You don't have to do it on your own

Chapter 1: Воскрешение

*Воскрешение: Resurrection

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May 17, 2024...

For the whole week, Ruv and Selever have been getting into heated arguments, and it's been a headache for Sarv, Rasazy, Karlijn, Emi, and Demyan.

Selever would be the one to start the arguments, and Ruv, being too easy to goad into confrontations, would unintentionally say something that added fuel to the fire, which then led to them arguing for hours and hours on end.

And when Sarv had told her that she was considering resurrecting Ruv's parents from the dead to improve family relations, Karlijn didn't think she'd go through with it...

Until one day, when Ruv is downstairs watching TV and Karlijn is upstairs, jamming to a song from her favorite artist, they hear commotion coming from the library, and immediately run to see what's going on.

When they barge in the room, they see Sarv restraining a man and a woman...

A man and a woman who were familiar to Karlijn...

Could it...

Could it be?

Are they...is it really them?

She wants to say something, do something, run over to them, hug them...but her legs won't move.

She's speechless and in shock as she gazes at the man, her younger twin brother who died with her all those years ago, and the woman, her twin brother's lover who also died with them.

Sarv explains how she resurrected them, using a drop of Ruv's blood that he had given to her earlier that day to bring them back

From the look on his face, Karlijn can tell that Ruv doesn't remember them, and she feels a wave of dread wash over her as he walks over to his resurrected parents with a knife in hand.

For the first time, Karlijn finds her voice as she and Sarv say Ruv's name nervously.

Ruv's mother finally recognizes him, tears rolling down her cheeks as she looks at him.

"Ruv?" The woman gasps. "Ruvvy..."

"It's a demon's trick, Rsch!" The man tries to warn, clearly shaken by the fact that Sarv was a demon and had resurrected him. "It's a demon's trick!"

Karlijn looks at her brother sympathetically. "Oh, Krus..."

Meanwhile, her brother's lover shakes her head. "It's him, Krus! A mother knows!"

She goes over to Ruv, skillfully disarms him as he tries to stab her, and hugs him, sobbing uncontrollably.

"I'll explain everything." Sarv sheepishly assured to her confused husband.

Karlijn takes the opportunity to catch her brother's attention. "Krus?"

He turns to her, ready to hit her, only to stop himself when he sees her.

He looks at her in disbelief, and she's unable to hold back her tears as she hugs him.

"Sono così felice di rivederti, fratellino." She says in between sobs.

("I'm so happy to see you again, little brother.")

She clings onto him like her life depends on it, like he'll die again if she let him go.

'There's no way that this can be her...' Krus thinks to himself. 'This has to be a trick of the Devil's.'

"This is no trick, fratellino (little brother)." She assured, looking at him with a smile.