Chapter 122: Offring (2/2)
”Father, you aren't doing anything wrong,” Waul! Kadyn thought. ”Everything you did, it was for the Clacton Village, to protect our people. No one blames you!”
”Humph, you are nothing but a bastard! Who said no one blames him?” a voice of a man grunted for not far away and a middle-aged man who was thin and looked almost malnourished walked out of the crowd, holding a long wooden stick in one hand from which he supported his weak body.
”You father and son duo,” he said, ”don't even feel embarrassed while speaking those words in front of everyone. Do you think we don't know anything? It was your previous village head who signed the contract with that Jinn for getting rich. However, we are the ones who are paying the price. How is this fair?! Why don't you send your son and then go yourself to sacrifice?!”
”Old Keo,” said Roclus. ”I know that you are feeling remorse because you lost your only son last month, but you should know that whatever I did, it was for our village — if I hadn't sent your son to that demon, our village would have been destroyed by him.”
”For our village?!” shouted the man called Old Keo. ”You think I'm stupid?! If that is the case then why don't you send your own son to the Jinn, because it was your father who made a contract with him and promised to send a person every month to the Bamboo Cove! It should be you, repaying the debt, not us. Neither does anyone else. Nor that innocent boy you are going to sacrifice today!”
”Humph, how could your son who had no talent in magic compared to me,” Waul said. His expression turned wretched and a cruel smile was present on his face at the moment, completely different from his innocent appearance that Kadyn saw last time.
Though Kadyn didn't see his expression, just those words were enough to tell what kind of person he and his father was, and even their predecessor seems to be an asshole. As the saying goes: a whore could not give birth to an emperor. Children often take after their parents. A perfect example was this father-son duo.
”You fucking shit I curse you to die a horrible death at the Bamboo Cove!”
”Puchi!”
Suddenly someone threw a dagger towards Old Keo, before the man could react, his neck was slit open. The man made gurgling sounds and could not speak anything; the blood gushed out of his sliced windpipe and painted his hands and then his entire body. The poor man fell on the ground miserably and twitched for a minute before his body stopped any moment. Dead!
”You piece of shit,” Elder Tandu snorted and collected his dagger from the ground before wiping it over Old Keo's body. ”Ordinary people like you have no say in this world. I thought you knew about this matter. Who knew that you were eager to die and reunite with your son.”
Then he looked at the Roclus. ”Village Leader Roclus, Let's go. I don't want to upset Mr. Jinn for being late.”
”Haha, sure sure,” Roclus chuckled, ”I hope that this boy will be able to satisfy Mr. Jinn.” He rubbed his hands in anticipation. ”If he is happy with our offering he might give us a new spell or a magic artefact.”
”Hehe, we have never offered a mage stronger than 5-star. I'm sure Mr. Jinn would be really pleased when he sees this boy. He is pretty strong mage after all.” said Waul. ”I wonder what we would get from Mr. Jinn, potion, artefact, precious herb?”
”Whatever it is,” Roclus said. ”We would be able to know about it very soon. Let's go.”