Chapter 248

30 minutes ago...

*swish*

Kiren landed inside the village and started walking towards Orion’s house immediately.

"Mother..." She spoke in a low and worried tone as she immediately walked inside the house and noticed Orion sitting near her.

"Y-You... How did you-!?"

"Shhhhhhhh... You don’t want to wake up your mother, do you now ?" Orion asked with a smile as he looked at her.

"G-Get away from her... I am not scared to use magic on you, Uncle. I will really kill you and don’t assume that I don’t have any mana on me." Kiren spoke as she immediately raised her hand towards Orion.

"Kill me. Please kill me... To tell you honestly, I am already dead. So, why don’t you just go ahead kill me for real ?

But, do you know what happens to a fairy when she takes a life ?" Orion asked with a smile as he looked at her.

"The fairy becomes a mungel." Kiren replied with a serious expression.

"Now... You have two options, either you kill me or give me your life and if you don’t take either one of the option... I will kill my dear sister." Orion spoke as he placed his hand around Medina’s neck.

"W-What the hell are you saying ? Have you lost your mind ? Why do you want me to become a mungel like you ?" Kiren asked with a confused expression.

"She is going to choose you as the next fairy mother and I want to see if she will still do it... If you you became a mungel, hehehe." Orion spoke as he started laughing creepily.

"Y-You are sick." Kiren spoke with a hesitated expression as she looked at Orion.

"I am... Now, What will you do ? I just want want to see the smartest fairy of them all make a decision." Orion asked with a smile as he tightened his grip around Medina’s neck.

"I-I will-"

Back to Present...

*Click*

Leon opened the door and entered inside while holding Nyxter in his right hand.

But as soon as he saw the scene in front of his eyes, he was left shocked.

Medina was sitting on the bed with a sad expression on her face and she was completely covered in blood.

Kiren was sitting in one corner of the room with a scared expression on her face and Orion’s dead body was lying on the ground.

His head was lying near his body but it wasn’t cutted down, instead it looked as if his neck was grabbed so tightly that his head popped out from the force of the grip.

"Umm... Medina, are you alright ? W-What happened here ?" Rees asked as he walked upto her and took a seat right next to her.

Medina didn’t reply to his question as she continued to stare at Orion’s dead body.

Leon slowly walked upto Kiren and asked in a low voice, "What happened here ?"

Kiren slowly looked at him, fear still visible in her eyes...

16 minutes ago,

"Do something fast or I am going to kill her, Kiren and beware... If you tried to use some kind of restraining spell, it will not end in a good way.

Because I have casted a spell on my dear sister that will kill her as soon as my hand is from her neck.

So, the only way to stop me is to kill me. Hehehehe..." Orion replied as he started laughing like a maniac.

"Then... Die." Medina spoke as she opened her eyes and grabbed Orion’s neck with an angry expression on her face.

"You have made my life a living hell... You betrayed my trust again and again but not this time." Medina spoke with an angry expression as she increased her grip’s strength.

"N-No... Mother, please stop... You can’t kill him." Kiren spoke as she immediately walked upto Medina and grabbed her hand but her grip was too powerful.

"Mother... Please I beg-" Before Kiren could’ve completed her sentence, Orion interrupted with a low voice.

"I-I... a-am ... S-Sorr-" But before he could’ve completed his sentence, his neck got crushed from the insane force and he died on the spot.

*Crack*

*Thud-Thud*

His body and neck immediately fell down on the floor and blood started spilling out.

"N-No..." Kiren spoke with a scared and shocked expression as she immediately walked back into the west corner of the house and sat down silently.

Medina on the other hand continued to look at the spilling blood of her brother.

Back to present,

"I-I killed him... I-I killed my own brother, Rees." Medina spoke as she looked pointed at Orion’s body and tears started coming out of her eyes but her expressions remained neutral.

"I don’t think you have done anything wrong if you ask me. He was trying to kill you, so whatever you did was just self-defense and it’s not wrong to protect yourself." Leon spoke as he looked at Medina.

"I am sorry, Mr. Leon... But, I can’t justify killing someone with that human reasoning." Medina replied as she looked at Leon.

"How did you even gained consciousness ? Kiren said that you won’t live for more than one hour ?" Leon asked with a confused expression.

"Kiren transferred some of her mana into my body that must’ve awakened the hidden mana that I stored in my heart some time ago.

When I opened my eyes, I saw him holding my neck and I couldn’t control my powers and my rage.

I gave in to my instincts... I can’t be trusted as the fairy mother anymore. We have to conduct the ceremony right now... Kiren you will become the next fairy mother, come with me." Medina spoke as she immediately tried to stand up from the bed but her head spinned immediately and she fell back down.

*Thud*

"I-I don’t feel too good... W-What is-"

"The human... He chopped off the tree of life." Kiren spoke as she immediately pointed towards Leon.

"W-What ?" Medina asked with a shocked and confused expression as she looked at Leon.

"Yeah it’s a good story... you see what happened was-" Before Leon could’ve completed his sentence, he was interrupted by Medina.

"Oh my god... You are reason I killed my brother." She spoke while pointing at him.

"Umm... What ?" Leon asked with a confused expression.

"The tree of life guides us and keeps our emotions in control... When you chopped it off, all my emotions got very imbalanced.

Now, I understand... Why I got so angry all of a sudden." Medina spoke as she looked at Leon.

"I saved you from the grip of death and destroyed that parasite. You haven’t thanked me once, you know that ?" Leon asked with a neutral expression.

"Hah... Nothing can be done about it now. We just have to restart everything from the start... Please tell me you still have the fruit that you plucked out from the tree ?" Medina spoke as she looked at Leon.

"Yeah... I have it but it’s squished." Leon replied as he pulled it out of his inventory and showed it to Medina.

"I just need it’s seed... Once I bind her soul stone to the seed. We will be able to grow another tree of life." Medina spoke with a neutral expression as she took the fruit from Leon.

"Just like that ?" Leon asked with a confused expression.

"What do you mean ?" Medina asked.

"I mean... You can just grow a new tree of life from it’s fruits ?" Leon asked.

"Ah... Let me make this more clear to you. The fruit on the tree of life are very sacred and they only grow in a limited quantity... I think about six to seven every hundred years.

So... It’s not a very common thing, Mr. Leon." Medina replied as she looked at him.

"What about him ? Aren’t you going to punish this human for chopping off the tree, mother ?" Kiren asked with a neutral expression.

"To tell you honestly... I was thinking of destroying the tree myself. But, Mr. Leon saved me and destroyed that parasite... I have to consider it as a big favour, Kiren.

And you have to control your emotions for now. Don’t let anger or jealousy take over your mind." Medina replied with a neutral expression.

"You are the one who killed uncle and you are telling me to control my emotions ?" Kiren spoke with a serious expression.

"And... I will pay for my sins. I will be leaving this forest with Mr. Rees and Mr. Leon.

I shall give up all my fairy powers and live my life as a mortal." Medina replied with a neutral expression.

"What ?" Leon and Rees spoke at the same time with a confused expression.

Kiren’s eyes widened as soon as she heard this.

"M-Mother... I-I didn’t meant to hurt you. I-I am sorry, if I have said something that I shouldn’t have... But, you can’t do that to me and the others." Kiren spoke as she immediately walked upto Medina and grabbed her hand.

"I have to leave, Kiren. I have to pay for what I have done, but before I do that... I should reward Mr. Leon for saving us all." Medina spoke with a smile as she started walking towards Leon.