Chapter 4: Facing the White

Chapter 4: Facing the White

After the fights between the rogue and the forest people, the master named Dustine settle a conference to all of his people about what happened. They were discussing about the rogues that entred in their territory and what they are up to. 

"Can anyone tell me how can these d*mn rogues enter in our territory?!" Dustine asked angrily.

All of his men lower their heads. They don't want to answer their masters question. They all know how Dustine gets mad. He was eyeing all of them murderously. They never dare to make an eye contact with him nor move an inch All of his men just lower their heads not willing to answer, because their Master Dustine glaring each of them murderously. They never dare to have an eye contact with him nor to move even an inch. 

Who would dare to answer him in his murderous state? He is fuming mad. 

No one speaks so he points his finger to one of his men and ask his question again. The mans face paled. 

"M-Master. Master, I don't know. I wasnt the guard at the barricade. I-Im so sorry, Master," the man stuttered and his whole body was shaking in fear. 

Dustine slammed the table and muttered, "bullsh*t!" and that's when his right hand came, panicking. 

"Master, your grandfather wants to talk you. He knows about what happened and he's mad," he said. 

Dustine turned his heel and left the meeting. In just a snapped, Dustine reach his grandfathers room. Dustine bow down his head to show his respect to now mad grandfather. His face tilts to the right when his grandfather gave him a hard slap on his left cheek. He touched his slapped cheek and return his eyes to his grandfather. 

"Your useless child!" the grandfather shouted with so much range of anger. "Look at what you did. Someone enters our territory!" another round of slap fall on Dustine's face. He can't do anything but to hold it, and keep his composure intact. He can't show weakness towards his grandfather. It's the least he would do. 

His grandfather's fangs are now showing out of anger. It looks like he can dig those fangs and kill someone in instant.

"I'm...sorry, My King." He lowered his head, apologizing. But his grandfather shakes his head firmly and scoffed.

"Because of what happened, you just proved to me that you are just a piece of trash in this lineage! You just proved to me that you are not worthy in your position I shouldn't have appointed you in that position," he scoffs. "If only I have other grandchild that more capable in that position. More capable than you, I would have given it."

Master Dustine Kirby is his only grandchild. That why he has no choice but to appoint him in his position. Sure, he can able to rule their realm but they have policy created by his ancestors. If you reached the age of hundred you have to pass your position to the next ruler that should be a boy, not a girl. Because they believe that girls in their clan are vulnerable, lack of power to perform or to rule their realm. Not just that, they were seeing the woman in their clan as weak when it comes to physical strength to protect them. 

"Protecting our kingdom is your duty. But what did you do? Ha?! You just went to that rural place to buy an apple? That's why your power is not that strong Such a disgrace! Look at what happened to us?  Rogues managed to entered in our territory!" His Grandfather holds his face then throw it away. 

"Get out! You're a useless child!" he shouted and Dustine left the room immediately.  

On his way downstairs, his mother come out from nowhere and approach him. 

"S-Son," she whispered that made Dustine stopped on his track. His mother opened her arm and she scooped him. He hugged her back and hoot tears streams down on his face as soon as he felt the warm from his mom. 

Yes, he is weak but not that weak. He can cry but never quit. His weakness shows how strong he was.  

"Mother is always here, My Son. Your grandfather just furious because of what happened. He really valued this realm and he just want to keep us secured and hidden for our own safety." She caressed his son's back. 

"I know, Mom. I'm sorry, I need to go."  He removed his mother's hands on his back. He was about to left when his mother touched his left arm, stopping him.

"Where are you going?" she asked. 

He looked away and said, "At the dungeon. I need to check those bastard rogues!" 

Delaney sighed. "Son, you need to rest." She removed her hands on his son's arm. 

"Mom, I don't do rest. You know that I want to prove myself to my grandfather. I can't be just like this," he said. "Good Night, Mom." He kissed his mother's forehead and walked away. 

Delaney, his mother just sighed. She knows she can't control his son. She also knows that she can do a thing about this. She will not let her father insult her son so she enters his father's room. 

"What are you doing here? Are you going to tell me that I have no rights to insult and hurt your son?" Magus asked her daughter Delaney sarcastically.

Gritting her teeth, she stands up in front of her father. "Yes, Father! My son is not useless!" she shouted, emphasizing each word, with a range of anger and with that, she receives a hard slap

"You have no rights to shout on me!" Magus shouted at her daughter, burning anger is evident on his face. "You are just my daughter! You are like your son! You are both useless in my life!" then he pointed the door and shout again. "Get out! Never talk to me and defend your child to me!" 

She then shakes her head and storm out of the room. She was so pissed and mad at her father ever since her mom was killed by her father. Magus treated her ruthless like how he treats his people. He is not her father anymore. Delaney just saw him as a person who wants to rule perfectly, and a man full of himself. 

Dustine himself, made his way to the dungeon cell where Dawn was chained. He believes that Dawn was one of the rogues that was spying in their territory. 

Dawn felt so helpless, shes tired and have no enough energy to move. She gasped when she heard the cell opened. She was whispering curses while her eyes tight close, she felt already that there's someone behind her. Even with that she pretended asleep, her brain is still processing what will happen to her. 

Then she felt a cold hand cupped her face, she tries her best to not open her eyes. Shes not yet ready. 

"Open your eyes, Rouge!" she heard the voice but she didn't obey. She was afraid.

Even her jaws were shaking and she knows, whoever someone holding her jaw felt it. 

"Damn it! I said open your eyes!" this time it was a shout that made her almost jump on her feet. 

On the other hand, Dustine wants to throw the rogues face but she stops herself because she wants know who the girl it was. 

Dawn slowly open her eyes and she gasped when she saw the guy she's chasing. She cant believe it. 

Dustine has the same reaction as her. The girl in the market is in front of him. Facing him while being chained in their dungeon. Conclusions runs in his head but his question that made him so eager to have an answer was that, what was this girl doing in here?

He believed that Dawn was a rogue, yeah, but there was something bothers him. Before he could enter their territory earlier, she saw Dawn running like a wolf, more on like the fastest animal on earth, cheetah, in a fast speed as if she was searching for someone, more like chasing someone. 

He didn't focus on that though because his grandfather seeks for him. And now, it makes sense to him. Dawn was chasing for him. 

"Who are you, Rogue?" he asked that made Dawn gulped. 

Dawn forced herself to get some nerve to talk. 

"L-Let me go," it's almost a whisper. Her voice was barely audible. She was more vulnerable this time.

Dustine froze for a second, wanting to realize what she said and then he let go of her face, smoothly. 

Dawn coughed for a moment, her face was facing opposite side of Dustines. She wants to get ot of that suffocating place and go home. She was sure that Xio is waiting for her. 

And speaking of her best friend, Xio was on the on the other side of the dungeon, begging for help just like Dawn.