Chapter 13：Dragon System (1/2)

Ray woke up in a panic.

Out of breath…

Sweating…

He felt as if he died and had just returned to life. At least again anyway. Everything that happened felt like a nightmare. It was worse than when he was still the dragon. Back then, at least he had the power to fight back. He never felt so defenceless and hopeless before.

Raising his upper body he looked around to see where he was. It seemed that he had been taken into his room. His chest and face, wrapped with thick bandages.

There was still a slight pain in his chest, but the swelling on his face had come down a lot.

When looking to his side he could see his mother had fallen asleep right beside him.

An inexplicable smile appeared on his lips.

'How could humans be so sweet, yet so cruel to another? '

The slight movement of Ray's hand woke her up. As she opened her eyes, they gradually became to water as tears formed on her eyelids.

”Ray… I can't believe it… You��re finally awake!” Scarlett cried out loud.

Her voice was so loud that Ray's father came crashing into the room a few moments later.

”You're awake… Don't do such a reckless thing again, Ray… We thought that you'd never wake up.” Jack said.

Ray furrowed his eyebrows.

Hadn't it only been a day?

Why are they making such a fuss?

”How long was I asleep for?” he asked.

”You've been out cold for an entire week now. Your mother called me and I rushed back as fast as I could.” Jack let out a sigh.

'A week? How was that possible?' Even though Ray knew that he was badly injured, a week of unconsciousness was just too much. No wonder his parents were so worried.

Ray set the thought aside and decided to ask about Bob and Kyle instead.

When his parents heard his question, the two of them turned pale. It turned out that after a few days of extensive searching, they still didn't manage to find Bob and Kyle. In the end, the only conclusion that they could draw upon was that they were dead.

The women of the village decided to place all the blame onto Ray even though his parents had explained to all of them as to what exactly had happened in the forest. Even Gary had said his piece and told everyone that it was his idea to go into the forest.

Unfortunately, no one believed him.

The stigma of the red hair was just too strong for him to counter.

It took Jack his entire strength to convince Scarlett so that she wouldn't beat these village women to their deaths.

Ray could only shake his head regarding the deaths of Bob and Kyle. He wasn't blaming himself for he knew that he needed to make a choice and at that time, he did what he could do.