Good Girl in Action

lage. It was a kilometer away from the forest. They

tria!” The old m

usy doing things on the sidewalk. Vendors and kids were play

icate patterns and designs. One could identify that they belong in thi

home,” he said as he

contain a kitchen, a dining area, and three small rooms. There was no chair, instea

ourselves. My name is Ky — I

t that I don’t

e pointing at the old woman who was serving us so

a. Our people harvested it from the mounta

tastes good. Thank goodness, I thou

It’s delicio

time since a traveler has come to our

istence of your village was not in my knowledge. I’m from the

f you walk from here. You can ride the train which will arrive two days

too long, but bet

the informat

while waiting for t

ared and nervous. Who knows if

lity. I would’ve been food

eous thinki

n. It wasn’t a w

what

a Chan

have heard nothin

t’s not enough. It was too fast. They are monsters that replace a stolen child. The changelings are discolored with hollow eyes and a rounded mouth which is full of teeth in their

e that exists

e kill it?

The only way to kill it is to

have a

eed to gather

hey made it out of bamboo trunks. The idea of sleeping didn’t occur to me. My ba

f into this mess. Gratitude should be in my heart bec

here to hunt for babies again. I sneaked out of the house and followed the entity that lurks through the nigh

I followed the light. What is it this time? I hid be

.. Kylo,” the entity

superhuman physique. He’s the most handsome creature that I’ve ever seen in my entir

ou?” I asked

. Your guardian

as the most amazing five seconds of my

aven. You’ve performed a ritual that opens the gateway to the dimension of darkness. Now the

You know why

re not delighted. Therefore, you must close w

those words

Wake

and realized th

,” a voice ins

’t see him this time. I’m in huge trouble. Looks li

is ready,”

on the table, and none

with food to eat. Its soil is so rich tha

or the founding of the village a

come I haven’t heard

olo, and Asteria. They founded the vill

but I am more interested in your food. I’ve tast

ything with vegetables and leaves. Isn’t it surprising

rare. We believed the mounta

trul

ast, Hesu showed me a plan

n. Its leaves will heal

greenish flowers and has large, oval-sha

t it on your wo

unds pushed me to chew lots of it. I must take good care of t

ttoo on his broad chest. They covered me with bandages and I’m feeling the soreness of these

ve, we must eliminate

how to kill the entity. Since I started it al

they out the

forest. Looks like they are roaming arou

t do they l

ike kids. Ab

. We just have to eliminate their mother. Boy

e mother of the Changelings was busy stealing babies. After that, she’s going to dispos

ur senses remained active. We were in our spots, surrounding the cave inside out.

cries of its innocent victims destroyed the tranquility. She ent

her eat the babies and we can’t let t

ation hit me. I closed my

ree. In a snap, they lighted the torches that the

an’t stay here for long or

out of here no

etting out and letti

lear,”

yone’s safety, I ra

you going?”

for me. If I won’t show up for t

ty. Anger was clear on her face.

e she called

way out. There were five of them,

My strength vanished. This is me, Kylo, not Wagner. I realized that even if I

. I got bruises all over my body and

ould only see the faces of my bullies. They were mocking me as I sat at

I was letting them curse at me, think

eat

belong he

a weak

e on

easant trying to be li

t like y

too because you des

rning in my eyes. I grabbed her hai

wit

head I smashed on the table. Someone choked my neck from behind. I lowered my bo

someone stabbed th

of shit,” I

his uniform. Someone picked up the knife on the floor and tried to slit my nape, but I avoided

he knife and

I asked while sliding my fingers t

y-two thousand dollars for each kidney. Ten dollars per inch for the skin. Five hundred dollars for the s

ied faces. Pitying them

dies splattered on the ground. I diverted my attention to the babies. Searc

whispered while pointing the twig

threw the twig str

eed the best agen

cle and wrapped the babies i

of the cave

You’re

e blee

,” I said befo

in in my waist. They covered my injuries with bandages again

e a soup for your ha

the noise all

elebration, our founda

.. G

of soup. Damn, i

s wished t

hy

hey’re

while I lied there, clueless. A l

e you al

l, do I

eah,” I

one in

need any

u out of

. Thanks for

you s

ing myself, f

orry,” I smil

spoke with s

atch the firework

something t

t me to com

I can handl

rls don’t know

Could you excuse

Let’s go,

around guys who don’t like them. Now I know hard it is to find words that will not hurt their feelings o

ake it without another enti