Chapter 37: Diana's family

A father, a mother, an older brother and an older sister. I am the youngest in the family. My father is actually the chief of Aru Village, and my older brother was supposed to succeed him.

As far as I remember, growing up before they were killed was a happy life. I play with my mother every day, my older brother, just like Nar and Sas, loves to bully me, make me cry and immediately try to cheer me up. My older sister, the one I am closest to, is someone I cherish. I remember her favorite dolls that she carries around with her. Every time we play house, she will bring that doll with her, no matter what.

I'm not sure what triggered it, but I keep seeing this evil guy, Flint, coming to my house, trying his best to tell my father to just do it. Use the fairies' inheritance to...

"Wait..." [Diana]

The fairies inheritance. If I remember correctly, I never saw it after the incident. Could it be, Flint after killing them

""Diana? You look pale" [Merlin]

"It's okay if you don't want to continue" [Savel]

"No... Please, can you give me some time" [Diana]

"As you wish" [Amleth]

The fairies inheritance, it's in the form of a large brown key, as well as a strange-looking cube. If I'm not mistaken, I remember Father telling me that this was an important legacy of our family, from the founder of Aru Village himself. Father has always told my older brother and sister that there will come a time when this thing will be used again, but he tells us to keep it safe until that time comes.

Why did our family keep this thing in the first place? Is it important enough that Flint, the murderer of my family and the current leader to the Aru village, needs it? And what was he going to do with the fairies' inheritance?

Try... Try to remember

It's dark

it's suffocating

It's uncomfortable

I feel my throat getting drier

My breath, I can feel it getting heavier

I can feel my heart pounding

it's nauseating

I

I.

I..

"DIANA!" [Jean]

"Sorry... That was unladylike of me" [Diana]

"Young lady, here, let me clean up for you" [Mahsuri]

"Thank you, head maid." [Diana]

I can't believe I threw up today's breakfast in front of everyone. That's embarrassing. Really shameful. I thought Brother Nar, Brother Sas, and Mr. Randy would make fun of me, poking me and telling me I stink, but they still have the concerned look on their faces. They're nice people. I am really blessed right now.

That night, it took almost the entire village to actually kill my parents. That night, my older sister went to the fairy spring to fetch water for the villagers and our family. She said she liked to go there at night. It's something the lady of our family has been doing for a long time. It was her turn.

I remember it started out as the usual argument, I remember the word "emperor's order" and things like prestige and so on. Making the Aru village important again. Flint started to cast spells in anger, claiming that it was for him.

"It's for the Lord of the Fallen" [Flint].

Who is the Lord of the Fallen? His aura at that time. I may be imagining it, but his aura is similar to that of

"THE THING" [Diana]

"!" [All]

I take a deep breath and begin to tell them what really happened. I tell them everything. About my family, about my life before and after the incident. About how I was spared so that I could provide safe drinking water for my family. How I saw my father, my mother and my elder brother brutally killed. How I have never seen my elder sister since then. They then asked me why I suddenly mentioned THE THING. I looked at Master Merlin and she gave the signal that it was okay to tell them, so I did.

"This is..." [Elegast]

"Girl, you're a strong little girl" [Oreforged]

"Thank you, Mr. Messy Beard" [Diana]

"What did you say? You don't know how to appreciate a real beard, like this elf next to me!" [Oreforged]

"Excuse me!" [Elegast]

And the two began to argue. I didn't know the dwarf was so sensitive about her beard, or maybe it's just him.

""..." [Jean]

"Is something wrong, Ms. Jean?" [Akela]

"Diana, forgive me for asking, but you never saw your elder sister's body, did you?" [Jean]

"I didn't, but I guess they must have been after her as well" [Diana].

"Then it's possible... that she's still alive" [Jean]

"Huh?" [Diana]

Wait...

Wait...

Wait...

"Dana! Is Sister Dana still alive? How did you know?" [Diana]

"It's a speculation, but my brother's report mentioned that they were looking for two little girls, one older and one younger. One of the descriptions fits you perfectly as the younger one, so..." [Jean]

"She managed to escape from Aru Village just like you..." [Sas].

When I heard that, tears started to fall from my eyes. I couldn't hold them back. If Sister Dana is still alive, if she's still alive...

"Please... Let it be true" [Diana].

"I guess I'll start gathering more information about it" [Linda]

"You can count me in as well" [Randy]

"It may be useless, but I'll try to use my connection in the elven land and see how" [Elegast].

"I guess I can ask my buddy King Karon as well" [Oreforged]

"We might as well use our home connection" [Ledang].

"We will" [Mahsuri].

"We beastmen have a strong bond, so I'm sure they'll gladly accept your request if you mention my name" [Savel]

"Thank you. Thank you all" [Diana].

This concludes the meeting.

Chapter end