章 3: A Light That Piercing Sorrow
As the sun rise higher, and the woman who had accidentally fallen asleep suddenly woke up to find that Victor was not with her.
She then tried to call his name several times but not once did she hear a response from Victor.
"victor?! Victor?!.... Where are you Victor? Victor...? Victor....?" she called while checking around.
With a feeling of worry she tried to look for Victor here and there but never found where he was around there.
Instantly a premonition flashed in her mind, then she immediately went to a place where her instincts led her to find Victor's whereabouts.
And when she arrived at the cemetery of the victims of last night's tragedy, as expected, she saw Victor sitting behind her from a distance.
He seemed to be daydreaming about something next to his mother's grave, then with slow steps she walked towards Victor who was alone there.
"I knew you'd be here!", the woman said a few steps behind Victor.
A startled Victor turned his head back and in surprise asked her how she knew he was there at that moment.
She smiled and replied that it was a woman's intuition, hearing that answer Victor was pensive again.
She stepped slowly over to Victor and took off the cloak she was wearing and wrapped it around Victor's body who seemed to be shivering against the cold of Helberg's inhospitable freezing air.
She sat down next to Victor and held him tightly, instantly Victor was shocked by what she had done, Victor felt a peace that he could not explain in her warm embrace.
"Why? You'll get cold and even sick if you give me your robe...", Victor said.
"Calm down, I'm okay, are you still feeling sad right now?", she asked Victor.
Victor was silent in his lamentation which slowly began to fade away, although his face still looked gloomy as if he was still reluctant to accept the fact that his beloved mother was gone.
"How old are you now?", she asked Victor.
"Me...? I'am currently thirteen yeas old now...,Why?",Victor said.
"Alright Victor,listen....",she said
She then told him about her past, which also experienced the same fate that Victor was experiencing at this time.
She also lost her parents and beloved people due to an attack by a horde of monsters in the village where she lived thirteen years ago.
At that time she was still a little girl of Victor's age who was not ready to face the tragic life, even now the sadness of her loss is still imprinted in her mind even though a dozen years have passed.
She was the only victim who managed to survive the deadly incident thanks to the help of several people, three of whom are still with her as comrades in arms today.
From then on, she was determined to leave her sadness behind and change by continuing to hone his fighting skills to become a formidable person with the hope that she could protect the happiness of many people in the future.
Finally, after much deliberation, she decided to join the people who had saved her life and wandered from place to place, facing many obstacles and dangers together with them.
But not once did she ever regret her decision, she hoped that all they had done could prevent others from feeling the bitterness of grief and sorrow.
Victor, who felt even more curious after listening to her story, asked about who they were and how they came to Helberg when the terrible events occurred.
She explained that people referred to them as the Light Scourge, she also introduced that her name was Agatha, then the names of her three other comrades were Castor, Gideon and Jacob.
About how they came that night because they received a message from an old friend of theirs who lived in Helberg that there would soon be a massive attack from the Vampire Familiars on Helberg.
But unfortunately, the journey they had to take to get to Helberg took so much time because when they received the message they were somewhere very far from Helberg that they arrived late.
"Vampire....,Vampire Familiars? What exactly are they and where did they come from?" Victor asked Agatha.
Agatha explained that the Vampire Familiars were the pet beasts of the vampires who were said to have come from Grimdale whose existence was still mysterious until now.
Most of the people they have met believe that the existence of the vampire kingdom is not just a legend, although there are also not a few people who think that the story of Grimdale is just an ancient fairy tale and not a real thing.
Victor, who had been seriously listening and paying attention to what Agatha was telling her, said that his father used to tell him tales about the vampire kingdom.
But little Victor thought that it was just a creepy fairy tale told by parents to scare their children from playing outside when it was dark.
The warm conversation that took place between the two was slowly able to shift the atmosphere that initially seemed unfamiliar into a familiarity.
Victor's mood gradually began to improve, now his feelings of sadness were slowly eroding, the loneliness that had plagued his soul began to disappear.
A few moments later Agatha reached into a small bag tied to her waist, then showed Victor a necklace with a rare sapphire stone pendant.
Agatha said that it was most likely Victor's late mother's necklace, which Castor had accidentally found near his mother's body when he was checking on Victor's house condition that night.
Agatha asked Victor to take good care of the necklace in memory of his late mother who would always love him indefinitely and eternality.
Victor was touched, he raised his hand and received the necklace from Agatha, his eyes looked teary, he held the necklace tightly and wore it.
From then on Victor found a new place where he would lean his heart, he also began to grow his determination to become a great knight someday.
"So Let's go home now, I'll cook something for you, you must be hungry, right?" Agatha said as she held out her hand to take Victor to go home.
A long time after the warm conversation had passed, the two of them left the cemetery together to return to Victor's home,they holding each other's hands like a mother and her son.
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