Chapter 112 (1/2)
The Future Chief's Pride
The place settled down rather quickly despite the nu couldn't be said about the wave of expectations, however, as everyone was eagerly awaiting Marie's answer in silence
No matter how muchus towards this point, but that by no means make any of this be believable The clan wasn'tonto hope; the hope that a Goddess would change their destiny of destruction and solve all of their problerown adults staring at a little girl The unfolding scene was creepy, to say the least
Marie was putting herself out there to shoulder all of our burdens, even when she had no obligation to But I had no right to get upset over this After all, the one who begged her to be our e was none other than
That being said, I strongly fought the urge to run to her side I really wanted to help her from the bottom of my heart
”Lord Wolf”
”…What is it, Lily?”
I calmly replied to Lily who stood next tofro into my pal aze was fixed upon Marie
”I hated her at first”
”Is that so…”
”Yes She was cute and beautiful, soin a different world than I was She probably got anything she had ever wanted without having to work or suffer for it… or so I thought”
It's not a lie that Marie represented the beauty that the girls of the village envisioned the Goddess to be No one would want to fantasize about filthy things, after all But Marie wasn't a gem in a treasure chest, nor was she a dainty butterfly on a delicate flower in a walled-up greenhouse
”Despite our efforts to distance ourselves from her, Lady Marie still stepped forward to our aid We worked together We farether She didn't mind the fact that her hair was filled with mud, or whether her hands were soiled with dirt She would si”
It was a rare sight for Lily to let her e
”I suppose it'd be wonderful if she actually becomes our Lord I'm sure she'll not only protect us, but also our pride as well… But, if it means she has to suffer like how she is now, then I really wouldn't want that”
”Lily…”
”We were so close to her and none of us ever realised how she was always on the verge of crying Even though… Even though ere the ones who forced her into a corner in the first place…”
Lily looked like she was about to cry
I followed her gaze to where Marie stood Marie had a horrible co over at any h! Please stop it already! You don't have to burden yourself with our future anymore!
Or that hat I was about to shout out when her expression suddenly flipped on its head Only Lily and I, atching from afar, have noticed it
”What I'm about to tell you is an important story But before that, I would like you to see so so, Marie extended her fists forith a small object in each hand When she opened her hands slowly, a s on each palm was revealed, one in red, and the other in blue Both stones shone brightly like jewels
Last night, Marie had called theic stones' are rare and valuable stones that let the user cast one-tiic But the downside was that it could only be handled by a ard, however, it seeic stones could be used by ordinary people as well Nevertheless, these are nothing but fakes Coic stones, these produced no heat nor ht shows, sorry if you won't be able to find a use for theave it to her said, apparently
Marie had planned to use those stones to play the role of the Goddess, but would showing theht?
”Those are some pretty stones What are they?”
Marie smiled back at the man's question
She then fir The stones that looked hard at first glance were easily shattered into hundreds of tiny pieces
The stone frag theness The scattered blazes left over froments floated in the air like fireballs Eventually, they iant red lotus that enveloped Marie
”Eek-!!”
Despite knoould happen, the scene still took ers present who had shrieked in panic
However, the flames that surrounded Marie instantly froze up in the nextcrackle
Marie was soon covered froure in the flaht she looked like a divine being
But the illusion only lasted for a blink of an eye and was broken before long
With a final thundering bang, the ice ruptured into s sun reflected off the broken pieces that adorned Marie, she looked even more like the Goddess from the stories
A dream-like scene unfolded
Everyone was stunned at the spectacle they had just witnessed
Silly questions like 'Hoas that done?' or 'What's thebehind this?' quickly escaped their e of true beauty, no words are required to justify its existence
”Back where I caic'”
Our hazy minds were snapped back to reality with Marie's words that cut through the silence
Some people held their breath at her words, and soic, which is a shaic can be used by soic who are called 'wizards' The types of ic that can be handled varies from person to person; there are those who can control fire, and there are others who can create ice There are also those born with earth attributes They can help plants grow faster and close body wounds”