To Be a Power in the shadows part 2

chapter 133

Yukime's tribe were forced to side with the bigger clan.
They would be forced to recruit their people to fight and after that only the retaliation from the opposing tribe awaits. It was a choice with no correct answer. The Fox tribe and the great wolf tribe had a talk and they give their answers.

Don't bother, neither hostile. （TLC: proverb どちらにも味方せず、どちらにも敵対しない。 ）

The answer they came up with at the last minute was an opportunistic and foolish answer. They did not understand the ruthlessness of war.

The Great Wolf tribe is powerful.

The Spirit Fox (Yoko) tribe has its wisdom.

They thought that if they joined hands, they could overcome this conflict.

But the reality was not so naive.

Their villages were destroyed with only one night.

The village was bathed in blood and burned down.

The strongest warrior of the Great Wolf tribe, Gettan could only struggle and escape with only just his fiance.
The sun rose and the two looked back at their village that was already burnt black.

[If only I have more power.....]

[You already fought well.]

Yukime snuggles close to the injured Gettan.

[If only I had more power, they wouldn't get taken away...]

[No, it's not your fault.]

[Shut up, SHUT UP !]

Gettan's angry voice make Yukime's fox ears shiver and hang down.

[..........Sorry.]

[It's fine.......]

Gettan hung his head and said.

[It was my suggestion. That if we have this power, we can overcome the war without choosing sides.]

[Power.......?]

[This.]

What Gettan took out was a blood red tablet.

[It's the source of power. If you consume it, you will gain tremendous power. But everyone was against it, they said that instead of relying on such a pill let's work together and overcome this war.......Those damn fools, I should have killed them sooner.]

Yukime takes a step back from the grumbling Gettan.

[Gettan.......?]

[Say Yukime, the one who killed your mother was me.]

[W...What are you saying?]

Yukime's mother was attacked by the enemy tribe and disappeared. Yukime hoped that she would still be alive somewhere.

[Because that woman refused, my plan broke down. If only we have accepted that tablet we would be under the cult protection and survived.]

[Cult?.... Nee Gettan, I'm an idiot so I don't understand what you're saying... You are joking right?]

[Is it a thing to joke about!? I cut her head off from behind! If only that woman doesn't exist.....]

[Gettan, you're lying ....right?]

Yukime took another step back further.

[There was nothing we could do to protect you and the village from war, it was the only option.]

[N..No... don't come near me.!]
[Why are you rejecting me? Now, let's start our revenge.]

Saying so Gettan handed Yukime the red pill.