Filed To Story: A Little Princess's Journey from Darkness to Light Novel
Lilly was a pretty fast runner for how short her legs were, and reached the shore in no time. She did not act rashly, and merely cupped her hands by her mouth to shout, “Dad! Come back!”
A man ran over, hoisting her up. “Don’t go running around, little girl!”
The winds by the river were strong, and Blake could only hear himself rowing. He had reached the middle of the river, and reached out to grab the floating person.
The second his fingers closed around the person’s clothing, all Blake could feel was a sticky, slippery sensation.
He found that very strange. This person had just fallen into the water. Why did they feel mossy and slimy, like algae had begun to grow on them? The person was on their back, exposing a pale and lifeless face with upturned eyes. It was a terrifying sight.
It was a man.
Blake got a shock. Just then, he felt something wrapping around his ankles and pulling him into the water!
“What?”
How dare you trick me, of all people?
Blake wrenched his feet free, stomping down viciously!
Anyone would have been scared witless coming face to face with a corpse, but not Blake.
Anyone would also have been terrified if something in the water was to grab their ankle out of nowhere… but not Blake.
Blake was nothing but calm. He grabbed the floating male corpse, stomping down vigorously. He had undergone underwater training before, and was able to use his strength underwater unlike most people.
He felt like he was kicking against something round and soft— because he had lost his footing after stomping down, the round thing was probably shaped like a human head.
Blake did not have time to think about what was underwater. He grabbed the male corpse, swimming vigorously to shore.
Yet the thing underwater was relentless in its pursuit, and quickly caught up to his leg again.
Blake was dragged backwards once again. This underwater force seemed to be pretty strong.
Blake frowned. He let go of the corpse, pushing it hard towards the shore. Whether the corpse made it or not was out of his control now.
His own safety was far more important.
After doing this, he was able to swim with both hands.
Yet whatever force that was underwater had now caught both of his ankles. Blake was no longer dragged backwards, but he could not swim forwards as well. He was stuck.
His ankles felt slimy, like the corpse from just now.
Blake’s mind raced. If he didn’t panic, he might just be able to hold off this underwater force until the authorities got here.
But this might not work. He did not know what he was dealing with, and if it might explode with energy all of a sudden.
Just then, a ray of green light shone across the water. A parrot was seen carrying an amulet in its mouth. It flew to Blake, stepping right on his head.
Blake thought to himself, What the…
Polly held the amulet in her beak, pecking Blake’s head again and again.
Blake was speechless.
He reached out to grab the amulet.
Polly flew up immediately, crowing, “Burn it! Burn it!”
Lilly had been watching from the shore nervously, and had sensed the dark energy around Blake when he was struggling in the water.
She could not go there, and the authorities weren’t here yet.
In a fit of panic, she spotted Polly and an idea came into her mind at once. She reached for her backpack, fishing out an amulet and pa*sing it to Polly for her to bring over.
Thank goodness Polly did not let her down.
Blake held the amulet, slapping it onto the surface of the water.
He had never used a yellow amulet before, and thus did not know how to do it. It was clear that Polly knocking it above his head did not work.
The water was the other way to go, then.
Sure enough, he was right. The murky water was suddenly ablaze with green flames as Blake felt the thing grabbing his foot let go of him at once.
The darkness of the water cleared slowly, reflecting the lights once again.
Blake took the chance to swim back to shore at top speed. He saw the male corpse again just as he reached.
It looked like he had been hung up by an outstretched branch.
He paid it no mind, returning to shore at once.
Lilly ran into his arms, hugging Blake tightly as tears shone in her eyes. “Daddy…”
Blake stroked her head. “I’m alright.”
What happened today had been very strange, but he had been in many situations that had been far more dangerous than this one.
The authorities arrived shortly after, fishing the male corpse out of the water at once.
The corpse’s face was completely drained of color, his eyes widened like his death had been a wrongful tragedy. It scared the wits out of the onlookers nearby.
Blake frowned. This corpse…
Hadn’t its eyes been rolled backwards?
Why were they open now…
The rescue boats lit up the water in the night, searching and scooping as time pa*sed.
The middle–aged lady, now restrained, continued to shriek, “My daughter… my daughter…”
Yet after half an hour searching, nothing seemed to come up. Someone said that the girl may have been dragged under the current, and had sunk to the bottom of the river.
Either way, there was no way she was still alive…
“Ugh, if that lady hadn’t meddled just now… her daughter might have been found…”
“Alright, stop talking about it. She just lost her daughter, that’s a pretty big deal…”
The middle-aged woman’s chest ached as she listened.
No, how could it have been her fault?
She had just been anxious. Any mother would have done the same in a situation like this.
She hadn’t asked for Blake to save her, either. Why hadn’t he saved her daughter, and gone back for her instead!
The woman was overcome with remorse and guilt she could barely breathe, running to Blake and beginning to hit and kick at him:
“Why didn’t you save my daughter first! Why did you rescue a dried-up corpse! Why did you save me!”
“You’re evil, you should be dead! My daughter’s only sixteen, but you didn’t save her! You should be dead!”
The middle-aged lady shrieked loudly, yelling bloody murder at Blake.
Lilly clenched her fists. “Unreasonable! Unreasonable! You’re being absolutely ridiculous!”
Her father was far from deserving to be dead!
Lilly did not get it. Her father had tried so hard to save everyone, why was it his fault now?
Blake pushed Lilly behind him gently, his expression cold.
He could understand the pain of losing one’s daughter— come to think of it, he would be just as overwhelmed if his dear Lilly was gone.
But understanding was one thing. That didn’t mean he was going to be blamed for it.
Blake grabbed the woman’s palm, outstretched and ready to slap Lilly. He shoved her away. “I won’t blame you for this, seeing as your daughter’s nowhere to be found.”
The woman refused to back down still. The man that had helped Bettany look after Lilly just now shouted, “Are you done making a scene?”
“Did he not go down to try saving everyone? Did he not run into trouble on the water as well?”
“Who do you think you are, asking for someone to sacrifice their life for your daughter’s! Is your daughter’s life somehow worth more than that of others’ now?”
The woman bit her lip. So what if it was?
The point was that her daughter was gone now!
“Did I beg him though?” The woman had seemingly lost it, shouting such a thing.
Everyone else did not know what to say.
Someone piped up, “It’s truly your daughter’s demise to have a mother like you! No wonder she offed herself.”
“Exactly! Who says that? He jumped in to save your daughter, and you’re still saying all that.”
The woman broke down for real this time, sobbing loudly as she screamed, “What the hell are you talking about! My daughter’s already gone, and you’re speaking of her like this! Did he save her? No, he didn’t! You’re all evil, saying things like this…”
She flailed her arms as she spoke, trying to hit the crowd.
Polly was not having any of that. She hid in Lilly’s shoulder, squawking, “You evil woman, fall on that big bottom of yours!”
Just as the words rang through the air, the woman really lost her footing and slipped and fell to the ground.
Her head hit the ground hard, putting her in a kneeling position to the person that she had just hit.
Both Lilly and Blake were rendered speechless by it.
Polly herself was terrified at the sight, scrambling to appease Lilly at once.
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