Chapter 107 - 105: Valencia, The Demon(1)
Chapter 107 - 105: Valencia, The Demon(1)
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"When I grow up, I want to be a knight, save the northern empire and destroy the center."
"A strong night, great!!"
Different time but the thing Valencia shared with Marinette and Jellal was how she always looked outside her own window at all of the kids who had their freedoms to be able to walk under the sunlight on the green grass.
Here is how her strong began, the origin of the woman who became the demon everyone hates.
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Valencia was born a thousand years after demons started appearing everywhere. The person who could slay the demon was given the title 'Demon Slayer' and was given treasure as their sacrifice and effort.
Every demon was originally a person, Valencia was born as the daughter of the hero named Valor, the fire magic user who could cut off the demon's head.
But unlike other demons, Valencia was already born as a human but somewhat was called a demon by everyone from her birth.
"Please...please spare our daughter, Valor...please she didn't do anything wrong...please..." a pitiful mother begged for the father of the child to put down his sword which put on Valencia's throat begging kneeling down to his feet but his eyes were still the same glaring at his demon daughter.
"She will kill people in the future. The messenger of the priest said so."
"No...she will...she will control her eyes, please...I won't let her use those eyes again, please spare her."
"Aliya, between me and this demon...who will you choose? I'm the hero, I definitely can't let this child live." her eyes widen hearing such a question from the man she loved all her heart.
Little Valencia held on tight to the mother's end of dress with the expressionless face staring into black space with her white eyes.
"Mom, why are you crying...??"
"Valor, are you seriously asking me that???" the mother stood up facing her husband grabbing her daughter's hands.
"Yeah, I'm dead serious. We can get another child, no matter what, we can't keep such a monster child, what if words get out? What if they said I'll give birth to the demon even if I'm a hero??"
"Ha...haha...you're not the one giving birth, Valor. You don't know how it felt like...she's my daughter, the child in my womb for ten months!!! She came out of me!!! You want me to choose?? She's not even a thing to choose in the first place!!!!" raising her voice at that man with her eyes showed everything from her bottomless despair to how broken her heart was.
"If you want to keep that child, then get out of my house!!!" the hero was very sure that her wife would choose him, but instead he ended up seeing how his wife and his monster child walked out of the mansion away from his life forever.
"Be the hero until you die...Valor...and just forget that I ever married you..."
"Mom, your hands are shaking..."
"Sorry, it's just too cold today, Valencia."
"Mom, why are you black like this...? I can't see the bright yellow light from you anymore...and father was completely red...earlier..."
"Don't worry about mommy...mom's fine..."
"Mom, I'm not deaf..."
"...Valencia...please let mommy rest for a second...mom is a little tired today..." her mother crouched down hiding her face even though her own daughter was blind at the dark valley crying silently as she could.
"It's not too late, you can go back to father..."
Three years later,
The hero's first son was born, the hero's pride and joy. The whole northern empire was overjoyed by the fact of how similar the hero was with his own son with the 'messenger' of the priest.
The child was blessed by the priest, even the royal family. The hero kept making achievement after achievement killing demons like killing rats.
Without knowing the real demon who will kill him will appear soon to wreck the family he cherished like his own life.
"Valencia, don't go outside, okay?? I'll be back soon."
"Yes, mom." she waved her hands at her mother, after seeing her mother leave, Valencia walked to the window opening the curtain looking outside with her shared eyes with crow.
"This is mom's birthday!!! I have to buy some gifts for mom." she was glad she could finally figure out a way to get her hand on money for buying gifts for her mother's birthday.
The crow dropped the golden ring with the fire emblem on it on the palm of Valencia. She smiled adorably holding it tight in her palm rushing out of her little hut outside the northern empire.
Without the barrier protecting them from the snow, her mother had to give the blanket to Valencia to keep her warm.
Valencia with her crow as her best friend ran and jumped on the mountain entering the secret entrance crossing the border, the beautiful empire was so beautiful in the crow's eyes. Valencia was happy to see such a beautiful place no matter how many times she saw it, even not with her own eyes, it was enough to make her day better.
She slid down the snowy mountain blending it with the crowd on the big street with many selling stalls on each side of the street.
Valencia kept wondering what she should buy for her mother with the little ring. She decided to enter the jewelry store first to sell the ring.
"I lost the ring papa gave me, mom!!!" Valencia couldn't walk past the little boy who was younger than her cried like that. She gave him a piece of candy with the money she got from the ring to him to cheer him up.
"Take your disgusting hands off my son." but the mother wasn't kind like her own son pushed Valencia in her best dress into the mud on the side of the road.
Not a single person stepped up to help Valencia, even the man who stood beside the woman stood silently looking cold stared at Valencia.
"Valencia!!!"
"Mom!!!" she called out to her mother as soon as she saw her running toward her to hug her. The man didn't show any sign of remorse or any sort of feeling for his ex-wife. His hands gripped his new wife and his little son with the perfect eyes.
"Aliya?? Long time no see."
"Valor..."
"Isn't that the hero's ex-wife?? That little girl called her mom, does that mean..." the crowd started gathering around the group of people.
Slap!!!!
A hand hit Valencia's mother's cheek loudly, a drop of blood fell down to the ground came out of the cut on Aliya's face.
"You set this up, didn't you??!!! Did you regret leaving him?? Now you want to ruin our family??"
"I never intended to do that..."
"Let's go...we should find the ring..." the new wife shook off her husband who tried to avoid right off her. She gave her child to the hero and started mumbling,
"YOu disgusting sh*t. Your daughter is a monster!!! Who do you think she gets that from??? You're a disgrace to our empire!!!!"
Valencia stood there clenching her pocket of money staring at that woman who talked bad at her mother who was silent turning her head down without saying anything back accept everything.
Her hands were shaking holding Valencia's hands, and yet Valencia's father hugged his new child ignored all that letting his new wife do everything she wanted.
"Enough!!!!!"
"Silent, Valencia..."
"What did you say, you rude brat???!!!" that woman raised her voice at Valencia and reached out her hand grabbing Valencia's hair making her in pain.
"Stop, stop...don't hurt my daughter!!! We apologize!!!!" Valencia's mother cried putting her hand together begging the new wife to spare her daughter, the people were there the whole witnessing everything.
Valencia's mother called out for help, but no one helped her except stepping on her even more talking bad about her.
The most painful thing was how the hero carried his own son walking away from that place leaving the people from his past to be looked down in the middle of the street.
That wasn't even the worst part yet, just as when Valencia's eyes color almost changed from white to black, her mother rushed to hug her to control her eyes.
She definitely mustn't use it among the crowd.
"Mom...please...just once...we'll move from the disgusting trash can."
"No, no, no...am I your mother??? Listen to me!!!" it was the first time her mother raised her voice at her, Valencia shed tears seeing how the new wife kicked her mother's back mercilessly. Soon after, everyone started to laugh mocking her mother passing her own hat from one hand to one hand like she was a monkey in the circle.
"Grim reaper's eyes, my as*!!! You're just blind, idiot!!!" the kid threw eggs and tomato at Valencia. The new wife snickered watching that scene. Valencia's mother hit her limit, she became exhausted fell down on her knee while hugging her own daughter from all of those filthy things they threw at the miserable mother and daughter.
The new wife bent down whispering into Aliya's ears, "Don't ever come back here again and thank you for giving him to me...you're stupid leaving such a man for your demon daughter..." with the teasing laugh at the end of the sentence.
"And one more thing...remember how your husbands ran to ask the priest...?? The priest never said anything...it was me!!! Now get the f*ck out of my face..."
"...but it looks like your words are right...I indeed killed human..."
"Valencia...stop!!!! Stop immediately!!!!!! I'm your mother!!!!!!! Close your eyes!!!!!!" her mother hit her own daughter to stop what she was doing. But it was too late when the new wife fell down with her pale lip pointing at the last blue sky she could see in her life.
To be continued....!