Tragedy

"Bring some healing balm!!"

"Hold his leg, while I bandage it"

"F*cking cowards, I want to rip them apart"

Lance stood at the edge of the forest with a look of utter shock and an intense feeling of anger. The scene in front of him could only be described as horrid.

The Naldir family household was on fire. Several guards were heavily wounded and being treated by the maids and other staff.

"This can't be"

Lance thought to himself as he proceeded to walk towards the main house. The whole place was filled with not only the stench of blood, but also a hot, burning sensation emitting from burning stacks of hay.

Even though he was walking down the path, no one seemed to notice him as they were too busy trying to give as much help as they could. At least That was until Lance arrived at the main house.

"Lance!!!"

A massive, red haired figure rushed towards Lance from the distance with a worried look on his face. Accompanying him were several other guards, including escanor's head guard gunta.

"Kid are you okay???!!"

Wilder had a look of worry on his face, and he carefully inspected Lance's body for injuries. Naturally, he found nothing, Lance was powerful enough to fight Arian with no injuries.

"I'm fine, what happened here ?"

Wilder then went on to explain to Lance that in the middle of the night they were besieged by a band of men in black robes with an octagon Church banner. These men broke through the gates and faced the guards head on, leaving them with countless casualties. However, with his help, they were able to chase them away.

"Where is she??!!"

"I'm sorry kid, she got heavily injured"

Among the casualties was someone very dear to Lance, his mother Laura. During the battle, she insisted on helping them to heal the wounded, but in a twist of fate, she too got injured and was currently in a coma.

Hearing this news, Lance rushed into the main house like a madman and scoured for his mother. Not too long after, he saw her laying on a bed inside her room.

Lance slowly walked up to her with his hands shaking and his heart beating extremely fast.

he didn't know whether it was fear or anger that got his body to react like this. But seeing her in this state rocked Lance. He stretched his shaky hands and touched her hand.

Her face was pale, but there was still some warmth in her hand, meaning she wasn't really dead, she was only unconscious.

Even though this was the second Life, Lance just couldn't help but feel a close kinship between himself and Laura. She had breastfed him when he got to this world and had always been by his side. Seeing her like this made his heart ache.

"Click!!"

As Lance was in this state of remorse, Wilder opened the door to the room and saw Lance seated in the darkness holding Laura's hand tightly in silence. Seeing this scene, he decided to leave.

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Next day.

"Hold on brother, we can't just go in head first"

" Let go of me!!! I'm going to kill whoever was responsible for this!!"

Right outside the main building, Wilder pushed back A furious Escanor who was currently being accompanied by a host of guards.

Escanor got back from Duan city to see his wife in such a state. It completely shook him and caused him to go crazy. He wasn't the only one who felt that way though, the head guard Gunta and the others who were loyal to Escanor grabbed their weapons and readied themselves for battle.

They were ready to go to hell with Escanor if need be. Laura was a very nice woman and didn't deserve this. However, they were stopped by Wilder and his men.

"Attacking them now will only worsen the situation, and it's not like we can win the fight right now. We need to keep a calm head right now."

Wilder tried to knock some senses into Escanor, naturally they couldn't face off with the entire octagon Church with these few men. Even if they wanted revenge, they could only find who was responsible and respond accordingly. Else they will spark public outrage.

"Hmm"

At the side, Lance watched the spectacle with calm eyes, however his outside Demeanor did no justice to what he was feeling inside. He felt the exact same way Escanor did, but his approach was going to be different.

Escanor wanted to take revenge on those who did this, but for Lance? He wanted to uproot the whole organization responsible for this. He wanted them to fall beneath him and crawl for his forgiveness.

As for how he would complete this goal? He was already cooking up a plan in his mind.

"They will all pay"

Lance's eyes trailed and landed at the forest. There the image of Arian appeared in his mind