELD
WHERE RAMAYUKI RAN BACK
WITH THE GIRL ON HIS SHOULDER
TO THE DIRECTION THEY CAME FROM, INTO THE FOREST
ALTHOUGH MANY PEOPLE ENTERED THE FOREST
IN THE VAIN HOPE OF CHASING AND CATCHING THEM
BUT HIS 3 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF LIVING IN A FOREST
MADE IT EASY FOR HIM TO LOOSE THEM
ON THE OTHER HAND QAYOMI AND KRISSHO RUNNING
HE'S STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH QAYOMI
STUMBLING UPON HIS OWN LEG KRISSHO FALLS
QAYOMI, WITHOUT A FLINCH KEPT ON RUNNING
EVEN IF ONE IS SAFE, THAT ONE CAN SAVE THE OTHER
PROBABLY THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS THINKING
IT'S DUMB TO STOP BY WHILE BEING CHASED
FOR THE MERE SAKE OF EMOTIONAL ASSURANT
SHE OUTPACED THEM BY A LARGE MARGIN
WHAT DEER SHE IS TO RUN LIKE THAT!!!
BUT ALAS!! OUR KRISSHO GOT CAUGHT!!!
QAYOMI REACHED OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE
WAITING FOR RAMAYUKI TO GIVE HIM THE BAD NEWS
AS OUR WARRIOR FOOLING THE CROWD
MAKING THEM THINK HE'S STILL IN THE FOREST
HE ENTERED THE VILLAGE AND WITHOUT A SOUND
CROSSING THROUGH NARROW LANES CARRYING THE GIRL
BUT JUST BEFORE THE LAST LANE HE FOUND - BODIES
BLOODY DEAD BODIES, LITTERING IN GROUND
THEY LOOKED LIKE FRESHLY KILLED
PERPLEXED HE BECOME, JUMPING OVER THEM
WITHOUT WASTING TIME HE REACHED AT THE
OTHER END OF THE VILLAGE WHERE QAYOMI WAS
WHERE A RUSTIC, BARREN, LANDS OF SOLITUDE STARTED
RAMAYUKI ASKED HER, "WHERE IS HE??"
"HE STUMBLED UPON THE WAY
PROBABLY GOT HIMSELF CAU-----"
"HEY, THANKS FOR WAITING!!" FROM HER BESIDE
A VOICE CAME FLYING IN THE AIR - IT WAS HIM, KRISSHO!!
"HUH??? WHEN DID YOU??? YOU'RE OKAY?? HOW???
I THOUGHT THEY CAUGHT YOU!!"
"THEY DID!! BUT I SHOOK THEM OFF SOMEHOW!!
THEN I RAN REALLY FAST!!! FAST LIKE DEER!!!
SEEMS LIKE YOU PEOPLE ARE GOOD AFTER ALL!!
YOU RISKED YOUR LIFE TO SAVE HER!!"
"IT WAS TO SAVE YOU FROM DEATH!!"
"WHATEVER YOU GUYS SAY, YOU'RE GOOD PEOPLE!!
NOW LET US GET GOING!!! SHALL WE??
QAYOMI SAID
"BUT WAIT!!
WE GOTTA CHECK FIRST IF SHE'S OKAY OR NOT!!"
AS RAMAYUKI'S EYES FALLS ON KRISSHO'S HAND
HE SEES A SMALL PORTION BLOOD
DROPPING FROM HIS LITTLE FINGER
FROWNING HIS EYES HE THOUGHT TO HIMSELF
"NO, HE DIDN'T!!!"