End Of Nightmares (Book 3)

Chapter 116: Clan Of The Wolves

The little house is silent that morning, only the clanking of equipment can be heard despite there are a lot of people within. The youngsters are watching in silence, a little fear can be seen in their innocent eyes while the adults are gearing up. The little ones have no idea what they are gearing up for, but the looks on the adults' face is certainly something they had never seen before.

The adults are gearing up for war.

"Dad?" Aira approaches his father; a man with long silver hair equipped with a pair of ocean blue eyes, the same as hers.

"Yes, nae sarang?" Calintz kneels down, meeting his eldest child's eyes.

"I'm scared... Where are you and Mommies going?" Aira voices her question, her voice wavery by her slight fear. Calintz smiles, parting Aira's hair behind her ears before answering.

"Aira, do you remember the onee-chan that visited here before?" Calintz poses his question.

"Yes. Minji Onee-chan?" After pondering a little, Aira finally remembers who his father is referring to.

"You see, Onee-chan is having a little trouble. And we are going to help her a bit." Calintz replies, but somehow Aira tilts her head, frowning at the reason given.

"What trouble does Onee-chan has? Why can't she handle it on her own?"

"Because it is too difficult for she herself to solve it. So we are going out for her."

"Is her trouble the same as multiplication table?" Aira taps on her chin, asking for more. Her question made Calintz chuckles, nodding.

"Yes. Sort of."

"If it's that, then Addy is enough. Addy is really good with multiplication." Aira points at his brother behind her. Addy on the other hand is shaking his head, rejecting her sister's suggestion.

"But Addy cannot go out all on his own. Are you allowing Addy to that?" Calintz reasons with Aira, and finally Aira folds.

"No... It's dangerous for children to wander alone out there..." Aira mutters, looking a little dejected.

"Correct. So Minji Onee-chan needs us adults to help her with her multiplication table. Because adults can go out there all on their own."

"Will you be out long?" Aira asks again, her eyes earnest with the request to her father not to go.

"I can't say for sure, but I promise; we'll be back before dinner. So, Aira. Take care of your siblings, okay? I've made your lunch and teatime snacks on the counter, so bring your brothers and sisters to eat later." Calintz clears it up, hugging Aira and giving a kiss on her forehead before letting Aira go back to the rest of the children. From the front door they hear the door is opening, and in comes CL, looking a little haughty.

"Welcome home, Chaerin. So, it's almost time, huh?" Yuri greets her, enveloping her with an embrace of her own.

"Yep. Let's finish gearing up. We ain't got long now." CL nods, taking her equipment bag from Jessica's hand. The rest immediately picking up the pace, finishing and finalizing their staging process as soon as possible.

Once prepared, they bid their children goodbye, leaving them in Aira's care before leaving the house, stepping farther into an open field. At the middle of the field stands an archway made of granite, and in front of the archway stood what seems to be an infantry of silver haired soldiers, all donning their armors and weapons. They all do nothing except watching at the archway until Calintz's group announcing their presence.

"Took you a while." A woman with silver, spiky, shoulder length hair greets him.

"Hey, Akiya-sama. Saying goodbye to the kids ain't easy, that for sure." Calintz lights his cigarette, taking in a long drag as he passes his cigarette box to Akiya.