Chapter 4

Bunch of hairs fell down on the ground, the sound of slicing something echoed on the room.

Brielle put down her arm that was holding a knife, she looks down on the knife before touching her short hair.

She then walks towards their old mirror that looks better than any commoner in their village, she sometimes wonders how they got their mother but she couldn't ask it as the person is gone.

She looks at herself and her hair, seeing that her hair wasn't properly cut, she cut her hair with a knife making her hair decent.

After a couple of cutting her hair, Brielle look at herself in the mirror. Her eyes widen as she saw her brother's face but slightly different as his face, tears rolled down on her cheek as she looks at her face.

Brielle squatted down as she covers her face; tears drop started to flow as some of them drip to her wrist. Only the sound of faint sobbing was heard as it echoed in this quiet house…. a very lonely girl crying as she squatting on the ground, missing her parents.

Seeing her face, she couldn't help but miss her little brother. Her face looks entirely like him yet different as Brielle face turned more mature than him in just a day, different from what she looks like when this didn't happen.

After a couple of minutes, the sound of sobbing stops so as the echo. Brielle wipes the tears on her eyes as well as on her cheeks, biting her lower lips looking aggrieve.

"I can't stay here; I have to enlist on the army…at least I can do my mission for mom and dad"

Brielle talk to herself as she slowly stands up, patting the dust on her body.

She went upstairs, walking toward her room. Brielle open the door and could still see the bloods on the bed, she closed her eyes tightly as she moved her legs toward their wardrobe.

Brielle slowly remove her clothes; her clothes fall to the floor of blood. She opens the drawer where her brother's clothes were stored, she took the plain cloth that her brother always wear.

Before wearing the clothes, she sniffs her brother's clothes. A drop of tear fell down on the cloth leaving a stain on the cloth, Brielle couldn't help but tear up when the smell of her dead brother for one last time.

Squeezing his clothes, Brielle roughly wipe her eye before putting on the clothes. It her quite a while to put all the clothes, Brielle straightens the clothes.

Without looking at herself in the mirror, Brielle leave their room and walk toward into her parent's bedroom. Under their bed Brielle took out a box, she carefully opened the box in addition she found a map of the country.

"How come Mom and Dad could afford this? Then again, we have a good-looking mirror…different from our neighbors"

Brielle ponder to herself as she took the map, afterwards she stands up and walk downstairs.

Just as she passes the kitchen, she saw her reflection through the mirror. Her movement stop, staring at the mirror as if she's in dazed.

"Maven…"

As soon as the word fell out, Brielle snap out from her dazed and hurriedly avoided the mirror as she closed her eyes tightly with her clenching her hands.

Brielle quickly took the bag full of books and walk out of their house, clenching to her clothes. Before leaving the village, Brielle light up the match and started to burn their house while she burns the other houses hoping that the villager's soul would be at peace and also hoping the fire to spread to let their village burn as this the only way that she can think of burying them.

As soon as Brielle step out of the village gate, the whole building inside of the wall burst of flame, the temperature started to get high as the flames grow bigger and bigger as a result of the gasoline on some houses that was poured by the enemy.

Brielle followed the trail with the burning houses on her back, her expression was cold while she bit her lower lip so hard that it started to bleed, although she felt the pain on her lower lip nevertheless the pain of losing someone was even greater than the small wound.

The bigger the wound, the longer it heals.

Just as Brielle walk far away from the village, there's a sound of horse's footsteps approaching the village, unknown to Brielle to what was happening to the village.

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After couple of hours walking Brielle suddenly felt hungry, without eating for almost a day and a half that Brielle having a hard time walking. Luckily, she took 10 bread on the bakery when she was leaving the village, she quickly took the bread on the bag and hurriedly ate it.

As a result, Brielle choke on the bread.

"Cough! Cough!"

Coughing so hard that she hit her chess, it was unfortunate for her that she didn't bring any water. After a couple of hitting her chess, she stops coughing.

Brielle let out a sigh of relief. Feeling the heat was becoming intense, she sat down on the ground and rest on the tree. Looking up in the sky, Brielle slowly eat one last bread while relaxing from the fresh air.

'I have to save these extra breads for traveling'

Brielle look at the bag where she stores the breads, counting the breads left in her mind.

There still 8 breads left, it would probably be enough for her travels to arrive at the army.

'I've rested well enough; I have to start walking again or it's going to be night and I'm still far away'

Brielle look at the sky one last time before standing up, she patted the dirt on her clothes then continue to walk with the bag on her back.

Brielle continue to walk when her throat started to get dry, she remembered that she passes by a river when she walks earlier.

Remembering which way, she found the river, she continues to walk forward but on different direction where the river was.

Brielle walk on the thick bushes and some wild fruits, some of the branches scratches Brielle skins but she didn't mind and continue to walk towards the river.

Just as she removes the bush that was covering her sight, she heard a water flowing meaning the river is nearby. On the corner of her eyes, she saw a wild fruit that she and Maven used to pick up.

She turned her head over the wild fruit and approach it, it seems the wild fruit was full of ripe fruits. Brielle picks the ripe fruit and put it in the bag while she took one or two fruit and throw it into her mouth.

She then went back to walking toward the river, the river is 3 meter wide and 5 meter deep.

Brielle walk toward the side of the river; she kneeled down on the ground and took a handful of water on her hands.

Brielle slowly move her hands to her mouth while slightly move her head upward to drink the water, droplets of water drip on the side of her mouth and her wrist.

Her dry throat slowly started to get moist as the water flow through her mouth to her throat, she took another two handful of water before she's satisfied.

'That was great'

She thought to herself as she sighs a relief.

Brielle didn't dare to look at on the river to fear of seeing her brother's face on her reflection.

She quickly got up from kneeling on the ground and proceed to walk, half of her face glowed golden from the ray light of the sun setting down. Her face gives off a handsome mature vibe due to the Sunkissed, she covers her eye where the sun was hitting while squinting her eye, giving a little childish vibe from her.

Her Mother and Father would be severely happy to see their daughter this handsome, as well as her brother.

Brielle walk for half an hour before deciding to stop walking and take a rest on a nearby tree, sadly there wasn't a house nearby or villages as it was still far away if it walks by foot.

Knowing the danger of sleeping in the forest without any weapons, Brielle took a precaution on her surroundings. She found a thick tree and place her bag on top of the branches while trying to hide it by covering it by some leaves.

Brielle sat down on ground and leaning her body on the tree trunk, the breeze was cold causing her hairs to stand up. She rubs her arms with her hands to heat up her body from the cold wind, she felt the cold would spread from the place that she touches as her hands are extremely cold but it didn't hinder her action and continue to rub her hands to heat up.

'Haaaa…my hands weren't cold before…it used to be so warm that Maven like touching my hands when it's cold'

She spoke to her mind as she ponders why her hand temperature change although she already knew the answer as to why her hand temperature change.

Brielle could only hug her knees, burying her face onto her knees as she tries to warm herself from this quiet cold night…

She could hardly sleep as every air and every breeze passing by, she felt that she would freeze to death.

'I'm not going to forget to bring a blanket next time'

Brielle swore in her life as she continuously rubs her arm, her whole body was shiver as well as her toes.

It was unfortunate for her to wear a t-shirt as she could felt every hair on her arms stand up.

It took her 2 hours and a half before her eyelids feel very heavy, Brielle couldn't take it anymore and decided to forcibly put herself to sleep whether she was fighting to death with the cold wind.