NOVEL WEB Chapter 1409: Ruby And Her Father
Chapter 1409: Ruby And Her Father
Ruby made her way inside her house, where she found her father was sleeping over the couch, covered with bottles of beer and wine. He smelled terrible, and although she had tried many times to help him get over his alcoholism, they always end up with her father trying to beat her or insulting her.
Sometimes she would recall her father before everything started, and would start to wonder if her father died that time, and that someone else's soul took over his body... The difference between his personality was terribly shocking.
She stealthily made her way upstairs, reaching her room where there were many things she had to bring with her... thankfully, Sylphy had given her a bag, with teeth and a tongue. "Warrgh!"
Glutton licked her hand, making her flicker a bit.
"Ew! S-So you can store things?"
"Gyaah!"
Little Glutton jumped into the floor, sniffing the place and glancing, this was a new place altogether, he was a bit excited.
"Can you store everything in here?"
"Garr?"
"Yes, everything."
"WARF!"
Immediately after, Glutton opened its jaws, which suddenly became gigantic, and devoured everything without a single thing left behind...
"Well, that was fast..."
Ruby gasped, covering her mouth with her hand to not make noise.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, she heard a groan, her father just woke up from all the noise. "Who's... who's there?"
He slowly stood up, dropping the bottles into the floor, and making a lot of noise.
Ruby grabbed Glutton, as the little Mimic turned back into his bag-looking form without looking like a monster.
"It's me, dad..."
"Hm?"
The man glanced upstairs, noticing Ruby there, standing in front of her room.
"Maybe I shouldn't have even bothered looking..."
He quickly walked away, completely uninterested.
"Phew..."
Ruby sighed in relief, it seemed that her father was on his uninterested and depressed state.
It meant he would mostly not bother her as long as she stayed away from him.
Usually, his most dangerous form was when he became an angered drunk, he would blame everyone for everything and try to harm Ruby.
She walked downstairs and reached to her door.
Then...
"What's that bag?"
His hand grabbed her arm, as Ruby felt the hideous smell of alcohol from her father, it almost made her gag in disgust.
The old dwarf glared at her with sharp eyes, he didn't even consider her a daughter, nor even a
son...
It was like she was a stranger to him...
"It's... the bag of a friend. Let go of me, I'm going already. I won't bother you... ever again."
"A friend? You don't have friends!"
"I-I have friends!"
"Since when? Who would even want to be friends with a freak like you?"
"I'm not a freak!"
"Did you rob that from somewhere?! Give it to me!"
Her father quickly was about to grab Glutton, only for Ruby to push him away.
"Let me go already!"
The man was pushed back a few steps, his face quickly twisting into utter anger.
"You fucking piece of shit! You dare hit your own father?! Just how fucking much have you changed now?! I'll beat some fucking sense into you so you stop dressing up as a girl, pretending to be what you aren't! You ugly freak!"
Her father kept berating her, about to slap her face with his mechanical hands. Ruby flinched,
it was almost a response to her traumas, she couldn't defend when her father tried to hit her.
She felt weak, alone...
"No, dad! Stop don't hit me!"
And when she cried out...
BAAAM!
The door opened with a powerful kick, breaking into pieces.
"Ugh?!"
Ruby's father was sent flying by the shockwave alone, while an Aura of Red and Green color
encompassed Ruby, protecting her.
"Ruby! Are you okay?"
Sylphy, Celeste, and Celica came running inside.
"A-Ah! S-Sylphy...?"
Sylphy quickly noticed that Ruby's cute face looked slightly redder, a small scratch on her face
burning red.
Her father had just hit her... Ruby was strong, she could have defended.
To not defend against her father meant...
"This bastard traumatized her to the point she feels completely powerless against him?"
Sylphy grew furious, glaring at the man on the floor.
She was about to unsheathe her blade and slice him into pieces...
An urge to kill came from within her, stronger than ever.
Perhaps her dark spirit heart boosted that urge even more.
But the light of her aura calmed her down.
"No, that's not the way of doing things..."
She calmed down, despite everything, it was clear Ruby still loved her father.
Even after everything...
"W-Who the hell are you?!" screamed Ruby's father. "Robbers?! Who are these people, Ruby! Who did you get involved with now!"
"T-They're not robbers they're my friends," said Ruby sighing. "They came because you were hitting me... And I'm leaving now, there's nothing else to say. Let's go, just ignore him." Sylphy wanted to say a few things to her father, but she insisted we didn't engage with him.
"I guess he got lucky..."
As Sylphy walked away with Celeste and Celica, who were patting Ruby's shoulders, suddenly, Ruby's father came running behind them.
"RUBY! Where are you going?! Wait a second! What's going on?! You're not going to... to the
smithy?!"
"I'm leaving forever..."
"WHAT?! Forever! What are you talking about you stupid brat?!"
"Haven't you realized?! Y-You're such a horrible person! You don't even realize the things
you do... Why would I ever stay with you ever again?! Since mom died, you've become a
monster! I don't want to live with you!"
"Y-You dare talk like that to your damn father?!"
The man quickly grabbed a bottle of alcohol and threw it towards Ruby's head.
CRASH!
However, the only thing it ended hitting was Sylphy's Aura's draconic claw.
"W-Wha...?!"
Ruby's father fell to the ground in disbelief.
The pressure of Sylphy's aura alone made him feel like he shrank to the size of an ant.
"If you dare follow us anymore, I won't held responsible for what might happen to you, sir," she said menacingly, her draconic eyes glowing brightly. "Don't pretend you care about her now, please. Save yourself the shame. The people are already flocking. Just how more pathetic
do you want to look?"
"A-Ahh...!"
The old man realized there was a lot of people gathering around, glancing at the once proud blacksmith pathetic state...
The man glanced at the distance, he didn't chase them, but he continued screaming. "RUBYYYY! COME BACK!" he screamed. "I-I'M YOUR DAMN FATHER! YOU DARE... YOU DARE
LEAVE ME?!"
"Goodbye dad..."
Ruby sighed, walking away.