Moonlight Illuminates Red(1)

Cracks and falling rocks littered the ground, the beast having been knocked a long distance, had yet to recover. Fluffy light pink hair fluttered softly in the gentle breeze. She was young, looking to be no older than 10 years of age. Gale blinked his eyes hard, trying to grasp the reality before him.

'W-what is that….did a...child just….' No matter how much he tried to deny it, the evidence was right there. The small girl suddenly turned to him, Gale flinched. It was because of her eyes, they...didn't look like human eyes. The girl's golden pupils were as thin as a line, making her appear hostile and alert. However, gradually they expanded, slowly looking normal.

Another thing was, the girl was seriously wounded, no normal child could withstand such serious injuries. Two long gash wounds surrounded her leg and were still bleeding. Even her abdomen was soaked in blood. Yet, the young girl stood there as if she wasn't bothered. Gale nor his wife could understand the person before them.

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The young girl stood gallantly before the surprised duo. Who was this gallant young girl? why it's me YUIJI HERE!!! Ahaha, they must be so surprised, I'm more surprised at myself for being here ya know. I glanced behind me, gazing at the wounded duo.

'Hmm so these are Sorren's parents in the novel' I thought.

The man had black hair, and brown eyes, he wore a standard farmers outfit, but he had the body of a beefy wrestler. 'Is he a swordsman? Well...was a swordsman' I thought. I looked at his body, he was missing an arm, which was still dripping lots of blood. The woman before him was also in pretty bad shape, she was dying.

I dug through my patched pocket and took out a bunch of Chamo-mila flowers. I still had a bunch from when I treated Sorrens wounds. Who knew they would still be needed now. I walked over to them. The man flinched and glared at me.

'Hey what's with that look, I'm trying to help you, ya know' I thought.

The man opened his mouth to speak. "W-who are y-" yet I cut his question off by stuffing a handful of Chamo-mila flowers into his mouth.

"MMPH!?" He looked shocked.

'If you keep talking so much, you'll die ya know' I thought, my attention on the wounded woman on the ground.

I winced a little, she had completely shattered ribs and a broken pelvis. One of her arms was broken as well. Though Chamo-mila's treats redness and soreness, it also heals broken body parts as well, but not all of them. At most, she'd at least be able to walk again and her ribs will be restored, however, she'll have to wait for her broken arm to heal by itself.

Chami-ole flowers heal only the most vital of injuries, it's kinda like a natural selection process, kinda weird….

I pushed the flowers in her mouth, but she couldn't chew. ' she needs to ingest this, or she'll die..' I had no choice but to slowly help her chew, by mashing her jaw together. Chamo-mila flowers need liquid in order to work for internal and external wounds.

After a while, she slowly swallowed. 'AHA! Success!' I thought triumphantly. Slowly, their wounds closed little by little. The man's arm stopped bleeding completely, even the woman was able to slowly lift her body up. They looked at me, I could see a bit of fear and also curiosity.

"U-um" The woman was the first to speak. "A-are you a dragon?" her green eyes were slightly sparkling with curiosity.

' AH?'

There was a long pause. Even the man looked at his wife with utter disbelief. I tilted my head.

' Um, shouldn't it be something like " thank you...or may we know your name?"...she just threw a complete right hook!'

The man shook his head and intervened "forgive us, my wife is a bit...eccentric…." "I'M WHAT!?" The woman shouted. The man ignored her " A-anyway, we would sincerely like to thank you for your help" "hey Gale are you ignoring me, How am I eccentric!!"

'Weird…' They just had a life and death battle yet they are completely acting like this. I thought as I watched the couple bicker. ' Maybe it's the joy of being alive….or being saved...I don't understand haha'

I stood up and turned my back towards them. 'It's about time our little puppy boy wakes up' I thought. The couple seemed confused as to why I was on guard. They realized only until a low growl leaked from a distance.

"W-what is that thing made of?" The man named Gale cried. He tried to stand up, but I held my hand out, prompting him to stop.

'OH GALE that's his name, and his wife should be….Annie right? '' I trembled excitedly. I was slowly remembering the story yay!. It's suuuuper surreal and exciting to experience characters in real life, I might just faint from this ahahah.

Annie was very pretty. She looks exactly like Sorren with her chestnut-brown hair and green eyes. Gale wasn't bad-looking either, he was oozing with manliness.

[Mono 1]: AHEM...MONSTER INCOMING!!?!?!

'O-OH RIGHT!'

I looked at the wolf, who was now fully standing. Its white eyes were blazing in rage. 'Oooh somebody's mad, I don't have any puppy treats' I thought and assumed a stance. I frowned.

'EH!? WHAT THE HECK?... IS THAT... A WEREWOLF? WHYS A WEREWOLF HERE?' I thought. I don't remember this from the novel, considering this beast was supposed to be defeated by Gale and his wife. However, it was still just a four-legged wolf.

'The wolf I faced didn't transform, if anything it still looked like a wolf but just bigger' I thought. The wolf growled at me, yet it didn't move, it seemed like it was hesitating, gauging my abilities.

Weird, this one seems much smarter than the other wolf, how does it know to do that? Also' I peered closer, red liquid was oozing from the wolf's canines similar to the wolf I faced.

But this wolf wasn't twitching erratically, nor did it look as if it was a zombie, if anything it looked waaaaay too healthy. 'Did it take steroids or something? It's way larger than the other' I thought.

' Something smells fishy, and it's not because I was craving seafood or anything. This wolf was quite cautious, it was like it could see something I had up my sleeve'

I decided to test it a bit, I dashed forward and tried to land another kick to its face. The wolf jumped backward narrowly dodging my attack. ' hmm it's a lot slower than the other…' I thought. We bounced around, with me casually kicking and punching and the wolf narrowly dodging me.

The wolf skidded on the soiled floor, his claws digging through it. "GRRRR-RAAAR '' it roared fiercely. Its bulky body jumped nimbly in the air. I stopped my assault and looked up. The beast flexed its large arms and fire engulfed them. It was pitch black, like staring at a dark abyss.

"GRRRRAAAAA" With a roar it slammed its inflamed arms where I was, the grounds exploding. Black flames spread upon the surroundings. I landed a good distance having dodged its attack.

' oooh my gosh that was close,' I thought. I was much weaker than before due to the initial battle, and my wounds were still untreated. I might just die from blood loss than this doggy right here.

The beast flew right at my location, having noticed where I was. I stepped back a bit and quickly pulled back my fist. Just as it was right before my nose I slammed my fist into its head on the ground.

*Boom* its head bashed in the ground, causing it to cave in. I proceeded with a swift kick, knocking it backward. The beats quickly jumped up from its back, it was getting frenzied, its speed was subtly increasing. It crawled crazily toward me.

I flipped behind it before its large claws could slice me in half. The beats reacted quickly. it turned its body around and swiped once more, I could feel its claws ripping through my fabric, revealing my bloody wound.

"GRRRRRR-RAAAAAHH' It howled with glee and dashed towards me. 'I get it, it's the smell of blood, that's why it's so crazy huh' I thought. If that's the case then haha I'm in danger. I thought.

"BOOOM* It pounded the ground with its arm and suddenly pillars of black fire erupted one by one. I was running like crazy, the pillars exploding right behind me. " Alright, this is going too far," I said nervously.

To make matters worse, small black balls of fire rained down from the sky due to the pillars, anything caught in it would be burned to dust instantly. My eyes shifted to the couple, they were still there. Shock enveloping their faces.

"Crap! If I don't take the battle somewhere else, then I would have saved them for nothing" I had no intention of losing this battle, but it would feel like a loss if the people I came to save were killed in the midst of it.

As one pillar finally dispersed, I put strength into my leg and shot forward like a bullet. Instantly I was in front of the wolf. "HELLO WOLFY HAHA" I cried. it flinched, I punched it very hard in the face sending it flying several meters away.

'Good with this, I can take the fight elsewhere, I thought, running after it.

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Gale watched the impending battle with bulging eyes. In all of his years, he saw many battles, of course with many monstrous individuals, he himself faced them. but this was almost beyond the monstrous level. In his experience, many children had the potential to be strong, but it was simply that if they polished themselves they could be even stronger. This child before him was in a field of its own.

Frankly, he wondered if she could be called a child. Both he and Annie saw that she didnt seem human, even Annie tried to gauge her identity. He looked at Annie who was just as shocked as him "G-Gale….maybe we should help her '' Gale's eyes widened in shock.

"What!? are you mad? we'd get burnt to a crisp if we get too close, that thing was just treating us like a warm up' Gale said, a bitter taste swirled in his mouth. He felt pride in his history, but now that history is considered laughable in the face of this battle.

"I know that...but, she won't last long with those wounds and also" Annie held her hand up, a peel of light enveloped it. It was her healing ability. She looked at Gale and smirked "I want to repay the favor"

Gale sighed at his reckless and stubborn wife. But he soon found himself smiling as well. It wouldn't be them if they threw in the towel so soon.