. . .I returned to where my friends were after overhearing Lyra lying to the ogres.
"Kaela, where did you take a bath?"
"Sniff!"
Seraphine, stop sniffing me.
"I bathed in the river."
"Didn't you see Lyra?"
Hey, what are you doing?
Seraphine started tying my hair.
"I don't know anything."
We need to leave this place. I don't want to live in the forest. It's probably been two days since I arrived here.
"Kaela, you're brave."
Look who's finally awake. I'm brave, Cement? What does he mean by that?
"Father, are you alright?"
Brick handed his glasses back to his father.
"I'm fine, my son."
Brick doesn't seem like Cement's son. Then again, I could be wrong, especially now that Cement's head has been shaved.
"Seraphine."
"What is it, Kaela?"
I just remembered. . .
"Thanks, I'll finish fixing my hair myself."
I remembered that Seraphine is the reason Cement is bald.
"Kaela, I'm not going to cut your hair."
Better safe than sorry. Does Seraphine really think she can fool me?
"Son, take your mother and let's go."
"Mother?"
"What's the problem this time?"
Cement placed a hand on his son's shoulder, but Brick avoided making eye contact.
"My son, are you upset because I hit you?"
That wasn't a hit. Cement nearly killed his son with that punch to the stomach.
"It's not that, Dad."
"Wahhhh!"
"Then what is it? Why are you crying?"
"Dad. . . Mom cheated on you."
"She cheated on me?"
Ladies and gentlemen, I witnessed a man transform into a demon.
I'll never forget this scene.
I'll never forget the day my friends came face-to-face with death.
"Seraphine, get back."
"Why, Kaela?"
I shoved Seraphine away, and she rolled across the ground.
"Whoosh."
Cement tore through the air with terrifying speed. His bald head stopped shining as thick veins bulged across it.
"Crack!"
With every step, he shattered the rocks beneath his feet, sending fragments flying into the trees.
His body swelled with muscle.
Cement charged toward his target.
"Xiu, please, I can't take it anymore."
"Donke, don't you like women? Then learn how to kiss from me."
"Mortar, you're so cute!"
Dorian kissed Cement's wife, drooled all over her face, and pulled her hair.
"Oh, I see. So that's how it is."
Five meters remained.
Dorian kept kissing Mortar as if nothing were happening.
Donke was still trying to learn.
Cement bent his knees.
The rocks beneath his feet cracked.
His glasses slid down his nose.
In those lenses. . . I saw death itself.
"Son of a bitch."
"Hey, Donke, don't insult my mother."
"I wasn't talking about her."
"Then who were you talking about?"
Donke looked up at the sky.
But it was already too late.
"BOOM!"
Cement launched a flying kick straight at them.
Donke was blasted away into a cloud of dust.
"Someone help me!"
Seraphine hid behind me as if I were some kind of shield, but we were both hit by the shockwave and sent flying.
My back slammed into a tree.
"Why does something always have to happen?"
Aaaah!
"Kaelaaaaa!"
"Seraphine. . . I think I broke a bone."
I don't deserve this life.
"Kaela, grab my hand."
"Aaaaaah!"
"Thanks, Seraphine. Are you okay?"
Why doesn't she have a single scratch?
The dust slowly settled as the wind carried it away.
"Where's Brick?"
"Hahaha!"
Seraphine let out a quiet little laugh.
"I'm here, Kaela."
"Here? Where?"
I looked around but couldn't find him.
A tree had fallen right on top of him.
The poor guy could barely stay conscious.
". . . When you two were thrown away. . . Seraphine crashed into me. . ."
Poor Brick passed out.
"So, Kaela. . . hahaha!"
"That's why you don't have any injuries."
"Aaaaaah!"
"Kaela, you're going to pull my cheeks off."
When the dust finally cleared, I saw Lyra running toward us with the ogres and the men.
"Out of my way, demons! I came to help Kae. . . la!"
"The crazy one is here."
"Kaela, why are you calling yourself crazy?"
". . ."
I wasn't born for this!
"Kaela, what happened? We heard an explosion and rushed over."
It's a long story.