An Unexpected Proposal

October 15, 2020

“Why aren’t you answering? I asked if you were hurt.”

“…”

“Don’t tell me—you’re scared?”

Cabelenus had gone out of his way to minimize bloodshed in Mikael’s view, but maybe it wasn’t enough. He frowned slightly.

“…Uncle, you’re really strong.”

“So, not scared, I see.”

“I’ve never seen anything like this before.”

“You weren’t supposed to.”

Cabelenus responded flatly and turned his gaze toward Louis. The village chief looked utterly shaken, his mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water.

“What the hell were you thinking, going after a child like this?”

“What do you mean? It’s obvious—this is all your fault!”

“My fault?”

Cabelenus tilted his head slightly.

“Because of you, my son’s leg—”

“Oh, that one?”

“Yes! Peter! You’re the bastard who broke my son Peter’s legs!”

Louis’s voice cracked as he shouted, veins bulging in his neck. When Peter had crawled home in that state, and Maren had rushed to tell him it was all because of the outsider, it had felt like the sky was collapsing on him.@@novelbin@@

“You should be grateful that’s all I did.”

“…What?”

“I was debating whether to just kill him outright.”

“You son of a—!”

“And if you wanted revenge, you should have come after me.”

Cabelenus stepped forward. His towering frame was enough to completely obscure Mikael from view.

“You crippled my son—so I have every right to do the same to yours! Isn’t that fair?”

“…Who said he’s my—”

Cabelenus cut himself off. Mikael was gripping his coat tightly.