Valencia Luvoise (2)

“I avoided being your pawn… what do you want from me now?!” he admitted.

She spread her arms widely. Beneath her, light shone and surrounded. Vrastos hid his eyes from the brightness.

“Help me… stop the world from getting destroyed.”

“The Demon King has already been sealed—”

“It’s crumbling… and another situation has occurred.”

Vrastos froze, thinking about Eureon. He risked everything for a chance to live with her peacefully, only to die at the hands of the people he trusted. Why should I help the humans?

[FLASHBACK - Seven Years Old Eureon Luvoise]

Little Eureon slept in bed, his fever burning high. He kept turning side to side, panting.

“M-mom… i-it hurts…” he cried.

Two adults stood by the door, staring at Eureon with fear and affection. One man, one woman.

“What should we do?” the woman asked, her voice shaking.

The man shook his head, his hands trembling.

“If this persists… his power will be unleashed—”

“But… Eureon is still our son!” the woman, his mother, shouted. She grabbed his shoulder. “Please… we have to find another way to save him.”

Eureon’s father grabbed her shirt and pulled her, his voice breaking.

“If our son lives… he will just become a monster! Like all those other Void Espers!”

“No… we can beg the priest…”

“We don’t have money! We have nothing! Do you really think they would want to help us?” his father yelled, grabbing her shoulders. He clutched tighter. “If anything, everyone will burn our house down with him!”

Eureon slowly tilted his head to the door, reaching his hand towards his parents.

“Mom… h-help…” he begged.

His parents turned to him. Eureon’s father forced a smile.

“I’m sorry, son… next time, you don’t have this, I promise to love you more…” he said.

Eureon furrowed his brows weakly.

“W-what—?”

His father quickly grabbed Eureon’s neck, strangling him. Eureon choked, scratching his father’s hands. Dad…? Why?

His father’s tears fell down his face.

“Once you’ve learned your power, who knows who else you’ll hurt?”

His mother hurried to them and fell to the ground. Eureon’s eyes glanced over to her.

“Please… forgive us, Eureon…” she said, agreeing.

Eureon’s tears fell to his ear. They… want me dead?

“Mom…” he surrendered, dropping his hand as he watched his parents struggling to strangle him. If that is what they want…

Just as Eureon’s body was about to be still—

A Void formed from his fallen hand and emerged instantly toward his father, stabbing him multiple times in the chest. He gagged, looking down at Eureon. His mother gasped.

“Hun!” she yelled. Eureon’s father fell. She ran to continue strangling Eureon. “How dare you, monster?! Die!”

Eureon’s eyes opened, the stars that darkened from greyness to black appearing. His Void quickly lunged at her, stabbing her to death.

Eureon sobbed and stared at them, his lips trembling as both of his parents rested on the pool of blood in silence—yet he heard a cackle.

“How dare these puny humans think they can kill me?” Vrastos’s voice echoed.

[END OF FLASHBACK]

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